Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis
by Prof. Robert D. Putnam
In 2018, over 50 Book Circle conversations about Putnam’s book, Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis, got nearly 500 Delawareans talking about building opportunity in Delaware.
Thank you to our 2018 Book Circle hosts!
Book Circle Hosts
Lynn Kuttruff, Wilmington
Kanissia Rounds, Magnolia
Catriona Binder-Macleod, Newark
Angela Suchanic, Wilmington University, New Castle
Robin Meixner, Kennett Square, PA
Board of Leading Youth Through Empowerment (LYTE), Wilmington
Michele Whetzel, Fund for Women, Newark
Madalyn Petit, Middletown
Cathy Osberg Codding, Wilmington
Anna Morgan, First State Community Action Agency, Georgetown
Staff of Rodel, Wilmington
Virginia Mayo, Wilmington
Paul King, Friends of Sussex CASA, Inc., Rehoboth Beach
Beth Jones, Wilmington
Joan Hoge-North, DCF, Wilmington
Joyce Johnson, Wilmington
Megan Reardon, Wilmington
Carol Post, Newark
Sarah Grunewald, DCF, Hockessin
Michelle Taylor, United Way of Delaware, Wilmington
Mary Jo Mensack, Wilmington
Margaret Arzon, Fund For Women Young Founders Group, Wilmington
Maria Taylor, Wilmington
Carol Rafferty, Newark
Stuart Comstock-Gay, DCF, Wilmington
Raye Jones Avery, Christina Cultural Arts Center, Wilmington
Leslie Newman, Children and Families First, Lewes
Sheila Bravo, Delaware Alliance for Nonprofit Advancement, Wilmington
Cindy Cohen, Wilmington
Eliana Lozano Perez, Wilmington
Katie Sica, Wilmington
Kathleen Covelli-Reyes, Wilmington
Janine Sorbello, Goldey-Beacom College, Wilmington
Consuelo McGowan, Laurel
Mary Jo Schorse, Newark
Susan Sherk, Wilmington
Charles Madden, Wilmington
Kathleen Baker, Rehoboth Beach
Kirsten Olson, Wilmington
Ayanna Johnson, Kuumba Academy Charter School, Wilmington
Nancy Contel, Wilmington
Joanne Hench, Newark
Pamela Gardner, Wilmington
Ellisha Caplan, Wilmington
Libraries supporting Book Circles:
• Lewes Public Library, co-hosted with the Southern Alliance for Racial Justice
• Newark Free Library
• Milton Public Library
• Hockessin Public Library
• Dover Public Library
• Brandywine Hundred Library