Undivided: The Quest for Racial Solidarity in an American Church by Hahrie Hahn (2024, Alfred A. Knopf) is a book about real contemporary people putting faith into practice in their personal lives and in community with one another. Undivided is also a faith-based program activating communities for racial healing and justice.

This book chronicles the story of four people “whose lives were fundamentally altered by Undivided, a faith-based program designed to foster anti-racism and systemic change.  As each of their journeys unfolded – in unpredictable and sometimes painful ways – they came to better understand one another, and to believe in the transformative possibilities for racial solidarity in a moment of deep divisiveness in America. The lessons they learned have the power to teach us all what an undivided society might look like – and how we can help achieve one.” (from the publisher)

And, you can also jear Undivided author, Hahrie Hahn in person at the Amos Fortune Forum, Jaffrey Center Meeting House, Friday, August 1, 8pm.

Founded in 1946 by a group of friends, the Amos Fortune Forum has been inviting residents and friends of the Monadnock region to hear notable speakers present their ideas on issues of public interest for over three quarters of a century.

The lectures are a continuing tribute to Amos Fortune, one of Jaffrey’s most distinguished citizens and a free black man who lived in Jaffrey in the late 1700’s.

The Amos Fortune Forum is free to the public, and is held on Friday evenings in July and August at the historic Meeting House, built in Jaffrey in 1775.

“What is justice but unconditional love for and belief in the dignity of all people? In other words, what is justice but the belief that everyone deserves grace? For the people I met in Undivided, their deep, abiding belief in God’s grace manifested itself as the courage to fight for one another’s dignity.” (p. 238)