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[close] Goodreads group home (useful when using the mobile app): https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1016849-surj-colorado-springs Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/SURJCOS/ Showing Up for Racial Justice Colorado Springs meets monthly (except December) for a book club. SURJ Colorado Springs is the local chapter of a national network of groups and individuals organizing people for racial justice. SURJ Colorado Springs honors SURJ National's core principles of calling on more white people to be accomplices in the fight for racial justice and holding white people accountable and responsible for dismantling white supremacy and breaking down systems of oppression. Simultaneously, SURJ COS has been a multiracial space since its inception and we want to further embrace and center our community. ALL are welcome that are wanting to show up for racial justice. At its core, SURJ is accountable to people of color (POC)-led activism, initiatives, and calls-to-action and we will maintain this format.

[close] "In a racist society, it is not enough to be non-racist, we must be anti-racist" - Angela Davis. It feels like the world is changing, we know that being actively anti-racist will help accelerate the BLM movement and bring us close to a world without racism. Learning, listening and challenging our own implicit bias are all great ways to start this journey so this book group is here to build a community that can come together to have meaningful discussion driven by reading and digesting content relating to racism, colonialism, the history we never taught at school, bias and how we can drive change.

[close] Each month a theme will be set with a suggested book for each age group (adult, young adult, 8-12 years, young children). You do not have to stick to your age group, it's just to provide a little something for everyone. Some months adult themes may be included, there will be a warning given prior if this is the case. If you add a book to the tbr please let a moderator know the key themes, genres and age range that it falls under.

[close] This page will help us facilitate the book club discussions for the SURJ KC - Families core group for those of us that can't make it to our in-person discussions.