Hi there!

Thank you for registering for SPARK Reproductive Justice Now x Kuluntu Reproductive Justice Center Book Club! We're so excited you'll be joining us for this reading journey and the conversations we'll share together.

Book Club Schedule:
Every Tuesday, August 25–September 29
7:00–9:00 PM ET / 4:00–6:00 PM PT

Important: You only need to register once for the entire series. The Zoom link that is emailed to you will be used for every meeting.

What We'll Be Exploring:
Throughout the series, we'll discuss themes of collective liberation, community care, and imagining new possibilities for our futures. Conversations will include:

📖 Family Abolition & Communization

Introduction

📖 Sex Work & Building the Revolution

Miss Kelley on the Insurrection of Hunts Point (Content Warning: Discussion of sex work, police violence, drug use, anti-trans violence, and hunger.)

Tanya John on the Free Assembly of Crotona Park

📖 Migration & Refuge

Quinn Liu on Making Refuge, From Hangzhou to Flushing (Content Warning: Anti-Asian internment, environmental destruction, gun violence, and family separation.)

Kawkab Hassan on Liberating the Levant (Content Warning: Violence against Palestinians, bombings, and violence against children.)

📖 Youth Liberation

S. Addams on the Church Fathers of Staten Island (Content Warning: Pedophilia/child sexual abuse, religious cults, misogynistic violence, and anti-trans rhetoric.)

Latif Timbers on Gestation Work (Content Warning: Youth homelessness, hunger, and depression.)

📖 Landback

Connor Stephens on the Fall of Colorado Springs (Content Warning: PTSD, war, fascist violence, and anti-Indigenous violence.)

📖 Restorative & Transformative Justice

Aniyah Reed on Pacha and the Communization of Space (Content Warning: Death, grief, and violence.)

Kayla Puan on Growing Up in the North Ironbound Commune (Content Warning: Non-graphic violence against a child and addiction.)

We'll send reminder emails before each discussion, and we look forward to learning, reflecting, and building community with you throughout the series.

If you have any questions, feel free to reach out. See you at book club!