2024 Community Read: My Friend Anne Frank
Each year, the Southern Cayuga Community Read brings neighbors and friends together to discuss a book that has local relevance while exploring timeless themes related to justice, freedom, and equity. This year, we read My Friend Anne Frank.
The 2024 Community Read will consisted of small discussion groups. We broke up into small groups of participants and one moderator (either in-person or via Zoom) to share, reflect, and discuss the book and how it relates to themes we see or feel in our own community.
Past Community Reads
2023 His Truth Is Marching On: John Lewis and the Power of Hope, by Jon Meacham
2021-22 “All the Real Indians Died Off”: And 20 Other Myths About Native Americans, by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz & Dina Gilio-Whitaker
2020 The Hate U Give, by Angie Thomas
Why are all the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?, by Dr. Beverly Tatum
2019 Hidden in France: A Boy’s Journey under the Nazi Occupation in France, by Simon Jeruchim
2018 Return to Sender, by Julia Alvarez
2017 Life in a Jar: The Irena Sendler Project, by Jack Mayer
2016 A Long Walk to Water, by Linda Sue Park
2015 A Mighty Long Walk: My Journey to Justice at Little Rock Central High School, by Carlotta Walls Lanier
2014 In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer, by Irene Opdyke
2013 The Diary of a Young Girl, by Anne Frank