Summer 2025

Welcome to Nubian Book Club 2025

Theme: Liberation Through Collective Legacy: 

Honouring the Past, Designing Futures

Session 1: Learning from Collective Legacy: The Power of Elder Wisdom

Time: 6:30-8:00pm (Virtual)

Panelists: Michael Lashley, Madge Logan, Cecil Roach, Aina-Nia Ayodele 

In the Spirit of Sankofa: Learning Across Generations: 

Time: 6:30-8:00pm (Virtual)

Suggested Reading: Sankofa Poem by G.G. Malcolm: https://powerpoetry.org/poems/sankofa-reach-back-and-get-it-0

Closing Poem: We closed out Session 2 with this Poem Father to Son by Jaiya John

Father to Son

By Jaiya John

The story begins like this:

I have walked the road you now travel,

My footsteps etched in the dust of time.

I have seen the sun rise and set

On dreams both fulfilled and deferred.

My hands have built and broken,

Held and released,

Loved and let go.

Son, carry with you the lessons

Carved into the lines of my face,

The wisdom woven into the fabric of our name.

Let your heart be your compass,

Your spirit the wind that guides you.

And when you find yourself lost,

Remember the path home

Is always within you.

Freedom Dreaming, Co-Designing Legacies for Tomorrow

Time: 6:30-8:00pm (in person)

Text: "A Few Rules for Predicting the Future" by Dr. Octavia Butler https://commongood.cc/reader/a-few-rules-for-predicting-the-future-by-octavia-e-butler/

Guiding Questions:

• What does it mean to engage in future dreaming?

• What does it mean to be a good ancestor?

• How do we build a collective legacy rooted in community?