Indivisible IL9’s Antiracist Work Group (AWG) topic this week focused on Deb Haaland. At this time last year, the group talked about the nomination of Deb Haaland as Secretary of Interior. Since confirmed, Secretary Haaland is the first Indigenous person to serve as a cabinet secretary.
Read more: History of the U.S. Department of Interior
President Joe Biden signed the more than $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure plan into law Monday, November 15, 2021. [CNBC] Interior Secretary Deb Haaland on Sunday, Dec. 12 praised Biden’s infrastructure package, saying the law makes a historic investment in water and drought resilience. [Boulder City Review]
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Deb Haaland, A Living Testament [Sierra Club] – Great profile on Sec. Haaland
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Secretary Haaland Takes Action to Remove Derogatory Names from Federal Lands [US Department of the Interior]
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Secretary Haaland visits Cherokee Immersion School in Tahlequah to support preserving tribe’s language [KFOR.com Oklahoma City]
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The Biden administration sets out oil- and gas-leasing reform, stopping short of a ban [The Philadelphia Enquirer]
2022 Book Group Selections
The AWG compiled a giant list of book recommendations and voted on what books to read together in 2022.
12 books were chosen to read and discuss on the 3rd Sunday of every month at 10am in 2022.
Here is the list of Book Group selections for 2022 where you can find more details about the books, as well as links to check them out at the Chicago Public Library or purchase them from a Black woman-owned bookstore in Chicago, Semicolon.
Jan 16: Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot by Mikki Kendall
Feb 20: All About Love by bell hooks
Mar 20: The South Side: A Portrait of Chicago and American Segregation by Natalie Y. Moore
Apr 17: The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne Fadiman
May 15: Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong
Jun 19: Lead from the Outside: How to Build Your Future and Make Real Change by Stacey Abrams
Jul 17: The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story by Nikole Hannah-Jones
Aug 21: Ghosts in the Schoolyard: Racism and School Closings on Chicago’s South Side by Eve L. Ewing
Sept 18: The Undocumented Americans by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
Oct 16: Imprints: The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians and the City of Chicago by John N. Low
Nov 20: We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Dec 18: We Do This ‘Til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice by Mariame Kaba
Ongoing notes for the AWG may be found here including group norms and Zoom RSVP to join. All are welcomed.
Questions? Contact Kelly B at [email protected]
