October 2018 Newsletter

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OCTOBER 2018  |  NEWSLETTER
READ  |  WRITE  |  DISCUSS  |  PRAY  |  SERVE  |  REFLECT

Even in Cambridge

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Read

Evicted in Cambridge

Don’t be intimidated by the length of this 2017 Pulitzer Prize winner for nonfiction.  Despite details that sat on my soul with deepening sadness, I found this readable and compelling.  If you are short on time consider just reading the epilogue and “about this book” sections at the back.  Then consider how you might act in your community to support efforts for affordable housing.

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Write

Implicit Bias in Cambridge

The Civic Unity Committee of the Mayor’s Office recently sponsored a talk entitled Implicit Bias, given by Professor Mahzarin Banaji, Chair of the Department of Psychology at Harvard.  Ask yourself Banaji’s question: “Are our values inconsistent with our behavior?” Then read more to find out how to give yourself a check up.

What are you doing now?

Over the past few years I have watched with curiosity and jealousy as stay at home moms took their youngest children to school for the first time.  In September I finally got to experience the transition myself.  (You can take a moment to celebrate with me here.)

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Discuss

Sing, Unburied, Sing

This 2017 National Book Award winner for fiction takes us to the deep south where we encounter characters enduring with the new Jim Crow, drug addiction and the effects of incarceration as they deal with the trauma from Hurricane Katrina, Deepwater Horizon and personal battles that ravage their lives.  Pick up a copy and challenge yourself to understand how such a culture is still alive and full of struggle even today.

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Pray

Tigers Christian Club

This past month we dove into lessons from the Kids Honor Club where we learned about how to cultivate hearts filled with the fruit of the spirit so we can solve problems in a way that honors others.

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Serve

Save the date!

Tickets go on sale November 11th. Please let me know if I can reserve tickets for you.  Concert dates: Friday, 12/7 7:30pm, Saturday, 12/8 at 1pm, 4pm and 7pm, Sunday, 12/9 at 4pm and 7pm.  Tickets are $20 for adults and $15 for seniors and children.

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Reflect

Reflect

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Looking forward to reading & discussing with you!

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