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Inspirada Social Science Book Club June Meeting

June 19 @ 7:00 pm

Free

Our June topic is Gun Violence in America, and our book is Another Day in the Death of America: A Chronicle of Ten Short Lives by Gary Younge. On an average day in America, seven children and teens will be shot dead. In Another Day in the Death of America, award-winning journalist Garyu Younge tells the stories of the lives lost during one such day. It could have been any day, but he chose November 23, 2013. Black, white, and Latino, aged nine to nineteen, they fell at sleepovers, on street corners, in stairwells, and on their own doorsteps. From the rural Midwest to the barrios of Texas, the narrative crisscrosses the country over a period of twenty-four hours to reveal the full human stories behind the gun-violence statistics and the brief mentions in local papers of lives lost. This powerful and moving work puts a human face – a child’s face – on the “collateral damage” of gun deaths across the country. This is not a book about gun control, but about what happens in a country where it does not exist. What emerges in these pages is a searing and urgent portrait of youth, family, and firearms in America today. As always, feel free to attend the meeting even if you don’t read the book. For more info on the club and upcoming topics/books, visit our club website at https://inspiradassbc.club/ 

Details

Date:
June 19
Time:
7:00 pm
Cost:
Free
Event Category:

Venue

Solista Community Center
1890 Via Firenze
Henderson, NV 89052 United States
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