Grassroots A Field Guide for Feminist Activism

Name: Grassroots A Field Guide for Feminist Activism
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ISBN: 9780374528652

ISBN-10: 0374528659

ISBN-13: 9780374528652

Edition: 2005

Authors: Jennifer Baumgardner, Amy Richards, Winona LaDuke

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From the authors of Manifesta, an activism handbook that illustrates how to truly make the personal political. Grassroots is an activism handbook for social justice. Aimed at everyone from students to professionals, stay-at-home moms to artists, Grassroots answers the perennial question: What can I do? Whether you are concerned about the environment, human rights violations in Tibet, campus sexual assault policies, sweatshop labor, gay marriage, or the ongoing repercussions from 9-11, Jennifer Baumgardner and Amy Richards believe that we all have something to offer in the fight against injustice. Based on the authors' own experiences, and the stories of both the large number of activists…

Book details

List price: $19.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Publication date: 1/12/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English

Barbara Alice Mann is a lecturer in the English department at the University of Toledo and the author ofGeorge Washington’s War on Native America. nbsp; Winona LaDuke is a Native American activist and the author ofRecovering the Sacred: The Power of Naming and Claiming.



Introduction



Prologue : portrait of an activist



Why the world needs another advice book



Of minor importance



Rebels with causes



The real world



The activist at work



Creating activism



The revolutionary next door


Epilogue : a day in the life of an activist



A glossary of the most common forms of activism