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SUMMARY:Coloring Books and Conversation
DESCRIPTION:Mocha Girls Read - Northern California\n🎨✨️ Virtual Col
 oring & Conversation Night ✨️🎨\nUnwind\, relax\, and connect with o
 thers during an evening of creativity and meaningful conversation! Grab yo
 ur favorite adult coloring book\, coloring pencils\, markers\, or crayons\
 , and join us for a fun virtual gathering filled with color\, laughter\, a
 nd great discussion.\n\n📅 Date: Wednesday\, October 21\, 2026\n🕖 Tim
 e:\n• 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM EST (Eastern Time)\n• 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM CS
 T (Central Time)\n• 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM PST (Pacific Time)\n\nWhether yo
 u're an experienced colorist or simply looking for a peaceful way to end y
 our day\, this is a wonderful opportunity to relax\, express yourself\, an
 d enjoy engaging conversations in a welcoming atmosphere.\n\n🖍 Why Adul
 t Coloring?\nAdult coloring books have become a popular wellness activity 
 because they can help reduce stress\, promote mindfulness\, improve focus\
 , and encourage creativity. The repetitive\, calming nature of coloring al
 lows the mind to slow down\, providing a relaxing break from daily respons
 ibilities while fostering a sense of accomplishment and self-expression.\n
 Bring your colors\, your creativity\, and your conversation—we look forw
 ard to spending the evening with you!
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SUMMARY:MGR Planning Power Hour
DESCRIPTION:Mocha Girls Read - Northern California\n\\*\\*Feeling overwhel
 med by to-dos and a chaotic calendar? \\*\\*\nSay goodbye to Monday mornin
 g madness and join the Mocha Girls for a weekly refocus session every Satu
 rday!\nHere's the deal: Dedicate 1-2 hours to plan your week\, tackle that
  to-do list\, or simply catch up on self-care. ️ ‍\nFuel your focus: G
 rab your favorite beverage\, whether it's a classic coffee ☕️\, calmin
 g tea 🫖\, refreshing water\, or even a celebratory mimosa if you're fee
 ling extra froggy!\nThe time is yours:\n\nCraft a strategic plan for the w
 eek or month ahead.\nConquer your budget and master your finances.\nUnleas
 h your inner wordsmith with journaling prompts. ✍️\nCurl up with a goo
 d book and get some quality reading time in.\nConnect with fellow Mocha Gi
 rls and share your goals\, and tips\, or just unwind.\nRemember: Failing t
 o plan IS planning to fail.\nSo\, ditch the Sunday scaries and join us! 
 ✨\nHosted by: Tenille Griffin\nWhen: Every Saturday ️\nJoin via Google
  Meet\nLet's make every week a success together!
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SUMMARY:Reading Time - Reading Apart Together
DESCRIPTION:Mocha Girls Read - Northern California\n📚 Hosted By: Renee 
 Bailey\n\n✨ Silent Reading Hour ✨\nJoin us every Monday for an hour of
  peaceful reading together!\n\nHow it works:\n1️⃣ Pick any book you lo
 ve.\n2️⃣ Log in to the meeting.\n3️⃣ Read for as long as you’d l
 ike.\n\n💡 “Don’t wait for the perfect moment. Take the moment and m
 ake it perfect.” – Zoë Saldana\n\n🌐 Where: Virtual via Google Meet
 \n📅 When: Every Monday\n📲 Video call link: https://meet.google.com/m
 sv-pyyp-eig\n\nWe can’t wait to see you there! 📖✨
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SUMMARY:MGR Planning Power Hour
DESCRIPTION:Mocha Girls Read - Northern California\n\\*\\*Feeling overwhel
 med by to-dos and a chaotic calendar? \\*\\*\nSay goodbye to Monday mornin
 g madness and join the Mocha Girls for a weekly refocus session every Satu
 rday!\nHere's the deal: Dedicate 1-2 hours to plan your week\, tackle that
  to-do list\, or simply catch up on self-care. ️ ‍\nFuel your focus: G
 rab your favorite beverage\, whether it's a classic coffee ☕️\, calmin
 g tea 🫖\, refreshing water\, or even a celebratory mimosa if you're fee
 ling extra froggy!\nThe time is yours:\n\nCraft a strategic plan for the w
 eek or month ahead.\nConquer your budget and master your finances.\nUnleas
 h your inner wordsmith with journaling prompts. ✍️\nCurl up with a goo
 d book and get some quality reading time in.\nConnect with fellow Mocha Gi
 rls and share your goals\, and tips\, or just unwind.\nRemember: Failing t
 o plan IS planning to fail.\nSo\, ditch the Sunday scaries and join us! 
