BOOK CLUB
Do you belong to a book club? Are you thinking about forming a club with your friends? Use your meeting as a chance to get involved in a meaningful cause and make a difference in the world while reading stimulating material. Choose one of the recommended books below for your club and then use your discussion session as a chance to learn about IMA and raise funds to help save women's and children's lives!
HOW IT WORKS
1. Choose a book.
2. Decide as a group to raise funds to help women and children in Uganda. (There is no required amount to be raised.)
3. Email IMA (jbmidwife@midwifeassist.org or jharger@midwifeassist.org) about your group's intentions to read one of our books and raise funds for IMA. Please let us know the following:
- Which book did you choose?
- When are you discussing the book? (Please give us advance notice - at least two weeks.)
- How many members are in your group?
- A contact person's name, email and mailing address
4. We will mail an information packet about IMA to your contact person for use at your discussion meeting.
5. As a thank you for raising funds for IMA, we will mail each member of your book club one of our free IMA bookmarks! Whether you mail your donation or make it Online, be sure to indicate it was your bookclub that is making the donation and again let us know the number of members.
BONUS: If you are in the Denver/Boulder area, Executive Director Jennifer Braun or Board Member Dr. Claudia Wyrick will be happy to come speak to your book club at your meeting!
Thanks for participating!
SUGGESTED READING
Our staff, board and volunteers have recommended the following books
for good reading that is relevant to our work.
Maternal and Child Health
Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese (Fiction) Recommended by Lisa Caputo, former IMA intern
Monique and the Mango Rains by Kris Holloway (Nonfiction) Recommended by Jeni Harger, IMA's Program Support Officer
Last Child in the Woods by Richard Louv (Nonfiction) Recommended by Dr. Claudia Wyrick, Board Member
Afghanistan
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (Fiction) Recommended by Jeni Harger, IMA's Program Support Officer
Kabul in Winter by Ann Jones (Nonfiction) Recommended by Jennifer Braun, IMA's Executive Director
The Places in Between by Rory Stewart (Nonfiction) Recommended by Jennifer Braun, IMA's Executive Director
The Swallows of Kabul by Yasmina Khadra and John Cullen (Fiction) Recommended by Dr. Claudia Wyrick, Board Member
The Bookseller of Kabul by Asne Seierstad (Nonfiction) Recommended by Lauri Hughes, Board Member
Land of the Unconquerable by Jennifer Heath and Ashraf Zahedi (Nonfiction) Recommended by Jennifer Braun, Executive Director
Uganda
Aboke Girls: Children Abducted in Northern Uganda by Els de Temmerman (Nonfiction) Recommended by Jeni Harger, IMA's Program Support Officer & Dr. Claudia Wyrick, Board Member
The Abyssian Chronicles by Moses Isegawa (Fiction) Recommended by Leslie Allen, Fundraiser
The Last King of Scotland by Giles Foden (Fiction) Recommended by Leslie Allen, Fundraiser
Haiti
Mountains beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder (Nonfiction) Recommended by Lisa Caputo, former IMA intern & Dr. Claudia Wyrick, Board Member
Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Danticat (Fiction) Recommended by Leslie Allen, Fundraiser
Women's Issues
Wives, Mistresses and Matriarchs by Louise Williams (Nonfiction) Recommended by Dr. Claudia Wyrick, Board Member
Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin (Nonfiction) Recommended by Leslie Allen, Fundraiser & Megan Barksdale, Board Member
The Joys of Motherhood by Buchi Emecheta (Fiction) Recommended by Marion Toepke McLean, midwife and IMA volunteer
A Thousand Sisters by Lisa J. Shannon (Nonfiction) Recommended by Marion Toepke McLean, midwife and IMA volunteer
Half the Sky by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn (Nonfiction) Recommended by Jeni Harger, IMA's Program Support Officer
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