Impact: Personal Portraits of Activism

by Michelle Duster (Editor), Trina Sotira (Editor), Dee Allen. (Contributor)

Something happened and motivated these quiet activists to make an impact on their family, organization, or community. They chose to speak up about issues they care about. Some are following a tradition of generational activism. Others became involved for the first time and suddenly realized they were engaged in activism. IMPACT: PERSONAL PORTRAITS OF ACTIVISM gathers personal essays, poems, short stories and drama from around the world to show how actions big and small can lead to some form of justice.

213 pages, Paperback

First published October 23, 2020

About the author

Michelle Duster is a writer, speaker, professor, and champion of racial and gender equity. In the last dozen years, she has written, edited, or contributed to eleven books. She cowrote the popular children’s history book, Tate and His Historic Dream; coedited Shifts and Michelle Obama’s Impact on African American Women and Girls; and edited two books that include the writings of her great-grandmother, Ida B. Wells. She has written articles for Essence, Refinery29, HuffPost, Teen Vogue, and The North Star.

Reviews

[Carole Moleti]

Amazing and inspirational stories of grass roots activism. Breathes life and hope into those who've been struggling to understand the current anti woman, anti immigrant, anti war, anti racist, anti poverty political climate, and the toxic, dangerous rise of fascism in the United States.