Sign up for our October Diversity Book Discussion: "Girls Like Us" (October 13)

The Regional Campus Libraries and the Center for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion are co-sponsoring a book discussion for students, faculty, and staff! Join us for our October discussion  where we will be reading Girls Like Us by Randi Pink. We will meet on Thursday, October 13th, from 12:00PM-1:00PM, and our discussion will be led by Dr. Theresa Kulbaga.

The discussion will be simulcast to both locations of the Center for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (100 Johnston Hall at Middletown and 114 Rentschler Hall at Hamilton) for attendees who would like to meet face-to-face. You will also be able to attend via Zoom. Lunch will be provided for face-to-face attendees.

Below is a brief synopsis of the book:

Set in the summer of 1972, this moving YA historical novel is narrated by teen girls from different backgrounds with one thing in common: Each girl is dealing with pregnancy.
Four teenage girls. Four different stories. What they all have in common is that they’re dealing with unplanned pregnancies.

In rural Georgia, Izella is wise beyond her years, but burdened with the responsibility of her older sister, Ola, who has found out she’s pregnant. Their young neighbor, Missippi, is also pregnant, but doesn’t fully understand the extent of her predicament. When her father sends her to Chicago to give birth, she meets the final narrator, Susan, who is white and the daughter of an anti-choice senator. (Goodreads)

Please use our sign up form so we will know if you're coming to one of the Centers for lunch, or if you'll join us on Zoom.  You can also tell us how you'd like to receive your free copy of the book (provided by the Center for Diversity , Equity, and Inclusion).

Thank you to our wonderful sponsors:

John Burke, Director, Gardner-Harvey Library

Krista McDonald, Director, Rentschler Library

Bennyce Hamilton, Director, Center for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

We look forward to an excellent discussion!

(Thanks to Brea McQueen, Rentschler Library, for sharing this announcement!)