Please join BIG on Tuesday, November 19 from 12-1 p.m. for the second meeting of the Berkeley International Group Book Club. We’ll gather and informally discuss Crazy Brave: A Memoir, a brief but powerful book by Joy Harjo, a member of the Muscogee Nation and the first Native American U.S. Poet Laureate. In 2021, Harjo delivered UC Berkeley’s Avenali Lecture
Participants are responsible for securing and reading the book in advance. We will meet in person and in a location on or near campus. We’ll announce the location in the weeks before the meeting.
The Berkeley International Group is a recognized Staff Organization Community of Practice, offering networking, professional development, and collaboration for UC Berkeley staff and faculty interested in international education. BIG is open to all UC Berkeley staff with a passion for (or interest in) international education, including those working in international student services, student exchanges, global engagement, international program development, area studies - and more!
The BIG Book Club meets every other month and discusses a selected fiction or non-fiction text featuring experiences and perspectives from around the world or that are under-represented in the United States. We intend to broaden our collective understanding while also connecting with colleagues with shared interests in global engagement and internationalization. Those that are interested have the opportunity to suggest and select future reads and the direction of the book club.
Please RSVP here (link is external) ahead of the event as the number of attendees will help determine the location. With any specific questions, contact book club thought-leader and BIG leadership team member Shannon Buckley-Shaklee (sbuckleyshaklee@berkeley.edu).
Useful links to acquire the book:
Berkeley Public Library (link is external)
UC Berkeley library (link is external)
Publisher's link (link is external)
Libby(link is external)