Healing Centered Book Club

Program Type:

Build Your Skills, Find Support, Get Involved, Learn About It, Read, Write, Talk, Sing, Play, Count

Age Group:

Adults, Seniors

Event Details

Through a group discussion of The War for Kindness: Building Empathy in a Fractured World by Jamil Zaki, explore how to build empathy and strengthen community.

The reading will be broken down over four months, with a group community service project planned for the fifth month. 

Facilitated by: Irene Benvenuti, Community Librarian, and Mandy Helsley, LCSW.

  • Jun 24  - Intro, Ch. 1-2
  • Jul 22 - Ch. 3-4
  • Aug 26 - Ch. 5-6
  • Sept 23 - Ch. 7, Epilogue, End matter
  • Oct - Community Service

If you have children, they can attend the Youth Companion Program with our library staff at the same time. Email Irene at ibenvenuti@mld.org for more info.