16

Dec

What’s on Your Nightstand?

How Starbucks Saved My Life: A Son of Privilege Learns to Life Like Everyone Else

by Michael Gates Gill

We all have preconceived stereotypes about race, social economic status, religion, and social status. So, did the author! Then one day, it all changes. This book takes you through the life of a “privileged son” and his fall from “his grace”. In the end, what matters are relationships, faith, and true happiness. This book will inform your discussions around your own stereotypes and how they impact your relationships, your faith, and your true happiness.

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11

Dec

What’s on Your Nightstand?

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

by Rebecca Skloot

HeLa – Aka Henrietta Lacks. That is what her immortal cells are referred to.

To the Moon

In Nuclear Bombs

Developed Drugs

Made Vaccines

HeLa

Henrietta Lacks

Immortal Cells

Round the earth and back – three times – 350 million feet

All from the cervix of woman who stood told 5 feet tall

A Black Woman

A Black Woman helping millions of people

But, her kids, grandkids, husband, even Henrietta Lacks herself – didn’t know until 25 years after her death!

Yet, they couldn’t afford medical insurance; couldn’t afford to get sick!

This book will challenge your views on the confidentiality of medical records, ownership of your tissues and cells, the importance of informed consent, and most importantly the medical research on human subjects – black human subjects. How far will medical research go for the good of all to sacrifice one person, one community? Where does bioethics stand on this issue? What are the human consequences? What are the ethical and moral consequences? Unus Pro Omibus, omnes pro uno!

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10

Dec

What’s on Your Nightstand?

The Other Wes Moore

by Wes Moore

Think about the relationships you have in your life – the healthy and toxic. Think about the decisions that you have made in your life – the healthy and toxic. Two Wes Moores. Two life’s set on different trajectories mainly because of the relationships and decisions made. Relational capacity and decision making are keys to one’s own individual determination. This book will inform your decisions regarding the importance of relational capacity and effective decisions making skills that prepare our youth for today’s society; and, provide a resource list of agencies with the unwritten mission of preparing all to be productive citizens in a global society.

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