"Don't you love New York in the fall? It makes me want to buy school supplies. I would send you a bouquet of newly sharpened pencils if I knew your name and address." (You've Got Mail)
The passing of Labor Day marks the unofficial end of summer here in NYC, and you know what that means: back to school! While it may be an unpopular opinion, we here at TR@TC love this time of year and would (much like Kathleen Kelly) send YOU a bouquet of newly sharpened pencils if we could!
Instead, we've rounded up a list of books we've previewed and added to our Induction Library over the summer, and that we recommend to you as well. Happy reading!
- The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness (Alexander)
- Building a Movement to End the New Jim Crow: An Organizing Guide (Hunter)
- Invisible No More: Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color (Ritchie)
- The Racial Healing Handbook: Practical Activities to Help You Challenge Privilege, Confront Systemic Racism, and Engage in Collective Healing (Singh)
- Toni Morrison: 365 Beautiful and Uplifting Quotes for Daily Reading (Neruda)
- Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good (Brown)
- Theatre of the Oppressed (Boal)
- Blueprint for Revolution: How to Use Rice Pudding, Lego Men, and Other Nonviolent Techniques to Galvanize Communities, Overthrow Dictators, or Simply Change the World (Popovic)
- We Want to Do More Than Survive: Abolitionist Teaching and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom (Love)
- Unapologetic: A Black, Queer, and Feminist Mandate for Radical Movements (Carruthers)
- Ambitious Science Teaching (Windschitl)
- Everything a Band-Aid Can't Fix: A Teen's Guide to Healing and Dealing with Life (Russell)
- Theater Games for the Classroom: A Teacher's Handbook (Spolin)
- Planning to Change the World (Rethinking Schools)
- Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?: And Other Conversations About Race (Tatum)