fusclimate Mailing List: Fwd: Class Story-Sharing Jams in 7 cities: Authors share their stories from "Class Lives"

[Scott Jackson (sjackzen46]

It's not about climate change, but I thought I'd forward this email from
Betsy Leonder-Wright, the founder of Class Action who was here last spring
to lead a powerful workshop on class at FUS, about a *Class Lives* book
event in Minneapolis on June 14 (click on the first link for details). (If
someone could post it on the FUS listserv, which I can't, I'd appreciate
it. Thanks.)

Scott Jackson
sjackzen46 [at] gmail.com

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From: Class Action <info [at] classism.org>
Date: Tue, Apr 14, 2015 at 3:01 PM
Subject: Class Story-Sharing Jams in 7 cities: Authors share their stories
from "Class Lives"
To: sjackzen46 [at] gmail.com


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It's happening in Philadelphia (tomorrow)! In Springfield MA! New York!
Denver! DC! Minneapolis! Seattle!

At book events all over the US
<http://act.ips-dc.org/site/R?i=pbGEFmICValPQ4cvcumuuA>, contributors to
our new anthology *Class Lives
<http://act.ips-dc.org/site/R?i=tsffK1qoE50_qIw4azs3Lw>* will read their
stories and inspire others to tell theirs.

Already we've seen the emotions unleashed by breaking the silence about our
diverse class stories:

   - At the West Philadelphia event last week, two of the authors cried
   while reading their poverty and wealth childhood stories, and listeners
   cried with them.


   - At the book launch party in Boston, there was lots of laughter. One
   highlight of the open mic was when a formerly homeless man told a funny
   story about outwitting security guards to get a warm place to sleep. Many
   of us wore funny class-ID tags (for example, "My class identity fell off a
   cliff," "Lucky Ducky" and "Pissed off to be poor") that were great
   conversation-starters.

We believe *Class Lives* has a vast potential audience, and a powerful
potential impact. Have you read it yet? If not, you can ask your local
library to order it, and/or buy a copy online from Class Action's store
<http://act.ips-dc.org/site/R?i=bWmwyZ1vdCuQk67yQz3avQ>.

If you have read it, you know how amazing the stories are; you can help
spread the word by reviewing it on Amazon
<http://act.ips-dc.org/site/R?i=MKzvNosF29fvfuwqHFHajw> so it comes up
higher in search engines.

Do you know high school teachers or college faculty who might want to
assign *Class Lives* in their courses? We now have supplemental instructor
guides for social science and English courses
<http://act.ips-dc.org/site/R?i=E1KPhTjp3Yoq6pFi3jNZOw>.

If you don't live in one of the seven cities with upcoming events, but you
have a class story to tell, you can submit it here
<http://act.ips-dc.org/site/R?i=FtGIgOX7uNkDTzV67YxfJQ> - and read others'
newly written class stories here
<http://act.ips-dc.org/site/R?i=FOJgP4K3XmGaRxuKTkhFew>.

Because we at Class Action know the transformative power of sharing class
life stories, we don't see *Class Lives* as just a book, but a spark to
ignite a wildfire of resistance to class injustice. We invite you to join
us in fanning the flames.

Betsy Leondar-Wright, a proud contributor to and publicist for *Class Lives*
      Class Action
*A project of the Institute for Policy Studies*
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