📚 Join us for our All Are Welcome Book Club!

📅 Dates: February 20th, March 19th, April 16th

🕧 Time: 12:30PM - 1:30 PM

📍 Location: Kelly Library

We are excited to dive into our next read, How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective, edited by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor.

The Combahee River Collective, a path-breaking group of radical black feminists, was one of the most important organizations to develop out of the antiracist and women’s liberation movements of the 1960s and 70s. In this collection of essays and interviews edited by activist-scholar Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, founding members of the organization and contemporary activists reflect on the legacy of its contributions to Black feminism and its impact on today’s struggles.

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor writes on Black politics, social movements, and racial inequality in the United States. Her book From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation won the 2016 Lannan Cultural Freedom Award for an Especially Notable Book. Her articles have been published in Souls: A Critical Journal of Black Politics, Culture and Society, Jacobin, New Politics, The Guardian, In These Times, Black Agenda Report, Ms., International Socialist Review, and other publications. Taylor is Assistant Professor in the Department of African American Studies at Princeton University.

All are welcome to join the discussion as we delve into this powerful exploration of activism, identity, and collective liberation. Don't miss out on this enriching opportunity to engage with important ideas and connect with fellow readers.

Reading Schedule:

February 20th - Introduction (6 pages); The Combahee River Collective Statement (7 pages); Barbara Smith (20 pages)

March 19th - Beverly Smith (19 pages); Demita Frazier (16 pages)

April 16th - Alcia Garza (16 pages); Comments by Barbara Ransby (4 pages)