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Onward: An emotional resilience book club

A monthly one-hour book chat!
By: NEARI
Published: October 1, 2024

Event Overview

Dates and Times

  • Thursday, October 24, 2024
    6:30 PM - 7:30 PM (EDT)

Cost

Free

Location

  • Zoom

Discuss with your colleagues, from PreK-12 and Higher Education, how to be a more resilient and present educator while keeping space and time for our own personal mental health.

Meet via Zoom from September to May for a one-hour book chat discussing the month's reading in the book Onward: Cultivating Emotional Resilience in Educators by Elena Aguilar.

Register through LearnUpon

Each participant will receive a copy of the book with a timeline of meeting dates and readings.

The final meeting in May will be in person for a celebration of the year.

A total of 9 PLUs will be offered upon completion of the book club meetings.

The book club meets every fourth Thursday of the month (excepting Nov & Dec)

Dates:

  • September 26
  • October 24
  • November 20 (Wednesday)
  • December 18 (Wednesday)
  • January 23
  • February 27
  • March 27
  • April 24
  • May 22 – in person celebration at NEARI
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