We believe that the best activists are those who are educated about issues. Periodically, we read important books and host discussions with authors after services during lunch. We also host screenings and panel discussions.
Recommended Books:
How the Words Are Passed by Clint Smith
The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein
City of Inmates by Kelly Lytle Hernandéz
Locked In by John Pfaff
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Tattoos on the Heart by Father Gregory Boyle
Barking to the Choir by Father Gregory Boyle
The New Jim Crow by Michele Alexander
Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
Whistling Vivaldi by Claude Steele
Golden Gulag: Prisons, Surplus, Crisis and Opposition in Globalizing California by Ruth Wilson Gilmore
We also recommend you watch the film Anchor Baby, produced and directed by IKARite Leanna Creel.
Here are some articles to read:
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/10/06/before-the-law
http://time.com/4821547/jay-z-racism-bail-bonds/?iid=sr-link1