Democracy at the Crossroads: Philanthropy’s Role in Advancing Equity & Justice

Recommended Reading List

Reading List

Thank you for joining us at Democracy at the Crossroads: Philanthropy’s Role in Advancing Equity & Justice. We hope you consider purchasing a book from our recommended reading list, which includes titles from our speakers along with recent favorites selected by Proteus staff members.

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  • Our Time Is Now: Power, Purpose, and the Fight for a Fair America by Stacey Abrams
  • Between the World and Me, by TaNehisi Coates
  • Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America by Michael Eric Dyson
  • We Too Sing America: South Asian, Arab, Muslim, and Sikh Immigrants Shape Our Multiracial Future by Deepa Iyer
  • Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women that a Movement Forgot by Mikki Kendall
  • To Be A Water Protector: The Rise of the Wiindigoo Slayers, Winona LaDuke
  • Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right’s Stealth Plan for America by Nancy MacLean
  • The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together by Heather McGhee
  • We Are Not Here to Be Bystanders, by Linda Sarsour
  • American Hate: Survivors Speak Out, by Arjun Sethi
  • Decolonizing Wealth: Indigenous Wisdom to Heal Divides and Restore Balance by Edgar Villanueva
  • Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson
  • The Politics of Immigration: Partisanship, Demographic Change, and American National Identity, by Tom Wong