Spring Session: February 1st - April 13th, 2025
Love in a Fucked-Up World: How to Build Relationships, Hook Up, and Raise Hell Together by Dean Spade

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“In the times to come, we are going to have to find new ways to be with one another under enormous stress and in times of devastating grief. We will be called on to demonstrate capacities that are devalued and underdeveloped in dominant society: generosity, courage, connection, compassion, and imagination.”

 

The early days of the Trump Administration have confirmed and even exceeded the worst nightmares of many of us. Whether or not we are directly impacted, even bearing witness to such blatant hatred has plunged so any people into despair and leaves us wondering: what now? In these times of polarization, division, and othering, gathering with purpose and in the company of like-minded people has never been more important. We must hold space for each other's grief, rage, and uncertainty, and we most work together to keep hope and collective action alive. Dean Spade's latest book acts as a guide of sorts, helping us navigate the conflicts and emotional difficulties that may hinder the necessary progress we need to make towards unified, organized action.

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Summer Session: May 1st - August 10th, 2025
Love Across Borders: Passports, Papers, and Privilege in a Divided World by Anna Lekas Miller

 

"We are told that love conquers all. What happens if you do not have the right passport?"

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With climate catastrophe, conflicts, and fascism on the rise, humanity is facing new waves of forced displacement. Our current mainstream media tends to paint the migration as the issue rather than what it really is - a response to issues that are caused by exploitative/extractive capitalism, power imbalances. and colonialism. These global issues can be overwhelming and it can be hard to know where or how to start on your path to education or taking action. Anna Lekas Miller's book is the perfect starting point. Not everyone can relate to border imperialism or see themselves in the stories of refugees and other forced migrants, but everyone can see themselves in a love story. Through her own relationship that was fragmented across countries by border imperialism. Anna takes us on a deep dive into the stories of love divided historically and in real time. Her writing brings the necessary humanity to these contemporary issues in a captivating book that you won't want to put down! 

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Fall Session: September 1st - November 16th, 2025
The Naked Don't Fear the Water: An Underground Journey with Afghan Refugees by Matthieu Aikins 

 

"It's really simple, I wrote in my diary. I come from a place they would like to go, but can't. It would drive me crazy but for them it's just matter-of-fact."

 

What would the world look like if you had a different passport and borders that were once porous and could be traversed with a click of a button and a plane ticket were suddenly slammed shut? How would the world look to you if freedom and safety were on the other side of a gauntlet of danger and uncertainty? Matthieu Aikins' journey and reflections on passports and privilege challenge our current systems and structures through the captivating story of his time undercover as an Afghan refugee alongside his interpreter. As more borders slam shut and safe migration routes for everyone continue to decrease, this book is a timely reminder of the reality of these policies and what consequences follow a lack of humanitarian pathways in our neocolonial world. We will end our 2025 book club series with this eloquent adventure story that is just as much a critique of modern divides as it is an epic of bravery and love.