"[Across the Table] is a fantastic opportunity to open up to new ideas and refreshing friendships as well as to hear and learn about other peoples' experiences and keen insight! Great interaction in a very dynamic setting!" Ignacio, visitor to Chicago from Brownsville, Texas.
Just a few things to start you off...
Book: Notes from No Man's Land by Eula Biss
Book: Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria by Beverly Tatum
Book: Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revivial of American Community by Robert D. Putnam
Book: Better Together: Restoring the American Community by Robert D. Putnam and Lewis Feldstein
Article: Chicago Tribune- "Chicago, America's Most Segregated Big City"
By Azam Ahmed and Darnell Little
More coming soon!
Email Lauren at: info@acrossthetable.org if you have suggestions for this list. Thank you!
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