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" Rest Is Resistance left me feeling elated. This book reminds us that we are in charge of our restoration. In these pages, Tricia has offered us an invitation to take our power back . " ― Alexandra Elle, author of After the Rain and How We Heal Rest Is Resistance . It is a war we will win."― Nikki Giovanni, Poet Rest Is Resistance , Tricia Hersey helps us understand that rest is how we can sustain ourselves as we awaken to the truth of the toxic systems of our times. She is not ahead of or above us in this journey, but right here in the midst of social media addiction and overwork and systemic frustration, shouting that she can see an opening. She offers us rest not

"Sometimes the window is open and a breeze comes through singing a sweet song: it is nap time. Grandmother sits on the front porch; grandpapa cuts the grass. It is a song. You nap. I nap. The angels hug us. A book settles beside us. instead of the incredible work we are doing, but as a way to undergird all our efforts against capitalism and white supremacy. She shows us that our dream space is sacred, and rest is how we reclaim access to the wisdom there. Naps and all kinds of rest are portals through which we return to ourselves. Tricia, sounding like an ancestor who is DONE seeing us suffer, is inviting us to join her and step on through."― adrienne maree brown, author of Emergent Strategy and Pleasure Activism Báyò Akómoláfé, Ph.D., author of These Wilds Beyond our Fences: Letters to My Daughter on Humanity's Search for Home Glory Edim, author of On Girlhood and Well-Read Black Girl Rest Is Resistance is more than a book - it is one of the most vital interventions of our time."― Casey Gerald, author of There Will Be No Miracles Here Rest Is Resistance is an inspiring, affirming and revolutionary balm. Tricia and the Nap Ministry's ethos have changed my life, and work, for the better and this manifesto is no different. With compassionate inquiry and actionable offerings, Tricia divinely guides us further into rest, ourselves, and our collective liberation."― Rachel Ricketts, spiritual activist and author of Do Better

"If the rude stillness of rest is a sermon, Tricia Hersey is its underground prophet. Tricia's fierce insistence that rest is resistance is more than a plea for us to take occasional vacations, and nothing less than a spell masterfully crafted to evacuate us from the settlement politics of capture. Read this book. Then sleep, irreverently, knowing you shake worlds as you do." ― Emily Nagoski Ph.D., Bestselling author of Come As You Are and Burnout

"Vivid, deeply researched and moving... Hersey's manifesto towards radical restoration is lifegiving"― Rest Is Resistance as a meditative practice to alter my pace and ground my soul in this frenzied grind culture. Unlike other texts that list a litany of strategies to stave off exhaustion, Hersey presents a lullaby of liberation that frames rest as a portal for healing and imagination available to all. Once you open this book prepare to breathe more deeply and come to see the world more clearly. In the words of the Nap Bishop, 'The Doors of the Nap Temple are open. Won't you come?'"―

"Tricia Hersey's Nap Ministry changed my life. Gregory C. Ellison II, Ph.D., Founder of Fearless Dialogues and Associate Professor at Emory University's Candler School of Theology Ibram X. Kendi, author of How to Be an Antiracist and Stamped from the Beginning Rest Is Resistance" is a clarion call for our generation. In this pioneering book, Tricia Hersey invites us all to opt out of "grind culture" and embrace our basic and sacred human right to self-care, relaxation, and rest. As Hersey makes clear, this revolutionary praxis is especially important for Black people who have historically and contemporarily been primarily valued for our labor. Ultimately, Hersey reminds us that leisure is not only a way to restore and rejuvenate, but it is also an act of resistance as we hurtle towards end-stage capitalism."― Bryant Terry, James Beard and NAACP Image award-winning author of Black Food and Editor-in-Chief of 4 Color Books

"Lay your ass down and read this book right now! Publishers Weekly BookPage Rest Is Resistance connects the dots between capitalism and white supremacy. Rest, Hersey posits, asserts humanity and pushes back against all-consuming grind culture."―

"This book will save lives and transform the world. Tricia Hersey speaks the truth about rest, a truth that begins our unraveling from the lies of white supremacy and capitalism. Gradually we refuse to live at a machine pace. We surrender to the beautiful experiment of being human. We return to our truest selves. This is a book to read again and again, slowly, savoring it sentence by sentence. I'll be giving copies to everyone I work with and everyone I love."― TIME

"Over the span of several days, I read Essence Vogue The New York Times

"Tricia Hersey whispers 'rest is a form of resistance' to me, to you, to those who think resistance is always movement. Her message is essential: Sit. Lay down. Slow down. Rest is a necessary step in reclaiming our power to resist systemic oppression."― Sojourner Ms. Magazine Rest Is Resistance ] teaches readers that rest is an essential tool in reclaiming power and resisting systemic oppression"― Afro News Glennon Doyle

"Hersey's ministry background shines through in her passionate and eloquent arguments that read like a clear-eyed sermon... the provocative message will appeal to those tired of grind culture."― News@Northeastern

