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Upcoming Books & Meetings
Upcoming Books & Meetings
December 2025
December 2025
Topic: No book this month, but we'll discuss our running list of ideas for actions, events, and partnerships, and we'll decide on next steps.
Date: Sat, Dec 20, 2025
Time: 9:30 - 11:00 AM
Location: Beverly Public Library, Main Branch, Fogg Room
January 2026
January 2026
Book: Survival Is a Promise: The Eternal Life of Audre Lorde by Alexis Pauline Gumbs
Date: Sat, Jan 24, 2026
Time: 9:30 - 11:00 AM
Location: Beverly Public Library, Main Branch, Sohier Room
February 2026
February 2026
Book: All About Love: New Visions by bell hooks
Date: Sat, Feb 21, 2026
Time: 9:30 - 11:00 AM
Location: Beverly Public Library, Main Branch, Sohier Room
Past Books
Past Books
November 2025
November 2025
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
October 2025
October 2025
Dreaming of Home: How We Turn Fear into Pride, Power, and Real Change by Cristina Jiménez
September 2025
September 2025
We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance by Kellie Carter Jackson
August 2025
August 2025
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer
July 2025
July 2025
Disability Intimacy: Essays on Love, Care, and Desire edited by Alice Wong
June 2025
June 2025
A Land With a People: Palestinians and Jews Confront Zionism edited by Esther Farmer, Rosalind Pollack Petchesky, and Sarah Sills
May 2025
May 2025
What It Takes to Heal: How Transforming Ourselves Can Change the World by Prentis Hemphill
April 2025
April 2025
Loving Corrections by Adrienne Maree Brown
Past Community Events
Past Community Events
Social Justice Candidate Forum
Social Justice Candidate Forum
October 26, 2025
Ahead of Beverly's 2025 municipal elections, we hosted a candidate forum at the library. We asked candidates questions that were submitted in advance by community members.
Topics that we covered
Topics that we covered
Immigration & ICE
LGBTQIA+
Diversity & Representation
Access & Affordability
Candidates who participated
Candidates who participated
Mayoral candidates who attended in person:
Mike Cahill
Brendan Sweeney
City Councilor at Large candidates who attended in person:
Kenann McKenzie-DeFranza
Keith Sonia
Euplio "Rick" Marciano
Kyle Stanley Retallack
City Councilor at Large candidates who submitted video entries:
Julie Flowers
John Mullady
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