San Francisco Book Club; Half the Sky Recap and One World’s Third Book Selected

A man goes out on the beach and sees that it is covered with starfish that have washed up in the tide.  A little boy is walking along, picking them up and throwing them back into the water.

“What are you doing, son?” the man asks.  ”You see how many starfish there are?  You’ll never make a difference.”

The boy paused thoughtfully, and picked up another starfish and threw it into the ocean.

“It sure made a difference to that one,” he said.

—a Hawaiian parable as said by Naka Nathaniel in Half the Sky.

Since the beginning of 2011, One World has had their own book club.  It was created to bring an awareness to hardships that are faced around the world, to different cultures, and anything international in which we can learn from– learning from these books is what inspires us to get involved and motivates us to make a change -even if it’s to save just one ‘starfish’.

March’s Meeting:

One World’s second book club meeting was Monday, March 28th at Books Inc. in the Marina.  Since January 31, members have been reading Half the Sky by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, a book in which “is a passionate call to arms against the oppression of women around the globe.” After the book’s discussion, attendees had the opportunity and honor to hear from Rufaro Gwarada, the Development and Administrative Officer for Camfed USA, an organization that is highlighted in Half the Sky.  Since Thailand was an often featured country throughout the book, attendees were able to snack on Thai food and drink Thai Iced Tea which was generously donated from Gatip Classic Thai Cuisine on Lombard Street in San Francisco.

**To find out about our next meeting & book- please scroll past the photos from March’s meeting.

 

Elizabeth Shrafman & Guest Speaker, Rufaro Gwarada from Camfed

 

Attendees Amanda Padilla & Colleen LaFontaine, One World's Executive Director

Saima Sheikh & Lori Saltveit

Madeleine Salada and Suzanne York

Everyone listening to guest speaker, Rufaro Gwarada from Camfed

Ashlee Lenzi, Spencer Naar, Amanda Padilla, & Saima Sheikh

Guest Speaker, Rufaro Gwarada from Camfed

(Just 3 of the 4 dishes donated from) Gatip Thai Cuisine for One World's Book Club PLUS Thai Iced Tea!

Next Book Club Meeting Information:

The date has been changed due to it falling on Memorial Day.  As a result the date is:

Monday, June 6th at 7pm at Books Inc. in the Marina.

We will be reading, The Geography of Bliss by Erik Weiner.

We are encouraging our readers to purchase this book either at:

• Books Inc. in the Marina (20% of this book’s purchase only will go back to our projects supporting children worldwide.)
• Through our Amazon account (Proceeds from ALL purchases will go back to One World projects).

Snacks and drinks will be provided. Please come to the meeting with a book (or two) in mind that you would like to recommend for future reads.  Anyone and everyone is welcome to join our meeting!  Please RSVP to ashlee@owcf.org.  We look forward to seeing you there!

A Very Special Thank You To:

Guest speaker, Rufaro Gwarada from Camfed for inspiring us all to get more involved.

Gatip Classic Thai Cuisine for the generous assortments of Thai food and Thai Iced Tea.

*For those who attended and enjoyed the Thai food please write a Yelp review for Gatip.  It would be very much appreciated!

Books Inc. in the Marina for hosting our book club meetings and donating proceeds back to One World’s projects.

And lastly,

To all the attendee’s- Thank you to all of those who returned from the last meeting as well as the new members who attended.  We look forward to seeing you at the next meeting in June!