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Virtual Learning Community Book Group: What if I Say The Wrong Thing? Session 1

Date & Time

Wednesday, October 08, 2025, 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m.

Category

Virtual Learning Community

Location

Virtual

Contact

Rutgers University Equity and Inclusion

Information

Interested in hosting a book club for your unit? Contact us at diversity@rutgers.edu.

"What If I Say The Wrong Thing?" is a highly rated, short, easily digestible handbook of thought-provoking tips on how to be, and how to help others become, more culturally effective.  Author Vernā Myers explores the pitfalls of engaging across difference and offers solutions in powerful but accessible ways. 

Participants in the virtual learning community will use the book to recognize challenges, develop tools for more thoughtful interactions across difference, and understand how our attempts at finding connections can be improved with greater awareness and skill development. Most importantly, participants will learn and challenge their fears together!

Fall 2025 Dates

Session 1: Wednesday, October 8

Session 2: Wednesday, October 15

Session 3: Tuesday, October 21

Session 4: Wednesday, November 5

Session 5: Tuesday, November 11 at 2pm*

Session 6: Wednesday, November 19

*Please note that only session #5 will take place at 2pm on Tuesday 11/11. All other sessions are from 12pm-1pm.