Beyond the Book

In partnership with the Office of Diversity & Inclusion (ODI) the Centre for Engaged Inclusion (CEI) brings you Beyond the Book for the entire Lansing Community College community.

What is Beyond the Book?

As a part of the four pillars of the ODI:

• Social Justice
• Belonging
• Advocacy
• Education

Beyond the Book is focused on embracing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) by exploring four themes with four different books at the campus-wide level:

• Gender and Self Identity
• Global and Cultural Perspective
• Accessibility & Advocacy
• Diversity and Racial Equity

LCC students and employees are provided with free copies of best-selling books from major publishing houses in order to provide as much accessibility to the book as possible. Books Are Available for Pick Up in the Cesar Chavez Learning Center Arts and Science Building 1313 while the Centre for Engaged Inclusion is under construction.

ALL LCC individuals are invited to engage with all or a select amount of the four books designated for the current academic year.

You do not need to have read the book to join a Beyond the Book conversation each month.

Ask your faculty if you can receive extra credit for attending the Beyond the Book conversations.

Once a month designated facilitators will cover topics related to the specific theme for each of the books, the information in the book, music related to the theme, art components related to the ODI and CEI designated themes and more.

Theme 1 - Gender & Self-Identity:

Mind and Matter: My Life in Math and Football
by John Urschel

Theme 2 - Global & Cultural Perspectives:

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teaching of Plants
by Robin Wall

Theme 3 - Accessibility & Advocacy:

Educated
by Tara Westover

Theme 4 - Diversity & Racial Equity:

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents

by Isabel Wilkerson