Reading Group: How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective (Central Square)
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"If Black women were free, it would mean that everyone else would have to be free since our fr
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45 Pearl Street
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Sábado, Mayo 9 11AM – 12:30PM
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"If Black women were free, it would mean that everyone else would have to be free since our freedom would necessitate the destruction of all the systems of oppression."
- Combahee River Collective, April 1977
This event is part 1 of 4 of our reading group to discuss How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor. We will read and discuss the book in sections as follows:
Session 1 - Intro, Barbara Smith
Session 2 - Beverly Smith, Demita Frazier
Session 3 - Alicia Garza, Angela Davis, comments
Session 4 – Reflections on Cambridge present and future
Participants are encouraged to come to as many sessions as they can — and all are welcome! Copies of the book are available for pickup at the Central Square Branch.
This event was created in partnership with Community Conversations: Sister to Sister, the Cambridge LGBTQ+ Commission, and the Cambridge Women's Commission.
Free
Sábado, Mayo 9 11AM – 12:30PM
This is a recurring event and is coming up on
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Last updated Abril 15, 2026.
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