We are creating a space where your unique journey with the book can be shared and celebrated. This will be a space for open hearts, where each of us can reflect on the sections we explore together and express those reflections in whatever form of art speaks to us. Whether it’s a hand-drawn picture, a poem, a photograph, a song, or even a simple written paragraph, all forms of creative expression are welcome. Your voice and your art will help us build a community centered on growth, healing, and shared experience.
Together, we will gather over Zoom to share these artistic expressions as a community honoring each other’s stories, experiences, and interpretations. This process will be an ongoing journey, where every month, we explore new sections of the book and dive deeper into the work of personal transformation and collective healing.
Here’s the schedule of our community reflections:
- April
2025 - LETTER FROM THE AUTHOR, POEM: HUMANITY, FOREWORD & PREFACE:
LEGACY
- May
2025 - CHAPTER ONE: THRESHOLD & CHAPTER TWO: RED FLAG
- June
2025 - CHAPTER THREE: THE WRINKLED SHIRT
- July
2025 - CHAPTER FOUR: DEBT OWED & CHAPTER FIVE: YES, HOPE CAN WORK
- August
2025 - CHAPTER SIX: THE INVISIBLE HEROES
- September
2025 - CHAPTER SEVEN: THE THIN BLACK AND BLUE LINE & CHAPTER
EIGHT: STAY WOKE
- October
2025 - CHAPTER NINE: MY DAD, THE BOND, AND THE MYTH OF SCARCITY
- November
2025 - CHAPTER TEN: MENTAL WEALTH & CHAPTER ELEVEN: THE KAEPERNICK
FACTOR
- December
2025 - CHAPTER TWELVE: THE BLACK BOARDROOM & CHAPTER THIRTEEN: THE
LURE
- January 2026 - CHAPTER FOURTEEN: THIRTY
WAYS TO IMPROVE RACE RELATIONS
- February
2026 - EPILOGUE: TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION
This is not just a book club, but a gathering of hearts,
minds, and souls, committed to learning and growing through shared reflection
and expression. I look forward to walking this path with you, seeing how each
of us reflects on and responds to the work, and witnessing the creative ways we
make sense of this journey together.
This is an invitation to connect your reflections, your
creativity, your voice matter.