"Exquisitely beautiful...a book to read and reread with a pen in hand and pad beside you; one that you will find yourself wanting to give to friends, coworkers, and strangers." ― Sarah Hashimoto , Library Journal

"A plan of action to help people challenge the idea that our bodies are machines to be used for capitalism's profit as opposed to truly belonging to us"―

"In a culture that often seems obsessed with output, Hersey is more focused on the inner calm and self-knowledge that can come with proper rest...and on investigating who has traditionally been denied that rest and its myriad benefits."―

"[Hersey] is an artist at heart...She approaches the notion of collective rest as a form of performance art, incorporating elements of Black liberation theology, Afrofuturism and poetry into her messaging."―

"A stunning call to a slower, richer life of faith"―

"Get the book and then read, nap, rest, relax and repeat"―

"extremely important and brilliant work... [Hersey] is a revolution"―

"[A] thought-provoking manifesto against 'hustle culture'"―

Narrating her own work, Hersey makes the most of her experience as a poet, infusing her words with a driving cadence tempered by her compassion for the suffering that she sees around her...Hersey's thoughtful championing of rest and resistance makes an impact.―

Tricia Hersey is an artist, poet, theologian and community organizer. She is the founder of The Nap Ministry, an organization that examines rest as a form of resistance by curating sacred spaces for the community to rest via Collective Napping Experiences, immersive workshops, performance art installations, and social media. Tricia is a global pioneer and originator of the movement to understand the liberatory power of rest. She is the creator of the Rest is Resistance and Rest as Reparations frameworks. Her research interests include Black liberation theology, womanism, somatics, and cultural trauma. Tricia is a Chicago native and currently lives in South Georgia.

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"We keep talking over and over again about how important it is to fight against racism," a 40-something board member of a California-based family foundation told me a few weeks ago. "But nothing is really changing. I'm so frustrated!"

In August, Home Depot was accused by the National Labor Relations Board of punishing an employee for wearing a Black Lives Matter logo on his apron, a year after its CEO proudly proclaimed, "We must stand with all who are committed to change that will bring us closer to realizing an end to discrimination and hatred. [...] We do not support discrimination in any form, period."

The human resources director of a nation-wide bank recently shared: "I must confess I feel this is unfair: We're making huge efforts, we've donated millions of dollars, we've recruited people from minorities, made public commitments, and we're trying our best to implement them, but we keep being scrutinized and criticized. It's like it's never enough. It's honestly tiring."

These examples are all variations of a common challenge facing organizations today: racial equity fatigue.

This is the fatigue of those who feel that progress toward racial equity is frustratingly slow or even stalled, and of those who are disgusted by the political backlash against reform. This is the fatigue of those who feel that the charges of systemic racism being made are not always fair, who resist change, or for whom the changes are happening too fast. This is the fatigue of organizations that have been spending time and money for a year and a half with little visible improvement in team cohesion and effectiveness.

The Disappointment After the Promise

In many of these cases, racial equity fatigue stems from the distance between the high hopes for change felt in 2020 and the current situation. Indeed, after the killing of George Floyd, the 50 largest companies in the US alone pledged over $50 billion to racial justice efforts. A third of Fortune 1000 companies made public statements in support of racial equity, and so did thousands of other philanthropic organizations, NGOs, and institutions. Jobs were created to ensure organizations would be truly diverse, equitable, and inclusive. The BLM vocabulary and narrative became widely used by CEOs, board and staff members, and dominant in large parts of the media and the general public. The future was finally about to be racially equal.

One year later, however, we are far from these promises. How did(n't) we get there? The answers are numerous.

Countless webinars have been organized, but specific, difficult conversations within teams are too often avoided. Fear is prevalent and paralyzing: White people fear making mistakes and being seen as part of an oppressive system, while BIPOC people fear having to carry the burden of change while risking backlash, and organizations fear being destroyed by the heat of these conversations. DEI positions have been created; but the people recruited, who generally have a lived experience of racism, do not always have strong expertise in anti-racism or in managing change in organizational cultures and policies. Often, they lack the institutional support required to act. Very few of the institutions that wrote passionate statements supporting anti-racism get interested in the deep concerns of those in power who resist change-not because they are fierce white supremacists, but because they fear they would suffer painful losses. Many organizations have sought to change the present without exploring their past. As a result, they cannot identify nor address the racial weight in their wealth, business model, and culture.

Of course, racism is widespread, and a lot of people and organizations do not want at all to change. Nevertheless, the work I have conducted with organizations from various sectors over the past two years has convinced me that numerous leaders have a genuine willingness to act beyond statements. They do not look for "Blackwashing," they look to do better on anti-racism.

However, they lack the tools and methodologies to do so. That may not be surprising as it was only in May 2020 that many in the US and around the world started to reckon with the depth, noxiousness, and violence of racism. Frameworks to help organizations become boldly anti-racist cannot be found in well-established toolboxes developed by widely recognized experts and practitioners. There is no quick fix, nor magical product with short-term, quantifiable results to convince a reluctant board or investor.

