[BFASA] FW: Announcing: BLAC at UC Book Club

[Victorino Moreira]

Dear Colleagues,



I’m pleased to announce the formation of the BLAC at UC Book Club, which will assemble in Summer 2024. This limited space opportunity is available UC-wide.



During the summer, we will be reading Respectable: Politics and Paradox in Making the Morehouse Man<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.ucpress.edu%2fbook%2f9780520340398%2frespectable&c=E,1,PxGvZuVIHlVZgh8nbH_1GnHGPj9J1qOllXKqDxazkwu0neshsvjw92Vqa5TjwUZiPjhMUi-5hYjSbfH4N0gmKQ3uuHFIKEqiPeto8f9zVJi-ydLKmog,&typo=1>, by Dr. Saida Grundy. A short description from UC Press appears below:



How does it feel to be groomed as the "solution" to a national Black male "problem"? This is the guiding paradox of Respectable, an in-depth examination of graduates of Morehouse College, the nation's only historically Black college for men. While Black male collegians are often culturally fetishized for "beating the odds," the image of Black male success that Morehouse assiduously promotes and celebrates is belied by many of the realities that challenge the students on this campus. Saida Grundy offers a unique insider perspective: a graduate of Spelman college and a former "Miss Morehouse," Grundy crafts an incisive feminist and sociological account informed by her personal insights and scholarly expertise.



To express interest in participating, please complete this form by April 30th<https://bit.ly/24blacbookclub>. I have also attached an advertisement for the Book Club. Please share through your respective faculty and staff organizations as you see fit.


Thank you,

Dennis

---
Dennis McIver (My Pronouns: He/Him/His)
Equity, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging (EDIB) Program Manager
UCOP Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Department<https://www.ucop.edu/equity-diversity-inclusion/index.html>
President-Elect, California College Personnel Association<https://ca.myacpa.org/>
Immediate Past Chair, Council of UC Staff Assemblies<https://cucsa.ucla.edu/>
University of California
1111 Franklin Street
Oakland, CA  94607
Dennis.mciver at ucop.edu<mailto:Dennis.mciver at ucop.edu>

[A picture containing text, blue, metal, vector graphics    Description automatically generated]

Note: I sometimes send emails outside of business hours; I do not expect others to do so.

--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BLAC at UC" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to blacatuc+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com<mailto:blacatuc+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com>.
To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/blacatuc/DM6PR06MB66350D7C2FD5D3A2FB85E57C9A092%40DM6PR06MB6635.namprd06.prod.outlook.com<https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/blacatuc/DM6PR06MB66350D7C2FD5D3A2FB85E57C9A092%40DM6PR06MB6635.namprd06.prod.outlook.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://lists.ucr.edu/pipermail/bfasa/attachments/20240415/6f484e0c/attachment-0001.html>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: image001.jpg
Type: image/jpeg
Size: 1989 bytes
Desc: image001.jpg
URL: <https://lists.ucr.edu/pipermail/bfasa/attachments/20240415/6f484e0c/attachment-0001.jpg>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: BLAC at UC Summer Book Club.png
Type: image/png
Size: 395503 bytes
Desc: BLAC at UC Summer Book Club.png
URL: <https://lists.ucr.edu/pipermail/bfasa/attachments/20240415/6f484e0c/attachment-0001.png>