“Reading is an exercise in empathy; an exercise in walking in someone else’s shoes for a while.” - Malorie Blackman

As we encounter a dramatic historic event with the inauguration of a new president and his groundbreaking administration, the Campus Community Book Club will read and discuss Vice President Kamala Harris' The Truths We Hold: An American Journey. This book also celebrates Black History Month. We will meet February 10th at noon via Zoom.

"From one of America's most inspiring political leaders, a book about the core truths that unite us, and the long struggle to discern what those truths are and how best to act upon them, in her own life and across the life of our country. By reckoning with the big challenges we face together, drawing on the hard-won wisdom and insight from her own career and the work of those who have most inspired her, Kamala Harris offers in The Truths We Hold a master class in problem solving, in crisis management, and leadership in challenging times.

Through the arc of her own life, on into the great work of our day, she communicates a vision of shared struggle, shared purpose, and shared values. In a book rich in many home truths, not least is that a relatively small number of people work very hard to convince a great many of us that we have less in common than we actually do, but it falls to us to look past them and get on with the good work of living our common truth. When we do, our shared effort will continue to sustain us and this great nation, now and in the years to come." -- Provided by publisher.

Please join us. To receive the Zoom link for this meeting RSVP to this announcement or email mariannesciucco@sunyorange.edu. 

Note: This book is available in a variety of formats through the Ramapo-Catskill Library system and at your favorite online bookstore.