Book Club
Join us for CGS’s longest-running flagship program!
Throughout the year we take a deep-dive with authors and special Q&A sessions.
Overview
Join us for CGS’s longest-running flagship program! Throughout the year we take a deep-dive with authors and special Q&A sessions. We cover each book between two and five monthly sessions of 90 minutes. We aim to have empowering and informative conversations about our mission and world federalist values around the following topics:
World Citizenship;
Abolishing war;
Enforceable world law;
Protecting human rights;
Restoring and sustaining our global environment.
Whether you’re a seasoned CGS book club participant or just starting your world federalist journey, join us on the second Saturday of the month!
Upcoming Sessions
Keep Hope Alive: Essays for a War-Free World by Hon. Douglas Roche
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Keep Hope Alive: Essays for a War-Free World
By Hon. Douglas Roche
CGS is thrilled to share exciting news about collaborative programming from March to May! Teaming up with our valued partner, the World Federalist Movement – Canada (WFM-Canada), we present joint-hosted sessions. This collection of essays shines a light on hope that humanity can achieve a peaceful and just coexistence through the U.N.’s New Agenda for Peace and its blueprint for sustainable development.
Session #1: March 9, 2024
Meet the author, Hon. Douglas Roche, and join the discussion and special Q&A; we will be discussing his book, Keep Hope Alive: Essays for a War-Free World. We will review, pages 1- 87.
Date: Saturday, March 9, 2024
Time: 12:00 -1:30 pm Eastern Time | 1600 – 1730 UTC
Location: Online via Zoom (FREE and open to the public); Register
Session #2: April 13, 2024
We will be reading Part IV & V, & the Conclusion (pages 88 – 160).
Date: Saturday, April 13
Time: 12:00 – 1:30 PM Eastern Time
Location: Online via Zoom (FREE and open to the public); Register
Session #3: May 25, 2024
We will be featuring a number of our Mondial Journal articles and inviting authors from both the Canadian and US Editions.
Date: Saturday, May 25
Time: 12:00 – 1:30 PM Eastern Time
Location: Online via Zoom (FREE and open to the public); Register
UNRAVELED: A Personal Journey into Conflict, War, and Diplomacy by Emma Osong D.M.
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UNRAVELED: A Personal Journey into Conflict, War, and Diplomacy
By Dr. Emma Osong
“Unraveled” where two worlds collide in this emotional journey provides a blueprint on how to promote peace and justice amid times of war. Emma Osong’s world was turned upside down when her daughter Praxie was told she would never walk again. Faced with the traumatic circumstances of her daughter’s condition, Osong draws comparisons between her daughter and her war-ravaged country of origin, Cameroon. Detailing the events in Cameroon and the struggles of its people trapped in decades of tyranny, Osong interweaves the history of a war-torn country with threads of a personal conflict.
Session #1: July, 13, 2024
Meet the author, Dr. Emma Osong, and join the discussion and special Q&A; we will be discussing his book, UNRAVELED: A Personal Journey into Conflict, War, and Diplomacy. We will review, pages 1- 144.
Date: Saturday, July 13, 2024
Time: 12:00 -1:30 pm Eastern Time | 1600 – 1730 UTC
Location: Online via Zoom (FREE and open to the public)
Session #2: August 10, 2024
Pages 145– 311.
Date: August 10, 2024
Time: 12:00 -1:30 pm Eastern Time
Location: Online via Zoom (FREE and open to the public)
The Idealist: Wendell Willkie’s Wartime Quest to Build One World by Samuel Zipp
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The Idealist: Wendell Willkie’s Wartime Quest to Build One World
By Samuel Zipp
“The term Willkie helped to put into common circulation -’one world’ –would become shorthand for the disruptive charge of worldly connection set off by the war. Over the years Willkie’s name would fade away but ‘one world’ would be adopted by world government advocates, anti-imperialists, environmentalists, and even corporate marketers to signify the promise of times in which global shrinkage offered new contracts and new ideas to offset the dangers of war, xenophobia and racism.”
Session #1: September 14, 2024
Meet the author, Samuel Zipp , and join the discussion and special Q&A; we will be discussing his book, The Idealist: Wendell Willkie’s Wartime Quest to Build One World. We will review, pages 1 – 172.
Date: Saturday, September 14, 2024
Time: 12:00 -1:30 pm Eastern Time
Location: Online via Zoom (FREE and open to the public)
Session #2: October 12, 2024
Pages 145– 311.
Date: October 12, 2024
Time: 12:00 -1:30 pm Eastern Time
Location: Online via Zoom (FREE and open to the public)