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In Decoding America & Coming Home to Yourself: The Immigrant Experience, author Simone Johnson Smith offers hope and guidance in navigating the complexities of immigrant life. Drawing from her own journey and insights from her acclaimed podcast, The Immigrant Experience in America, Smith skillfully explores the immigrant's disorienting shift from a collectivist to an individualistic culture, delving into the profound culture shock and the transformative process of becoming a hybrid identit...

***In Decoding America and Coming Home to Yourself:***The Immigrant Experience, author Simone Johnson Smith offers hope and guidance in navigating the complexities of immigrant life. Drawing from her own journey and insights from her acclaimed podcast, The Immigrant Experience in America, Smith skillfully explores the immigrant's disorienting shift from a collectivist to an individualistic culture, delving into the profound culture shock and the transform...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.In Decoding America & Coming Home to Yourself: The Immigrant Experience, author Simone Johnson Smith offers hope and guidance in navigating the complexities of immigrant life. Drawing from her own journey and insights from her acclaimed podcast, The Immigrant Experience in America, Smith skillfully explores the immigrant’s disorienting shift from a collectivist to an individualistic culture, delving into the profound culture shock and t...

Would you like to have Thanksgiving without yelling at your uncle about politics? How about spending the day with your in-laws on the opposite side of the aisle without walking on eggshells? Your best friend from high school? Your neighbor? The list goes on. Persuade, Don't Preach will give you the tools to have productive conversations with those you don't see eye to eye with.DescriptionAs a society, we've become so polarized, we don't know how to...

INDIA The world's largest democracy, faces a grave threat to its foundational principles: a corrupt judicial system. This ebook delves into the intricate web of corruption that permeates the Indian judiciary, examining its causes, consequences, and potential solutions

A practical, inspirational, revolutionary guide to social innovationMany of us have a deep desire to make the world around us a better place. But often our good intentions are undermined by the fear that we are so insignificant in the big scheme of things that nothing we can do will actually help feed the world’s hungry, fix the damage of a Hurricane Katrina or even get a healthy lunch program up and running in the local school. We tend to think that great social c...

We need our neighbors and community to stay healthy, produce jobs, raise our children, and care for those on the margin. Institutions and professional services have reached their limit of their ability to help us. The consumer society tells us that we are insufficient and that we must purchase what we need from specialists and systems outside the community. We have become consumers and clients, not citizens and neighbors. John McKnight and Peter Block show that we have the capacity to find...

Cynicism is making us sick; Stanford psychologist Dr Jamil Zaki has the cure - a 'ray of light for dark days' (Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author).For thousands of years, people have argued about whether humanity is selfish or generous, cruel or kind. But recently, our answers have changed. In 1972, half of Americans agreed that most people can be trusted; by 2018, that figure had fallen to 30%. Different generations, genders, religions and political ...

In his books Somebodies and Nobodies and All Rise, Robert Fuller exposed rankism—abuse of the power inherent in rank to exploit or humiliate someone of lower rank. In Dignity for All, Fuller and Pamela Gerloff offer a concise, action-oriented guide to the concrete steps we can take to eradicate it. They focus on us as individuals—how we can recognize rankism in our own experiences, even in ourselves, and how, on a day-to-day basis, we can help others to see its insidious influence and work...

At a moment when our democratic abilities seem to have eroded, and political, economic, and technological forces have weakened the capacity for collective action, People, Power, Change is a once-in-a-generation book for anyone who wants to create real and lasting change. Marshall Ganz is one of the world's leading authorities on democratic organizing, and this book is the culmination of his decades of teaching, research, and work. In People, Power, Change, Ganz distills f...

“Shakil is a rare jewel in the work of what it means to heal, repair, and take responsibility... This book is required reading for anyone interested in building a loving, just and diverse world.”—Sensei Koshin Paley Ellison, Zen teacher & author of Wholehearted: Slow Down, Help Out, Wake UpRacial justice without shame or blame.Road-tested tools to start making a difference today.In

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA must-have guide to raising inclusive, antiracist children from educator and advocate, Britt Hawthorne.Raising antiracist children is a noble goal for any parent, caregiver, or educator, but it can be hard to know where to start. Let Britt Hawthorne—a nationally recognized teacher and advocate—be your guide. Raising Antiracist Children acts as an interactive guide for strategically incorporating t...