This post is part of the April Social Justice Book Club. This week we are discussing Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn. Conversation Questions for Chapter One: The authors list the reasons for the rise of sex slavery as the fall of communism, globalization, and AIDS. Were you aware that sexual slavery exists today? Would you add anything to this list? Were you surprised by any of these reasons? “In … [Read more...]

This post is part of the April Social Justice Book Club. This week we are discussing Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn. The above video is from the organization The Girl Effect. Conversation Questions for the Introduction: Had you ever heard of The Girl Effect before reading the Introduction? “Less than 1% of U.S. foreign aid is specifically targeted to women and girls.” In light of the statistics … [Read more...]

Welcome to the April Social Justice Book Club. This week we will be discussing Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn. Half The Sky focuses us on how helping women around the world can have a striking impact on human well-being. The video above is from a documentary inspired by the book and will give you a taste for what we will be discussing this week (we will have other videos throughout the week). Whether you have … [Read more...]

We will be kicking off our Social Justice Book Club with Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn. The April Social Justice Book Club will take place the week of April 14-20. Sue Halpern said the following in her review of Hall The Sky in The New York Review of Books: "...he and WuDunn are very clear that they have not written Half the Sky simply to document the condition of child brides in Ethiopia and girls … [Read more...]

In conjunction with Independence Rock Group: Center for Faith, Ethics, and Social Justice, I am looking to start up a social justice book club. We hope to have both online and in-person groups. More details to come. First, I need your help! Do you have a book that you think would be a good selection for a social justice book club? It can be fiction or non-fiction. It can be a classic or a new book. We are interested in helping new and independent authors, so feel free to recommend … [Read more...]