Get Inspired! : Adult Books for Advocacy and ActivismLike this list

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• Radical Inclusion

  Seven Steps to Help You Create a More Just Workplace, Home, and World

  Sengeh, David Moinina,

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  Sengeh offers readers a roadmap for pursuing radical inclusion in their own work-from identifying exclusions, to building coalitions, to adapting to a new normal.

• Road Map for Revolutionaries

  Resistance, Activism, and Advocacy for All

  Gerin, Carolyn,

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  With infographics, links to resources and communities, and words of wisdom from people already fighting the good fight, this guidebook is meant to be used and abused. It's designed to move you from idea to action to part-time revolution in…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• How to Be An Antiracist

  Kendi, Ibram X.,

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  Kendi weaves an electrifying combination of ethics, history, law, and science, bringing it all together with an engaging personal narrative of his own awakening to antiracism. How to Be an Antiracist is an essential work for anyone who…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Micro Activism

  How You Can Make a Difference in the World (without a Bullhorn) : Small Actions = Big Results

  Williams, Omkari L.,

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  Advice on self-care practices, burn-out prevention, and profiles of activists engaged in a range of activities and causes (from voter registration to craftivism, literacy programs, community gardens, and more), provide readers with the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Be a Revolution

  How Everyday People Are Fighting Oppression and Changing the World--and How You Can, Too

  Oluo, Ijeoma,

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  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.

• Never Silent

  ACT UP and My Life in Activism

  Staley, Peter,

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  The inside story of what brought Staley to ACT UP and the explosive and sometimes painful years to follow - years filled with triumph, humiliation, joy, loss, and persistence. Never Silent is guaranteed to inspire the activist within all…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Read This to Get Smarter

  About Race, Class, Gender, Disability & More

  Imani, Blair,

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  This essential guide is a radical but warm and non-judgmental call to arms, structured in such a way that you can read it cover to cover or start with any topic you want to learn more about.

• Yakama Rising

  Indigenous Cultural Revitalization, Activism, and Healing

  Jacob, Michelle M., 1977-

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  This path-breaking ethnography shifts the conversation from one of victimhood to one of ongoing resistance and resilience as a means of healing the soul wounds of settler colonialism.

• The #ActuallyAutistic Guide to Advocacy

  Step-by-step Advice on How to Ally and Speak Up With Autistic People and the Autism Community / Jennifer Brunton and Jenna Gensic

  Brunton, Jennifer,

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  The advice and strategies laid out in this guide center the wisdom and experiences of Autistic people and enable the reader to confidently speak up with insight and understanding.

• Nothing About Us Without Us

  Disability Oppression and Empowerment

  Charlton, James I.,

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  Nothing About Us Without Us is the first book in the literature on disability to provide a theoretical overview of disability oppression that shows its similarities to, and differences from, racism, sexism, and colonialism. Charlton's…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• This Is the Canon

  Decolonize Your Bookshelf in 50 Books

  Anim-Addo, Joan,

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  These are the books you should read. This Is the Canon disrupts the all-too-often white-dominated 'required reading' collections that have become the accepted norm and highlights powerful voices and cultural perspectives that demand a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• No, You Shut Up

  Speaking Truth to Power and Reclaiming America

  Sanders, Symone D.,

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  With spirited storytelling filtered through a voice that cannot and will not be ignored, Symone inspires you to start now. You don't need to have all the answers, or wait your turn to help create the change you want to see.

• Against Technoableism

  Rethinking Who Needs Improvement

  Shew, Ashley, 1983-

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  A manifesto exploding what we think we know about disability, and arguing that disabled people are the real experts when it comes to technology and disability.

• The Suffragist Playbook

  Your Guide to Changing the World

  Robb, Lucinda, 1968-

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  Engagingly narrated, this unique melding of seminal history and smart tactics is sure to capture the attention of activists-in-the-making today.

• Remembering Silme Domingo and Gene Viernes

  the Legacy of Filipino American Labor Activism

  Chew, Ron

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  Remembering Silme Domingo and Gene Viernes provides rich insight into the roots of Asian American labor organizing and offers inspiration and wisdom for a new wave of activists.

• Fat Activism

  a Radical Social Movement

  Cooper, Charlotte, 1968-

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  In her expansive, intelligent grassroots study Cooper: - Reveals details of fat activist methods and approaches - Features extensive accounts of fat activist historical roots going back over four decades - Explores controversies and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Misogyny

  the New Activism

  Ukockis, Gail L., 1962-

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  Impassioned but practical, this book will call out what needs to be called out about misogyny and propose strategies for effective action. Most of the current books on feminism are "wake up calls" but this book is aimed toward the persons…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Freedom Is a Constant Struggle

  Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement

  Davis, Angela Y. (Angela Yvonne), 1944-

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  Facing a world of outrageous injustice, Davis challenges us to imagine and build the movement for human liberation. And in doing so, she reminds us that "Freedom is a constant struggle.

• Crip Kinship

  the Disability Justice & Art Activism of Sins Invalid

  Kafai, Shayda,

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  The remarkable story of Sins Invalid, a performance project that centers queer disability justice. In recent years, disability activism has come into its own as a vital and necessary means to acknowledge the power and resilience of the…Read moreRead more of this annotation