Education
The Mission Marketplace is committed to raise awareness about economic and social justice. An integral part of our mission is education.
International Book Club: The Mission Marketplace and McKune Memorial Library are conducting a book club, with reading selections reflecting empowerment, multiculturalism and books having a global impact.
We meet the first Thursday of every month, 7pm at the McKune Library on Main St.
Upcoming 2010 book reads:
- September: "Stealing Buddha's Dinner," by Bich Minh Nguyen
- October: "The Farming of Bones," by Edwidge Danticat
- November: "Paddy Clark Ha Ha Ha," by Roddy Doyle
Previously, we read:
- The Bookseller of Kabul, by Asne Sierstad
- The White Tiger, by Aravind Adiga
- They Poured Fire on us from the Sky: The True Story of Three Lost Boys from Sudan , by Alphonsion Deng
- House at Sugar Beach, by Helene Cooper of Liberia, Africa
- In a Sunburned Country, by Bill Bryson of Austrailia
- The Brief and Woundrous Life of Oscar Wao, bu Junot Diaz, of the Dominican Republic
- The Eighth Promise: An American Son's Tribute to His Toisanese Mother, by William Poy Lee (See study questions).
- Brick Lane, by Monica Ali.
- Hungry Planet: What the World Eats, by Peter Menzel
- Bastards of Istanbul, by Elif Shafek
- Half of a Yellow Sun, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
The Mission Marketplace staff is available for speaking engagements to community and civic groups. Please contact us at the store to schedule.