Communal Book Club: Rest is Resistance
Sunday, July 20th
4:00 - 5:30 pm CT
Virtual (Zoom)
About Communal
A collaboration between Sanctuary Homes and Recess for Revolution, Communal is a virtual book club centered on healing in, with, and through community. The experience is BIPOC led, and all are welcome.
What to expect?
We’ll be reading and discussing Rest is Resistance by Tricia Hersey. The themes that we’ll explore include:
What does it mean for our bodies to be the site of liberation?
How has grind culture, white supremacy, and patriarchy shaped our beliefs and practices around rest and embodiment?
How might we rest, dream, resist, and imagine a more liberated and just future for all?
During the book club, we’ll be guided by a lead facilitator, Danielle Miller, in a safe container for vulnerability, connection, and reflection. There will be small breakout groups (“pods”) led by 3-4 volunteer moderators to allow for deeper and more intimate discussions. This event is limited to 25 attendees. Please RSVP to confirm your attendance. (You’ll receive a Zoom invite within 1-2 business days of registering.)
How to Prepare
Please finish (or at least start) the book to allow for thoughtful discussion
Join from a quiet space with stable internet connection
Bring a journal if you’d like to write and reflect
Who is this for?
This liberation-based book club is for individuals seeking knowledge, conversations, and a safe space to reflect, heal, and grow in order to create positive change in our personal lives, community, and local ecosystem. In times of instability and fear, how might we resource and liberate ourselves and others in pursuit of a more just and regenerative future?
About Recess for Revolution
Recess for Revolution is a social justice resource hub that empowers people to engage in radical acts of resistance. Introduced in February 2025 and facilitated by a diverse coalition of local organizers and organizations, Recess equips people with tools for resistance through mutual aid activations, skill-sharing, teach-ins, and online resources.
Sunday, July 20th
4:00 - 5:30 pm CT
Virtual (Zoom)
About Communal
A collaboration between Sanctuary Homes and Recess for Revolution, Communal is a virtual book club centered on healing in, with, and through community. The experience is BIPOC led, and all are welcome.
What to expect?
We’ll be reading and discussing Rest is Resistance by Tricia Hersey. The themes that we’ll explore include:
What does it mean for our bodies to be the site of liberation?
How has grind culture, white supremacy, and patriarchy shaped our beliefs and practices around rest and embodiment?
How might we rest, dream, resist, and imagine a more liberated and just future for all?
During the book club, we’ll be guided by a lead facilitator, Danielle Miller, in a safe container for vulnerability, connection, and reflection. There will be small breakout groups (“pods”) led by 3-4 volunteer moderators to allow for deeper and more intimate discussions. This event is limited to 25 attendees. Please RSVP to confirm your attendance. (You’ll receive a Zoom invite within 1-2 business days of registering.)
How to Prepare
Please finish (or at least start) the book to allow for thoughtful discussion
Join from a quiet space with stable internet connection
Bring a journal if you’d like to write and reflect
Who is this for?
This liberation-based book club is for individuals seeking knowledge, conversations, and a safe space to reflect, heal, and grow in order to create positive change in our personal lives, community, and local ecosystem. In times of instability and fear, how might we resource and liberate ourselves and others in pursuit of a more just and regenerative future?
About Recess for Revolution
Recess for Revolution is a social justice resource hub that empowers people to engage in radical acts of resistance. Introduced in February 2025 and facilitated by a diverse coalition of local organizers and organizations, Recess equips people with tools for resistance through mutual aid activations, skill-sharing, teach-ins, and online resources.
Sunday, July 20th
4:00 - 5:30 pm CT
Virtual (Zoom)
About Communal
A collaboration between Sanctuary Homes and Recess for Revolution, Communal is a virtual book club centered on healing in, with, and through community. The experience is BIPOC led, and all are welcome.
What to expect?
We’ll be reading and discussing Rest is Resistance by Tricia Hersey. The themes that we’ll explore include:
What does it mean for our bodies to be the site of liberation?
How has grind culture, white supremacy, and patriarchy shaped our beliefs and practices around rest and embodiment?
How might we rest, dream, resist, and imagine a more liberated and just future for all?
During the book club, we’ll be guided by a lead facilitator, Danielle Miller, in a safe container for vulnerability, connection, and reflection. There will be small breakout groups (“pods”) led by 3-4 volunteer moderators to allow for deeper and more intimate discussions. This event is limited to 25 attendees. Please RSVP to confirm your attendance. (You’ll receive a Zoom invite within 1-2 business days of registering.)
How to Prepare
Please finish (or at least start) the book to allow for thoughtful discussion
Join from a quiet space with stable internet connection
Bring a journal if you’d like to write and reflect
Who is this for?
This liberation-based book club is for individuals seeking knowledge, conversations, and a safe space to reflect, heal, and grow in order to create positive change in our personal lives, community, and local ecosystem. In times of instability and fear, how might we resource and liberate ourselves and others in pursuit of a more just and regenerative future?
About Recess for Revolution
Recess for Revolution is a social justice resource hub that empowers people to engage in radical acts of resistance. Introduced in February 2025 and facilitated by a diverse coalition of local organizers and organizations, Recess equips people with tools for resistance through mutual aid activations, skill-sharing, teach-ins, and online resources.
The Practitioner
Danielle Miller
Danielle Miller (she/her) is a therapist, herbalist and storyteller practicing the art of invitation into deeper ways of being by weaving decolonized therapeutic approaches, afro-futurist imaginings and healing experiences for the collective that support ancestral connection, nourishment and ultimately, our return to embodied beings of nature.
This project is supported in part by the City of Austin Economic Development Department.