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• Ally Is a Verb

  a Guide to Reconciliation With Indigenous Peoples

  LeMay, Rose,

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  This potent, practical book is a manual for allies for Indigenous Peoples. It presents a roadmap to creating better relationships, equity, and true reconciliation. It offers concrete steps individuals can take, in the organizations they work for and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Rainbow History Class

  Your Guide Through Queer and Trans History

  McElhinney, Hannah,

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  'Rainbow History Class' is your entry into LGBTQ+ history, covering queer and trans stories from the ancient world through to lesser-known moments in recent history.

• Decolonization and Me

  Conversations About Healing a Nation and Ourselves

  McLeod, Kristy,

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  This book challenges readers through a series of sensitive conversations exploring decolonization, Indigenization, healing, and every person's individual responsibility to truth and reconciliation. Centered around the Orange Shirt Day movement, and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Speaking of Race

  Why Everybody Needs to Talk About Racism - and How to Do It

  Headlee, Celeste Anne, 1969-

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  In this urgently needed guide, the PBS host, award-winning journalist, and author Celeste Headlee teaches us how to have productive conversations about race, offering insights, advice, and support.

• Both/and

  Essays by Trans and Gender-nonconforming Writers of Color

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  From Denne Michele Norris and Electric Literature, a vital anthology of essays by trans and gender-nonconforming writers of color, sharing stories of joy, heartbreak, rage, and self-discovery. Featuring fifteen new essays by trans people of…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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  'Be a Revolution' is an eye-opening and galvanizing look at the current state of anti-racist activism across America. This book aims to be educational and inspire action and change. Ijeoma Oluo wishes to take our conversations on race and racism out…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Power of Disability

  10 Lessons for Surviving, Thriving, and Changing the World

  Etmanski, Al, 1947-

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  From a longtime disability rights activist comes this moving window into the lives of people with disabilities and the lessons they can teach us.

• The Patriarchs

  the Origins of Inequality

  Saini, Angela, 1980-

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  For fans of 'Sapiens' and 'The Dawn of Everything', 'The Patriarchs' is a groundbreaking exploration of gendered oppression - its origins, its histories, our attempts to understand it, and our efforts to combat it.

• The Savvy Ally

  a Guide for Becoming a Skilled LGBTQ+ Advocate

  Gainsburg, Jeannie, 1963-

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  Bursting with passion and humor, The Savvy Ally: A Guide for Becoming a Skilled LGBTQ+ Advocate is a treasure trove for allies to the LGBTQ+ communities. This fully revised second edition includes: -The most current information on identities and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Biased

  Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do

  Eberhardt, Jennifer L. (Jennifer Lynn),

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  How do we talk about bias? How do we address racial disparities and inequities? What role do our institutions play in creating, maintaining, and magnifying those inequities? What role do we play? With a perspective that is at once scientific,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Deep Diversity

  a Compassionate, Scientific Approach to Achieving Racial Justice

  Choudhury, Shakil,

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  A comprehensive and approachable guide to understanding and working toward racial justice, with tools to start making a difference today.

• Demystifying Disability

  What to Know, What to Say, and How to Be An Ally

  Ladau, Emily, 1991-

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  'Demystifying Disability' is an approachable guide to being a thoughtful, informed ally to disabled people, with actionable steps for what to say and do (and what not to do) and how you can help make the world a more accessible, inclusive place.

• The Beginner's Guide to Being a Trans Ally

  Whittlesey, Christina,

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  This easy-to-read guide offers information and advice to anyone wanting to understand more about trans experiences. It explains what gender identity is and arms you with the correct terminology to use. Filled with real-life examples and FAQs, it…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Before We Were Trans

  a New History of Gender

  Heyam, Kit, 1990-

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  Before We Were Trans illuminates the stories of people across the globe, from antiquity to the present, whose experiences of gender have defied binary categories. Blending historical analysis with sharp cultural criticism, trans historian and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• White Tears/brown Scars

  How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color

  Hamad, Ruby,

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  For readers of White Fragility, an explosive book of history and cultural criticism which argues that white feminism, from Australia to Zimbabwe to the United States, has been a weapon of white supremacy and patriarchy deployed against Black and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Me and White Supremacy

  Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor

  Saad, Layla F.,

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  Based off the original workbook, Me and White Supremacy teaches readers how to dismantle the privilege within themselves so that they can stop (often unconsciously) inflicting damage on people of color, and in turn, help other white people do…Read moreRead more of this annotation