Jennifer Harvey, award-winning author, educator, and public speaker, will offer practical and inspiring advice on how white Americans can change everyday behaviors to combat racism in our communities.
Stead Center, Booked, and Evanston Public Library are partnering together to bring you this wonderful visit with Rev. Dr. Jennifer Harvey. Join us for this engaging discussion, refreshments, and book sales and signing.
ABOUT THE BOOK
Inspirational and wise, a step-by-step guide for white Americans to combat racism in our communities.
Antiracism as Daily Practice illustrates the many ways white Americans―those newly waking to the crisis of racism in 2020 and those already aware―can choose behaviors in our everyday lives to grow racial justice. Full of real life stories, this book shows how vital it is for white people to engage in and with our families, through our social networks, in our neighborhoods, and at our jobs to make antiracism a daily living commitment. We have real power in our relationships with other white people―and not enough of us have used it. Dr. Harvey explains why we white people struggle with knowing what to do about racism, and explores how grief, anger, and shame impact our ability to partner in justice with Black communities and other communities of color. Her guidance helps white folks transform their relationship with racism and these emotions, knowing that such transformation is vital not only to the well-being of U.S. democracy but the freedom and wholeness of all people.
Pre-order the book from Booked here. Place hold on library book here.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
The Rev. Dr. Jennifer Harvey is an award-winning author, educator, and public speaker who is co-creating the world we want. Through her work, Jen creates space for justice-filled, transformative connections that nurture a world where everyone can flourish. Jen’s new book Antiracism as Daily Practice: Refuse Shame, Change White Communities, and Help Create a Just World explores how white Americans can change their everyday behaviors to confront racism in their spheres of influence.
Jen’s previous New York Times bestseller, Raising White Kids, offers practical, connected insights on how to parent white kids in an an unjust society. Jen’s ability to “be with” people grappling with guilt and shame has earned her a wide audience and countless invitations to speak to broad audiences, appear in media, and contribute her writing to academic and public outlets. Her essay Are We Raising Racists? spent nearly a week on the New York Times “ten most read pieces” list. She has written for CNN, Huffington Post, Sojourners, The Conversation and countless other venues.
Dr. Harvey is the Vice President for Academic Affairs and Academic Dean at Garrett Evangelical Seminary, where she also teaches classes in Christian Ethics. Previously, she served as a Professor of Religion and the Faculty Director of the Crew Scholars Program—an academic excellence and leadership development program for students of color—at Drake University. She graduated from Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York with a Ph.d. in Christian Social Ethics in 2004 and a Master of Divinity degree in 1998. Jen is ordained in the American Baptist Churches (USA).
Jen currently lives in Chicago, Illinois and Des Moines, Iowa with her two children.
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