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LOCATION:Cactus Club\, 2496 S. Wentworth Avenue\, Milwaukee\, WI 53207\, United States
DESCRIPTION:<span style="font-weight: 400;">We’re delighted to have the </span><a href="https://uwm.edu/c21/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Center for 21st Century Studies (C21) at UW-Milwaukee</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> lead our CBC discussion on Wednesday, April 1st at 5:30pm. This month we’re reading </span><a href="https://boswellbooks.com/book/9798217086153"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Attensity! A Manifesto of the Attention Liberation Movement</span></i></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">by The Friends of Attention. “A rallying cry to fight the commodification of human attention, with the tools we need to reclaim our humanity, by a group of writers, artists, and activists in the vanguard of the movement…Drawing on a rich legacy of critical intellectuals and the creative wisdom of diverse traditions, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Attensity</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> calls on us to come together to defeat the greedy dehumanizing forces of brute instrumentalization—and re-enchant the world”</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Recommended bookseller: </span><a href="https://boswellbooks.com/book/9798217086153"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Boswell Book Company</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> *Mention Cactus Book Club at checkout to receive a 10% discount</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">“The Center for 21st Century Studies (C21) at UW-Milwaukee is an interdisciplinary humanities center building a community of thinkers to address the most pressing issues of our time. Through collaboration and individual reflection, C21 fosters innovative research and community-engaged programming at the intersection of the humanities, arts, and sciences, supporting emerging and established scholars, publishing new research, and hosting lectures, workshops, and other events.”</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>ABOUT US</strong>: Cactus Book Club (CBC) meets on the first Wednesday of the month from 5:30-7:30 in the back room at Cactus Club. Each month a different community organization, collective, mutual aid group, or business chooses the book & recommended bookseller then leads the discussion. We read sociopolitical fiction and non-fiction, with a focus on works by women, LGBTQ+, BIPOC, and/or otherwise under-published groups. You don’t have to finish reading the book to attend. All book club meetings are free. No registration required. 18+. CBC is part of our ongoing </span><a href="https://www.cactusclubmilwaukee.com/cactus-plus/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cactus+ programming</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. Contact bookclub@cactusplus.org with questions or suggestions.</span> <strong><a href="https://www.cactusclubmilwaukee.com/get-involved-with-cactus-plus/?application_type=Book%20Club%20Discussion%20Leader&_gl=1*sdeqiw*_ga*NDQ1OTYwNjMwLjE3MjAzNzYyODk.*_ga_Q4T4VCP93W*MTczODYxMjUzNy41Ni4xLjE3Mzg2MTM4NjEuMC4wLjA.">Interested in leading a book club? Apply here</a></strong>
SUMMARY:Cactus Book Club: “Attensity! A Manifesto of the Attention Liberation Movement” by The Friends of Attention
ORGANIZER:Cactus Club
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