 ✨\nHosted by: Tenille Griffin\nWhen: Every Saturday ️\nJoin via Google
  Meet\nLet's make every week a success together!
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SUMMARY:(ONLINE) Book Club Meeting: "The Color Line" by Igiaba Scego
DESCRIPTION:Mocha Girls Read - Northern California\nGreetings Mocha Girls\
 ,\n\nI hope this message finds everyone well.\nPlease join us on Zoom wher
 e we will have our discussion virtually.\n\n***The link will be visible on
 ce you RSVP.***\n\nWarmly\,\nMocha Girl Sharnise\n\n***Our October 2026 mo
 nthly book selection is "The Color Line" by Igiaba Scego.***\n\nRemember\,
  if you don't finish the book\, you are still welcome\, so come anyway!\n\
 n**R.S.V.P. Etiquette:**\nPlease make sure to RSVP to an event or book clu
 b meeting ONLY if you are going. Do not RSVP if you are thinking about goi
 ng or would like to go.\nThanks in advance and I can't wait to see you all
 !\n\n**REMEMBER:**\nSupport a Black-owned Bookstore called [RESIST BOOKSEL
 LERS](https://resistbooksellers.com/) and get 15% off when you use the cod
 e MGR22.\n\n**About the Book:**\nIt was the middle of the nineteenth centu
 ry when Lafanu Brown audaciously decided to become an artist. In the wake 
 of the American Civil War\, life was especially tough for Black women\, bu
 t she didn’t let that stop her. The daughter of a Native American woman 
 and an African-Haitian man\, Lafanu had the rare opportunity to study\, tr
 avel\, and follow her dreams\, thanks to her indomitable spirit\, but not 
 without facing intolerance and violence. Now\, in 1887\, living in Rome as
  one of the city’s most established painters\, she is ready to tell her 
 fiancé about her difficult life\, which began in a poor family forty year
 s earlier.\n\nIn 2019\, an Italian art curator of Somali origin is despera
 tely trying to bring to Europe her younger cousin\, who is only sixteen an
 d has already tried to reach Italy on a long\, treacherous journey. While 
 organizing an art exhibition that will combine the paintings of Lafanu Bro
 wn with the artworks of young migrants\, the curator becomes more and more
  obsessed with the life and secrets of the nineteenth-century painter.\n\n
 Weaving together these two vibrant voices\, Igiaba Scego has crafted a pow
 erful exploration of what it means to be “other\,” to be a woman\, and
  particularly a Black woman\, in a foreign country\, yesterday and today.\
 n\n**About the Author:**\n**Igiaba Scego** is an Italian writer and journa
 list who was born in Rome in 1974 to Somali parents. She holds a PhD in ed
 ucation focused on postcolonial subjects and has conducted extensive acade
 mic work in Italy and internationally.\n\nHer writing explores Italian and
  Somali histories and identities\, colonial memory\, migration\, racism\, 
 and belonging. Through her fiction\, nonfiction\, and journalism\, Scego h
 as examined the connections between Italy and Africa as well as the experi
 ences of the African diaspora in Italy.\n\nHer works include *Beyond Babyl
 on*\, *Adua*\, and *La mia casa è dove sono*. The latter received Italy
 ’s Mondello Prize\, while *La linea del colore*\, published in English a
 s *The Color Line*\, received the Premio Napoli.
