{"product_id":"9780865717763","title":"Educating for Action: Strategies to Ignite Social Justice","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAN INSPIRING INSTRUCTIONAL HANDBOOK FOR TRANSFORMING IDEALISM INTO SOCIAL CHANGE\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor those of us who have been kind of making it up as we go along, this book is a real resource for change-making! — Bill McKibben, founder 350.org\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e… a book that seeks to teach people (particularly those in ostensibly democratic societies) how to “disturb the peace” [in order to] to avoid the worst of the catastrophic effects that now manifest as social and ecological crises across the face the planet.—Richard Kahn, Core Faculty in Education, Antioch University Los Angeles\u003cbr\u003e…\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eEducating for Action\u003c\/i\u003e collects the voices of activists whose combined experience in confronting injustice has generated a wealth of key insights for creating social change. This practical, hands-on guide explores such topics as:\u003cbr\u003e• Community organizing and direct democracy \u003cbr\u003e• Conflict negotiation, communication and rhetoric\u003cbr\u003e• Law, the educational system and lifestyle activism \u003cbr\u003e• Social media skills, conference planning and online organizing. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten in an inspirational tone, \u003ci\u003eEducating for Action\u003c\/i\u003e consciously straddles the line between street activism and classroom instruction. Bridging the gap between these two worlds makes for an engaging and instructive manual for social justice, helping students, teachers, and larger activist communities turn their idealism into action.\u003cbr\u003e…\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is exactly the right book, at the right time. —Sandy Grande, Ph.D., author of \u003ci\u003eRed Pedagogy: Native American Social and Political Thought\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e…\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eJason Del Gandio \u003c\/b\u003e is a scholar-activist and Assistant Professor of Rhetoric and Public Advocacy at Temple University. He is the author of Rhetoric for Radicals: A Handbook for 21st Century Activists.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eAnthony J. Nocella II \u003c\/b\u003e is a scholar-activist and Senior Fellow of the Dispute Resolution Institute at the Hamline Law School. He is a long-time anti-racism, youth justice, prison abolition, Hip Hop, animal, disability, and Earth liberation activist and has published over fifty scholarly articles and book chapters and sixteen books.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New Society Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47018735665392,"sku":"9780865717763","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780865717763_p0.jpg?v=1763825788","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780865717763","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}