ASU Book Group: ‘Social Justice in Action’ by Neal A. Lester
Schedule
Thu Mar 27 2025 at 12:00 pm to 01:00 pm
UTC-07:00Location
Charles Trumbull Hayden Library | Tempe, AZ
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The ASU Book Group's March 2025 reading selection is “Social Justice in Action: Models for Campus and Community,” by Neal A. Lester. Lester is a Foundation Professor of English at ASU and the founding director of Project Humanities. Register to attend in person or to receive a Zoom link.The book group is open to all in the ASU community and meets monthly from noon to 1 p.m. with two different options for attendance: either in-person at Hayden Library, room 317* or virtually on Zoom.
In-person attendees are invited to join the author for lunch after at the University Club, no-host.
Haven't read the book? Come anyway! Authors are always present.
*Note new in-person location for 24-25.
Synopsis: Addressing both veterans of justice work and novices seeking points of entry, the essays in this volume showcase practical approaches to diversity, equity, and inclusion: ways to build community, earn trust, tell unheard stories, and develop solutions to problems. Emphasizing values such as empathy, self-reflection, and integrity, the volume is rooted in humanities work but also features contributions from fields as diverse as the performing arts, architecture, and evolutionary biology and represents settings beyond the college campus, such as schools, libraries, museums, and prisons. While bringing insights from higher education, it critiques the system as well, exploring the ways that institutions reinforce power structures and exclude marginalized voices. Interspersed with the essays, brief reflections by activists and artists offer testimony and inspiration.
The ASU Book Group is sponsored as a community outreach initiative hosted in partnership between the Department of English and ASU Library.
More information and registration: https://asuevents.asu.edu/event/asu-book-group-neal-lester
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Where is it happening?
Charles Trumbull Hayden Library, 300 E. Orange Mall,Tempe, Arizona, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
