+NEXT MEETING:
Join us for this in-person, heart-felt book club meeting reflecting on love and pedagogy today. Share your thoughts (and feelings) on topics in the selected readings while compassionately listening and connecting with community.
In the spirit of art and creative practice, new and current AESJ book club members are welcome - but, not required - to bring a craft or small-scale work-in-process art project (crochet, embroidery, poetry, doodling, etc.) in order to co-create while discussing this month's readings together.
Date + Time: Saturday, February 7, 2026
Location: To be announced. More information coming soon!
RSVP: Kindly let us know you will be joining us. Reserve your seat for this in-person meeting by sending an RSVP email to aesjbookclub@gmail.com.
Notes: Street parking available.
+READINGS: To be announced. More information coming soon! For a full list of readings, please visit the +Current Readings webpage.
+SPECIAL THANKS: We would like to take a moment to thank all of our book club members for the 10 years of art education + social justice book club meetings. Cheers, book worms!
+COMMUNITY AGREEMENTS: Values + Conversation Guidelines
All Book Club members attending this event commit to reviewing and practicing by our Art Education + Social Justice Book Club Values and Community + Conversation Guidelines (see below).
Values:
Love + Learning: Loving-kindness and compassion are at the root of teaching and learning. We lead with love and compassion. We cultivate and communicate this love and respect through our thoughts, language, actions and creative-making.
Growth + Transformation: Intentionally allot the time, space, energy and labor to nurturing personal, communal and creative transformation. Change and growth are challenging, powerful and continuous.
Thoughtfulness + Criticality: Practicing critical and creative thinking with themes, ideas, and questions related to the readings, writings and relevant resources. We are open to reflecting and respectfully responding to our process of learning, unlearning, and/or relearning.
Inclusion + Intersectionality: Being our most authentic self while being in community. Reflecting on our lived experiences, honoring intersectional identity, and examining our positions of power, privileges and biases. Practicing inclusive language and understanding that language evolves, just like we do.
Community + Interconnectedness: We are connected to each other, our collective histories, and our ancestors. Interweaving socio-cultural consciousness, intergenerational awareness and global perspectives helps us to understand our positionality, roles, responsibilities and leadership, especially within the complexities and continuum of histories and art histories.
Community + Conversation Guidelines:
1. Be Present.
2. Communicate Respectfully.
3. Listen + Be Heard.
4. Take Space + Make Space.
5. Support + Be Supported.
Questions? Send meeting-related questions, suggestions, + inspirations to aesjbookclub@gmail.com.
Art Education + Social Justice Book Club Rights Reserved. 2016. Art Credit: Jane Mount.