Date & Time
1:00pm EST - 3:00pm EST
About This Event
Join us for the Alcove Book Club, a bi-monthly book club where curiosity is welcome and conversation is encouraged!
Led by historian Amy Schneidhorst Ph.D, the Alcove Book Club meets every other month for an informal discussion of the selected book. Whether you’ve read every page or just a few, you’re warmly invited to join us in The Haven for thoughtful, community-rooted conversation. Leave with a new idea, a new connection, or maybe a new favorite book!
This February, we're reading Calling In, How to Start Making Change with Those You'd Rather Cancel by Loretta Ross.
"Calling In is at once a handbook, a manifesto, and a memoir—because the power of Loretta Ross’s message comes from who she is and what she’s lived through. She’s a Black woman who’s deprogrammed white supremacists, a survivor who’s taught convicted rapists the principles of feminism. With stories from her five remarkable decades in activism, she vividly illustrates why calling people in—inviting them into conversation instead of conflict by focusing on your shared values over a desire for punishment—is the more strategic choice if you want to make real change. And she shows you how to do so, whether in the workplace, on a college campus, or in your living room.
Courageous, awe-inspiring, and blisteringly authentic, Calling In is a practical new solution from one of our country’s most extraordinary change-makers—one anyone can learn to use to transform frustrating and divisive conflicts that stand in the way of real connection with the people in your life."
Can't make it to this meeting? No worries! You can join us for future book club sessions:
- April 4th, 2026 - Wildfire Days by Kelly Ramsey
- June 6th, 2026 - Marsha: The Joy and Defiance of Marsha P. Johnson by Tourmaline
- August 8th, 2026 - Love Queenie by Marukh Seh
- October 10th, 2026 - Mango and Peppercorns by Tung Nguyen
- December 12th, 2026 - Joy Goddess by A'lelia Bundles
Questions? Email Khamry at khamry.varfley@alcoveri.org
About This Event
Join us for the Alcove Book Club, a bi-monthly book club where curiosity is welcome and conversation is encouraged!
Led by historian Amy Schneidhorst Ph.D, the Alcove Book Club meets every other month for an informal discussion of the selected book. Whether you’ve read every page or just a few, you’re warmly invited to join us in The Haven for thoughtful, community-rooted conversation. Leave with a new idea, a new connection, or maybe a new favorite book!
This February, we're reading Calling In, How to Start Making Change with Those You'd Rather Cancel by Loretta Ross.
"Calling In is at once a handbook, a manifesto, and a memoir—because the power of Loretta Ross’s message comes from who she is and what she’s lived through. She’s a Black woman who’s deprogrammed white supremacists, a survivor who’s taught convicted rapists the principles of feminism. With stories from her five remarkable decades in activism, she vividly illustrates why calling people in—inviting them into conversation instead of conflict by focusing on your shared values over a desire for punishment—is the more strategic choice if you want to make real change. And she shows you how to do so, whether in the workplace, on a college campus, or in your living room.
Courageous, awe-inspiring, and blisteringly authentic, Calling In is a practical new solution from one of our country’s most extraordinary change-makers—one anyone can learn to use to transform frustrating and divisive conflicts that stand in the way of real connection with the people in your life."
Can't make it to this meeting? No worries! You can join us for future book club sessions:
- April 4th, 2026 - Wildfire Days by Kelly Ramsey
- June 6th, 2026 - Marsha: The Joy and Defiance of Marsha P. Johnson by Tourmaline
- August 8th, 2026 - Love Queenie by Marukh Seh
- October 10th, 2026 - Mango and Peppercorns by Tung Nguyen
- December 12th, 2026 - Joy Goddess by A'lelia Bundles
Questions? Email Khamry at khamry.varfley@alcoveri.org
Date & Time
1:00pm EST - 3:00pm EST
Getting There
The Alcove
189 Broadway
Providence, Rhode Island 02903
United States
Free street parking. One accessible parking spot on-site. Paid parking at 280 Broadway and 107 Federal Street (4-minute walk). Parking at 201 Broadway is prohibited and may result in towing. Alcoveri.org/visit for more information.