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In this concise, lively look at the past, present, and future of voting, a journalist examines the long and continuing fight for voting equality, why so few Americans today vote, and innovative ways to educate and motivate them; included are checklists of what to do before election day to prepare to vote and encourage others.
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Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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"Coupled with the speed and networking capacities of social media, #blacklivesmatter was the hashtag heard round the world. But Alicia Garza well knew that the distance between a hashtag and real change would take more than a single facebook to cover. It would take a movement. Garza was a lifelong activist who had spent the previous decades educating herself on the hard lessons of organizing. She started as a kid, working on sexual education for her...
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New York Review Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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Political theorist Michael Walzer's classic guide is a perfect introduction to social activism, including what-to-do advice for deciding which issues to take on, organizing, fundraising, and providing effective leadership. Political Action is a how-to book for activists that was written at one of the darkest moments of the Nixon administration and remains no less timely and intelligent and useful today. Michael Walzer draws on his extensive engagement...
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Schwartz & Wade Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
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IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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In this charming and powerful picture book about voting and elections, the students of Stanton Elementary School learn how we can find--and use--our voices for change. Every two years, on the first Tuesday of November, Stanton Elementary School closes for the day. For vacation? Nope! For repairs? No way! Stanton Elementary School closes so that it can transform itself into a polling station. People can come from all over to vote for the people who...
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Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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"In Knit a Hat, Take a Knee, young readers are taken through their #resistance ABCs. Through lyrically sparse writing, Rob Sanders introduces abstract concepts like "fighting for what you believe in" and turns them into something actionable"--
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Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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Callie knows there’s a presidential election coming up. Her class is having an election, too, about an issue that affects them all—the class field trip! She’s about to witness first-hand what a difference a vote can make—even a single vote—and along the way will find out about the election process and why people have fought for the right to vote throughout history.
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Zest Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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This lively book guides readers through the art and history of significant protests, sit-ins, and collective acts of resistance throughout US history. Photos, artwork, signs, and other visual elements highlight the history of social action, from American Indian resistance to colonists through Black Lives Matter and Women's Marches. Into the Streets introduces the personalities and issues that drove these protests, as well as their varied aims and...
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Artisan, a division of Workman Publishing Co., Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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In hundreds of iconic, smart, angry, clever, unforgettable images, Signs of Resistance chronicles what truly makes America great: citizens unafraid of speaking truth to power.Two hundred and forty imagesfrom British rule and womens suffrage to the civil rights movement and the Vietnam War; from womens equality and Black Lives Matter to the actions of our forty-fifth president and the Womens Marchoffer an inspiring, optimistic, and visually galvanizing...
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Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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"In Trust, Pete Buttigieg demonstrates how trust will be essential in order to face the unique challenges of the decades ahead. Trust is essential to the foundation of America's democracy, asserts Pete Buttigieg, the former presidential candidate and South Bend mayor. Yet, in a century warped by terrorism, financial collapse, Trumpist populism, systemic racism, and now a global pandemic, trust has been squandered, sacrificed, abused, stolen, or never...
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Yale University Press
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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"Over the past four years, world‑renowned economist Thomas Piketty documented his close observations on current events through a regular column in the French newspaper Le Monde. His pen captured the rise and fall of Trump, the drama of Brexit, Macron's ascendance to the French presidency, the unfolding of a global pandemic, and much else besides, always through the lens of Piketty's fight for a more equitable world"--
15) Bitter
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Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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"After a childhood in foster care, Bitter is thrilled to have been chosen to attend Eucalyptus, a special school where she can focus on her painting surrounded by other creative teens. But outside this haven, the streets are filled with protests against the deep injustices that grip the city of Lucille. Bitter's instinct is to stay safe within the walls of Eucalyptus but her friends aren't willing to settle for a world that's so far away from what...
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Philomel Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"In a story inspired by her own family's desire to help others, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor takes young readers on a journey through a neighborhood where kids and adults, activists and bus drivers, friends and strangers all help one another to build a better world for themselves and their community"--
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Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 9
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English
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"We Are Power brings to light the incredible individuals who have used nonviolent activism to change the world. The book explores questions such as what is nonviolent resistance and how does it work? In an age when armies are stronger than ever before, when guns seem to be everywhere, how can people confront their adversaries without resorting to violence themselves? Through key international movements-from the freedom of India from British rule to...
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Hanover Square Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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“One of the most important voices of her generation.” Joy-Ann Reid. “A useful roadmap for all of us about how to make a difference.” David Axelrod. “Moving Forward will inspire you.” Valerie Jarrett. An inspiring political memoir from Karine Jean-Pierre, Chief Public Affairs Officer for MoveOn, chronicling her path from New Yorks Haitian community to working in the Obama White House, and offering a blueprint for anyone who wants to change...
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