Suggested Readings
Below is a list of books that were recommended by the Diversity Committee. If you would like to add to this list, please contact the current MCUCSA Secretary.
Past Summer Conference Book Discussions
There's a Boy in Here: Emerging from the Bonds of Autism by Judy & Sean Barron
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Getting To Ellen by Ellen Krug
The Other Wes Moore by Wes Moore
The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir by Kao Kalia Yang
Additional Suggestions
Thrive by Arianna Huffington
Somalis in Minnesota by Ahmed Ismail Yusuf
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne Fadiman
They Poured Fire on Us From the Sky by B. Ajak, B.Deng, A. Deng, J. Bernstein
A Simple Act of Gratitude by John Kralik
In Pursuit of Happiness by E. Perry Good and Jeffrey Hale
What Happy People Know by Dan Baker and Cameron Stauth
Let Your Life Speak by Parker Palmer
The Renaissance Soul by Margaret Lobenstein
The Trust Edge by David Horsager
Wellbeing: The Five Essential Elements by Tom Rath, Ph.D. James K. Harter
How to Find Your Mission in Life by Richard Bolles
Crucial Conversations Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler
Flawless Consulting by Peter Block
Fast Company Magazine
Inc. Magazine
Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard by Chip Heath and Dan Heath
You Majored in WHAT?: Mapping your Path from Chaos to Career by Katharine Brook
Thinking in Pictures by Temple Grandin
Infidel by Ayann Hirsi Ali
I am Nujood: Age 10 and Divorced by Nujood Ali
Nomad: From Islam to America by Ayaan Ali
A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierley
Two Spirits, One Heart by Marsha Azumi
Whipping Girl by Julia Serano
Wrapped in Blue: A Journey of Discovery by Donna Rose