Own Voices Book Club: Disability Visibility

Join us for book club - we are reading Disability Visibility and coming together at the store to discuss.

Each person who RSVPs will receive a copy of the book at no cost thanks to a grant funded by the Equity Steering Committee (City of Milwaukie). 20 attendees are welcome to join us by RSVP'ing to this event.

About Disability Visibility:

According to the last Census, one in five people in the United States lives with a disability. Some are visible, some are hidden  — but all are underrepresented in media and popular culture. Now, just in time for the thirtieth anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, activist Alice Wong brings together an urgent, galvanizing collection of personal essays by disabled people in the 21st century.

From Harriet McBryde Johnson's account of her famous debate with Princeton philosopher Peter Singer over her own personhood, to original pieces by up-and-coming authors…