Here are some highlights and notes from the books that most shape my thinking.
- We Do This ‘Til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transformative Justice by Mariame Kaba
- Undrowned: Black Feminist Lessons from Marine Mammals by Alexi Pauline Gumbs
- The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-first Century by Grace Lee Boggs with Scott Kurashige
- Beyond Survival: Strategies and Stories from the Transformative Justice Movement edited by Ejeris Dixon and Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
- Holding Change: The Way of Emergent Strategy Facilitation and Mediation by adrienne maree brown
- No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma & Restoring Wholeness with The Internal Family Systems Model by Richard C. Schwartz, PhD
- A World Without Email: Reimagining Work In An Age of Communication Overload by Cal Newport
- How We Show Up: Reclaiming Family, Friendship, and Community By Mia Birdsong
- The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief by Francis Weller (only partial notes)
- Impact Networks: Create Connection, Spark Collaboration, and Catalyze Systemic Change by David Ehrlichman
- Race Talk and the Conspiracy of Silence: Understanding and Facilitating Difficult Dialogues on Race by Derald Wing Sue
- Be Angry by His Holiness the Dalai Lama
- The Little Book of Race and Restorative Justice: Black Lives, Healing, and US Social Transformation by Fania E. Davis
- Love and Rage: The Path of Liberation Through Anger by Lama Rod Owens
- Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome: America’s Legacy of Enduring Injury and Healing by Joy Degruy
- Cosmic Serpent: DNA and the Origins of Knowledge
- Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paolo Freire
- Difficult Conversations: How To Discuss What Matters Most by Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, and Sheila Heen
- The Wounded Healer: Ministry in Contemporary Society by Henri J. M. Nouwen
- The Sacred Enneagram: Finding Your Unique Path to Spiritual Growth By Christopher L. Heuertz
- Salvation: Black People and Love by bell hooks
- The Will To Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love by Bell Hooks
- Leadership and the New Science: Rediscovering Order in a Chaotic World By Margaret J. Wheatley
- Albert Einstein: The Human Side — Edited by Helen Dukas & Banesh Hoffman
- Jackson Rising The Struggle for Economic Democracy and Black Self-Determination in Jackson, Mississippi by Kali Akuno & AJamu Nangwaya
- From Dictatorship to Democracy by Gene Sharp
- Radical Hope: Letters of Love and Dissent in Dangerous Times - Edited by Caroline de Roberts
- Black Skin, White Masks by Frantz Fanon
- We Do This ‘Til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transformative Justice by Mariame Kaba
- The Social Profit Handbook: The Essential Guide to Setting Goals, Assessing Outcomes, and Achieving Success for Mission-Driven Organizations by David Grant
- The Dispossessed by Ursula K. LeGuin
- Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
- Radical Dharma: Talking Race, Love, and Liberation by Rev. angel Kyodo williams, Lama Rod Owens, Jasmine Syedullah, PhD
- My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies by Resmaa Menakem
- How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence by Michael Pollan
- M Archive - After The End of the World by Alexis Pauline Gumbs
- What the Mystics Know: Seven Pathways to Your Deeper Self by Richard Rohr
- Decolonizing Wealth: indigenous wisdom to heal divides and restore balance by Edgar Villanueva
- Of Water and the Spirit: Ritual, Magic, and Initiation in the Life of an African Shaman by Malidoma Patrice Some
- Tell Me How Long the Train’s Been Gone by James Baldwin
- Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear
- Conflict Is Not Abuse - Overstating Harm, Community Responsibility, and the Duty of Repair by Sarah Schulman
- Betty-Anne’s Helpful Household Hints by Betty-Anne Hastings with Mary-Beth Connors
- Power-Curve Society: The Future of Innovation, Opportunity and Social Equity in the Emerging Networked Economy by David Bollier, Raporteur
- Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World by Cal Newport
Deep gratitude to my friend, Leo Martinez, who has typed these up for years. ::praying hands emoji::