Come to Democrats of Greater Tucson Happy Hour!

TheDGT.org will be holding its monthly Happy Hour this Wednesday from 4pm to 6pm at Brother John’s Beer, Bourbon, and BBQ on Stone. Please come join us! Wear your green, or face potential consequences!

A special treat this month: I am pleased to announce TheDGT’s partnership with Blue Books of Arizona book club hosted by John Ainlay of the North Scottsdale Democrats! DGT members are invited to join the private Facebook group and participate in meetings. Our first joint meeting will be April 20th from 6-7pm on Zoom to discuss any of a list of books that are being banned by GOP state parties across America and right here in AZ:

Banned Books for Discussion:

• The Catcher in the Rye………..JD Salinger
• The Kite Runner…………………..Khaled Hosseine
• Slaughterhouse Five…………….Kurt Vonnegut
• Her Body and Other Parties….Carmen Mana Machado
• The Alchemist………………………Pado Coelho
• The Glass Castle: A Memoir….Jeannette Walls
• Nineteen Minutes…………………….Jodie Picoult
• The Bluest Eye………………………….Toni Morrison
• Maus (graphic)………………………….Art Spiegelinan
• All Boys Aren’t Blue…………………..George M Johnson
• The Handmaid’s Tale…………………Margaret Atwood
• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time….Mark Haddon
• Beloved……………………………………..Toni Morrison
• To Kill a Mockingbird………………….Harper Lee
• 1984…………………………………………..George Orwell
• Of Mice and Men………………………..John Steinbeck
• The Color Purple…………………………Alice Walker
• The Great Gatsby………………………..F Scott Fitzgerald
• I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings…Maya Angelou
• Forever……………………………………….Judy Blume
• The House on Mango Street………..Sandra Cisneros
• Catch-22……………………………………..Joseph Heller
• Thirteen Reasons Why…………………Jay Asher
• The Hunger Games………………………Suzanne Collins
• Harry Potter (series)……………………JK Rowling
• Captain Underpants (series)……….Dav Pilkey
• Twilight (series) …………………………Stephenie Meyer

Choose a banned book or books and come ready for a lively discussion. If there is sufficient interest from our membership, DGT members are invited to choose the book for the next discussion!