How to Overcome Racial Equity Fatigue and Make Progress

Here are some recommendations. They are inspired by several sources: my personal experience as a child of Moroccan immigrants to France, an immigrant to the US myself, and over 20 years of anti-racism work across sectors; the successful experiences of resilient post-conflict communities around the world, from Rwanda to the Middle East, from genocide survivors to refugees; and an innovative six-month, 50-interview research study conducted by my organization, Toward Antiracism Now, on anti-racism challenges and best practices for foundations.

If you experience racial equity fatigue because you feel progress is frustratingly slow: First, decenter yourself. Remember that you are taking part in a centuries-old struggle that has involved countless individuals, from Native Americans resisting extermination to enslaved Africans revolting for freedom, hundreds of thousands of people who marched in the civil rights movement, and today's social justice activists. The efforts to dismantle racism have started well before you, and will continue well after you.

Second, since long-term, sustained efforts are required, expand and reinforce your support system. Reach out not only to individuals from your organization, but also to its partners, clients, communities, donors, investors, and subcontractors. Join networks that are dedicated to racial equity, including from outside your industry. Younger generations are the most sensitive to racial equity: A Deloitte 2021 report shows that 56 percent of millennials see systemic racism as very or fairly widespread in general society. At the same time, they are deeply dissatisfied with institutions' efforts to address it. Joining or supporting youth networks within your sector will have long-term impacts, both for you and for your organization.

Third, focus on the deep concerns of those in power who resist. They may be the "bad guys" in the story, but no change will ever happen if they keep blocking it. It can be difficult, triggering, and frustrating to speak with them, but you have no choice. People do not resist change, they resist loss. Understanding the losses they fear if the status quo is disrupted will help you find ways to understand and address their deep concerns, and make change happen.

Fourth, look who is missing in your coalition for change. Acknowledge that, sometimes, an old, white, heterosexual man is the best person to conduct racial equity work. "It took a white heterosexual guy to do this work. [...] And I know I could do it because I am one of them," the president and CEO of a Southern foundation told me recently. The people leading this work have to understand and be listened to by all stakeholders, especially those holding the strongest decision-making power. Each organization is at a unique place in its racial equity journey, and denying where that place is because it is not "good enough" from an activist point of view only harms efforts. The ones picked to lead racial equity work have to be carefully chosen with these considerations in mind.

If you experience racial equity fatigue because you feel that the anti-racism change underway is not always fair, or happening too fast: you may be right. I have also witnessed instances of injustice in the name of racial justice: people silenced because of misinterpreted words or bad intentions assumed, anti-racism language used not to dismantle domination but to impose domination over others, or communities being kept in blind spots. However, you also should decenter yourself, and acknowledge that these instances do not mean the sum of the current reckoning over racism is not a long overdue improvement toward justice.

You should realize that if you do not work to advance racial equity in ways that are satisfactory to you, you may experience even worse fatigue in the future. Indeed, a long-term generational shift is underway. The Brookings Institute estimates that by 2025, millennials will make up as much as 75 percent of the workforce. Meanwhile, 90 percent of them say they are more likely to buy from companies that support solutions to social issues. The status quo is not an option. By not implementing anti-racism change, you are endangering the capacity of your organization to attract and retain talent and capital.

If your organization experiences racial equity fatigue because of little improvement despite spending resources: Ask yourself, "little improvement" compared to what? No short-term results will ever satisfy the most passionate activists, so build metrics that are specific to your organization and industry. The experiences of public institutions, NGOs, foundations, and companies in developing metrics relating to social change may be sources of inspiration.

"Study the past if you would define the future," Confucius advises. In Stranger in the Village, James Baldwin writes: "People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them."

If you want to get rid of the racist loads that have been passed on to you by previous generations, you can't avoid looking your past in the eye.

"We know that our founder, and how he made money, was quite controversial, but we concentrate on how we create something new, something better [for the future]," the executive director of a West-based family foundation told me... before admitting they were stuck and struggling to do better on anti-racism.

You may need to adopt a truth and reconciliation approach to study the past of your organization, sector, and country. Recruiting individuals from various teams to do this work will reinforce, not weaken, the bonds between them and establish strong coalitions for change. The famous South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission was successful because it included and listened to all stakeholders in society. This joint exploration of the past was key for the country to assess where it stood after the end of the apartheid regime. It resulted in renewed, strengthened social cohesion and allowed the country to move forward.

Finally, develop initiatives that make your organization structurally listen and give more space to the communities you aim to promote, for example by integrating individuals from these groups not only in your staff but also in your recruiting panels and in the teams that develop your strategies, and by establishing leadership fellowships and empowerment programs.

