We Got Issues!: A Young Women's Guide to a Bold, Courageous and Empowered Life

by Rha Goddess (Editor), JLove Calderón (Editor)

In 2005, the “We Got Issues” team, Rha Goddess and JLove Calderon, traveled the country gathering rants from over 1,000 women, from Rikers Island to the Republican National Convention. They held community dialogues, rantfests, and Red Tent gatherings. This joyful call-to-arms by young women warriors collects the best of those events. We Got Issues! showcases a new feminine generation as they speak honestly and courageously about the 10 most important issues facing young women today, from money and racism, to relationships and motherhood. Each chapter frames a particular issue socially, culturally, and politically. A diverse range of rants, poems, and monologues are accompanied by an inspiring portrait of a woman warrior, "rituals of empowerment," quotes, statistics, and trends. Powerful black-and-white images capture these spiritual descendents of Eve Ensler, Alice Walker, Jane Fonda, and other old-schoolers acting up, acting out, and demanding change.

Genres: Young Adult, Womens

224 pages, Paperback

First published February 14, 2006

About the author

Rha Goddess is the entrepreneurial soul coach behind hundreds of breakthrough changemakers, cultural visionaries and social entrepreneurs. From multiple New York Times Bestsellers to multi-million dollar social enterprises, Rha's unique methodology has empowered a new generation of conscious entrepreneurs to stay true, get paid, and do good. From the onset of her more than 30-year career as a cultural innovator, social impact strategist and creative change agent, Rha has drawn on the power of creativity, culture and community to move hearts, minds and policy. Rha's work has focused on issues of racial justice and equality, electoral politics, offender aid and restoration, mental health and youth and women's empowerment and contributed to initiatives that have impacted millions of lives. Her work has been featured in Time Magazine, Ms Magazine, Variety, Essence, the Source, Redbook, Forbes, Fast Company and the Chicago Tribune, among others.

Reviews

[Malena · Rating 4 out of 5]

The perspectives of young women across the nation on various political issues...very interesting.

[Robyn26 loid · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a very interesting book. I enjoyed reading the experiences of others. Being bold has always been a struggle from me. I just finished up another great book that was written specifically for women. It is called, "Get Real! Fighting The Mythic Woman Finding Your Authentic Self" by Ananya S. Rajan. This a non-fiction self help book written for all women who would like to learn how to know themselves more and become more comfortable and confident in who they are. It’s an empowering book.
It talks about women’s issues without the anger behind it. LOVED, LOVED, LOVED reading this book. http://www.fightingthemythicwoman.com/

[Christen · Rating 4 out of 5]

i started to read this in a coffee shop, i like it enough to get it on amazon