Book Clubs

 
 

Summer 2021 Series

My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies by Resmaa Menakem

Every other Tuesday, 6:00 - 8:00pm ET | 3:00 - 5:00pm PT

Please join us starting July 6th, 2021 for our summer book club series. Each session includes a 20-mins meditation and facilitated discussion. Members will be assigned two buddies who they will check in with during the off-weeks.


Schedule & Readings

July 6: "Do Not Cross The Line" through "Our Bodies, Our Country"
Buddy Check-In: Part I, Chapters 1 & 2*
July 20: Through Part I, Chapter 4 (73 Pages)
Buddy Check-In: Part I, Chapters 5-7
Aug 3: Finish Part I (77 Pages)
Buddy Check-In: Part II, Chapters 10-12
Aug 17:
Through Part II, Chapter 15 (70 Pages)
Buddy Check-In: Finish Part II
Aug 31:
Through Part III, Chapter 19 (59 Pages)
Buddy Check-In: Part III, Chapters 20-22
Sept 14: Finish Book! (61 Pages)


*Buddy Check-Ins are during the “off” weeks in between each online group meeting. Participants are encouraged to check in with each other on the reading for that week and how they are absorbing the material.


A Note About Registration

To ensure a strong and supportive container, only individuals able to attend one of the first two meetings will be permitted to attend the full series. Before registering, please make sure that you are able to commit to attending at least four of the six weeks. We aspire to create and hold an intimate space of deep learning, healing, and transformation.


Donation-Based

In order to support the continued offerings of the Mixed Race Meditation Group, we are asking all participants to offer some type of dana or donation to confirm their registration. If you are unable to offer any dana at all, you can also register for free, no questions asked. We deeply appreciate what you are able to offer and your generosity. All donations go to supporting administrative costs, future offerings, and the energy and time of our facilitators.

 

“When I am able to walk in the door embracing all aspects of my intersectional identity while allowing myself the grace to teach through my identity, I am transmitting a dharma from my experience of being at home in my body, where I am least likely to reproduce psychic violence, by offering dharma through a mind that denies and reject vital parts of myself.“

— Lama Rod Owens in Radical Dharma: Talking Race, Love and Liberation