Our book club is currently full but we can add you to the waitlist!
Join us this summer for our fourth Book Club Cohort! Facilitated by Barb Dos Santos, his book club is open to queer and trans participants. Elders and community members with roots and connections to what is colonially known as Latin America are warmly encouraged to join!
About the Book
In response to the damage caused by centuries of colonial ravaging and the current ecological, political and social crises, the leading Indigenous thinker and activist Ailton Krenak warns against the power of corporate capitalism and its destructive impact.
Capitalism encroaches on every corner of the planet and orients us toward a future of promised progress, achievement and growth, but this future doesn’t exist – we just imagine it. This orientation to the future also blinds us to what exists around us, to the plants and animals with which we share the Earth and to the rivers that flow through our lands. Rivers are not just resources to be exploited by us or channels to carry away our waste, they are beings that connect us with our past. If there is a future to imagine, it is ancestral, since it is already present in the here and now and in that which exists around us, in the rivers and mountains and trees that are our kin.
In a spoken language that has the mark of ancestral oral wisdom, Krenak offers a new perspective that challenges and disrupts some of the assumptions that underpin Western attitudes and mentalities. His work will be of great interest to anyone concerned about the climate crisis and the worsening plight of our planet.
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Copies of the book, TTC tickets, and light snacks will be provided.
Dates:
Saturday, July 18 | 11:00 – 1:00 PM
Saturday, July 25 | 11:00 – 1:00 PM
Saturday, August 1 | 11:00 – 1:00 PM
Saturday, August 8 | 11:00 – 3:00 PM
Location: The 519 Community Centre. This book club will provide a hybrid option, and a zoom link will be sent through our weekly reminders.
Eligibility: This book club is open to everyone, while we are prioritizing Queer and Trans community members with roots to what is colonially known as Latin America, with priority for Two-Spirit, Non-Binary, and Trans community members. Elders and older adults are warmly encouraged to join!
About the Facilitator
Barb dos Santos (she/her) is a queer Latine-Brazilian immigrant and public health advocate. With a background in education and an MA in Gender Studies, she now leads The 519’s Health Justice Hub in Toronto, supporting 2 Spirit, Trans, Non-binary, and gender diverse communities in accessing affirming care. Her work focuses on health equity and community-driven solutions.