A Better World Starts Here: Activists and Their Work - Paperback
by Stacy Russo (Author)
A Better World Starts Here: Activists and Their Work presents the stories of activists contributing towards the common good within their communities and beyond in a commitment to eradicate various forms of injustice and oppression. This is a book of struggle but also a book of hope, joy, and liberation.
Essential reading for anyone wishing to find empowerment and guidance, the stories of activists such as Michelle Carrera (Chilis on Wheels), activist poet Judy Grahn, Sarah Rafael García (Barrio Writers), vegan and ecofeminist writer Carol J. Adams, feminist anthropologist Ruth Behar, Sonya Renee Taylor (The Body is Not an Apology), Kamekə Brown (Farm Sanctuary), Steve Bell (Prison Library Project), Bamby Salcedo (TransLatin@ Coalition) and many others will inspire, support, and ultimately, provide promise for a better world for all readers -whether new or seasoned to activism.
25 Featured Activists & their Work:
Aquila Hope, trans activism
Marisela Gomez, gentrification activism
Sandi Torkildson, community activism
Carol J. Adams, ecofeminist activism
Sonya Renee Taylor, body activism
Kate Jessica Raphael, feminist activism
Michelle Carrera, food justice activism
Celeste Chan, queer activism
Helène Aylon, art activism
Julia Feliz Brueck, consistent anti-oppression advocacy
Ruth Behar, anthropology activism
Steve Bell, prison advocacy
Kamekə Brown, vegan advocacy
Judy Grahn, poetry activism
Bamby Salcedo, trans activism
Sarah Rafael García, literary activism
Michelle Habell-Pallán, scholar activism
Hilary Kinavey, body activism
Yago S. Cura, library activism
Beth Pickens, art activism
Lark Lo, intersectional activism
Ardeth De Vries, senior dog advocacy
Sara Vander Zanden, homelessness advocacy
Janet Holmes, photography activism
Edwin Ramirez, comedy activism
Sales from this book will be donated quarterly to the BBIPoC activists featured in the book.
A publisher that gives back: Sanctuary Publishers, www.sanctuarypublishers.com
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