Resources

 ​A

• African Americans and Africa: A New History – Nemata Amelia Ibitayo

• African Americans in the Furniture City: The Struggle for Civil Rights in Grand Rapids – Randal Maurice Jelks

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B​

• Black Angel Cards by Zenju Earthlyn Manuel

• Black Atlantic, Queer Atlantic: Queer Imaginings of the Middle Passage. Qmise'leke Natasha Tinsley.

• Brown Is the New White: How the Demographic Revolution Has Created a New American Majority – Steve Phillips

 

C​

• Changing our Narrative about Narrative: The Infrastructure required for Building Narrative Power. Rashad Robinson.

• Citizen: An American Lyric – Claudia Rankine

• Crucial Conversations Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High, Second Edition – Kerry Patterson

 

D

• Dharma, Color, and Culture. edited by Hilda Gutierrez Baldoquin

• Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us – Daniel H. Pink

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E

• Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds – Adrienne Maree Brown

• Emotional Intelligence 2.0 – Travis Bradberry

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F

• Flash of the Spirit: African and Afro-American Art and Philosophy. Robert Farris Thompson

 

H

• Hard Times Require Furious Dancing. Alice Walker

• How to Be an Adult: A Handbook for Psychological and Spiritual Integration – David Richo

• How to relax. Thich Nhat Hanh

 

I

• Insight: Why We're Not as Self-Aware as We Think, and How Seeing Ourselves Clearly Helps Us Succeed at Work and in Life – Tasha Eurich

 

L

• Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting out of the Box – Arbinger Institute

• Look to the Mountain: An ecology of Indigenous Education. Gregory Cajete, Ph.D

• Love and Rage: The Path of Liberation through Anger – Lama Rod Owens

 

M

• Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor – Layla Saad

• My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies – Resmaa Menakem

 

O

• Ocha Dharma: The Relationship Between Lucumi, an African Based Tradition and Buddhist Practice. Sheryl Petty.

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P

• Playing in the Dark Whiteness and the Literary Imagination. Toni Morrison

• Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good (Emergent Strategy) – Adrienne Maree Brown 

• Power and Love: A Theory and Practice of Social Change – Adam Kahane

• Power Listening: Mastering the Most Critical Business Skill of All – Bernard T. Ferrari

• Power: A User's Guide – Julie Diamond Ph.D.

 

R

• Regions That Work: How Cities and Suburbs Can Grow Together (Globalization and Community, Vol. 6) – Manuel Pastor Jr.

 

S

• Sectors (Volume 1) – Harule Stokes

• Solitudes Crowded with Loneliness – Bob Kaufman

• Strategic Planning for Nonprofit Organizations: A Practical Guide for Dynamic Times (Wiley Nonprofit Authority) – Michael Allison

• Sudan's "Southern Problem: Race, Rhetoric and International relations, 1961-1991. Sebabatso Manoeli

• Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard – Chip Heath, Dan Heath

 

T

• Thanks for the Feedback: The Science and Art of Receiving Feedback Well – Douglas Stone

• The Advantage: Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else In Business – Patrick M. Lencioni

• The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters – Priya Parker

• The Attachment Theory Workbook: Powerful Tools to Promote Understanding, Increase Stability, and Build Lasting Relationships – Annie Chen LMFT

• The Decision Book: 50 Models for Strategic Thinking – Mikael Krogerus

• The End of Diversity As We Know It: Why Diversity Efforts Fail and How Leveraging Difference Can Succeed – Martin Davidson

• The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable – Patrick M. Lencioni

• The Introvert Advantage: How Quiet People Can Thrive in an Extrovert World – Marti Olsen Laney Psy.D.

• The Little Book of Race and Restorative Justice: Black Lives, Healing, and US Social Transformation (Justice and Peacebuilding) – Fania E. Davis

• The Origins of the Urban Crisis: Race and Inequality in Postwar Detroit (Princeton Studies in American Politics) – Thomas J. Sugrue

• The Power Manual: How to Master Complex Power Dynamics – Cyndi Suarez

• The Secret Lives of Color – Kassia St Clair

 

U

• Understanding White Privilege: Creating Pathways to Authentic Relationships Across Race – Frances Kendall

 

W

• Working Across Generations: Defining the future of Nonprofit Leadership – Frances Kunreuther, Helen Kim, Robby Rodriguez, Kim Klein

 

X

• X-teams: How to Build Teams That Lead, Innovate and Succeed – Deborah Ancona, Henrik Bresman

 

Y​

• YouthNation: Building Remarkable Brands in a Youth-Driven Culture – Matt Britton

• Yurugu: An African-Centered Critique of European Culture Thought and Behavior.  Marimba Ani