2025 Diversity Reading Groups
Join the Conversation!
Open to all students, faculty, staff, and administrators.
Our annual Diversity Reading Groups offer a range of great reading opportunities in the month of October designed to invite every member of the Loyola community into shared conversations about diversity and inclusion. In this way, the Diversity Reading Groups support and sustain ongoing conversations around racial justice, gender equality, intergroup dialogue, culture, and community—on our campus and beyond.
This year, we have groups that will meet virtually, in-person, or in a hybrid format (i.e., your choice: you can attend in person or online at your discretion).
The Office of Equity and Inclusion will provide complimentary books. We are offering participants two options:
- Hard Copy (in-person pick up only)
- Kindle version (e-book)
To make sure all participants receive their books on time, we encourage participants to sign up for a group by Monday, Sept. 22, 2025.
To sign up, please choose one of the groups below and submit your selection.
| Title & Author | Group facilitator(s) | Group Details |
|---|---|---|
| A Place for Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza | Saima Sitwat | Thursdays at 12pm, in-person |
| Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts by Brené Brown |
Melissa Lees & Rhona Little |
Tuesdays at 12pm, Virtual |
| Hood Feminism by Mikki Kendall | Salima Clark | TBA |
| I Never Thought of It That Way: How to Have Fearlessly Curious Conversations in Dangerously Divided Times by Mónica Guzmán | Barry Dalrymple | Thursdays at 12pm, In-person |
| Loving Corrections by Adrienne Maree Brown |
Whitney Hobson & Emalee Quickel |
Wednesdays at 4pm, In-person |
| Subtle Acts of Exclusion: How to Understand, Identify, and Stop Microaggressions by Tiffany Jana & Michael Baran |
Mary Ann Scully & Christina Spearman |
Fridays at 12pm, In-person |
| The Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler |
Traci James |
Tuesdays at 12pm, Hybrid |
| The Undocumented Americans by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio |
Laura McCormack |
Wednesdays at 12 pm, Virtual |
| Untold Truths: Exposing Slavery and Its Legacies by Loyola University Maryland |
Jenny Kinniff, David Carey, & Maddy Payne |
TBA |
| What If We Get It Right?: Visions of Climate Futures by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson |
Elizabeth Dahl & Terre Ryan |
Thursday at 12:15pm, Hybrid |