First Parish Stoughton typically participates in the UUA Common Read, or a book we have selected for ourselves, so that we can learn about an important topic together.

Current and past Common Reads are listed below:

• 2023: Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
• 2022: Defund Fear: Safety without Policing, Prisons, and Punishment
• 2020: Indigenous People’s History of the United States
• 2018: Becoming Nicole