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Community => Break Room => Topic started by: TheCat on May 11, 2016, 09:52:04 AM

Title: MetroJacksonville Book "Club"?
Post by: TheCat on May 11, 2016, 09:52:04 AM
Would anyone be interested in reading a particular book with me. I would love to team up with around five people to give the below book a read and have constructive and thoughtful conversation (and debate) on the topic.

The thread on abolishing prisons led me to a short book by Angela Davis, "Are Prison Obsolete?" It's six small chapters long. Davis provides a fairly good birds eye of the "arguments" of this movement.

I'm not sure what is the best way to book club something but I think a mixture of online conversation and meeting in person woulld be a fantastic way to connect on this subject.

(http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0121/2432/products/Davis_ArePrisonObsolete_large.jpg?v=1327339917)

Abolish Prison Thread:

http://www.metrojacksonville.com/forum/index.php/topic,26659.0.html (http://www.metrojacksonville.com/forum/index.php/topic,26659.0.html)
Title: Re: MetroJacksonville Book "Club"?
Post by: wanderson91 on May 11, 2016, 10:54:51 AM
I'd be interested!!
Title: Re: MetroJacksonville Book "Club"?
Post by: TheCat on May 11, 2016, 02:32:37 PM
That's great! Who else?
Title: Re: MetroJacksonville Book "Club"?
Post by: Scarlettjax on May 11, 2016, 06:43:12 PM
I'm in for it.  I was just talking with a friend yesterday about how great it would be to have a book club to discuss such topics; my friend advised they don't have time to read for "fun."  So I'm up for some fun. 
Title: Re: MetroJacksonville Book "Club"?
Post by: Gambit80 on May 11, 2016, 08:17:12 PM
I would be interested, as well.
Title: Re: MetroJacksonville Book "Club"?
Post by: TheCat on May 12, 2016, 05:18:10 PM
Four is good. I guess I'll try to come up with some sort of a structure over the weekend and see if it jives with everyone else...?
Title: Re: MetroJacksonville Book "Club"?
Post by: wanderson91 on May 13, 2016, 09:05:34 AM
Sounds great!