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SUMMARY:(ONLINE) Book Club Meeting: "The Color Line" by Igiaba Scego
DESCRIPTION:Mocha Girls Read - Northern California\nGreetings Mocha Girls\
 ,\n\nI hope this message finds everyone well.\nPlease join us on Google Me
 et where we will have our discussion virtually.\n\n**Google Meet joining i
 nfo:**\nVideo call link: [https://meet.google.com/tyi-vyfn-adh](https://me
 et.google.com/tyi-vyfn-adh)\nOr dial: ‪(US) +1 434-362-0922‬ PIN: ‪4
 48 371 185‬#\nMore phone numbers: [https://tel.meet/tyi-vyfn-adh?pin=215
 5830972647](https://tel.meet/tyi-vyfn-adh?pin=2155830972647)\n\nWarmly\,\n
 Mocha Girl Leanna\n\n***Our October 2026 monthly book selection is "The Co
 lor Line" by Igiaba Scego.***\n\nRemember\, if you don't finish the book\,
  you are still welcome\, so come anyway!\n\n**R.S.V.P. Etiquette:**\nPleas
 e make sure to RSVP to an event or book club meeting ONLY if you are going
 . Do not RSVP if you are thinking about going or would like to go.\nThanks
  in advance and I can't wait to see you all!\n\n**REMEMBER:**\nSupport a B
 lack-owned Bookstore called [RESIST BOOKSELLERS](https://resistbooksellers
 .com/) and get 15% off when you use the code MGR22.\n\n**About the Book:**
 \nIt was the middle of the nineteenth century when Lafanu Brown audaciousl
 y decided to become an artist. In the wake of the American Civil War\, lif
 e was especially tough for Black women\, but she didn’t let that stop he
 r. The daughter of a Native American woman and an African-Haitian man\, La
 fanu had the rare opportunity to study\, travel\, and follow her dreams\, 
 thanks to her indomitable spirit\, but not without facing intolerance and 
 violence. Now\, in 1887\, living in Rome as one of the city’s most estab
 lished painters\, she is ready to tell her fiancé about her difficult lif
 e\, which began in a poor family forty years earlier.\n\nIn 2019\, an Ital
 ian art curator of Somali origin is desperately trying to bring to Europe 
 her younger cousin\, who is only sixteen and has already tried to reach It
 aly on a long\, treacherous journey. While organizing an art exhibition th
 at will combine the paintings of Lafanu Brown with the artworks of young m
 igrants\, the curator becomes more and more obsessed with the life and sec
 rets of the nineteenth-century painter.\n\nWeaving together these two vibr
 ant voices\, Igiaba Scego has crafted a powerful exploration of what it me
 ans to be “other\,” to be a woman\, and particularly a Black woman\, i
 n a foreign country\, yesterday and today.\n\n**About the Author:**\n**Igi
 aba Scego** is an Italian writer and journalist who was born in Rome in 19
 74 to Somali parents. She holds a PhD in education focused on postcolonial
  subjects and has conducted extensive academic work in Italy and internati
 onally.\n\nHer writing explores Italian and Somali histories and identitie
 s\, colonial memory\, migration\, racism\, and belonging. Through her fict
 ion\, nonfiction\, and journalism\, Scego has examined the connections bet
 ween Italy and Africa as well as the experiences of the African diaspora i
 n Italy.\n\nHer works include *Beyond Babylon*\, *Adua*\, and *La mia casa
  è dove sono*. The latter received Italy’s Mondello Prize\, while *La l
 inea del colore*\, published in English as *The Color Line*\, received the
  Premio Napoli.
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SUMMARY: In Person Book Club Meeting: The Color Line by Igiaba Scego
DESCRIPTION:Mocha Girls Read - Northern California\nGreetings Mocha Girls\
 ,\nI hope this message finds everyone well and enjoying the somewhat coole
 r weather.\n***Our October 2026 monthly book selection is "The Color Line"
  by Igiaba Scego.***\n\nRemember\, if you don't finish the book\, you are 
 still welcome to join the meet up\, so come anyway!\n\nWarmly\,\nMocha Gir
 l Tye\n\n**R.S.V.P. Etiquette:**\nPlease make sure to RSVP to an event or 
 book club meeting ONLY if you are going. Do not RSVP if you are thinking a
 bout going or would like to go. Thanks in advance and I can't wait to see 
 you all!\n\n**REMEMBER:**\nSupport a Black-owned Bookstore called [RESIST 
 BOOKSELLERS](https://resistbooksellers.com/) and get 15% off when you use 
 the code MGR22.\n\n**About the Book:**\n\nIt was the middle of the ninetee
 nth century when Lafanu Brown audaciously decided to become an artist. In 
 the wake of the American Civil War\, life was especially tough for Black w
 omen\, but she didn’t let that stop her. The daughter of a Native Americ
 an woman and an African-Haitian man\, Lafanu had the rare opportunity to s
 tudy\, travel\, and follow her dreams\, thanks to her indomitable spirit\,
  but not without facing intolerance and violence. Now\, in 1887\, living i
 n Rome as one of the city’s most established painters\, she is ready to 
 tell her fiancé about her difficult life\, which began in a poor family f
 orty years earlier.\n\nIn 2019\, an Italian art curator of Somali origin i
 s desperately trying to bring to Europe her younger cousin\, who is only s
 ixteen and has already tried to reach Italy on a long\, treacherous journe
 y. While organizing an art exhibition that will combine the paintings of L
 afanu Brown with the artworks of young migrants\, the curator becomes more
  and more obsessed with the life and secrets of the nineteenth-century pai
 nter.\n\nWeaving together these two vibrant voices\, Igiaba Scego has craf
 ted a powerful exploration of what it means to be “other\,” to be a wo
 man\, and particularly a Black woman\, in a foreign country\, yesterday an
 d today.\n\n**About the Author:**\n\n**Igiaba Scego** is an Italian writer
  and journalist who was born in Rome in 1974 to Somali parents. She holds 
 a PhD in education focused on postcolonial subjects and has conducted exte
 nsive academic work in Italy and internationally.\n\nHer writing explores 
 Italian and Somali histories and identities\, colonial memory\, migration\
 , racism\, and belonging. Through her fiction\, nonfiction\, and journalis
 m\, Scego has examined the connections between Italy and Africa as well as
  the experiences of the African diaspora in Italy.\n\nHer works include *B
 eyond Babylon*\, *Adua*\, and *La mia casa è dove sono*. The latter recei
 ved Italy’s Mondello Prize\, while *La linea del colore*\, published in 
 English as *The Color Line*\, received the Premio Napoli.
