What we’re about
This is a network for Women of color mainly Women of African descent. We meet and support each other emotionally and intellectually. There is not that many women of color in Zurich.
We will be doing different activities from enjoying the outdoors to simply having a night out or reading fun books together.
Upcoming events
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Sisterhood Book Club : That Peckham Boy by Kenny Imafidon
Zurich (TBC), Zurich, Zürich, CHJoin us to discuss That Peckham Boy by Kenny Imafidon
About us:
The Sisterhood Book Club meets once a month to discuss books by authors of African descent. The books are usually a starting point for deeper discussions about life. We meet in person, either at one of our members' homes or in cosy, kid-friendly places in Zurich.In order not to miss any messages, please:
- Join the Sisterhood Book Club chat on Signal: https://signal.group/#CjQKIHGlYqQKtVEmcJ4e7417LI8SPq1I-XI9oteIwmSrfbF3EhDuuUM_7RbeZ1ul4AJ-RIie
- Enable Messages and notifications from MeetupAbout the book:
Two days after his eighteenth birthday, Kenny Imafidon was charged with the murder of a seventeen-year-old boy in south-east London. The middle child of a single mother with ambitions for her children, Kenny grew up near an estate in Peckham where deprivation and hopelessness were rife, and gang culture flourished in his community. Kenny faced a minimum of thirty years behind bars - longer than the life he had lived.When the case against Kenny collapsed, he quickly realised that his name was still inextricably linked with a horrific crime he hadn't committed. He decided to rewrite his story. It began with The Kenny Report, which he delivered to the House of Commons and which detailed the experiences of marginalised young people who drift into gangs, and has led to extensive work with charities, communities and policy-makers that is helping to change the narratives of other young people just like Kenny.
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Book Club & Pot Luck : A Broken People's Playlist by Chimeka Garricks
Zurich (TBC), Zurich, Zürich, CHJoin us to discuss A Broken People's Playlist by Chimeka Garricks
For the last meeting of the year, we're making it a bit festive by combining it with a potluck. More details via the Signal Group.About us:
The Sisterhood Book Club meets once a month to discuss books by authors of African descent. The books are usually a starting point for deeper discussions about life. We meet in person, either at one of our members' homes or in cosy, kid-friendly places in Zurich.In order not to miss any messages, please:
- Join the Sisterhood Book Club chat on Signal: https://signal.group/#CjQKIHGlYqQKtVEmcJ4e7417LI8SPq1I-XI9oteIwmSrfbF3EhDuuUM_7RbeZ1ul4AJ-RIie
- Enable Messages and notifications from MeetupAbout the book:
A Broken People’s Playlist is set to the soundtrack of life, comprised of twelve music-inspired tales about love, the human condition, micro-moments, and the search for meaning and sometimes, redemption. It is also Chimeka Garricks’s love letter to his native city, Port Harcourt, introducing us to a cast of indelible characters in these loosely interlocked tales.
There is the teenage wannabe-DJ eager to play his first gig even as his family disastrously falls apart—who reappears many years later as an unhappy middle-aged man drunk-calling his ex-wife; a man who throws a living funeral for his dying brother; three friends who ponder penis captivus and one’s peculiar erectile dysfunction; a troubled woman who tries to find her peace-place in the world, helped by a headful of songs and a pot of ginger tea.2 attendees
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