The essential guide to understanding how racism works and how racial inequality shapes black lives, ultimately offering a road-map for resistance for racial justice advocates and antiracists When #BlackLivesMatter went viral in 2013, it shed a light on the urgent, daily struggles of black Americans to combat racial injustice. The message resonated with millions across the country. Yet many of our political, social, and economic institutions are...

Holding the Calm is a practical and immediately useful guide that meticulously lays out twenty concrete, easy-to-use tools for defusing tension, settling cases, resolving disputes, and rechanneling arguments. How do you stop conflict? Settle disputes? Handle someone who is yelling at you, crying, or just won't speak? How do you find a solution when a solution seems impossible? Holding the Calm shares the secrets that enable everyone to avoid, minimize,...

In February 1971, racial tension surrounding school desegregation in Wilmington, North Carolina, culminated in four days of violence and skirmishes between white vigilantes and black residents. The turmoil resulted in two deaths, six injuries, more than $500,000 in damage, and the firebombing of a white-owned store, before the National Guard restored uneasy peace. Despite glaring irregularities in the subsequent trial, ten young persons were convicted...

Get beyond the basics and see how modern-day users are reimaging the SEO process SEO is often underutilized and overlooked across the marketing realm today. SEO is not merely trying to improve your website ranking on Google, but it can spark and optimize ideas.' Above all it can help improve the amount of free traffic coming to your web properties.''This book provides you with a comprehensive approach to make sure marketing spend is utilized as effectively...

As missões religiosas, assim como os fortes militares, contribuíram para fixar marcos da penetração portuguesa na Amaznia. Isso foi fundamental, para a conquista, uma vez que colonização. desse território já era disputada por outros povos. As ordens religiosas que atuaram nesse sentido, na Amaznia, foram a dos Frades de Santo Antnio, Jesuítas, Carmelitas, Mercedários, Capuchos da Piedade e Frades da Conceição da Beira do Minho. Os missionários...

O presente livro é uma reflexão originária a partir da disciplina "Epistemologias das Religiões Afro-Brasileiras", ministrada pelo Prof. Dr. Mario Teixeira de Sá Junior, inserida no Programa de Pós Graduação em Antropologia Social da Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul. A citação de diversos autores foi essencial para a construção de um entendimento geral, não apenas religioso, mas para uma compreensão da sociedade brasileira...

PornoXplotación es una bofetada de realidad para quienes creen que la pornografía es ajena a sus vidas. Es, también, una llamada de atención destinada a informarnos y sensibilizarnos sobre el porno, un fenómeno que traspasa las fronteras digitales y que puede desencadenar efectos devastadores al ser ritualizado por menores y adultos en las calles, en los colegios y en nuestros hogares con un simple clic desde el móvil. La pornografía es un...

L'action communautaire propose une conception de l'organisation sociale fondée sur des valeurs de justice sociale, de solidarité, de démocratie, d'autonomie et de respect. Elle se traduit, dans sa pratique, par une forme d'intervention qui reconnaît aux individus la capacité à être les principaux acteurs du développement de leur collectivité. Soixante ans d'action communautaire au Québec ont permis à cette pratique de développer un corpus...

"Perpetuating Inequality" delves into the complex and often misunderstood world of the Indian caste system, exploring its historical roots, its endurance in modern society, and the profound impact it continues to have on social stratification and inequality in India. This comprehensive book offers a critical examination of one of the world's oldest forms of social hierarchy and its implications for contemporary Indian life.The book begins by tracing...

Are You Prepared to Survive? How do we begin to cover the vast topic of prepping and all there is to consider? It can seem overwhelming, that's for sure. That's why we're cutting straight to the chase with this book: Prepping Hacks. These are the things you can start on right now, today. You know you need to be prepared. But maybe you don't know where to start? Maybe you consider yourself an expert prepper already. Maybe you're just a beginner. No...