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17 books
Book Cover for: Mutualism: Building the Next Economy from the Ground Up, Sara Horowitz

Mutualism: Building the Next Economy from the Ground Up

Sara Horowitz
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“There’s a different mindset—call it mutualism, #solidarityeconomy, citizen sector, union movement, co-op movement—that when we look at human beings, we look at their power.” —@Sara_Horowitz. https://t.co/H0tUa6ruiu

Hardcover, 2021

$28.00Member price:$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Examining Whiteness: Reading Clarice Lispector Through Bessie Head and Toni Morrison, Lucia Villares

Examining Whiteness: Reading Clarice Lispector Through Bessie Head and Toni Morrison

Lucia Villares
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1/6 In her article "Examining Whiteness", Cyndi Suarez builds on the work of William E. Cross, a key figure in the psychology of becoming Black. Cross identified five stages of becoming Black. 📖 Read the full article here: https://nonprofitquarterly.org/examining-whiteness/ https://t.co/w2OMGK0bW8

Hardcover, 2011

$120.00Member price:$95.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
Book Cover for: Black Studies: A Personal, Historical and Sociopolitical Overview of the Developments, Declines and Dynamism of African-American Stud, Matthew C. Stelly

Black Studies: A Personal, Historical and Sociopolitical Overview of the Developments, Declines and Dynamism of African-American Stud

Matthew C. Stelly
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A surge of African American enrollment and student activism brought Black Studies to many US campuses in the 1960s. Sixty years later, Black Studies programs exist worldwide in universities. Here's the first history of how that happened: https://bit.ly/3MjMiE1 #HigherEd

Paperback, 2018

$20.00Member price:$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Power Despite Precarity: Strategies for the Contingent Faculty Movement in Higher Education, Joe Berry

Power Despite Precarity: Strategies for the Contingent Faculty Movement in Higher Education

Joe Berry
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An excerpt of “Power Despite Precarity: The Contingent Faculty Movement as a Social Movement” by @hworthen2 and Joe Berry that explores why workers are key to transforming academia: https://t.co/p7Gy6j8uCT #HigherEd

Hardcover, 2021

$115.00Member price:$103.50 + Free shipping10% off
Book Cover for: Closing The Racial Wealth Gap: 7 Untold Rules for Black Prosperity and Legacy, Eugene Mitchell

Closing The Racial Wealth Gap: 7 Untold Rules for Black Prosperity and Legacy

Eugene Mitchell
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Moderated by @Steve_NPQ & @miriam_mjoy of @Shelterforce, our next webinar, “Remaking the Economy: Closing the Racial Wealth Gap” will explore the economic and social inequalities of our time: https://bit.ly/3rMK1sZ https://t.co/VipnrBDy1N

Paperback, 2019

$21.95Member price:$10.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Management: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices, Peter F. Drucker

Management: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices

Peter F. Drucker
Nonprofit QuarterlyNonprofit Quarterly

“Management theorist Peter Drucker was concerned when he realized that the CEO-worker pay ratio had climbed from 21:1 in 1965 to 31:1 in 1978 ... Of course, present-day ratios are 10 to 20 times that level.” —@Steve_NPQ. https://t.co/yNTo96wNHF @SPGlobal @JacksonLewisPC #wagegap

Paperback, 1993

$30.00Member price:$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The History of Black Studies, Abdul Alkalimat

The History of Black Studies

Abdul Alkalimat
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Read an excerpt from the Introduction and Conclusion of The History of Black Studies, by Abdul Alkalimat of @UofIllinois: https://t.co/3T4go2cjLe #Blackstudies #Blackhistory

Hardcover, 2021

$115.00Member price:$103.50 + Free shipping10% off
Book Cover for: It's Ok to Be Angry about Capitalism, Bernie Sanders

It's Ok to Be Angry about Capitalism

Bernie Sanders
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NPQ’s @rithika_ram reviews Senator Bernie Sanders’ new book “It’s OK to Be Angry about Capitalism”: https://t.co/ekfKaekLkz #economicjustice

Hardcover, 2023

$28.00Member price:$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Blackness: The Life and Times of an Unpopular People, T. Nicole Shockley

Blackness: The Life and Times of an Unpopular People

T. Nicole Shockley
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Dax-Devlon Ross and Cyndi Suarez discuss how we can contest and transform power to empower #liberatory pro-Black methods and structures: https://bit.ly/3kzMoev #racialjustice #Blackness

Paperback, 2016

$19.95Member price:$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Reckoning with Slavery: Gender, Kinship, and Capitalism in the Early Black Atlantic, Jennifer L. Morgan

Reckoning with Slavery: Gender, Kinship, and Capitalism in the Early Black Atlantic

Jennifer L. Morgan
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NPQ's Top 2021 Racial Justice Articles: “Reckoning with Slavery: Revisiting Management’s Uncomfortable Past” by Caitlin Rosenthal 📖 Read it Here: https://bit.ly/3H3pxBm https://t.co/Up2qFiMAWc

Paperback, 2021

$28.95Member price:$27.50 + Free shipping5% off