<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><table bgcolor="#800000" border="0" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="content_LETTER.BLOCK62" style="border-collapse: collapse;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td class="HeadlineText HeadlineContent" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" style="padding: 8px 20px 9px;"><div align="left" class=""><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" class=""><strong class="">Book Discussion: <em class="">Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America<a shape="rect" name="tears" class=""><img alt="tears" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/ui/images1/s.gif" title="tears" class=""></a></em></strong> <br class=""></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="content_LETTER.BLOCK66" style="border-collapse: collapse;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td class="Content MainText" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" style="padding: 8px 20px 9px;"><div align="justify" style="text-align: justify;" class=""><div class=""><table class="OneColumnMobile" width="222" data-padding-converted="true" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="left" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 558px; margin-right: 5px;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td width="100%" rowspan="1" colspan="1" style="padding: 5px 0px 5px 5px;" class=""><div align="center" class=""><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" class=""><img height="307" vspace="0" border="0" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.3738" hspace="0" width="207" src="http://files.constantcontact.com/dfba1c0e001/247cb75b-43fb-47c7-a30f-7a25ec8f2b00.jpg" class=""></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div class=""><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" class="">Bernadette and Vivodh Anand will lead a discussion group about Michael Eric Dyson's book, <em class="">Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America</em> at the Blue Hill library in January. This group will meet on <strong class="">two Thursdays, <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://56" dir="ltr" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="56" style="-webkit-text-decoration-color: rgba(128, 0, 0, 0.258824);" class="">January 4</a> and 11 <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://57" dir="ltr" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="57" style="-webkit-text-decoration-color: rgba(128, 0, 0, 0.258824);" class="">from 1:00 to 3:00 PM</a></strong>, to discuss the book. Books are available to check out now at the library.</span></div><div class=""><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" class=""><br class=""></span></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" class="">In his book, Dyson argues that if we are to make real racial progress we must face difficult truths, including being honest about how black grievance has been ignored, dismissed, or discounted.</span></div><div class=""><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" class=""><br class=""></span></div></div><div class=""><table class="OneColumnMobile" width="154" data-padding-converted="true" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="right" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 558px; margin-left: 5px;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td width="100%" rowspan="1" colspan="1" style="padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px;" class=""><div align="center" class=""><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" class=""><img height="169" vspace="0" border="0" hspace="0" width="149" src="http://www.we-asc.org/images/22/Bernadette%20Anand%20photo-4.jpg" class=""></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div class=""><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" class="">Bernadette and Vivodh Anand are fellows in the Graduate Psychology Department of City University of New York. Bernadette Anand is an experienced educator and development professional. She has partnered with the New York City Board of Education, museums, arts organizations and the Schomberg Center for  </span></div><table class="OneColumnMobile" width="161" data-padding-converted="true" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="left" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 558px; margin-right: 5px;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td width="100%" rowspan="1" colspan="1" style="padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px;" class=""><div align="center" class=""><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" class=""><img height="204" vspace="0" border="0" hspace="0" width="156" src="http://www.we-asc.org/images/22/Vivodh%20Anand%20photo-3.jpg" class=""></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div class=""><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" class="">Research in Black Culture to create diverse history and cultural programs for students. Vivodh Anand is a former New Jersey State Civil Rights Commissioner. He taught at Rutgers, Montclair State, and Hofstra Universities and is on the editorial board of the International Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies. He writes on issues of equity and social justice. They live in Milbridge, Maine, and have hosted previous discussions at the library to great acclaim.</span></div><div class=""><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" class=""><br class=""></span></div></div><div class=""><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" class="">This event is open to all and free of charge, but space in this group is limited, so advance registration is required, either on the <a track="on" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001Ns1jDE7lwKL6KgRu42a62DRJ-DXRcQY_sJri_APmwAf49kuujxvoYW-pdue6YKCrVuC3D9DOdT12IGgriMmmQ-0RS3TIZWj7CZGbuqtblh7ioTsnjTHHC-zrIEpZJx9sfUfAFiKIebbNRt6JMcjxWKvRwMshpl5LRkKhyup8hGYI3PFDYFDqVd24XCsNEEtVc2FTEMxo_4uJmnzqd-5bEI7_pk02fhEhvmPnx1kYQPAiCutefx85bLTwtjP-GMaRwX_CMAjtKl3ZD1ncDc7bRZ6oQTtwG0X4iDpjUt4E7QywCIuwKhrD4V9h2tAUHd3csWY6ps3kVd3g6e2ldYsFOGRRfE067m_bBL28kBAMGC_fQ9CbN_BbUSCfWLBk7A75LlkGgV8EVDab-SiHGdcqMdTZkCTeW6_K2-0KOrUCcx4ZD2kW9M7PSvIty7ccBBE-9EnFRRICEvl-hOG0fvR2t5Y3yy70fzIUqqlHiKOmFhYBd62YLCgmbsFwIKy1Ri2X_xgO-clCCfjdBnROlkwaVNoRuIEJnG7XwVsvGU9yMIwNY1SEPCM6Co_p6-UNbbblKAPf7lx3D60cS_Si4ctFwpoGS2RecnEsxeMhFGzHknI=&c=KGPL7pQ02hbkMElmmpQ_beRzAcKv2J18nWhjdIQttkVBcNdrDZSRtA==&ch=8xoxfoMZbvXxIqh1NdNYakpha9e4Yr76UospFFTqGFMdnzi-5zW6Fw==" linktype="1" alt="http://host6.evanced.info/bluehill/evanced/eventsignup.asp?ID=16517&rts=&disptype=&ret=eventcalendar.asp&pointer=&returnToSearch=&num=0&ad=&dt=mo&mo=1/1/2018&df=calendar&EventType=ALL&Lib=&AgeGroup=&LangType=0&WindowMode=&noheader=&lad=&pub=1&nopub=&page=&pgdisp=" target="_blank" class="">library's web calendar</a> or by calling the library at <a href="tel:374-5515" dir="ltr" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="telephone" x-apple-data-detectors-result="58" class="">374-5515</a>. These discussions are sponsored by the libra</span><span style="color: rgb(50, 50, 50); font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;" class="">ry. </span></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></blockquote><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">
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