Racial equity fatigue may mark the beginning of the end of anti-racism efforts for some. However, if it is recognized for what it is, it can be overcome. By implementing these recommendations, you can renew your organization's commitment to-and take the next step toward-delivering on the promises of change that were made a year ago.
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Defining: Equity, Equality and Justice

By Nikki Erdmann

Even though Equity and Equality sound similar the differences between them matter. Societal structures place people of certain status such as race or socioeconomic status at differing points of advantage or disadvantage with structural barriers.

Equity is not only dividing resources fairly and equally, but also factoring in differences amongst people. Differences such as race and socioeconomic status that would require different support to ensure the same opportunity of success. This can be shown in the image below by the different height of the ladders. The boy on the right has a taller ladder because the tree is higher on his side. Whereas the other boy has a shorter ladder because he has a shorter distance to reach to gather apples. They have different sized ladders to make sure they are both able to pick the apples.

Equality is dividing resources equally but does not factor differences in need and ability. Everybody is given the exact same quantity of resources. As seen in the image, both boys are given the same size ladder not factoring in differences of access - leading to one boy not able to access the apples.

Justice is long-term equity. It looks to create equity in systems as well as individuals. "Justice can take equity one step further by fixing the systems in a way that leads to long-term, sustainable, equitable access for generations to come." As seen in the image, both boys are given the same size ladder but instead of giving them different sized ladders, they give added supports to ensure both are able to access the apples.

"The route to achieving equity will not be accomplished through treating everyone equally. It will be achieved by treating everyone equitably, or justly according to their circumstances."
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[1] What's the difference between equity and equality? Mental Floss. (2020, June 11). https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/625404/equity-vs-equality-what-is-the-difference.

[2] World Health Organization. (2011, June 8). Equity. World Health Organization. https://www.who.int/healthsystems/topics/equity/en/#:~:text=Equity%20is%20the%20absence%20of,economically%2C%20demographically%2C%20or%20geographically.

[3] Sally McMahon (2021, January 29). Medical news. http://www.medicalnews.md/01/equality-vs-equity-in-healthcare-outcomes/#:~:text=Paula%20Dressel%20of%20Race%20Matters,justly%20according%20to%20their%20circumstances.%E2%80%9D.

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Hailed by Toni Morrison as "required reading," a bold and personal literary exploration of America's racial history by "the single best writer on the subject of race in the United States" (The New York Observer) #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER | NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER | NAACP IMAGE AWARD WINNER | PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST | NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST | NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review * O: The Oprah Magazine * The Washington Post * People * Entertainment Weekly * Vogue * Los Angeles Times * San Francisco Chronicle * Chicago Tribune * New York * Newsday * Library Journal * Publishers Weekly
In a profound work that pivots from the biggest questions about American history and ideals to the most intimate concerns of a father for his son, Ta-Nehisi Coates offers a powerful new framework for understanding our nation's history and current crisis. Americans have built an empire on the idea of "race," a falsehood that damages us all but falls most heavily on the bodies of black women and men-bodies exploited through slavery and segregation, and, today, threatened, locked up, and murdered out of all proportion. What is it like to inhabit a black body and find a way to live within it? And how can we all honestly reckon with this fraught history and free ourselves from its burden?

Between the World and Me is Ta-Nehisi Coates's attempt to answer these questions in a letter to his adolescent son. Coates shares with his son-and readers-the story of his awakening to the truth about his place in the world through a series of revelatory experiences, from Howard University to Civil War battlefields, from the South Side of Chicago to Paris, from his childhood home to the living rooms of mothers whose children's lives were taken as American plunder. Beautifully woven from personal narrative, reimagined history, and fresh, emotionally charged reportage, Between the World and Me clearly illuminates the past, bracingly confronts our present, and offers a transcendent vision for a way forward.
Praise for Between the World and Me
"Powerful . . . a searing meditation on what it means to be black in America today." -Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times

"Eloquent . . . in the tradition of James Baldwin with echoes of Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man . . . an autobiography of the black body in America." -The Boston Globe

"Brilliant . . . [Coates] is firing on all cylinders." -The Washington Post

"Urgent, lyrical, and devastating . . . a new classic of our time." -Vogue

"A crucial book during this moment of generational awakening." -The New Yorker

"Titanic and timely . . . essential reading." -Entertainment Weekly

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How to Be an Antiracist — Ibram X. Kendi

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From the National Book Award-winning author of Stamped from the Beginning comes a refreshing approach that will radically reorient America on the urgent issues of race, justice, and equality.

