This month, the GWAC Book Club will discuss "Sisters of the Yam: Black Women and Self-Recovery" by bell hooks. The Club will meet at Nicole Seabron's office, 601 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, South Building (facing Pennsylvania Avenue), Suite 600, Washington, DC  20004. 

Sisters of the Yam: Black Women and Self-Recovery was originally released in 1994 and won critical praise and solidified bell hooks' reputation as one of the leading public intellectuals of her generation. Today, the book is considered a classic in African American and feminist circles.  In Sisters of the Yam, hooks examines how the emotional health of black women is wounded by daily assaults of racism and sexism. Exploring such central life issues as work, beauty, trauma, addiction, eroticism and estrangement from nature, hooks shares numerous strategies for self-recovery and healing. She also shows how black women can empower themselves and effectively struggle against racism, sexism and consumer capitalism.  As hooks' first book on psychological concerns, Sisters of the Yam paved the way for her more recent and popular writing on love, relationships and community.

The building is secure on the weekends, so please call Nichole at 202.262.6123 when you arrive.  You will need to enter through the Pennsylvania Avenue entrance (next to the Capital Grille).  There is a parking garage under the building, and street parking may be available. 

To ensure comfortable accommodations, please RSVP at gwacprograms@rsvp@gmail.com by COB Friday, March 26.  For more information, please contact Deborah Ohiomoba at dohiomoba@yahoo.com or Nichole Seabron at nls217@yahoo.com.