social justice

Explores the efforts and shortfalls of the Affordable Care Act, and highlights its role in expanding the right of health care to all American citizens. Examines the need for further system reform.

This book uncovers truths about privilege and power that can help lead the productive conversations that are necessary to social justice education and beginning the work of accepting responsibility.

"In the current period of social and political unrest, conversations about identity are becoming more frequent and more difficult. On subjects like critical race theory, gender equity in the workplace, and LGBTQ-inclusive classrooms, many of us are understandably fearful of saying the wrong thing. That fear can sometimes prevent us from speaking up at all, depriving people from marginalized groups of support and stalling progress toward a more just and inclusive society. Kenji Yoshino and David Glasgow, founders of the Meltzer Center for Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging at NYU School of Law, are here to show potential allies that these conversations don't have to be so overwhelming. Through stories drawn from contexts as varied as social media posts, dinner party conversations, and workplace disputes, they offer seven user-friendly principles that teach skills such as how to avoid common conversational pitfalls, engage in respectful disagreement, offer authentic apologies, and better support people in our lives who experience bias. Research-backed, accessible, and uplifting, Say the Right Thing charts a pathway out of cancel culture toward more meaningful and empathetic dialogue on issues of identity. It also gives us the practical tools to do good in our spheres of influence. Whether managing diverse teams at work, navigating issues of inclusion at college, or challenging biased comments at a family barbecue, Yoshino and Glasgow help us move from unconsciously hurting people to consciously helping them"--.

"Learn about ways to speak up and step in when you recognize injustice in your community. . . . This text will help young kids be changemakers in their community"--Provided by publisher.

"Discover ways to recognize injustice and how people have responded to injustice in the past. . . . This text will help young kids understand injustice and how they can address it"--Provided by publisher.

"Tells the story of how the student anti-sweatshop movement on US college campuses was able to coordinate a massive change in strategy in response to new labor tactics undertaken by target garment industry corporations. Demonstrates that a decentralized movement can coordinate in response to changing opportunities"--Provided by publisher.

"The modern woke-industrial complex divides us as a people. By mixing morality with consumerism, America's elites prey on our innermost insecurities about who we really are. They sell us cheap social causes and skin-deep identities to satisfy our hunger for a cause and our search for meaning, at a moment when we as Americans lack both"--OCLC.

"Racism is a real and present danger. But how can you fight it if you don't know how it works or where it comes from? Using a . . . mix of memoir, cultural criticism, and anti-oppressive theory, Khodi Dill breaks down how white supremacy functions in North America and gives readers tools to understand how racism impacts their lives. From dismantling internalized racism, decolonizing schools, joining social justice movements and more, Dill lays out paths to personal liberation and social transformation"--Provided by publisher.

Highlights inequities Black and Brown students face from preschool through college.

"A . . . book answering real children's questions about racism, giving them the confidence and the tools to work towards a fairer society for all. Using questions canvassed from children as her framework, writer, engineer and broadcaster, Yassmin Abdel-Magied gives clear context to the racism that persists . . . and shows how to recognize, resist and disrupt racist conversations and attitudes"--Provided by publisher.