<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hey all -<div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>We had our STEP meeting today to discuss how we're going to proceed with the book club.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO JOIN! Several of you mentioned that you were interested, but were not able to make today's meeting. There is still time for folks to sign up.</div><div><br></div><div>We're reading the following books:</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Let Your LIfe Speak by Parker Palmer</div><div>Creating Inclusive Campus Environments by Shaun R. Harper - new from NASPA</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>We're starting with the Palmer book for October, and will begin the Harper book in January. The deal I have worked out with Susan, is that she will pay for the Harper book for folks who are participating if we pay for our own Palmer book. You will want to order your Palmer book soon as our first discussion will be Oct. 20.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>You can get the Palmer book new for $12 from Amazon.com (around $8 used), normally it retails for $18. If you sign up for book club and attend October's meeting, then your Harper book will be covered. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;">I will only order enough books for those at October's meeting.</span> (So let me know if you have a conflict with October, but plan on participating.)</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Here's the schedule for the pace of the book club, and the lead person for each month:</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>October 20<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Palmer ch. 1-3<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Jami Grosser</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>November 17<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Palmer ch. 4-6<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Amalia Isais</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>December - Retreat?? - TBD - last year it was Friday of finals week (Dec. 12, 2008) - no book club</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>January 26<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Harper ch. 1-2<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Felicity Osowski</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>February 23<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Harper ch. 3-4<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Jeff Eppley</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>March 16<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Harper ch. 5-6<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Kara Devaney</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>April 20<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Harper ch. 7-8<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Jen Miller</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>May 18<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Harper ch. 9-10<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Elena Perez</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>June 15<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Harper ch. 11-12<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>TBA</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>**Each Lead will be in charge of hosting the meeting, reserving the room, sending out reminder emails, etc. and facilitating discussion. </div><div>THERE IS STILL ROOM TO HELP FACILITATE. If you have an interest in the topics discussed (and I realize you may need to look at the book chapters to determine this) let the person know. We welcome co-leads. Leads are encouraged to prepare discussion questions, etc.</div><div>Goals for the book club will be discussed at the first meeting, and subsequent discussions about follow-up activities and how these concepts relate to our work will also take place. Please be thinking about your personal and professional goals for our discussions.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>If you have any questions, let me know. Sorry about the long email. I'm very excited about Book Club. Thanks so much for your enthusiasm about this new venture.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>See you in October to start talking about Letting Our Life Speak!</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; ">Jami Grosser</span></div><div apple-content-edited="true"><div> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS">Assistant Director, LGBT Resource Center</font></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS">University of California, Riverside</font></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS">Riverside, CA<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>92521</font></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS">951-827-2267</font></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS"><u><a href="mailto:jami.grosser@ucr.edu">jami.grosser@ucr.edu</a></u></font></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS"><a href="http://www.out.ucr.edu">www.out.ucr.edu</a></font></p> </div> </div><br></body></html>