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The Sistah Circle Book Club, Inc., is a non-profit organization
which seeks to promote reading among African American women and
their families.
The SCBC, Inc. is a group of avid African American women readers,
born of two out-of-state women in Houston, Texas, May 1999. The
reading club was founded on the premise of fostering new friendships
around a common activity, reading. We embraced the concept of
Sistahood within our organization and embarked on creating our
literary Circle!
African American literature...romantic, robust, urban, poetic,
cutting edge and mysterious...it is the African American
experience. Words that bubble from the heart, mind, body and soul of
the creators to be shared with avid readers. African American
literature explains who were are as a people...and perhaps, shed
light on our possibilities, and opportunities.
Since 1999, we have welcomed African American women from and
throughout the U.S. into our reading Circle. We enjoy the
exciting diversity within our Sistahood!
The Sistah Circle Book Club, Inc. is devoted to providing an
avenue for African American women to come together for a common and
primary goal...reading. We are also able to fellowship and network
with one another. The love we have for literature brings us together
in harmony...
Our group works in harmony, creating a unified body..."The
Circle." Chapters within the Circle embrace the basic
foundations upon which our group was organized. We welcome avid
readers to join our Circle...creating chapters branching from our
tree.
We love and respect each other as African American Sistahs...therefore
we can agree to disagree in ideology as it pertains to book
discussions. We understand that as humans, we are not the same in
mind, body, spirit or soul.
Enjoy the escape and the adventure African American literature
can give to you!
A summary of the what The
Sistah Circle Book Club, Inc. embraces:
Purpose: The Sistah Circle Book Club, Inc. is a group of
African American Sistahs coming together to chat, listen, reflect,
renew, shout, and yes, eat! As women, we are given the opportunity
to discuss books in a friendly forum, while broadening our literary
knowledge and being introduced to books/authors we may or may not
normally be exposed to.
Giving: All of who You are. Enjoy yourself and others in
the group. Feel free to openly express your feeling, honestly. You
may express yourself in both written and in spoken words. No one
professes to be an expert "literary critic"; we are all learning, as
we are enjoying the entertainment of literary art. Our minds our
being opened to various genres and ideas. Sharing is our key method
to exposure to things new and fresh!
Your Gift: You will receive a wealth of literary
information, network with other book clubs, meet fascinating African
American authors, attend literary events and create friendships with
other African American Sistahs from various backgrounds. The bonding
and literary lessons will prove to be valuable to you in years to
come.
Adopted: June 1999
Revised December 2008
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