Mayor Jenny Wilson's Book & Media Club

You're invited to join my community-wide Book & Media Club!

The Book & Media Club is an opportunity for our community to engage around a common theme or interest at in-person events throughout the valley.

I would love for you to participate. To stay up to date on events like this, subscribe to my newsletter.

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Salt Lake City, Utah 84114

The Definition of Insanity

"The Definition of Insanity" documentary highlights the operations of the Miami-Dade Criminal Mental Health Project, which steers people with mental illness away from incarceration and towards recovery. Take part in a Q&A with Judge Leifman, a national leader in criminal justice reform.

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The Times of Harvey Milk

"The Times of Harvey Milk", an Academy Award-winning and 1985 Sundance Film Festival Special Jury Prize-winning documentary, tells the story of Harvey Milk, California’s first openly gay elected official, whose legacy continues to inspire movements for justice, representation, and equality.

Love Your Enemies: How Decent People Can Save America from the Culture of Contempt

To bring America together, Arthur C. Brooks explains that we shouldn’t try to agree more. What matters is how we choose to act. "Love Your Enemies" is a roadmap to arrive at the happiness that comes when we choose to love one another, despite our differences.

The Grand Rescue A true story of the 1967 Jenny Lake Rangers

The Grand Recue: A true story of the 1967 Jenny Lake Rangers

Written and produced by Mayor Jenny Wilson, "The Grand Rescue" recounts the legendary three-day rescue on the North Face of the Grand Teton by seven national park rangers who were pushed to the edge of their abilities and cemented a lifelong bond.

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Faces of Salt Lake County

This selection features the wide array of faces who make up our county in the book "Faces of Salt Lake County." It is a collection of stories sharing the journeys of Salt Lake County residents.

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Eclipse: The Sun Revealed

This short film takes you on a journey through the historical and cultural view of eclipses, the geometry that gives us eclipses, how to safely view an eclipse, and even gives a first-hand account of one eclipse chaser's experience during a total solar eclipse.

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I Am Haunted by What I Have Seen at Great Salt Lake Terry Tempest Williams

I Am Haunted by What I've Seen at Great Salt Lake

This harrowing article and accompanying photographs tell the story of the retreating Great Salt Lake and the repercussions its potential death will have on the Valley, the State, and the Nation.

Basketball: A Love Story

The first book on the Mayor's Book Club list is Basketball: A Love Story. Just in time for February's NBA All-Star game that took place at the beginning of 2023 in Salt Lake City!

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