Last month PJI Executive Director, Rachel Allen, and PJI Resilience Community Manager, Sofiya Asedrem, went live on the Peace and Justice Institute's Facebook page to announce the Common Read book for 2024.
Click here to watch the Common Read Reveal.
This book club was started in 2019 to encourage the common read of books related to Positive and Adverse Childhood Experiences (PACEs), toxic stress, trauma, healing, and resilience. To date, the group has read the following books:
- 2019: The Deepest Well by Dr. Nadine Burke Harris
- 2020: Building Resilience in Children and Teens by Dr. Kenneth Ginsburg
- 2021: Childhood Disrupted by Donna Jackson Nakazawa
- 2022: What Happened to You? by Dr. Bruce Perry & Oprah Winfrey
- 2023: The Body Keeps the Score by Dr. Bessel van der Kolk
In 2024, PJI's Resilience Network will convene a community reading of Healing: Our Path from Mental Illness to Mental Health by Dr. Thomas Insel, former director of the National Institute of Mental Health. While mental illnesses are medical problems, Dr. Insel argues that the cures for the crisis are not just medical, but social. This path to healing, built upon what he calls the three Ps (people, place, and purpose), is more straightforward than we might imagine. Dr. Insel offers a comprehensive plan for our failing system and for families trying to discern the way forward.
In the book, there is reference to the work of Judge Leifman (Associate Administrative Judge of the Miami-Dade County Court) who was a keynote speaker at the Peace and Justice Institute's 5th Annual Creating a Resilient Community Conference.
PJI will host three in person discussion sessions between the months of January and March.
Free copies of the book will be distributed to members of the community at the Resilience Network Meeting on December 12, 2023.
Discussion Sessions
Session 1: Wednesday, January 17, 2024, 9 a.m. - 11 a.m.
Session 2: Saturday, February 17, 2024, 9 a.m. - 11 a.m.
Session 3: Tuesday, March 19, 2024, 12 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
All discussion sessions will be held in person. For more information and to register, visit the Eventbrite registration page.
Reading Calendar
PART I
Chapter 1 by December 20
Chapter 2 by January 3
Chapter 3 by January 17
PART II
Chapter 4 by January 31
Chapters 5-6 by February 14
Chapters 7-8 by February 17
PART III
Chapter 9 by March 2
Chapter 10 by March 9
Chapter 11 by March 16
Chapter 12 by March 19
Questions: resilience@peacejusticeinstitute.org
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