Over a 15-week period every spring, we read books related to community development topics of housing, food access, financial empowerment, economic development, and community engagement; place-based, urban/rural, and neighborhood issues; empathy; and leadership and other professional development skills useful to community developers. Past books include Just Action by Leah Rothstein,The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein, Decolonizing Wealth: Indigenous Wisdom to Heal Divides and Restore Balance by Edgar Villanueva, etc.
You do not need to be an OCDCA member to participate in the book club.
2025 Book Club
Interested in participating in OCDCA's Book Club this year? Starting March 3rd, we will meet every other Monday until June 9th, for a total of 8 meetings. This year, we will be reading Climate Resilience: How We Keep Each Other Safe, Care for Our Communities, and Fight Back Against Climate Change by Kylie Flanagan.
If you do not own this book, feel free to utilize your local library or bookstore to purchase. Otherwise, the book can be purchased here.
