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Virtual Book Club

When:
Tuesday, April 16, 2024, 7:00 PM until 8:00 PM Central Time (US & Canada) (UTC-06:00)
Additional Info:
Event Contact(s):
Nancy Allen
Category:
Small Groups
Registration is recommended
Payment In Full In Advance Only
No Fee
The book is The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot.
The inaugural book club acknowledges that the book chosen for April was published 14 years ago (2012) but it resonates with women’s health, racial disparity in healthcare, and medical ethics, Her story is not over, as her family continues to sue pharmaceutical companies over the misappropriation of her “stolen” cells https://www.npr.org/2023/08/01/1191283359/henrietta-lacks-descendants-settlement-stolen-cells