Every first and third Monday from July 2025 until September 2025

This post-Helene reading group is entering its fourth cycle with a return to the elemental force that brought us together: water. We'll be reading Theory of Water: Nishnaabe Maps to the Times Ahead by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, a resonant exploration of an intricate, multi-layered relationship with the most abundant element on our planet—one that is shaping our present even as it demands a radical rethinking of how we might achieve a just future. This series is co-facilitated by Lauren Miller.

Use promo code BEHOLDEN to save 10% on the book at checkout. Firestorm will make copies of the book available at no cost for participants who cannot afford to buy one.

Water is a matrix of bonds and attachments amongst living things of all kinds, a cascade of living beings across time and space, on a cosmic scale, extending into ancient times and into the future. Water is a set of practices that socially, intellectually, emotionally, spiritually and physically reproduce the planet.

Reading Schedule

We'll be tackling this book over four sessions with two weeks between each reading and a potluck in the middle. Each will roughly stand on its own and you're welcome to join in whether or not you've attended previous sessions.

• July 7th – Chapters 1 to 5 (pg 1-42)
• July 21st – Chapters 6 to 12 (pg 43-96)
• August 4th – Potluck
• August 18th – Chapters 13 to 17 (pg 97-142)
• September 1st – Chapters 18 to 23 (pg 143-188)