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This drove me nuts! If anything Robbie was the worst behaved character in the whole story. He knew that note wasn't meant for him and he was not welcoThis drove me nuts! If anything Robbie was the worst behaved character in the whole story. He knew that note wasn't meant for him and he was not welcome to party at her house and he still did it. What a jerk! And then he was the idiot carrying around cocaine in his pocket which was what caused him to lose the scholarship, but somehow that's Alex's fault?! Don't get me wrong, she was completely nuts, but I didn't think any of that was her fault. If Kelley was such a great guy he should have handled the situation and gone outside and asked the trespassing kids to leave. ...more (less)

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"Moore captures the fear, anger, uncertainty, and hope of locals who saw their city fall apart and struggle to come back together. . . . Moore provides important context in the history of Baltimore's racial and income inequality and the emergence of the Black Lives Matter movement. Readers will be enthralled by this propulsive account." -Publishers Weekly

Previous praise for Wes Moore

The Other Wes Moore

"A moving book . . . a call to arms."
"Startling and revelatory . . . a rocketing real-life narrative."
"[A] compassionate memoir-a story that explores how some survive and others sink in urban battlegrounds."

"Moore vividly and powerfully describes not just the culture of the streets but how it feels to be a boy growing up in a world where violence makes you a man."
"Inspiring . . . a story for our times." -Alex Kotlowitz, author of There Are No Children Here

"Powerful and moving . . . I've known and deeply admired Wes for a long time. Reading The Work, I better understand why." -Chelsea Clinton

"Wes Moore proves once again that he is one of the most effective storytellers and leaders of his generation." -Arianna Huffington

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Five Days by Wes Moore, Erica L. Green: 9780525512387 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

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"Moore captures the fear, anger, uncertainty, and hope of locals who saw their city fall apart and struggle to come back together. . . . Moore provides important context in the history of Baltimore's racial and income inequality and the emergence of the Black Lives Matter movement.

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So you want to talk about race: Ijeoma Oluo

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Raising Confident Black Kids: M.J. Fievre

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Raising Confident Black Kids: M.J. Fievre

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A much needed resource for parents and teachers of Black kids everywhere .

A creator of safe spaces and an initiator of difficult conversations, M.J. Fievre, B.S. Ed., has spent a lot of time building up her Black students, helping them feel comfortable in their skin, and affirming their identities. Her close relationships with parents and students led her to look more closely at how we can balance protecting our children's innocence with preparing them for the realities of Black life. When and how do you approach racism with your children? How do you protect their physical and mental health while also preparing them for a country full of systemic racism? She began to research the issue and speak to school counselors and psychologists to find (and apply!) strategies parents and teachers can use with their children to broach uncomfortable but necessary topics.

This research became Raising Confident Black Kids, a guide to help you teach your kids or students how to thrive―even when it feels like the world is against them. From racial profiling and police encounters to the whitewashed history taught in schools, raising Black kids is no easy feat. M.J. Fievre passes on the tips and guidance that have helped her, including:

How to encourage creativity and build self-confidence in your kids

Ways to engage in activism and help build a safer community with and for your children―and ways to rest when you need to

Strategies for explaining systemic racism, intersectionality, and microaggressions

Raising Confident Black Kids is intended for anyone parenting a Black child, whether or not you yourself are Black. It is also for teachers and counselors who encourage their students to choose action over silence, and for others committed to the hard and necessary practice of anti-racist work. Learn how you can help your children turn their complicated feelings and thoughts into meaningful action and how to help them raise their voices-because their Black voices are so powerful.

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A much needed resource for parents and teachers of Black kids everywhere . A creator of safe spaces and an initiator of difficult conversations, M.J. Fievre, B.S. Ed., has spent a lot of time building up her Black students, helping them feel comfortable in their skin, and affirming their identities.

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Thick & Other Essays: Tressie McMillian Cottom

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In eight highly praised treatises on beauty, media, money, and more, Tressie McMillan Cottom-award-winning professor and acclaimed author of Lower Ed-is unapologetically "thick": deemed "thick where I should have been thin, more where I should have been less," McMillan Cottom refuses to shy away from blending the personal with the political, from bringing her full self and voice to the fore of her analytical work. Thick "transforms narrative moments into analyses of whiteness, black misogyny, and status-signaling as means of survival for black women" ( Los Angeles Review of Books) with "writing that is as deft as it is amusing" (Darnell L. Moore).

This "transgressive, provocative, and brilliant" (Roxane Gay) collection cements McMillan Cottom's position as a public thinker capable of shedding new light on what the "personal essay" can do. She turns her chosen form into a showcase for her critical dexterity, investigating everything from Saturday Night Live, LinkedIn, and BBQ Becky to sexual violence, infant mortality, and Trump rallies.

Collected in an indispensable volume that speaks to the everywoman and the erudite alike, these unforgettable essays never fail to be "painfully honest and gloriously affirming" and hold "a mirror to your soul and to that of America" (Dorothy Roberts).

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In eight highly praised treatises on beauty, media, money, and more, Tressie McMillan Cottom-award-winning professor and acclaimed author of Lower Ed-is unapologetically "thick": deemed "thick where I should have been thin, more where I should have been less," McMillan Cottom refuses to shy away from blending the personal with the political, from bringing her full self and voice to the fore of her analytical work.

