Equity Reads

Explore diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice conversations through storytelling and community.

Equity Reads is an opportunity for community partners to engage in DEIJ discussions through reading and reflection. We will critically examine contemporary texts influencing the DEIJ landscape. Our facilitation team will support attendees knowledge in facilitating similar conversations with their teams, colleagues, and friends.

Why Join The Conversation

DEIJ Focused Community and Discussion

Each book chosen for Equity Reads focuses on providing DEIJ-centered themes and discussion done in small, virtual community.

Facilitation Skills From Experienced Facilitators

Our experienced facilitators will provide guidance and strategies in facilitating similar community-based discussions and learning.

DEIJ Knowledge-Building

The Equity Reads book selection is curated to build participants knowledge of DEIJ themes and narratives that will support them in the workplace.

What You Will Read

Rest is Resistance: A Manifesto by Tricia Hersey demonstrates the power and necessity of rest in the face of advocacy.

In Rest is Resistance, Tricia Hersey leans on her experiences from a graduate-level divinity program and her upbringing in a Black church community to articulate the liberatory force of rest. Hersey’s education, community, and spirituality drive her motivations and methods for rest. We invite you to join the conversation and consider what your foundations are for a deeply liberating practice.

Registration for Equity Reads ends April 6, 2024.

What You Can Expect

4 virtual, 90-minute book clubs
May 9, May 23, June 6, and June 20, 4:30-6:00 p.m. MT
A reading guide for each book club meeting so participants know what to read and can prepare for discussion.
The final book club will focus on giving participants skills to facilitate similar conversations in your own workplace.

$65 registration fee not including the book
- We encourage you to visit your local library, buy it second hand or support your local book store!
- We provide a sliding scale payment plan in the spirit of equity and access. Email McKenna.Andreas@du.edu for a discount code.