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Summer is known for picking up books that are great “beach reads,” a book that will keep you engaged and not serious enough to interrup your vacation mode. However, summer can also be a time when the workload lightens a bit which gives you time to pick up a book that book that inspires and challenges us to turn us and them into we. Here are four books that will feed the thalamus with new ways of knowing while getting you motivated and energized to make positive change.
There are many wonderful books that help us to learn about the historical and current day underpinnings that maintain human inequities. There are some books that inspire and challenge us to turn us and them into we. Here are 8 good reads that have given me new insights and inspired me to have a little more hope for a better future for all of us.
Talking about racism in our current political climate has become even more explosive and confrontational than ever before. That’s all the more reason why we have to meet the challenge, keep the conversation going and work toward turning us and them into we. Yet, having conversations that are forward-moving and that position us as effective antiracists are not easy.
The groundhog has seen its shadow and America continues in the dark of winter when it comes to race relations.. We have been here before. We are here again.
Especially in the DEIB space (diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging), books have a way of helping us come further to the truth… our own and others. Books help to sharpen our thinking, challenge our assumptions, and expand our world views. Books can enlighten and inspire us to engage more with each other on issues that matter. This post offers a favorite book in six areas central to understanding racial inequities—the education gap, healthcare disparities, housing discrimination, the wealth gap, voter suppression and criminal justice reform—that are great for discussion.
During these times of sheltering in place, I fondly recall watching Sesame Street with my children who are now young teens. Then C was for cookie. As a parent and urban educator, C now stands for Covid19. Here’s what I’ve learned.
Here are this year’s pick of five books that will inspire you to turn us and them into WE in places where you live, work, serve, and socialize. Be sure to add them to your reading list.