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Coming Out Spirituality in Social Justice. Eva added 12/29/2021

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Coming Out Spirituality in Social Justice 2010 copy

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Agenda Template Equity in IECMHC Reflective Sessions 8 24 21. Eva added 1/20/22

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Indigo's Template for Small Group IECMHC Equity Facilitators

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Equity in IECMHC Leadership CoP 1 11 22. Eva added 1/20/22

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White Fragility:  WHY IT'S SO HARD FOR WHITE PEOPLE TO TALK ABOUT RACISM  By Dr. Robin DiAngelo

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"The value in White Fragility lies in its methodical, irrefutable exposure of racism in thought and action, and its call for humility and vigilance."
- The New Yorker

"[T]houghtful, instructive, and comprehensive . . . This slim book is impressive in its scope and complexity; DiAngelo provides a powerful lens for examining, and practical tools for grappling with, racism today."
- Publishers Weekly, Starred Review

" White Fragility is a book everyone should be exposed to. With any luck, most who are will be inspired to search themselves and interrupt their contributions to racism."
- Shelf Awareness, Starred Review

"A valuable guide . . . While especially helpful for those new to the critical analysis of whiteness, this work also offers a useful refresher to anyone committed to the ongoing process of self-assessment and anti-oppression work."
- Library Journal

"A penetrating new book."
- Pacific Standard

"A vital, necessary, and beautiful book, a bracing call to white folk everywhere to see their whiteness for what it is and to seize the opportunity to make things better now."
-Michael Eric Dyson

"As a woman of color, I find hope in this book because of its potential to disrupt the patterns and relationships that have emerged out of long-standing colonial principles and beliefs. White Fragility is an essential tool toward authentic dialogue and action. May it be so!"
-Shakti Butler, president of World Trust and director of Mirrors of Privilege: Making Whiteness Visible

"A rare and incisive examination of the system of white body supremacy that binds us all as Americans. . . . With authenticity and clarity, she provides the antidote to white fragility and a road map for developing white racial stamina and humility. White Fragility loosens the bonds of white supremacy and binds us back together as human beings."
-Resmaa Menakem, author of My Grandmother's Hands and Rock the Boat

"As powerful forces of white racism again swell, DiAngelo invites white progressives to have a courageous conversation about their culture of complicity. . . . White Fragility provides important antiracist understanding and essential strategies for well-intentioned white people who truly endeavor to be a part of the solution."
-Glenn E. Singleton, author of Courageous Conversations About Race

"Robin DiAngelo demonstrates an all-too-rare ability to enter the racial conversation with complexity, nuance, and deep respect. Her writing establishes her mastery in accessing the imaginal, metaphoric mind where the possibility for transformation resides. With an unwavering conviction that change is possible, her message is clear: the incentive for white engagement in racial justice work is ultimately self-liberation."
-Leticia Nieto, coauthor of Beyond Inclusion, Beyond Empowerment

"White fragility is the secret ingredient that makes racial conversations so difficult and achieving racial equity even harder. But by exposing it and showing us all-including white folks-how it operates and how it hurts us, individually and collectively, Robin DiAngelo has performed an invaluable service. An indispensable volume for understanding one of the most important (and yet rarely appreciated) barriers to achieving racial justice."
-Tim Wise, author of White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son

"Robin DiAngelo's White Fragility brings language to the emotional structures that make true discussions about racial attitudes difficult. With clarity and compassion, DiAngelo allows us to understand racism as a practice not restricted to 'bad people.' In doing so, she moves our national discussions forward with new 'rules of engagement.' This is a necessary book for all people invested in societal change through productive social and intimate relationships."
-Claudia Rankine

" White Fragility is a must-read for all educators because racism and racial disparities in access and opportunity continue to be an urgent issue in our schools. As educators, we need to summon up the courage and together act deliberately and honestly to develop the skills we need to engage in conversations about bias, race, and racism-especially our own."
-Val Brown, professional development facilitator and founder of #ClearTheAir

Foreword by Michael Eric Dyson
Author's Note

Introduction: We Can't Get There from Here

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The Challenges of Talking to White People About Racism

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Racism and White Supremacy

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Racism After the Civil Rights Movement

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How Does Race Shape the Lives of White People?

