Join the Common Read of Donna Jackson Nakazawa's "Childhood Disrupted" [Peace and Justice Institute]

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Join the PJI Common Read, a book club initiative by the Peace and Justice Institute at Valencia College addressing adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), trauma healing, and resilience.

The Common Read initiative is open for community members as part of PJI's larger community resilience work. Its theme is also the focus of PJI’s annual conference — Creating a Resilient Community: From Trauma to Healing (save the date: April 20 & 21, 2021!).

In advance of bringing Donna Jackson Nakazawa as the conference keynote speaker, the group will read her impactful book Childhood Disrupted: How Your Biography Becomes Your Biology, and How You Can Heal.

“A truly important gift of understanding--illuminates the heartbreaking costs of childhood trauma and, like good medicine, offers the promising science of healing and prevention." - Jack Kornfield, PhD

With the generous support of Valencia’s courier services, PJI can now mail a copy of this book directly to your home so you can participate in the Common Read! We have 150 books that will be mailed out in the order they are requested.

To request a book, please fill out this brief request form by January 22, 2021: http://bit.ly/FreeBook2021

The common read of Childhood Disrupted will run for 10 weeks — from Monday, February 1 through Sunday, April 11, 2021. Each week, there will be two discussion prompts posted in the PJI Common Read Facebook Group on Monday and Friday for participants to respond to and engage with in written, photo, or video format.

The group will also host two Zoom meet-up sessions to discuss the book:

Session 1 (Zoom):

·      February 17, 2021

·      3:00 - 4:30 pm

·      Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pji-common-read-virtual-discussion-session-for-childhood-disrupted-tickets-137329156203

Session 2 (Zoom):

·      April 7, 2021

·      3:00 - 4:30 pm

·      Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pji-common-read-virtual-discussion-session-for-childhood-disrupted-tickets-137329156203

The PJI Common Read Facebook Group has grown to 226 members and we invite you to join!