{"product_id":"a-space-for-us-a-guide-for-leading-black-indigenous-and-people-of-color-affinity-groups-paperback","title":"A Space for Us: A Guide for Leading Black, Indigenous, and People of Color Affinity Groups - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichelle Cassandra Johnson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first comprehensive guide for leading BIPOC affinity groups for challenging white supremacy, healing racial trauma, and taking collective action\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMeeting in racial affinity groups is a common practice in anti-racist, social justice, diversity, and similar educational endeavors. These groups provide a structured space in which participants can explore how racism personally impacts them, process specific experiences of racism, receive validation and support from their peers, heal, and strategize next steps for challenging racism, white supremacy, and internalized racial oppression. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eA Space for Us\u003c\/i\u003e, Michelle Cassandra Johnson brings her over 20 years of experience leading dismantling-racism work to provide the first affinity-group guide made for BIPOC communities. This essential guide will: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e-provide an understanding of the racial hierarchy and how it has impacted Black people, Indigenous people, and People of Color differently \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e-define and share common manifestations of internalized racial oppression \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e-define anti-Blackness and provide skills to interrupt and address it \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e-share rituals, practices, and sample agendas for affinity groups \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e-explain when it is useful to meet as one BIPOC group and when it is useful to meet based on one's specific racial identity \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e-provide rituals and tools for healing in BIPOC affinity groups \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e-provide information about how to come back together as BIPOC and white people to strategize and take collective action \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eComprehensive and accessible, \u003ci\u003eA Space for Us \u003c\/i\u003eoffers practical guidance for facilitating effective BIPOC racial affinity groups and will be an important resource for BIPOC communities.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichelle Cassandra Johnson\u003c\/b\u003e has over 20 years of experience leading dismantling-racism work and working with clients as a licensed clinical social worker and has a deep understanding of how trauma impacts the mind, body, spirit, and heart. She has a bachelors of arts degree from the College of William and Mary and a masters degree in social work from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. She published \u003ci\u003eSkill in Action: Radicalizing Your Yoga Practice to Create a Just World\u003c\/i\u003e in 2017 and \u003ci\u003eFinding Refuge: Heart Work for Healing Collective Grief\u003c\/i\u003e in 2021. Her upcoming book, \u003ci\u003eWe Heal Together: Rituals and Practices for Building Community and Connection\u003c\/i\u003e, will be published in April 2023.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 08, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757635830048,"sku":"9780807007860","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/8c6a2600a017fc89a264c6b6f5b52090.webp?v=1780107489","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/a-space-for-us-a-guide-for-leading-black-indigenous-and-people-of-color-affinity-groups-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}