Under the Circle Mission with the Community Working for social justice and encouraging diverse and marginalized, all through the virtual formats, we feel very fortunate that we have the privilege of talking to authors who live around the country during this time and we feel it is really significant that we continue to do the programming that we are to have scheduled because folks need history as we move through this historic time. There is really no, i cannot give a better book to help us focus on what the movement on right now and what we can do right now, and the books of 1962 and 2015. We have the editor here, michael and pam who is a lifelong collaborator for justice in his widow we hope will be on soon, shes having technical difficulties. Im going to invite you to settling and make yourself at home and we will get to some questions in the chat, please keep your cell phone and you can turn your camera on, you do not have to turn it on but were just going to enjoy some time with mic
Ordinarily we come to you live in person at 184 184 south chal in decatur georgia. We are now the new school for scott comes but during the current fiber, to life from my home office in atlanta, georgia. We have been doing a whole series of Educational Programs that fall under our mission of fostering sustainable commutes him working for social justice and encouraging the expression diverse and marginalized voices all through these virtual formats. We feel very fortunate we have a prototalking to authors who lived all over the country during this time. We feel it is really, really, really significant that we continue to do the programming that we already have scheduled. Because folks need history as we move through this historic time. Theres really no, i can think of no better book to help us focus on what the movement for black lights needs right now, what we can do to contribute right now in this book, race man julian bond selected works, 19602015. We have the editor here, michael lo
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