NPL Bookclub

March 20, 2019 6:30 pm - March 20, 2019 7:30 pm

NPL Bookclub
Normal Public Library
March 20, 2019
6:30pm-7:30pm

Everyone is welcome to join the discussion! We meet every other month, usually on the 3rd Wednesday of the month.

2019 Selections:

January 16: The Sun Does Shine by Anthony Hinton
March 20: Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
May 15: The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom
July 17: I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai
September 18: The President is Missing by Bill Clinton & James Patterson
November 20: The Gift by Richard Paul Evans

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Blogs

Labor Day – Expanding voting rights for all

By Mike Matejka Because of COVID, there is no Labor Day Parade this year.  It’s always a great event for our everyday workers to march proudly down the street and enjoys the festive crowd. If there had been a parade, this year’s Labor Day theme was to be “150 years of struggle: your right to vote.” …

Is federal mobilization the answer?

By Mike Matejka As President Donald Trump threatens to send federal marshals into Chicago, over the objections of Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, recall another Illinois Governor who protested the incursion of armed federal personnel into the city.   Those federal troops, rather than calming, escalated the situation, leading to deaths and violence. Illinois poet Vachel Lindsay…

In these troubled times, to my fellow white Americans

By Mike Matejka Our nation is at a unique watershed in human relations. African-Americans have been killed too many times in the past before George Floyd, but the response to this man’s death is international and all-encompassing. I was a grade-schooler during the Civil Rights 1960s. I watched Birmingham demonstrators hosed and the Selma – Montgomery…

Workers’ Memorial Day – Remember those whose job took their life

Looking around our community, when we say employer, most will respond to State Farm, Country, or Illinois State University.   We too often forget those who are building our roads, serving our food, or our public employees. COVID-19 has made us more aware of the risk.  Going to work every day for some people means…