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May Book Club - Poverty, By America by Matthew Desmond Book Club May 31, 2023 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM ET Prater home, 2000 Malvern Rd, Upper Arlington, OH 43221 The May book will be Poverty, By America by Matthew Desmond. Book club will meet on May 31st at 7:00 pm at 2000 Malvern Rd. and via Zoom. Sign up to receive Book Club notices and Zoom links at: https://secure.everyaction.com/Bs8BwbneEkuM2phj8pJHbA2 The United States, the richest country on earth, has more poverty than any other advanced democracy. Why? Why does this land of plenty allow one in every eight of its children to go without basic necessities, permit scores of its citizens to live and die on the streets, and authorize its corporations to pay poverty wages? In this landmark book, acclaimed sociologist Matthew Desmond draws on history, research, and original reporting to show how affluent Americans knowingly and unknowingly keep poor people poor.

June Book Club - Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann Book Club June 28, 2023 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM ET Prater home, 2000 Malvern Rd, Upper Arlington, OH 43221 The June book will be "Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Killings and the Birth of the FBI" by David Grann. Book club will meet on June 28th at 7:00 pm at 2000 Malvern Rd. and via Zoom. Sign up to receive Book Club notices and Zoom links at: https://secure.everyaction.com/Bs8BwbneEkuM2phj8pJHbA2 In the 1920s, the richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage Nation in Oklahoma, thanks to the oil that was discovered beneath their land. Then, one by one, the Osage began to die under mysterious circumstances, and anyone who tried to investigate met the same end. The newly created Bureau of Investigation, which became the FBI, took up the case, one of the organization's first major homicide investigations. Working with the Osage, they began to expose one of the most chilling conspiracies in American history.

July Book Club - Lady Justice by Dahlia Lithwick Book Club July 26, 2023 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM ET Prater home, 2000 Malvern Rd, Upper Arlington, OH 43221 The July book will be "Lady Justice: Women, the Law, and the Battle to Save America" by Dahlia Lithwick. Book club will meet on June 28th at 7:00 pm at 2000 Malvern Rd. and via Zoom. Sign up to receive Book Club notices and Zoom links at: https://secure.everyaction.com/Bs8BwbneEkuM2phj8pJHbA2 After the sudden shock of Donald Trump's victory over Hillary Clinton in 2016, many Americans felt lost and uncertain. It was clear he and his administration were going to pursue a series of retrograde, devastating policies. What could be done? Immediately, women lawyers all around the country, independently of each other, sprang into action. They weren't going to stand by in the face of injustice while Trump, Mitch McConnell, and the Republican party did everything in their power to remake the judiciary in their own conservative image.