For the Culture Book Club: Celebrating Black American History
2025
Sunday, February 2, 2025 – Saturday, March 15, 2025
Registration is closed.
For the Culture Book Club happens annually during the winter season. Each year, this online book club focuses on a different culture to celebrate and learn about. For the 2024 book club, our theme will be Affrilachia. The term Affrilachia was coined by author Frank X. Walker to describe Black Americans who lived in Appalachia.
There are three tiers for participation with the fee ranging from $15-$50. This allows our facilitator(s) to be compensated for time spent facilitating the book club. The fee also covers the cost of resources from the facilitators. Additional information about the tiers can be found on the registration page.
In case you are wondering, the third book does include more than recipes!
This club includes lively discussions, diverse perspectives, and an unwavering commitment to lifting up histories, stories, and culture.
Your literary leader Shawnta Stockton Barnes, who is a champion of access to all books and stories. Bianca Carter serves as our book club assistant.
What You’ll Gain:
– Resources to use at home or at school
– Accountability to stay the course & read
– A community of people who want to discuss books
Shawnta Stockton Barnes
Book Club Facilitator
Shawnta serves as an education consultant and Editor-in-Chief of an education publication. She loves learning knowledge and helping others grow professionally. She holds a Doctorate of Education in Literacy, Culture, & Language Education.
As an avid reader as a child, it seems Shawnta was destined to become an English teacher, a role she held for nearly a decade. She loves reading young adult literature (YA), biographies, and fantasy.
Bianca Carter
Book Club Assistant
Bianca is a wife and mother to two wonderful sons. She enjoys reading, vibing to music, and helping others.
Her favorite book genre is science fiction. She loves to read books written by Black Sci-Fi Queen, Octavia Butler. Bianca also enjoys learning history as well as reading romance novels, at times.
She is looking forward to ensuing participants enjoy the book club experience.
2024
Sunday, January 7, 2024 – Saturday, March 16, 2024
Registration is closed.
For the Culture Book Club happens annually during the winter season. Each year, this online book club focuses on a different culture to celebrate and learn about. For the 2024 book club, the featured group will be Black Americans.
Book club cost covers the purchase of the three selected books, facilitators’ time, resources, and in person meet up. (There is a purchase option that does eliminate the in person meet up fee for virtual-only participants and an option that allows participants to purchase books on their own.)
In case you are wondering, the third book does include more than recipes!
This club includes lively discussions, diverse perspectives, and an unwavering commitment to lifting up histories, stories, and culture.
Your literary leader Shawnta Stockton Barnes, who is a champion of access to all books and stories. Bianca Carter serves as our book club assistant.
What You’ll Gain:
– Resources to use at home or at school
– Accountability to stay the course & read
– A community of people who want to discuss books
Shawnta Stockton Barnes
Book Club Facilitator
Shawnta serves as an education consultant and Editor-in-Chief of an education publication. She loves learning knowledge and helping others grow professionally. She holds a Doctorate of Education in Literacy, Culture, & Language Education.
As an avid reader as a child, it seems Shawnta was destined to become an English teacher, a role she held for nearly a decade. She loves reading young adult literature (YA), biographies, and fantasy.
Bianca Carter
Book Club Assistant
Bianca is a wife and mother to two wonderful sons. She enjoys reading, vibing to music, and helping others.
Her favorite book genre is science fiction. She loves to read books written by Black Sci-Fi Queen, Octavia Butler. Bianca also enjoys learning history as well as reading romance novels, at times.
She is looking forward to ensuing participants enjoy the book club experience.
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