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Title:
Be a revolution : how everyday people are fighting oppression and changing the world--and how you can, too
Summary:
With Be A Revolution: How Everyday People are Fighting Oppression and Changing the World—and How You Can, Too, Oluo aims to show how people across America are working to create real positive change in our structures. Looking at many of our most powerful systems—like education, media, labor, health, housing, policing, and more—she highlights what people are doing to create change for intersectional racial equity. She also illustrates various ways in which the reader can find entryways into change in these same areas, or can bring some of this important work being done elsewhere to where they live. This book aims to not only be educational, but to inspire action and change. Oluo wishes to take our conversations on race and racism out of a place of pure pain and trauma, and into a place of loving action. Be A Revolution is both an urgent chronicle of this important moment in history, as well as an inspiring and restorative call for action. -- Amazon.
Edition:
First edition.
Contents:
Introduction -- Author's note -- Race, patriarchy, and punishment culture ; Talila Lewis -- What is abolition? ; Ian Head -- What is beyond punishment? ; Mahnker Dahnweih -- Be a revolution -- Why it's often race and gender ; Norma Timbang -- Abortion, bodily autonomy, and the racism that endangers it all ; Theryn Kigvamasud'vashti -- Intersections of racism, queerphobia, and transphobia in gender justice work ; Emmett Schelling -- Be a revolution -- Why disability matters ; Alice Wong -- Ableism in anti-racist work ; Vilissa Thompson -- What is disability in communities of color? ; Britney R. Wilson -- Be a revolution -- Why labor matters ; Tevita Uhatafe -- Racism in labor unions ; Laura Clise -- Can we build a better business? ; DarNesha Weary -- Be a revolution -- Race, environment, and environmental apartheid ; Céline Semaan -- Environmentalist colonialism ; Matt Remle -- Be a revolution -- Racism in our schools ; Saara Kamal -- Is revolution possible in our schools? ; Jennifer White-Johnson -- Working outside of the school system ; Feminista Jones -- Be a revolution -- Art as the keeper of community ; Inye Wokoma and Elisheba Johnson -- White supremacy in the art world ; Favianna Rodriguez -- Art as a weapon ; Rafael Shimunov -- Be a revolution -- Ages and stages -- Ability and privilege -- Navigating privilege in movement spaces -- Mental health and well-being.
Physical Description:
xvii, 395 pages ; 24 cm
Publisher:
HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers,
Publication Date:
2024
ISBN:
9780063140189
Publication Information:
New York, NY : HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2024]

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Call Number:
305.8 OLUO
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