How I resist : activism and hope for a new generation

Title
: 
How I resist : activism and hope for a new generation

Summary
: 
In How I Resist, readers will find hope and support through voices that are at turns personal, funny, irreverent, and instructive. Not just for a young adult audience, this incredibly impactful collection will appeal to readers of all ages who are feeling adrift and looking for guidance.

Year Published
: 
2018

Physical Description
: 
xiv, 201 pages : illustrations, music ; 23 cm

Contents
: 
Acknowledgements -- What is resistance -- Could we please give the police departments to the grandmothers? / Interview / Keep doing what you're doing / Why we all need to be activists right now / Thoughts on resistance / Interview / 5 things teens can do to enegage politics before turning 18 / Essay / Interview / The lucky ones / Letter to a sensitive brown queer / The clap back / Interview / When / Part of the problem / Making stuff that matters / I, wonder: imagining a black Wonder Woman / Rosie O' Donnell's five resistance steps / Interview / An announcment from Muffy Higginbottom, President of Delta Sigma Tau Sorority Resistance Committee / Media-consciousness as part of resistance! / Essay / Three easy steps to contact your reps / Essay / Interview / Poem / The Jewish we / Cartoon / Refilling the well / The bigness trap -- The beginner's guide to books on resistance

Subject
: 
Youth -- Political activity -- United States.
 
Political participation -- United States.

Added Author
: 
Johnson, Maureen, 1973-
 
Petrus, Junauda,
 
Marron, Dylan,
 
Lo, Malinda,
 
Duca, Lauren,
 
Roanhorse, Rebecca,
 
Reynolds, Jason,
 
Dewitt, Carolyn,
 
Jamal, Hebh,
 
Munoz, Javier,
 
Weiner, Jennifer,
 
Brammer, John Paul,
 
Watts, Daniel J.,
 
Stroker, Ali,
 
Taub, Shaina, 1988-
 
Green, KC,
 
Sinker, Dan,
 
Rupert, Maya,
 
O'Donnell, Rosie,
 
Woodson, Jacqueline,
 
Bray, Libba,
 
Sun, Jonny,
 
Picoult, Jodi, 1966-
 
Welsh, Kate Linnea,
 
Gino, Alex,
 
Mikita, Justin,
 
Ferguson, Jesse Tyler,
 
Tahir, Sabaa,
 
Schwartz, Dana,
 
Rowland, Jeffrey,
 
Riazi, Karuna,

Summary
: 
In How I Resist, readers will find hope and support through voices that are at turns personal, funny, irreverent, and instructive. Not just for a young adult audience, this incredibly impactful collection will appeal to readers of all ages who are feeling adrift and looking for guidance.

ISBN
: 
9781250168368

Publisher
: 
New York : Wednesday Books, 2018.
 
©2018


LibraryCall NumberTypeItem BarcodeStatus
A. Blair McPherson320.083 HOWBook31458100040412Non-Fiction