The Leadership Conference is excited to announce that we are launching our next installment of the Census Book Club! The book club features a series of books to deepen our understanding of the census and its impacts. Book club members will read one book approximately every quarter and meet as a group to engage in a conversation with the author. We look forward to compiling a comprehensive reading list for census advocates, while coming together to learn more about the rich history and implications of the census.
Our next book of 2024 is The Sum of the People by Andrew Whitby. This book traces the remarkable history of the census, from ancient China and the Roman Empire, through revolutionary America and Nazi-occupied Europe, to the steps of the Supreme Court. Marvels of democracy, instruments of exclusion, and, at worst, tools of tyranny and genocide, censuses have always profoundly shaped the societies we’ve built. Today, as we struggle to resist the creep of mass surveillance, the traditional census—direct and transparent—may offer the seeds of an alternative.
Register here for Census Book Club and a conversation session with the author: August 14 at 3PM ET. The first 5 participants to sign up for the book club and a conversation session will receive a free copy of the book! Selected participants will be notified by email. Attendance at the author conversation sessions will be limited, so register early!
WHAT: Census Book Club!
WHEN: Author Talkback August 14 at 3PM ET
RSVP: Sign up here! First 5 participants will receive a free copy of the book!
