Brought to you by Amnesty International Sacramento Group, anyone interested can join the Book Club.
West Coast Human Rights Book Club
We meet the 3rd Thursday in February, May, August, November via Zoom
Read the details below, then register here: https://tinyurl.com/bookclubhumanrights
On Thursday August 20, 2026, 6:30 PM Pacific time, we will discuss the book:
The Future is Peace by Aziz Abu Sarah and Maoz Inon
Published 2026 Available in print, paperback, at libraries, on audiobook and Kindle. 217 pages.
The book is a powerful memoir and gives hope in a time of despair. Co-authored by a Palestinian and an Israeli who both lost family members to the regional conflict, it details their shared journey across the Holy Land and advocates for empathy, forgiveness, and mutual recognition. The book serves as an urgent rebuttal to violence, challenging the idea that war and bloodshed can ever create lasting security. The authors refuse to give up the hope that the land can be shared and people can be cherished.
A Zoom link will be sent the week of the book club meeting if you register!
Register and share the link with book lovers & human rights supporters
This website can be reached at http://www.amnestysacramento.org/bookclub
Need assistance buying a copy?
If you are low income or a student, you can request a free copy if you commit to attending the book club discussion.
PAST BOOKS:
May 2026 Gilded Rage by Jacob Silverman
February 2026 One Day Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad
November 2025 How Fascism Works: the politics of us and them by Jason Stanley
August 2025 Heartland: a memoir of working hard and being broke in the richest country on earth by Sarah Smarsh
May 2025 Walk With Me: A Biography of Fannie Lou Hamer by Kate Clifford Larson
February 2025 They Called Me a Lioness: A Palestinian Girl’s Fight for Freedom by Ahed Tamimi
November 2024 Poverty By America by Matthew Desmond
August 2024 Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
May 2024 Until We are Free: My fight for human rights in Iran by Shirin Ebadi
February 2024 Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich
November 2023 Daughters of Kobani by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
August 2023 How to Stand up to a Dictator by Maria Ressa.
February 2023: “A Burning” by Megha Majumdar
November 2022: “Mornings in Jenin” by Susan Abulhawa
August 2022: “Go Went Gone” by Jenny Erpenbeck.
September 2021: Made in China: A Prisoner, an SOS Letter, and the Hidden Cost of America’s Cheap Goods by Amelia Pang
June 2021: After the Last Border: Two Families and the Story of Refuge in America by Jessica Goudeau
May 2021: This Muslim American Life by Moustafa Bayoumi
April 2021: Climate Justice: Hope, Resilience and the Fight for a Sustainable Future by Mary Robinson
March 2021 – Speak Up! Speeches by young people to empower and inspire, edited by Adora Svitak
February 2021 – The Displaced: Refugee Writers on Refugee Lives edited by Viet Thanh Nguyen
January 2021 – The Line Becomes a River: Dispatches from the Border by Francisco Cantu
December 2020 – Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women by Nicolas Kristof and Cheryl WuDunn
November 2020 – Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson
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