The Body Liberation Project: How Understanding Racism and Diet Culture Helps Cultivate Joy and Build Collective Freedom by Chrissy King (Format used for this read: Print–hardback) From author and wellness personality Chrissy King, an exciting, genre-redefining narrative mix of memoir, inspiration, and activities and prompts, with timely messages about social and racial justice and how…
Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan (Format used for this read: Audiobook) Olivia McAfee knows what it feels like to start over. Her picture-perfect life—living in Boston, married to a brilliant cardiothoracic surgeon, raising their beautiful son, Asher—was upended when her husband revealed a darker side. She never imagined that she would…
All The White Friends I Couldn’t Keep by Andre Henry (Format used for his read: Print–library book) A leading voice for social justice reveals how he stopped arguing with White people who deny the ongoing legacy of racism – and offers a proven path forward for Black people and people of color based on the…
When They Call You A Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir by Patrisse Khan-Cullors & Asha Bandel (Format used for this read: Audiobook) I usually just use my trusty Libby app from my local library to listen to my audiobook selections. And listen yall…..it ain’t always the best experience….my local library selection isn’t always the…
I wanted to take a second to speak to my white followers. My own white bubble of seeing the world was popped a few years ago…back in February 2017 when I joined a Be The Bridge To Racial Unity group. Listening and learning in that diverse group of women, I realized how completely unaware of…
White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo (Format used for this read: Print–paperback) If you are a white American reading this post, please pause your reading of this review AND GO ORDER THIS BOOK IMMEDIATELY. I am not playing. I am for real serious. GO ORDER IT NOW. Don’t even worry about checking out my review yet…
The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates by Wes Moore (Format used for this read: Audiobook) I think it is so super important to listen to people’s stories…to hear about their journey, listen to their worldview. And I think it is extremely important to make sure the stories we listen to aren’t all from…
Be The Bridge: Pursuing God’s Heart for Racial Reconciliation by Latasha Morrison (Format used for this read: Print–paperback) This book releases in ONE WEEK y’all and I could not be more excited that I received an advance copy as part of the official book launch team! I read thru the book with hundreds of other…
The Black and The Blue by Matthew Horace and Ron Harris (Format used for this read: print–hardback) This is not a long book but it took me awhile to read it…..so much information and heaviness to process in the pages. I am definitely going to have to go back over this again to make sure…
The Sun Does Shine by Anthony Ray Hinton (Format used for this read: Audiobook) I first learned about Anthony Ray Hinton’s story when reading the book “Just Mercy” by Bryan Stevenson, founder of the Equal Justice Initiative. (If you haven’t read that book you absolutely MUST. It will break your heart in ways it needs…