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The Good/Bad Binary

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Anti-Blackness

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Racial Triggers for White People

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The Result: White Fragility

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White Fragility in Action

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White Fragility and the Rules of Engagement

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White Women's Tears

12
Where Do We Go from Here?

Resources for Continuing Education
Acknowledgments
Notes

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Continuum for Anti-Racist Organizational Development. Eva posted 1/13/2022

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Toward Love, Healing, Resilience & Alignment_ The Inner Work of Social Transformation & Justice. Eva added 12/29/2021

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Toward Love, Healing, Resilience & Alignment_ The Inner Work of Social Transformation & Justice

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Calling In: A Conversation with Loretta J. Ross. Eva added 12/29/2021

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Calling In: A Conversation with Loretta J. Ross

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Competencies for White Allies & Change Agents

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Competencies for White Allies & Change Agents

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TICFYC Organizational Self Assessment for Broad distribution ECE Version.._

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Conversations about controversial topics can be difficult, painful, and emotionally charged. This user-friendly guide will help you engage in effective, compassionate discussions with family, friends, colleagues, and even strangers about race, immigration, gender, marriage equality, sexism, marginalization, and more.
We talk every day-and we often do it without thinking. But, as you well know, there are some things that are harder to talk about-especially issues pertaining to politics, culture, lifestyle, and diversity. If you've ever struggled in a conversation about a "controversial" topic with a loved one, work colleague, or even a stranger, you know exactly how uncomfortable and heated the discussion can become. And even if you are one of the lucky few that expresses themselves eloquently, how do you move beyond mere "lip service" and turn words into actionable change?

This groundbreaking book will show you how to get to that important next level in difficult conversations, to talk in an authentic and straightforward way about culture and diversity, and to speak from the heart with tools from the head. Using a simple eight-step approach, you'll learn communication strategies that are supported by research and have been practiced in classrooms, work meetings, therapy sessions, and more.

We constantly hear about friends and colleagues whose family members are not speaking to each other because of different political opinions, who've exchanged words that have mutually offended one another. If silence is one end of the continuum and verbal conflict anchors the other, how do we reach a middle ground? How do we take part in the "in between" spaces where both parties can speak and listen?

With this book as your guide, you'll learn to navigate these difficult conversations, and take what you've learned beyond the conversation and out into the world-whether it's through politics, social justice movements, or simply expanding the minds of those around you.

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Conversations about controversial topics can be difficult, painful, and emotionally charged. This user-friendly guide will help you engage in effective, compassionate discussions with family, friends, colleagues, and even strangers about race, immigration, gender, marriage equality, sexism, marginalization, and more. We talk every day-and we often do it without thinking.

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Leadership Guide for Promoting Race  Equity & inclusion

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Leadership Guide for Promoting Race  Equity & inclusion

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Developing a Racial Justice and Leadership Framework

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Strategies, toolkits, and sample templates that organizations can utilize to develop internal policies and practices that align with their core values:

Organizing a Race Equity Initiative/General/Assessing Your Organization

Tips for Establishing an Equity Team (Cultures Connecting)
Introduction to Racial Equity Assessment Tools (Race Forward)
Advancing the Mission: Tools for Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (Annie E. Casey Foundation): This toolkit condenses 15 years of the Annie E. Casey Foundation's work "hard-wiring" equity, diversity, and inclusion as part of the cultural norm, from management to staff to grantees to vendors.
Best Practices in Achieving Workforce Diversity (US Department of Commerce)
This study from 2012 identifies best practices used by leading organizations to achieve workforce diversity, and covers areas such as leadership commitment, employee involvement, strategic planning, sustained investment, indicators, accountability and measurement, and linkage to organizational goals and objectives.
Are You Guilty of "Fakequity"? What it is and what to do about it: When we talk about Equity and go no further, we are guilty of Fakequity.
Instituting a Race-Conscious Practice in Legal Aid: One Program's Effort: Lessons from Legal Services of Northern California's Race Equity Project.
Race Matters: Racial Equity Impact Analysis (Annie E. Casey Foundation): What impact do your policies, programs, and practices have on racial equity?
Race Matters: Community Building Strategies (Annie E. Casey Foundation): Reviews common community-building strategies, limitations, and opportunities

Tools for Fostering Inclusive Environments

How to Run a Better Equity-Focused Meeting (Color Brave Space)
Racial Identity Caucusing: A Strategy for Building Anti-Racist Collectives (Crossroads)
Compilation of Tools for Caucusing and Affinity Groups (Racial Equity Tools)

Equitable Leadership Development

How to Develop and Support Leadership that Contributes to Racial Justice (Leadership Learning Community)
The Challenges of Diverse Leadership in Legal Services (Shriver Center): Addressing how diversity in the legal profession has largely failed to address the particular challenges facing attorneys of color who work in legal aid programs and offers practices for improving work support policies. Requires free registration to access.
Creating New Leaders of Color for the Social Sector (Annie E. Casey Foundation): Dissects how the Management Leadership for Tomorrow (MLT) company and its 5-year Social Sector Talent Initiative partnered with New York University's Wagner Graduate School of Public Service and Stern School of Business to create a fast-track minority pipeline to leadership positions.
Confronting the Nonprofit Racial Leadership Gap (Race to Lead)
Horizontality: Collective Management in Democratic Workspaces (Aorta Consulting)

Managing Organizational Change

Creating Advocates Through Involvement and Influence (Zigarmi & Shapiro): Only when people understand the value of the idea behind the change can it begin to take root. Only after employees accept the idea and adopt its practices, can it generate change in an
organization.
Systems Thinking for Social Change (Stroh): Acknowledging the discrepancy between what we want a system to achieve and the results it is currently achieving is a powerful force for constructive change. This book excerpt identifies four steps for aligning people's espoused purpose with the purpose their current actions are designed to achieve.

