A Justice and Advocacy Book Group

Our second book, The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of how our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein was discussed as part of our February/March 2024 Lenten series.  It was of special interest to us as Richmond faces an acute shortage of affordable housing and Virginia has systematically defied civil rights legislation since Reconstruction.  

Some good local resources for fair housing advocacy can be found on the Partnership for Housing Affordability website and RISC, Richmonders Involved to Strengthen our Communities website.  Our J&A Team is currently weighing how best we might leverage our capacity in advocacy for housing affordability and availability.

St. Mark's Reads continues the work of racial justice begun during our 150th Anniversary RVA Talks program and Community Reads, a book group shared with St. Peter's Episcopal Church.  This Fall we are reading one of two books about Pauli Murray, and have the third option of watching a video on her life.

Read your choice of Song in A Weary Throat by Pauli Murray, or Pauli Murray: A Personal and Political Life by Troy R. Saxby. Or watch My Name is Pauli Murray on Prime Video or other streaming sources.

Young adult and children's titles are: Pauli Murray: Shouting of the Rights of All People by Deborah Nelson Link and The History of Juneteenth: A History Book for New Readers by Arlisha Norwood.

We gathered on Sunday, November 12 at 6pm for a Souper and discussion of what we read.