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Has it been a long time since you read a good book?

Are the only books you read assigned to you by teachers?

Do you care about youth politics,
but feel like you don't know the whole story?

Do you want to join a different kind of book club?

     Do you want me to stop asking questions in big red letters? If so, keep reading because we want to tell you about a different kind of book club we hope catches on across this country.

  MILLENNIAL POLITICS ANNOUNCES
THE LAUNCH OF A NEW KIND OF BOOK CLUB.

    What began as Millennials across the country coming together to discuss politics over coffee, has evolved into Millennial Politics communities across the country. Millennial Politics communities meet twice a month to learn more about youth activism and generational politics and to meet other people who share similiar interests.

     Here is how the book clubs are structured. Each month, we will decide a book that people across the country will read. You will meet with the book club in your area and discuss the major themes of the book. We'll even provide some questions for you, if you need help getting the conversation going. In addition, once a month these groups will meet and read a draft chapter of Millennial Politics. And, provide feedback to the authors about what you would change. We've even set up a discussion board online for people to talk about the books and the chapters with other MP Book Clubbers from across the country. And, we'll try to get the authors of the book to have on-line conversations with members of the MP Book Clubs.

     Sound good? This is a new kind of book club because we don't want you just passively reading about youth politics, we want you to be actively helping write our generation's autobiography on youth activism and politics. It is a minimal time commitment, meeting twice a month for one hour and a half, and doing some extra reading you'd probably want to do anyhow. Right now we need some leaders to step up to the plate and help organize these clubs.

So, what do you think?

     Some fear that it will be difficult to start your own book club, but we are here to help. If you are on a college campus, put a sign up in your local coffee shop, email the political groups, the student government. Here is some more information about the book clubs:

• Groups should be between 4-15 people. If groups get larger than 15 it is best to divide in half.
  
• Members of the book club are encouraged to register for the discussion boards.
  
• Group Leaders should register their book club with Millennial Politics and will be added to a special email list for the MP Book Clubs.
  
• Book Clubs will be listed on the web site to encourage new people to join.
  
• Book Clubs will have first access to chapters as they are finished.
  
• Book Clubs can meet whenever and wherever they want. We suggest at least twice a month in a coffee shop, student lounge, or local bookstore.
• Book Clubs set their own rules. Millennial Politics will not be responsible for the clubs, set mandates, or require much of anything.

     We at Millennial Politics are excited about this idea and think it is a creative way to fulfill our mission -- to educate and motivate other young people about youth politics and activism. So what do you think? Who is going to step forward and organize the first few clubs?

Here is a list of MP Book Clubs across the country.

Here is the reading list for the first four months.

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