A conversation between Jazzi McGilbert, Nikki High and Asha Grant.
Oxy community! Come learn from a conversation between Asha Grant (The Salteaters Book Shop), Nikki High (Octavia's Bookshelf) and Jazzi McGilbert (Reparations Club) on how Black women-owned bookstores in LA are spaces for social change and social justice!
This event is sponsored by the Humanities for Just Communities Initiative, the Departments of Black Studies, American Studies and English and the Interdisciplinary Writing Program.
Jazzie McGilbert - Reparations Club (AKA Rep Club) is a visionary bookshop & creative space in Los Angeles. Founded by south central native Jazzi McGilbert, Rep Club is among L.A.'s first queer black-women owned bookstore, and a highly sought after destination for eve3nts, gifts, and of course, books.
Nikki High - Located in Pasadena, Octavia's Bookshelf is a boutique style independent bookstore focusing on books wr4itten by black, indigenous and people of color authors.
Asha Grant - The Salt Eaters Bookshop is an independent, black women-owned bookstore and community space based in Inglewood, prioritizing books, comic, and zines by and about black women and girls, femmes, and gender expansive people.
