BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Demco Software//Event Management System//EN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20220707T203335Z DTSTAMP:20220707T203335Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220707T205748Z DESCRIPTION:We’re back\nin-person!Does a good\nmystery capture your interest? \;After you have read this month's choice\,\njoin us for a great discussion. Each month we will read a new title \;from\nthe mystery genre. \;New members are always welcome.Registration required. \;In\nSeptember\, we are discussing \;Highway of Tears \;by Jessica\nMcDiarmd. This title is available as an \;ebook \;or \;audiobook \; \;from \;DownloadLibrary.Weather permitting\, the book club will be meeting in the \;Sheriff John Motz Courtyard.An explosive examination \;of \;the\nmissing and murdered Indigenous women \;of Highway \;16\, and a searing\nindictment \;of \;the society that failed them. For decades\,\nwomen--overwhelmingly from Indigenous backgrounds--have gone missing or been\nfound murdered along an isolated stretch \;of highway \;in northwestern\nB.C. The \;highway \;is called the \;Highway of Tears \;by locals\,\nand it has come to symbolize a national crisis.In \;Highway of Tears\, Jessica\nMcDiarmid meticulously explores the effect these tragedies have had on\ncommunities in the region\, and how systemic racism and indifference towards\nIndigenous lives have created a culture \;of \;"over-policing and\nunder-protection\," simultaneously hampering justice while endangering\nyoung Indigenous women. \;\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHighway\nof Tears \;will offer an\nintimate\, first-hand look at the communities along \;Highway \;16 and the families \;of \;the victims\, as well as examine\nthe historically fraught social and cultural tensions between settler and\nIndigenous peoples that underlie life in the region. Finally\, it will link\nthese cases with others found across Canada--estimated to number over\n1\,200--contextualizing them within a broader examination \;of \;the undervaluing \;of \;Indigenous lives in the\ncountry and \;of \;our\nongoing failure to provide justice for the missing and murdered.\nImage URL: https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.evanced.info/Customer/kplca/HIGHWAY_OF_TEARS_EC1DCC66.JPG X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
We’re back\nin-person!
Does a good\nmystery capture your interest? \;After you have read this month's choice\,\njoin us for a great discussion. Each month we will read a new title \;from\nthe mystery genre. \;New members are always welcome.
Registration required.
 \;
In\nSeptember\, we are discussing \;Highway of Tears \;by Jessica\nMcDiarmd. This title is available as an \;ebook \;or \;audiobook \; \;from \;DownloadLibrary.
Weather permitting\, the book club will be meeting in the \;Sheriff John Motz Courtyard.
An explosive examination \;of \;the\nmissing and murdered Indigenous women \;of Highway \;16\, and a searing\nindictment \;of \;the society that failed them. For decades\,\nwomen--overwhelmingly from Indigenous backgrounds--have gone missing or been\nfound murdered along an isolated stretch \;of highway \;in northwestern\nB.C. The \;highway \;is called the \;Highway of Tears \;by locals\,\nand it has come to symbolize a national crisis.
In \;Highway of Tears\, Jessica\nMcDiarmid meticulously explores the effect these tragedies have had on\ncommunities in the region\, and how systemic racism and indifference towards\nIndigenous lives have created a culture \;of \;"over-policing and\nunder-protection\," simultaneously hampering justice while endangering\nyoung Indigenous women. \;
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Highway\nof Tears \;will offer an\nintimate\, first-hand look at the communities along \;Highway \;16 and the families \;of \;the victims\, as well as examine\nthe historically fraught social and cultural tensions between settler and\nIndigenous peoples that underlie life in the region. Finally\, it will link\nthese cases with others found across Canada--estimated to number over\n1\,200--contextualizing them within a broader examination \;of \;the undervaluing \;of \;Indigenous lives in the\ncountry and \;of \;our\nongoing failure to provide justice for the missing and murdered.