Don’t Feed the Lion by Bianna Golodryga and Yonit Levi Don’t Feed the Lion is an impactful middle-grade novel by journalists Bianna Golodryga and Yonit Levi. It follows 13-year-old Theo Kaplan, whose life is upended when his soccer idol posts an antisemitic message online, forcing his family to navigate the ripple effects of prejudice and … Continue reading Social Justice Book Club, August 2, 2026 at noon
Queer Joy: A Mosaic of Self-Love, Community, and Resistance by Bethany Meier-Evans What would it mean to stop surviving and start truly living in joy? The prevailing narrative tells us that queer lives are defined by struggle. Queer Joy offers a different story-one where joy is not something we earn, but something we inherently deserve. … Continue reading Social Justice Book Club, July 5, 2026 at noon
The English Problem by Beena Kamlani A young Indian man is tapped to help his country’s fight for freedom—but his heart engages him in a different war. “Grand, sweeping, mesmerizing . . . a richly detailed, politically profound story of love, of migration, of individuals caught up in the great convulsions of history.”—Joseph O’Neill, PEN/Faulkner … Continue reading Social Justice Book Club, June 7, 2026 at noon
The Lost and the Found: A True Story of Homelessness, Found Family, and Second Chances by Kevin Fagan Award-winning San Francisco Chronicle journalist Kevin Fagan has been covering homelessness for decades and has spent extensive time on the streets for his reporting. In The Lost and the Found, Fagan introduces us to Rita and Tyson, two unhoused people who … Continue reading Social Justice Book Club, May 3, 2026 at noon
The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali The Lion Women of Tehran is a work of historical fiction and the third novel by Iranian American author Marjan Kamali. The novel explores the intertwined yet divergent lives of two Iranian girls as they grow into adulthood and experience different social classes, political leanings and dreams. … Continue reading Social Justice Book Club, April 5, 2026 at noon
Soul Medicine for a Fractured World: Healing, Justice, and the Path of Wholeness by Liza J. Rankow This book club meeting will be on the fourth Sunday due to a wonderful opportunity to have the author present for a question and answer session after the sermon she gives us that day. Combining the insightful analysis … Continue reading Social Justice Book Club February 22, 2026
The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong In the struggling town of East Gladness, Connecticut, nineteen-year-old Hai is saved from despair by Grazina, an elderly widow with dementia, forging an unexpected bond that reshapes their lives and reveals dynamics of love, memory, and resilience on the margins of society. The Social Justice Book Club meets on the first Sunday of the month at noon. We meet in … Continue reading Social Justice Book Read January 4, 2026
Ghost in the Criminal Justice Machine: Reform, White Supremacy, and an Abolitionist Future by Emile DeWeaver Despite reform efforts that have grown in scope and intensity over the last two decades, the machine of American mass incarceration continues to flourish. In this powerful polemic, formerly incarcerated activist, essayist, and organizer Emile Suotonye DeWeaver argues that … Continue reading Social Justice Book Read December 7, 2025
The Book of Lost Friends by Lisa Wingate This novel is inspired by the actual “Lost Friends” newspaper advertisements placed by formerly enslaved people after the Civil War as they searched for lost family members. It follows two intertwined storylines: one set in 1875 and one in 1987. The Social Justice Book Club meets on … Continue reading Social Justice Book Read November 2, 2025
Abundance by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson Abundance is a once-in-a-generation, paradigm-shifting call to renew a politics of plenty, face up to the failures of liberal governance, and abandon the chosen scarcities that have deformed American life. The Social Justice Book Club meets on the first Sunday of the month at noon. We meet in person … Continue reading Social Justice Book Read October 5, 2025
