In this Village Interest Group we explore issues of social justice in America, and around the world, by reading and discussing pertinent literature. We discuss approximately 50 pages at each meeting, and group members take turns facilitating the discussion.

Beginning in June, the group will read The Worst Thing We Have Ever Done, by Carol Menaker. More than forty years after Menaker voted to convict Frederick Burton of murder, she tells a devastating story of uncovering how her naiveté and white privilege may have led her to convict a man whose shoes she never could have walked in. Compiled from historical research and Menaker’s recollections of growing up and coming of age in a predominantly white world, this memoir spells out the fundamental flaws in our criminal justice system and proclaims one juror’s moral imperative to help set things right—nearly a half-century later.

Our group meets on the second and fourth Monday of each month.

If you are newly interested in trying out, or joining, this Interest Group, please contact our Member Relations and Volunteer Manager, Carol Appel, at [email protected] or 707-776-6055 for information. We are happy to introduce you to this group leader.