I’m excited to share that the PeerWorks Peer Book Club is back for the Fall — with our first meeting taking place on October 7!

The Peer Book Club will meet every two weeks over Zoom, on Tuesdays from 6:00-7:30pm (Eastern Time). Instead of reading a full book, this round of the book club will be focused on a different short reading each week.

You can register for the Peer Book Club on the PeerWorks website.

We welcome all folks who are engaged or interested in work related to peerness — in the realm of direct support (formal or informal), activism, art and cultural work, scholarship, and more!

You might be interested in joining if you are:

• A peer supporter, peer worker, or lived experience worker
• A Mad / disability studies scholar
• An activist, social justice, or cultural worker
• Engaged in work related to peerness
• Someone with experiences of distress, extreme states, and/or navigating the mental health system
• Interested in learning more!

Our reading list for the fall includes:

• Oct 7: Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During this Crisis (And the Next), Dean Spade (2020), Parts 1-2 of Full Book OR Study Guide
• Oct 21: Suicide Intervention (for Weirdos, Freaks, and Queers), Carly Boyce (n.d.), Webinar or Zine
• Nov. 4: Fighting Psychiatric Abuse: The BPP and the Black Disability Politics of Mental and Carceral Institutions. Chapter in Black Disability Politics (pages 48-68), Sami Schalk (2022)
• Nov. 18: Pods and Pod Mapping Worksheet (6 pages), Ma Mingus & The BATJC
• Dec. 2: TBD