Sample Equity & Social Justice Newsletter (King County Prosecuting Attorney's Office): Example of one organization's effort to share with employees educational resources related to equity on a weekly basis. Each newsletter is organized around a monthly theme and includes a book of the month, information about a relevant historical figure, and definitions, history, and resources related to each theme.

Toolkits, Samples, & Templates

Race Matters: Organizational Self-Assessment (Annie E. Casey Foundation): Questionnaire to find out if your organization has deep-rooted, unintentional racial prejudice
Race Forward: Racial Equity Impact Assessment (Race Forward): S ystematic examination of how different racial and ethnic groups will likely be affected by a proposed action or decision.
Government Alliance on Race & Equity (GARE) Toolkit: Set of tools and samples integrating explicit consideration of racial equity in decisions, including policies, practices, programs, and budgets.
uestions the City of Seattle utilizes to assess how their policies, projects, initiatives and budget decisions benefit and burden communities.
Seattle Race and Social Justice Initiative's Racial Equity Toolkit: Q Comprehensive, a customizable toolkit that helps organizations develop education on racial equity, identify racial equity issues in their organizations and create and implement plans for change. King County Housing Development Consortium Racial Equity Toolkit:

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Strategies, toolkits, and sample templates that organizations can utilize to develop internal policies and practices that align with their core values: Organizing a Race Equity Initiative/General/Assessing Your Organization Tips for Establishing an Equity Team (Cultures Connecting) Introduction to Racial Equity Assessment Tools (Race Forward) Advancing the Mission: Tools for Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (Annie E.

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Standards for Global Diversity & Inclusion

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Links to Anti-Racism Organizational Tools

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Anti-Racism Organizational Self Assessment Tools

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1st Session Equity in Reflective Supervision

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Equity and RS CoP COE First Session 3 23 2021

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Equity and RS CoP COE Third Session 4 6 2021

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Equity and RS CoP COE Fourth Session 4 13 2021

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5th Session Equity and Reflective Supervision

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We also train in the Risking Connection model, designed specifically for those who serve trauma survivors.

Kind regards,

Megha Sardana

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Ken Hardy Handout

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Daria shared 12/14/21...roll of white allies is to pass GAS (Guilt and Shame)

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Program Description:

Petite Lectures are miniaturized, didactic, psychoeducational axioms designed to help frame the process of therapy, dismantle defensiveness, and provide a pathway for integrating the principles of relational ethics, racial, and social justice into clinical practice. This address will provide an overview of the pragmatics of using petite lectures as a key clinical strategy for enhancing relational engagement and therapeutic efficacy. Participants will learn to use petite lectures as a strategy to promote a relational frame for therapy; apply petite lectures to counteract "therapeutic stuckness" and defensiveness; employ petite lectures as a strategy and framework for integrating and addressing issues of racial and social justice in clinical practice; and utilize petite lectures as a tool and framework for conducting intensive self of the therapist work.

Presenter:

Kenneth V. Hardy, PhD is a Clinical and Organizational Consultant at the Eikenberg Institute for Relationships in New York, NY where he also serves as Director. He provides Racially Focused Trauma Informed training, executive coaching, and consultation to a diverse network of individuals and organizations throughout the United States and abroad. He is a former Professor of Family Therapy at both Drexel University in Philadelphia, and Syracuse University in New York. He has also served as the Director of Children, Families, and Trauma at the Ackerman Institute for the Family.

In addition to his consultation work, Dr. Hardy is a frequent conference speaker and has also appeared on ABC's 20/20, Dateline NBC, PBS, and the Oprah Winfrey Show.

He is the author of Culturally Sensitive Supervision: Diverse Perspectives and Practical Applications; Promoting Culturally Sensitive Supervision: A Manual for Practitioners; Revisioning Family Therapy: Race, Class, and Gender; Teens Who Hurt: Clinical Strategies for Breaking the Cycle of Youth Violence.

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Petite Lectures: Creating Frames and Reframes for Relational Change - Ackerman Institute for the Family

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Petite Lectures are miniaturized, didactic, psychoeducational axioms designed to help frame the process of therapy, dismantle defensiveness, and provide a pathway for integrating the principles of relational ethics, racial, and social justice into clinical practice. This address will provide an overview of the pragmatics of using petite lectures as a key clinical strategy for enhancing relational engagement and therapeutic efficacy.

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Arizona State University Children's Equity Project

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Start with Equity: 14 Priorities to Dismantle Systemic Racism in Early Care and Education

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Confront workplace racial inequality through conversation...cards to prompt discussion

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The Micropedia of Microaggressions – the first encyclopedia of microaggressions.

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Browse this site to learn about microaggressions and their impact.