The Moment : Changemakers on Why and How They Joined the Fight for Social Justice / Steve Fiffer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fiffer, Steve, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Equality--United States.

Equality.

Social justice--United States--Anecdotes.

Social justice.

United States--Social conditions--Anecdotes.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Athens, Georgia : NewSouth Books, [2022]

Summary:

"They are as diverse as America. Young and old. Of color and white. Urban and rural. Immigrants and native born. They are students and teachers. Athletes and artists. Lawyers, doctors, politicians, farmers, architects, novelists, and more. Names familiar and unfamiliar. Superheroes, figuratively--and in one case, real! They have founded major corporations and grassroots organizations or struck out on their own. But as diverse a lot as they may be, the people who tell their stories on these pages share one thing in common. Each is committed to fighting inequality and injustice. Each, too, can pinpoint a moment when they were moved to action, when it became impossible to sit on the sidelines and just watch: when the teacher uttered racial slurs, when no one in the college club looked like they did, when the city was on the brink of disaster, when the authorities came for their undocumented mother, when they discovered their ancestors enslaved people, when the cop stopped them in their own driveway, when there was no fresh food in their community, when their right to vote was threatened. In The Moment, New York Times bestselling author Steve Fiffer presents an oral history from today's social justice activists--many of them still under thirty years old--that is pitch perfect for these dissonant times. First-person accounts, that will inspire us to act, offer a blueprint for making change and, perhaps, most importantly, give us hope for the future."--Amazon

Contents:

To help condemned people / Bryan Stevenson / I am undocumented / Erika Andiola

Breaking down stereotypes / Amirah Ahmed

To access the hub / Zev Shapiro

Poetry could do something / Ashley M. Jones

It's not just about voting / Tram Nguyen

Standing in my own driveway / Doug Glanville

Art can spark the conversation / Carolyn Considine

Posting in earnest / Erynn Chambers

A safe space for native youth / Anthony Tamez-Pochel

He's Captain America / Vishvavjit Singh

Fighting racism / Ben Shore and DeOnte Hannah

Photography with intention / Sebastián Hidalgo

Activism is love / Chokwe Antar and Ebony Lumumba

Life after hate / Christian Picciolini

Within the framework of politics / Edwidge Danticat

Calling out discrimination / Brian Jon

Power in spaces and places / Bryan Lee Jr.

To start a movement / Pranjal Jane

We are still suing / Jacqueline De León

When you're a point guard / Renee Montgomery

I use the word artivist / Leticia Hernández-Linares

Uplifting the underrepresented / Cheick Camara and Ermias Tadesse

Having a spiritual life / Rabbi Jill Jacobs

We'll grow food / Dazmonique Carr

Involved in community medicine / David Mata

We started in the schools

Keith White

If we don't teach the truth / Melissa "Missy" Janczewski Jones

By raising awareness / Kahlil Greene

Fostering greater civic participation / Clarissa Martinez De Castro

Building a multi-racial working class coalition / Julian D. Miller

Writing was the best way / Brandy Colbert

Knock on every door / Nada Al-Hanooti

Through politics and government / Michael Strautmanis

We directly invest / Don Katz.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

ISBN:

1-58838-485-3

OCLC:

1350099722