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Beaver Dam Community-Wide Summer Read
June 24, 2023 @ 8:00 AM – September 20, 2023 @ 11:30 PM
READ for Unity in Our CommUNITY! – Participate in the 2023 community-wide summer read!
Presented by American Association of University Women, Beaver Dam branch, in collaboration with the Beaver Dam Community Library. READ “The Gift of Our Wounds: A Sikh and a Former White Supremacist Find Forgiveness After Hate” by Arno Michaelis and Pardeep Singh Kaleka, available at the library, at bookstores, online, and on audio.
This is a true story about how Kaleka, son of the Sikh leader who was killed in the mass shooting at the temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin; and Michaelis, former leader of the skinhead movement, came to an understanding to work together for a better world.
AND A SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY! – ATTEND A TALK BY CO-AUTHOR PARDEEP KALEKA, SEPTEMBER 20, 7:00 PM, AT BDACT FINE ARTS CENTER, 117 W. MAPLE ST., BEAVER DAM, WI, Free and open to the public. (Reading the book is not required to attend.) The talk, sponsored by AAUW, Beaver Dam, is supported by a Beaver Dam Area Community Foundation grant.
