UUA Common Read – “Breathe: A Letter to My Sons” by Imani Perry

Monday, April 26 from 7pm-8:30pm

Zoom link https://zoom.us/j/92918477007

Emotionally raw and deeply reflective, Perry's book challenges society to recognize Black children as deserving of humanity. She shares her fear and frustration for her African American sons in an increasingly racist atmosphere in which white people at times seem irredeemable. However, as a mother, feminist, writer, and intellectual, Perry offers an unfettered expression of love—finding beauty and possibility in life. She exhorts her children and their peers to find the courage to chart their own paths and find grounding and inspiration in Black tradition. The New York Times calls Breathe “an elixir of history, ancestry and compassion, which, together, become instruction…a parent’s unflinching demand, born of inherited trauma and love, for her children’s right simply to be possible.”

You will find more information and the discussion materials at https://www.uua.org/read. If you would like to join this discussion, or if you need assistance obtaining a copy of the book please email justice@horizonuu.org. Horizon has 3 paper copies waiting for a reader (free or donate $12.50 to Horizon).