This is the second book I've read from the Justice and Spirit Unitarian-Universalist Book Club here on goodreads. The book club unfortunately seems to have withered away. There was a little discussion of the Rosa Parks biography in January, but last month there were maybe 1 or 2 comments and there w ...more
It took me a while to figure out that this book is, in essence, a sermon. Readers looking for a history of the Moral Mondays movement, or a blow-by-blow memoir, or a handbook for successful fusion politics, may be disappointed in this book's relative lack of detail. But consider the book's form - on ...more
"The Third Reconstruction: Moral Mondays, Fusion Politics, and the Rise of a New Justice Movement" by William J. Barber II, Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove is a comprehensive, well-written book regarding the social movement/current events topic of Moral Mondays. I would recommend this book to any student ...more
This was published in January of 2016. I bought it this summer, but didn't read it until after the election. So while the book leaves us a sense of optimism, one knows now how things in fact went. (Also the book was apparently finished before the NC Bathroom Bill.) BUT, this movement is for the long ...more
This is a must read not only for all North Carolinians, but for all those interested in progressive change in America. The Rev. Dr. Barber describes his upbringing, his calling to preach and the connection to social justice. His bravery to travel roads I never asked my African-American secretary to ...more
This book is a quick read, but the impact is enormous and inspiring. I am an atheist and Rev Barber refers to us as "those that struggle with faith". Not necessarily true, but the very fact that we are included is what this movement is all about. The book essentially recounts the fusion coalition th ...more
As I usually read and review science fiction, and sometimes non-fiction science or mainstream fiction, this book is quite outside my normal span. I read it because this is the 2016-2017 Common Read of my religious affiliation (Unitarian Universalism). A group discussion guide is available at the tim ...more
I remember the first time I heard the Reverend William Barber II speak. It was right after the Trayvon Martin verdict came in. George Zimmerman was found not guilty of murder. I was in Orlando for the General Assembly of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), which was meeting in the same venu ...more
This is the story of the disenfranchised of North Carolina and how they rose up to create a grass roots movement called "Moral Mondays." The people who have populated the Moral Mondays movement are a societal extension of the anti-Wall Street protests, the #BlackLivesMatter surge, the slipping middl ...more
We live in a time and a world of tremendous tensions in the human community. No place is that more evident than within the United States (which hardly seems united at all), especially in the American South. I have been living through these tensions, as we all have, and I haven't been coping very wel ...more