Michelle Cassandra Johnson

A Space for Us

A Guide for Leading Black, Indigenous, and People of Color Affinity Groups

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"The first comprehensive guide for leading BIPOC affinity groups for challenging white supremacy, healing racial trauma, and taking collective action"--

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Beacon Press
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. August 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 152mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 262g
• ISBN-13: 9780807007860
• ISBN-10: 0807007862
• Artikelnr.: 66464735

Autorenporträt

Michelle Cassandra Johnson has over 20 years of experience leading dismantling-racism work and working with clients as a licensed clinical social worker and has a deep understanding of how trauma impacts the mind, body, spirit, and heart. She has a bachelors of arts degree from the College of William and Mary and a masters degree in social work from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. She published Skill in Action: Radicalizing Your Yoga Practice to Create a Just World in 2017 and Finding Refuge: Heart Work for Healing Collective Grief in 2021. Her upcoming book, We Heal Together: Rituals and Practices for Building Community and Connection, will be published in April 2023.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword, by Erin Trent Johnson
INTRODUCTION
My Favorite Part
CHAPTER 1
White Supremacy, Racism, and the Four Foundations
CHAPTER 2
A Place Where We Can Be
CHAPTER 3
Every Child’s Treasure
CHAPTER 4
Anti-Blackness and the Myth of Race
CHAPTER 5
How We Begin
CHAPTER 6
Skillful Facilitation
CHAPTER 7
Use Your Magic
CHAPTER 8
Facilitating Affinity Groups in Organizations and Communities
CHAPTER 9
Everything Is Not Perfect
CHAPTER 10
The Role of Rituals
CHAPTER 11
Collective Liberation and Accountability
Appendix
Sample Agendas
Body-Scan Scripts
Supplemental Activities
Interviewees
Additional Resources
Acknowledgments
Notes