Better Days Reading Club November Meeting

Date: Wednesday, November 26

Time: 7:30-9:00 PM

Location: Pinch Bakery and Plant Shop, 183 Sherman Avenue N, Hamilton

Join Epic Books at Pinch Bakery & Plant Shop for a new social-justice-oriented book club sponsored by Ward 3's Community Resilience Grant! Every month we read a nonfiction book on a different social issue and discuss what we've learned and how we can use it to implement positive grassroots change in our community. Come for the delicious free treats from Pinch (iykyk), stay for a great discussion of books and community!

November's Book is Abolitionist Intimacies by El Jones. Jones examines the movement to abolish prisons through the Black feminist principles of care and collectivity. Understanding the history of prisons in Canada in their relationship to settler colonialism and anti-Black racism, Jones observes how practices of intimacy become imbued with state violence at carceral sites including prisons, policing and borders, as well as through purported care institutions such as hospitals and social work.

After a guided discussion of the book, we'll talk about how we can take what we've learned and use it to implement real, lasting change in our communities.

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