âI was reading this book called
Cooperation Jackson about cooperatives, specifically one in Jackson, Mississippi, and someone tweeted me âYo, letâs be pen-pals, weâre reading the same book,’â Noname said In her interview with Trevor Noah on The Daily Show With Trevor Noah last year.  âI was high and I was like, âOh my God, I should create a book club,â so yeah, I created a book club. I smoke a lot of weed.â
At the end of every month weâll be taping a podcast to discuss the books!
Since then, the organization has blossomed into a community outreach program and an activist network with over 172,000 Twitter followers and local chapters in cities across the country, including Washington, D.C., San Antonio, Philadelphia, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Boston. Â