Have you always thought that you should read more, but never just done it? Have you made a new year resolution to read more? We are here to help, get back in to reading by having other people to discuss the book with!

We want to read books that challenge our perspectives on a variety of issue with a focus on books that address diversity and inclusion.

We will host this session via Zoom and split into small groups for discussion. With a new book every 2 months, book suggestions are encouraged!

Please join us, everyone is welcome!

In our next virtual book club, we'll be discussing “Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century” by Alice Wong and how it is relevant to our industry.

2-Being a customer facing industry, having an awareness of disabilities (both visible and hidden) is essential for us to become a more inclusive industry and something that is often overlooked. Another important consideration is the experience of those who have a disability and work in or with the rail industry.

We’ve chosen Alice Wong’s “Disability Visibility” as we believe having an insight into first person experiences of living with disability will help the industry make better decisions and incorporate people with disabilities.

A groundbreaking collection of first-person writing on the joys and challenges of the modern disability experience: Disability Visibility brings together the voices of activists, authors, lawyers, politicians, artists, and everyday people whose daily lives are, in the words of playwright Neil Marcus, “an art…an ingenious way to live.” A Vintage Books Original.

According to the last census, one in five people in the United States lives with a disability. Some are visible, some are hidden—but all are underrepresented in media and popular culture. Now, just in time for the thirtieth anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, activist Alice Wong brings together an urgent, galvanizing collection of personal essays by contemporary disabled writers. There is Harriet McBryde Johnson’s “Unspeakable Conversations,” which describes her famous debate with Princeton philosopher Peter Singer over her own personhood. There is columnist s. e. smith’s celebratory review of a work of theater by disabled performers. There are original pieces by up-and-coming authors like Keah Brown and Haben Girma. There are blog posts, manifestos, eulogies, and testimonies to Congress. Taken together, this anthology gives a glimpse of the vast richness and complexity of the disabled experience, highlighting the passions, talents, and everyday lives of this community. It invites readers to question their own assumptions and understandings. It celebrates and documents disability culture in the now. It looks to the future and past with hope and love.

If you would like to take part, please register for the event and we will send out a Zoom link closer to the time.