Colleagues:
The MLA Reads Planning Team is excited to announce that our next book discussion will feature Ruha Benjamin's Viral Justice: How We Grow the World We Want from November 2024 through February 2025.
About the Author
Ruha Benjamin is an internationally recognized writer, speaker, and professor of African American Studies at Princeton University, where she is the founding director of the Ida B. Wells Just Data Lab. She is the award-winning author of Race After Technology: Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code and editor of Captivating Technology, among many other publications. Her work has been featured widely in the media, including the New York Times, the Washington Post, CNN, The Root, and The Guardian.
About the Book
Long before the pandemic, Ruha Benjamin was doing groundbreaking research on race, technology, and justice, focusing on big, structural changes. But the twin plagues of COVID-19 and anti-Black police violence inspired her to rethink the importance of small, individual actions. Viral Justice is a sweeping and deeply personal exploration of how we can transform society through the choices we make every day.
Part memoir, part manifesto, Benjamin vividly recounts her personal experiences and those of her family, showing how seemingly minor decisions and habits can spread virally and create exponentially positive effects. From the chronic stress of racism to community organizers fostering mutual aid, *Viral Justice* offers a passionate, inspiring, and practical vision of how small changes can transform our relationships, communities, and the world for the better.
- For a sneak peek, you can check out the book trailer.
- Please mark your calendars and RSVP using the link below: https://forms.gle/sGgGcGppswYyC4m6A
- As in previous years, books will be provided for the first 150 participants, so sign up early!
We look forward to another engaging and thoughtful discussion with all of you.
Warmest Regards,
MLA Reads Planning Committee
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