Logistically, the meetings would be a once a month potluck dinner. We agreed as a group that people didn't need to have finished a book to be part of the discussion, but someone in the group needed to have read it. They also needed to be willing to have high level intellectual conversations which included concepts of power and privilege and the ability to talk about oppression (personal experience, courses on the topic, familiarity with the language, etc.). Ideally, the “core” needed to read A LOT on their own (not just for book group). As much as possible the core group needed to be diverse in their cultural background (ethnicity, religion, etc.). Folks could come and go, but we needed to have a "core" of at least four who came more regularly. Our parameters began with a sense that, for the moment, the group would be all female. We began this book group in September, 2004 with a few parameters and goals.
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