{"id":1521,"date":"2024-11-11T19:00:57","date_gmt":"2024-11-11T19:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/uni\/?p=1521"},"modified":"2024-11-11T19:00:57","modified_gmt":"2024-11-11T19:00:57","slug":"the-sum-of-us-mpags-uni-reads-2024-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/uni\/2024\/11\/11\/the-sum-of-us-mpags-uni-reads-2024-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sum of Us: MPAG&#8217;s Uni Reads 2024 &#8211; 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In keeping with our mission to create an open and inclusive community that values a multitude of viewpoints and cultivates a desire to understand and expand social awareness, Multicultural Parent Advisory Group (MPAG) is hosting two afternoon discussions of <em>The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together<\/em> by Heather McGhee.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1522\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/uni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2024\/11\/9780525509561-197x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/uni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2024\/11\/9780525509561-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/uni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2024\/11\/9780525509561.jpg 296w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In person discussion sessions will be held on Saturday, January 11th and Saturday, January 25th 2025 from 1:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Anyone in the Uni community is invited to participate. If you are interested, look for an RSVP form in December or email Dr. Valerie O&#8217;Brien at vobrien2@illinois.edu. Food and drinks will be provided!<\/p>\n<p>Not sure where to find the book? Here are a few options:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Email Dr. O&#8217;Brien to claim a copy, when available.<\/li>\n<li>U of I affiliates with library access, <a href=\"https:\/\/i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01CARLI_UIU\/gpjosq\/alma99955290879505899\">request a physical copy<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01CARLI_UIU\/gpjosq\/alma99954856757005899\">read electronically<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Champaign Public Library cardholders, <a href=\"https:\/\/cucatalog.org\/polaris\/search\/title.aspx?ctx=3.1033.0.0.1&amp;pos=3&amp;cn=2146432\">request a physical copy<\/a> or read\/listen electronically through your Libby app (formerly Overdrive).<\/li>\n<li>Urbana Free Library cardholders, <a href=\"https:\/\/cucatalog.org\/polaris\/search\/title.aspx?ctx=6.1033.0.0.1&amp;pos=3&amp;cn=2146432\">request a physical copy<\/a> or read\/listen electronically through your Libby app (formerly Overdrive).<\/li>\n<li>If you live outside of Champaign Public Library and Urbana Free Library&#8217;s boundaries, check with your local library for more options.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In keeping with our mission to create an open and inclusive community that values a multitude of viewpoints and cultivates a desire to understand and expand social awareness, Multicultural Parent Advisory Group (MPAG) is hosting two afternoon discussions of The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together by Heather [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":809,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/uni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/uni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/uni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/uni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/809"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/uni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1521"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/uni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1521\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1523,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/uni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1521\/revisions\/1523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/uni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/uni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/uni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}