When: Saturday, November 9, 2019, 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Where:  Lakewood Library – Jefferson County Public Library, 10200 W 20th Ave · Lakewood, CO

Join the Jefferson Humanists’ book group, FROG (Freethinkers Reading Opportunity Group) for our November meeting. This month we are reading “The Newcomers: Finding Refuge, Friendship and Hope in an American Classroom by Helen Thorpe.

In THE NEWCOMERS, Thorpe follows 22 refugee and immigrant teenagers during their first year in America, as they land in the same beginner level English Language Acquisition classroom. They map the global refugee crisis in full and she also traveled to the Democratic Republic of Congo, the largest sender of refugees to the US, to understand one family’s journey better.

We will be meeting Saturday November 9 from 2:00 to 4:00 PM in the meeting room at the Lakewood Public Library. The library is located at 10200 W 20th Ave in Lakewood, just 3 blocks West of Kipling. Please feel free to join us even if you haven’t finished the book.

After the meeting Mountain Tap Bar & Grill, just a few blocks away in the Applegrove Shopping Center at 1901 Youngfield St, Golden 80401, to continue the conversation over a beverage. http://www.mountaintap.com.

Looking ahead, the following meetings will be:
Sunday, December 15, 3-5 PM: “Unsheltered” by Barbara Kingsolver, Lakewood Public Library.
January 11, 2020: The group is currently voting on the books and topics for 2020.