Past Books
april + july 2022: Upstream: The Quest to Solve Problems Before They Happen
January 2022: LAnguage shock: Understanding The Culture Of Conversation
october 2021: The art of gathering: how we meet and why it matters
Purchase at Semicolon Bookstore & Gallery
Resources and Alternative Offerings:
The Art of Gathering: How intentional gatherings can deepen our connections with loved ones, and make routine events fun again (article)
Key takeaways from the book (summary)
Unlocking Us with Brene Brown - guest, Priya Parker (podcast)
3 Steps to turn everyday get-togethers into transformative gatherings (video - TEDtalk)
July 2021: Whistling Vivaldi: How Stereotypes Affect Us and What We Can Do
Purchase at Semicolon Bookstore & Gallery
Resources and Alternative Offerings:
Interview - NPR Author Interview
Plot Summary - LitCharts
Video Presentation - Claude M. Steele talks about his book and experiences
Documentary - A Class Divided: A PBS documentary on Jane Elliot's class experiment from 1984
Follow-up Activity - Inclusive Teaching Styles
Follow-up Activity - Teaching Whistling Vivaldi
April 2021: On Beauty
Purchase through Semicolon Bookstore & Gallery
Resources and Alternative Offerings:
Interview with Zadie Smith - Zadie, Take Three
Podcast Interview - Zadie Smith: 'On Beauty' and Difference
Book Review - Observer review: On Beauty by Zadie Smith | Books
Book Review - On Beauty
Reading Guide - On Beauty Reader's Guide
January 2021: Teaching to transgress: education as a practice of freedom
Purchase through Semicolon Bookstore & Gallery
Resources and Alternative Offerings:
Teaching to Transgress: Summary, videos, and discussion questions
Teaching to Transgress | AIMÉE KNIGHT - principles to bring to the classroom
HRP’s Books of the Month — August, Teaching to Transgress by bell hooks
Teaching To Transgress Tool box : Nassira Hedjerassi, playful dialogue with Bell Hooks.
BRAVE Review: "Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom"
The important role that third spaces play in higher education (opinion)
Teaching to Transgress Today: Theory and Practice In and Outside the Classroom
View of The Continued Relevance Of Teaching To Transgress: Education As The Practice Of Freedom
bell hooks at a panel at The New School
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_9OgVs19UEBook Review
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2t0gVHld9wSpeaking Freely - interview with bell hooks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2bmnwehlpABlog post - summary and insights
https://aimeeknight.com/2010/02/01/teaching-to-transgress/Podcast - Critical Pedagogies
https://www.activismbeyondtheclassroom.com/podcast-blog/2018/12/18/critical-pedagogiesPodcast - Read SO Good
https://soundcloud.com/readsogood/1-bell-hook
October 2020: emergent strategy: shaping change, changing worlds
Purchase through Semicolon Bookstore & Gallery
Resources and Alternative Offerings:
emergence (speech from opening for allied media conference 2013)
ADRIENNE MAREE BROWN on Emergent Strategy /68 from For The Wild
Podcast co-hosted by adrienne maree brown - How to Survive the End of the World
Conversations with adrienne maree brown
Creating Collective Access: Crip made brilliance in Detroit and beyond
Three Lessons From Adrienne Maree Brown's 'Emergent Strategy'
Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds — A Review
What's the Non-Profit Industrial Complex and why should I care?
July 2020: White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism
Purchase through Semicolon Bookstore & Gallery
Resources and Alternative Offerings:
Critiques of White Fragility
Resources
Code of Ethics for White Anti-Racists | by Tim Wise | Jun, 2020
'White Fragility' Author Robin Diangelo On How To Start Anti-Racist Work : Life Kit
'Me And White Supremacy' — A Personal Anti-Racism Tool : Life Kit
Why It's Not About Good Cops vs. Bad Cops | Decoded (Season 8)
The Case for Reparations by Ta-Nehisi Coates (there is an audio version of the article too)
Anti-racism is about humility: a message to the newly awakened.
Confronting racism is not about the needs and feelings of white people | Ijeoma Oluo
Compilations of Resources - these compilations have authors, educators, books, movies, podcasts, and more to look into!
Support Black Lives: Resources for Taking Action, Donating, and Educating
Resource Guide for When People Say "Violence is not the Answer!"
Specific resources on antiracism + nonprofits + education + adult educations
Webinar (focus more on adults in higher ed, from a group in Ireland)-
What role does Adult and Community Education play in the process of anti-racism?
https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/571f/9c1007cdcbcd787c7c5eb3b64e4c3d0b04f9.pdf
https://nonprofitaf.com/2020/06/its-time-we-fundraise-in-a-way-that-doesnt-uphold-white-moderation-and-white-supremacy/#more-6706 - I’m not going to link to them all here, but Vu at Nonprofit AF has written many blog posts about issues of race, equity, diversity, and inclusion in the nonprofit field - go check them out!