Sunday February 22, 2026, at 11:30am to 1:00pm
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor’s From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation (2016) offers a bracing movement analysis: how uprisings ignite, how institutions absorb pressure, why incremental change so often collapses back into the status quo, and what liberation asks of strategy, organization, and political imagination. Taylor writes with the urgency of the streets and the discipline of history, tracing the longue durée of racial capitalism and the recurring choreography of reform, backlash, and containment. Come ready to talk about power, narrative, coalition, and the difference between visibility and structural change.
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The full 2026 reading list spans everything from attention liberation to surveillance technology, with special selections for Poetry Month and Pride Month. We hope you’ll join us as we explore the texts that remind us how to stay awake, stay engaged, and stay human.
Tickets: Non-Members $10 / TSL Members, Free. Advance registration requested.