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SUMMARY:(ONLINE) Book Club Meeting: "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan
DESCRIPTION:Mocha Girls Read - Northern California\nGreetings Mocha Girls\
 ,\n\nI hope this message finds everyone well.\nPlease join us on Zoom wher
 e we will have our discussion virtually.\n\n***The link will be visible on
 ce you RSVP.***\n\nWarmly\,\nMocha Girl Sharnise\n\n***Our November 2026 m
 onthly book selection is "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan.***\n\nRemember\, 
 if you don't finish the book\, you are still welcome\, so come anyway!\n\n
 **R.S.V.P. Etiquette:**\nPlease make sure to RSVP to an event or book club
  meeting ONLY if you are going. Do not RSVP if you are thinking about goin
 g or would like to go.\nThanks in advance and I can't wait to see you all!
 \n\n**REMEMBER:**\nSupport a Black-owned Bookstore called [RESIST BOOKSELL
 ERS](https://resistbooksellers.com/) and get 15% off when you use the code
  MGR22.\n\n**About the Book:**\nIn 1949\, four Chinese immigrant women liv
 ing in San Francisco begin gathering regularly to play mahjong\, share sto
 ries\, enjoy food\, and find comfort in one another’s company. United by
  memories of their lives in China\, personal losses\, and hopes for their 
 futures\, they call their gathering the Joy Luck Club.\n\nEach woman carri
 es a history shaped by hardship\, sacrifice\, tradition\, and survival. As
  they build new lives in America\, they hope to give their daughters oppor
 tunities they themselves never had. But their American-born daughters\, ra
 ised between two cultures\, often struggle to understand their mothers’ 
 expectations\, beliefs\, and seemingly endless advice.\n\nThrough sixteen 
 interconnected stories\, Amy Tan takes readers between China and the Unite
 d States\, revealing the experiences that shaped these women and the secre
 ts that continue to influence their families. As mothers reflect on the li
 ves they left behind and daughters confront their own challenges\, both ge
 nerations begin to discover how deeply their identities are connected.\n\n
 First published in 1989\, *The Joy Luck Club* is a moving exploration of t
 he bonds between mothers and daughters\, the importance of family history\
 , and the ways love\, memory\, and cultural traditions are passed from one
  generation to the next.\n\nAt its heart\, this is a story about women fin
 ding strength in one another\, learning to understand their past\, and dis
 covering that even the most complicated relationships can hold extraordina
 ry love.\n\n**About the Author:**\n**Amy Tan** is an acclaimed American au
 thor whose writing explores family relationships\, cultural identity\, imm
 igration\, memory\, and the experiences of Chinese American women.\n\nBorn
  in Oakland\, California\, in 1952 to Chinese immigrant parents\, Tan grew
  up surrounded by different languages\, family traditions\, and stories of
  her mother’s life in China. These experiences would later become an imp
 ortant influence on her writing.\n\nHer debut novel\, *The Joy Luck Club*\
 , was published in 1989 and became an international bestseller. The novel 
 was a finalist for both the National Book Award and the National Book Crit
 ics Circle Award and was adapted into a successful feature film in 1993\, 
 with Tan serving as a co-screenwriter and co-producer.\n\nIn recognition o
 f her contributions to American literature\, Tan received the National Hum
 anities Medal in 2023.\n\nThrough her storytelling\, Amy Tan continues to 
 explore how family histories\, personal experiences\, and the relationship
 s between generations shape the people we become.
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