We’re starting a new book: The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen. Join our book club to listen to our volunteer John Fontham read to the group.

The OSG Book Club will meet every Tuesday at 7 PM starting March 15th. All are welcome, but please RSVP to recieve the Zoom link. Note: it’s not mandatory to purchase the book since it will be read out loud in the group.

About the book:

A profound, startling, and beautifully crafted debut novel, The Sympathizer is the story of a man of two minds, someone whose political beliefs clash with his individual loyalties.

It is April 1975, and Saigon is in chaos. At his villa, a general of the South Vietnamese army is drinking whiskey and, with the help of his trusted captain, drawing up a list of those who will be given passage aboard the last flights out of the country. The general and his compatriots start a new life in Los Angeles, unaware that one among their number, the captain, is secretly observing and reporting on the group to a higher-up in the Viet Cong.

The Sympathizer is the story of this captain: a man brought up by an absent French father and a poor Vietnamese mother, a man who went to university in America, but returned to Vietnam to fight for the Communist cause. A gripping spy novel, an astute exploration of extreme politics, and a moving love story, The Sympathizer explores a life between two worlds and examines the legacy of the Vietnam War in literature, film, and the wars we fight today.

This week for our Social Justice Club, we’re discussing the podcast Be Antiracist with Ibram X. Kendi. Our conversation will be centered around the episode The Attack on Voting Rights: An Ugly History.

All are welcome, and you don’t need to have attended previous meetings to join. We just ask that you listen to the one episode The Attack on Voting Rights: An Ugly History beforehand. You can listen on Spotify, Apple Music, or other streaming platforms.

Please RSVP to recieve the Zoom link.

This week for our Social Justice Club, we’re discussing the podcast Be Antiracist with Ibram X. Kendi. Our conversation will be centered around the episode The Zero Sum Myth: We’re Divided, We’re Conquered.

All are welcome, and you don’t need to have attended previous meetings to join. We just ask that you listen to the one episode The Zero Sum Myth: We’re Divided, We’re Conquered beforehand. You can listen on Spotify, Apple Music, or other streaming platforms.

Please RSVP to recieve the Zoom link.

This week for our Social Justice Club, we’re discussing the podcast Be Antiracist with Ibram X. Kendi. Our conversation will be centered around the episode Ableism & Racism: Roots of the Same Tree

All are welcome, and you don’t need to have attended previous meetings to join. We just ask that you listen to the one episode Ableism & Racism: Roots of the Same Tree beforehand. You can listen on Spotify, Apple Music, or other streaming platforms.

Please RSVP to recieve the Zoom link.

This week for our Social Justice Club, we’re discussing the podcast Be Antiracist with Ibram X. Kendi. Our conversation will be centered around the episode Bridging Divisions (with Malcolm Gladwell).

All are welcome, and you don’t need to have attended previous meetings to join. We just ask that you listen to the one episode Bridging Divisions (with Malcolm Gladwell) beforehand. You can listen on Spotify, Apple Music, or other streaming platforms.

Please RSVP to recieve the Zoom link.

In honor of Black History Month, we’re diving into deep discussions surrounding movies of historical and social significance. In this Social Justice Club meeting, we’ll have a conversation about the movie Judas the Black Messiah. Watch the trailer below.

All are welcome to this event, and we encourage newcomers. To join, please sign up below to recieve the Zoom link, and don’t forget to watch the movie beforehand. Our meeting will be a discussion of the movie, not a viewing.

Judas and the Black Messiah can be streamed on Hulu, HBO Max, Amazon Prime, Youtube, and Google Play.

In honor of Black History Month, we’re diving into deep discussions surrounding movies of historical or social significance. In this Social Justice Club meeting, we’ll have a conversation about the movie Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner.  Watch the trailer below.

All are welcome to this event, and we encourage newcomers. To join, please sign up below to recieve the Zoom link, and don’t forget to watch the movie beforehand. Our meeting will be a discussion of the movie, not a viewing.

Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner can be streamed on Hulu, Sling TV, Amazon Prime, Youtube, and Google Play.

Join us as we read and discuss the profound book Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson. The group is led by Ella Knight.

We’ll meet every Thursday at 7 PM, please RSVP below for the Zoom link.

*For those joining late, no problem – you are welcome to catch up on your own. Please email us to find out where we are in the book.

Join us as we read and discuss the profound book Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson. The group is led by Ella Knight.

We’ll meet every Thursday at 7 PM, please RSVP below for the Zoom link.

*For those joining late, no problem – you are welcome to catch up on your own. Please email us to find out where we are in the book.

This vivid tale tells the story of Amir, a young boy from the Wazir Akbar Khan district of Kabul, and the tumultuous events happening at the time. Goodreads says this powerful novel “is about the power of reading, the price of betrayal, and the possibility of redemption.

Don’t miss out as we dive into the story together.

We meet every Tuesday at 7 PM. All are welcome, but please RSVP to recieve the Zoom link.

*For those joining late, it’s not too late if you’d like to catch up. Just email us and we’ll let you know what chapter we’re on.