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Rachel’s Network 2022 Summer Book Club
Erosion: Essays of Undoing, by Terry Tempest Williams

Meeting for five, 75-minute Zoom sessions, every other Tuesday from May 24-July 19, from 3-4:15 pm ET on Zoom. Purchase the book on your own (shop local) and join these community gatherings when you can.

Join us this spring and summer to read and discuss Erosion: Essays of Undoing, written by Rachel’s Network Advisor and fierce environmental champion Terry Tempest Williams. This collection of essays, written between 2012 and 2019, explores the idea of erosion—of land, home, self, body, and democracy through stories, poems, and lessons written by one of our greatest essayists. These intentional community conversations will remind us that beauty is its own form of resistance, and that water can cut stone.

“What are the necessary actions we can take in order to realize justice for all? And how do we find the strength not to look away from all that is breaking our hearts?… In the process of being broken open, worn down, and reshaped, an uncommon tranquility can follow. Our undoing is also our becoming.”
– Terry Tempest Williams

Reading Assignments for the gatherings:

• Tuesday, May 24: Welcome and discussion of Preface through page 47 (Part 1, first four essays)
• Tuesday, June 7: pages 48-99 (Part 1, last six essays)
• Tuesday, June 21: pages 103-177 (Part 2)
• Tuesday, July 5: pages 181-231 (Part 3)
• Tuesday, July 19: page 235-314 (Part 4 & Coda)

Hosted by Rachel’s Action Network
America is facing a political crisis, with leaders who fail to reflect America’s diversity, and are out of step from the public on a host of issues including climate change, reproductive rights, racial justice, gun control, and inequality.

Karen Grove, chair of the Grove Foundation, and president of the Grove Action Fund joins us to talk about what funders can do to address these intersecting issues. She’ll discuss her giving priorities and philosophy and her work on strengthening democracy at the local level. Participants will leave this conversation with practical steps for action in their own political advocacy and grantmaking.

Rachel’s Network 2022 Summer Book Club
Erosion: Essays of Undoing, by Terry Tempest Williams

Meeting for five, 75-minute Zoom sessions, every other Tuesday from May 24-July 19, from 3-4:15 pm ET on Zoom. Purchase the book on your own (shop local) and join these community gatherings when you can.

Join us this spring and summer to read and discuss Erosion: Essays of Undoing, written by Rachel’s Network Advisor and fierce environmental champion Terry Tempest Williams. This collection of essays, written between 2012 and 2019, explores the idea of erosion—of land, home, self, body, and democracy through stories, poems, and lessons written by one of our greatest essayists. These intentional community conversations will remind us that beauty is its own form of resistance, and that water can cut stone.

“What are the necessary actions we can take in order to realize justice for all? And how do we find the strength not to look away from all that is breaking our hearts?… In the process of being broken open, worn down, and reshaped, an uncommon tranquility can follow. Our undoing is also our becoming.”
– Terry Tempest Williams

Reading Assignments for the gatherings:

• Tuesday, May 24: Welcome and discussion of Preface through page 47 (Part 1, first four essays)
• Tuesday, June 7: pages 48-99 (Part 1, last six essays)
• Tuesday, June 21: pages 103-177 (Part 2)
• Tuesday, July 5: pages 181-231 (Part 3)
• Tuesday, July 19: page 235-314 (Part 4 & Coda)

Virtual Gatherings held every other Thursday from September 8 – December 1, 2 – 3:15 pm ET

Deepen your understanding of Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) with these confidential gatherings of Rachel’s Network members. We will gather in a small group every two weeks to read, reflect, and act in both a personal capacity and as funders. This program will deepen members understanding of JEDI and help them become better allies for racial justice (through the Catalyst Award and other opportunities).

This program is geared toward white women environmental funder allies. If you participated in the 2021 JEDI Warriors program, there will be some content overlap.