Teach Truth BOOK CLUB

We have launched an in-person book club at Napa Bookmine! Register below or pick up a copy of the books and stay in touch.

  • Our African Unconscious

    01.08.24 6:00-7:30PM

    Join us for the first Teach Truth book club! This evening, Dale Allender, PhD, will lead our discussion.

    The fossil record confirms that humanity originated in Africa. Yet somehow we have overlooked that Africa is also at the root of all that makes us human--our spirituality, civilization, arts, sciences, philosophy, and our conscious and unconscious minds.

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  • The 1619 Project

    the 1619 Project

    02.05.24 6-7:30PM

    What came before 1619? What followed? Whether you read the original article, the book, heard the podcast, saw the documentary or just know about the controversy, you are welcome to this discussion about Nikole Hannah-Jones’ important work.

    Dale Allender, PhD will again lead the group discussion.

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  • The Black Jacobins

    03.04.24 6:00-7:30PM

    A powerful and impassioned historical account of the largest successful revolt by enslaved people in history: the Haitian Revolution of 1791–1803. Our discussion will be led by Afro-Caribbean scholar, Dr. Patricia van Leeuwaarde-Moonsammy. Dr. van Leeuwaarde Moonsammy is a socio-cultural anthropologist with expertise in race, ethnicity and diaspora studies; decolonization; performance studies and expressive culture; and media.

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  • The Unbroken Brain

    05.06.24 6-7:30

    James (JT) Thompson, founder of the Napa Valley Black History Month Celebration, First Five Network Member and Psychologist, will be leading a discussion on “Unbroken Brain” and how we treat addiction in our communities. Combining Maia Szalavitz’s personal story with a distillation of more than 25 years of science and research, Unbroken Brain provides a paradigm-shifting approach to thinking about addiction.

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  • Parable of the Sower

    06.03.24 6-7:30

    Dr. Kim Hester Wlliams, professor of Literature and American Studies at Sonoma State University will lead the discussion of Octavia Butler’s prescient and timely novel, Parable of the Sower. Dr. Hester Williams is co-editor of a collection of interdisciplinary essays on race and environment, Racial Ecologies (2018). She has also published essays on the representation of race, gender and economy in new media, popular culture, and film. Her current scholarship considers race, ecology, and Afro-eco-poetics with particular attention to the work of science fiction writer Octavia Butler.

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