{"product_id":"purpose-of-power-from-the-co-founder-of-black-lives-matter-2","title":"Purpose of Power: From the co-founder of Black Lives Matter","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003eIn her book \"The Purpose of Power,\" Alicia Garza explains how she responded to the persistent message that Black lives are of less value than white lives by galvanizing people to create change. It is an insight into grass-roots organizing to deliver basic needs to those locked out of the economy by racism, and an appeal to hearts and minds to think about our privileges and prejudices and ask how we can contribute to the change we want to see in the world. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n                                                            \u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\n                              \u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 352 pages\u003cbr\u003e\n                              \u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 09 September 2021\u003cbr\u003e\n                              \u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Transworld Publishers Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\n                          \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Must-Read Book of 2020 - TIME\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eShould be read around the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIbram X. Kendi, author of How to Be an Antiracist, Garza is ferociously smart and laser-focused... her passion is infectious.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eGuardian\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlack Lives Matter began as a hashtag when Alicia Garza wrote what she calls a love letter to Black people on Facebook. But hashtags don't build movements, she tells us. People do.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eInterwoven with Garza's experience of life as a Black woman, The Purpose of Power is the story of how she responded to the persistent message that Black lives are of less value than white lives by galvanizing people to create change.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's an insight into grass-roots organizing to deliver basic needs - affordable housing, workplace protections, access to good education - to those locked out of the economy by racism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is an attempt not only to make sense of where Black Lives Matter came from but also to understand the possibilities that Black Lives Matter and movements like it hold for our collective futures.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eUltimately, it's an appeal to hearts and minds, demanding that we think about our privileges and prejudices and ask how we might contribute to the change we want to see in the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlicia Garza combines immense wisdom with political courage to inspire a new generation of activists, dreamers and leaders... People like Alicia have been speaking up for decades.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf we want to turn protest into substantive change, it's about time we finally listened.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Lammy, MP\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eInsightful, compelling and necessary.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBryan Stevenson, author of Just Mercy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n                            \u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 244g\n                            \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 127 x 197 x 25 (mm)\n                            \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781784165918\n                            \n                          \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alicia Garza","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":44105425027322,"sku":"9781784165918","price":7.13,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/f9c8e50d9c264d472bfd39ebdea36c6e.jpg?v=1634696854","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/purpose-of-power-from-the-co-founder-of-black-lives-matter-2","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}