OC Progress Reading Series
This reading series is meant to provide participants with motivation to tackle books exploring weighty politics and culture topics.
When delving into these topics, a forum to discuss and reflect collectively helps deepen learning. We started this reading series to create such a group for sharing your reflections and wisdom to enrich one another.
As a new group, book suggestions are welcomed and encouraged. Please let us know topics you’re interested in or books that have been particularly impactful for you.
Suggestions made so far (keep ‘em coming!):
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson
Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right by Jane Mayer
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond
Health Justice Now: Single Payer and What Comes Next by Timothy Faust
Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the 21st Century edited by Alice Wong
Tangled Up In Blue by Rosa Brooks
From the Ground Up: How Frontline staff can save Americas Healthcare by Peter Lazes and Marie Rudden
Mistrust: Why Losing Faith in Institutions Provides the Tools to Transform Them by Ethan Zuckerman
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
Contact us if you’d like to get involved.