Human Rights Book Club

Brought to you by Amnesty International Sacramento Group

West Coast Human Rights Book Club

We meet the 3rd Thursday in February, May, August, November  via Zoom

More info and Register here:  https://tinyurl.com/humanrightsbookclub


On Thursday February 19, 2026, 6:30 PM Pacific time, we will discuss the book:

One Day Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad


A Zoom link will be sent the week of the book club meeting!  

Register and share the link with book lovers & human rights supporters   

Need assistance buying a copy?  Low income or students can always request a free copy if you attend the book club.



PAST BOOKS:

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