Acting on one's conscience/book group topic



From: Pat Priest ppriest@charter.net
Date: March 31, 2013 12:56:24 PM EDT
To: Oconee County Democrats oconee@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [oconee] Acting on one's conscience/book group topic

We'll read Eyal Press' "Beautiful Souls: Saying No, Breaking Ranks, and
Heeding the Voice of Conscience in Dark Times" for our community book
discussion in April.

Sponsored by the Oconee Democrats, our group meets the last Wednesday of
each month (that's April 24th) at 7 at the Tlaloc Mexican restaurant in
the Bell's shopping center in Watkinsville.

Here's just a bit of a review of "Beautiful Souls" from the Wall Street
Journal:


"What drives the unwilling executioners —- those rare creatures brave
enough to stand up for what is right in the face of real threat —- is
the question Mr. Press asks in this valentine to the human spirit . . .
Some of these figures wonder if their individual actions have much power
to reverse injustice. Mr. Press argues that "acts of conscience have a
way of reverberating." Of course, they can do so only if people know
about them; that is the service of this humane and absorbing book."

"Beautiful Souls" should be in at Books Galore in Watkinsville soon.

Please check out the March book -- "Half the Sky: Turning Oppression
into Opportunity for Women Worldwide" -- if you get a chance. It's
maddening and galvanizing!

Pat Priest
Member,
Oconee Democrats




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