Pandemic Political Education Book Club

Schedule

Wed, 15 Jan, 2025 at 07:00 pm to Wed, 17 Dec, 2025 at 08:00 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

Under the Umbrella Bookstore and Cafe | Salt Lake City, UT

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Read books to learn lessons from HIV/AIDS Activism and Disability Justice.
About this Event

The Pandemic Political Education book club meets on the third Wednesday of each month.

While the COVID-19 pandemic has falsely been declared over, health and disability justice remain and urgent need, especially as more pandemics are expected in our age of climate crisis.

While many forms of community care are needed, this book club aims to provide a space for deepening our historical and political analysis of queer-informed health justice to empower communities in ongoing and future pandemics, while grounding in queer and disabled histories and wisdom.

The reading list will include histories, memoirs, and analysis of the HIV-AIDS pandemic, foundational texts by queer disabled authors, and lenses on queer health justice.

This book club is open to all, with the goal of centering queer and disabled experiences. You don't need to consider yourself an "activist" to join, though much of the discussion of the books will focus on specific lessons we can apply to today.


Cost: This book club is free, but please consider bringing a contribution (sliding scale $1-5) for the meeting room reservation at Under the Umbrella.

Funding is available to offset the cost of book purchases, thanks to a grant from Project Rainbow. Get in contact with Amelia Diehl at [email protected] for more information.

Contact: Amelia Diehl at [email protected] with any questions.

COVID Precautions: Masks are required. An air purifier will be running throughout the event.

2025 Book Schedule

When possible, please support the store and the authors by purchasing a copy here! Most books should also be available at local libraries. One copy of each book is available for free to any BIPOC person interested in reading the book but unable or unwilling to pay for a copy.

January | Disability Intimacy: Essays on Love, Care, and Desire by Alice Wong

February | Mutual Aid by Dean Spade

March | Care Work by Leah Laksmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

April | Kindling: Writings on the Body by Aurora Levins Morales

May | The Cancer Journals by Audre Lorde

June | Don't Call Us Dead by Danez Smith

July | Health Comunism by Artie Vierkant and Beatrice Adler-Bolton

Aug | Healing Justice Lineages by Cara Page and Erica Woodland

Sept | How to Tell When We Will Die by Johanna Hedva

Oct | Brilliant Imperfection by Eli Clare

Nov | Rebellious Mourning by Cindy Milstein

December | Illness as a Metaphor by Susan Sontag

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Under the Umbrella Bookstore and Cafe, 511 West 200 South, Salt Lake City, United States

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