Resilient Black Girl

Resilient Black Girl
M J Fievre
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Paperback
Not defined - 224pg
14 Sep 2021 US
International import eta 7-19 days
9781642506549
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An Empowering Antiracist Book for Teens"Resilient Black Girl is a timely and powerful book for our Black girls and girls of color to reclaim their confidence and be beacons of courage and hope for generations to come. "-Shanicia Boswell, author, Oh Sis, You' re Pregnant!#1 New Release in Social Activists, Maturing, Women, and Teen & Young Adult 21st Century United States HistoryResilient Black Girl is a must-read in young adult nonfiction books for Black girls. As a social justice book for teens and a book about racism, it provides Black teen girls a better understanding of the effects of racism and equips them with skills for navigating spaces in their daily lives. An antiracist book for teens about the realities of being Black and combating racism. Young Black girls and young Black women are powerful. Unfortunately, you will face microaggressions and racism in your daily life. Resilient Black Girl empowers you to be brave, face challenges of oppression, and rely on yourself. Become a community leader and an important member of society. In the spirit of the Black Lives Matter movement, learn to be a positive element in your community through allyship and activism. This journal and activity workbook provides the steps to achieving your personal and public goals. Grow in confidence. Black girls have many gifts; one is resiliency. While you are strong and can overcome anything, racism affects physical and mental health. As an antiracist book for teens, Resilient Black Girl teaches Black teen girls about racism and helps them discover how to be kind to themselves and to love and take care of themselves. Learn how to:Understand and combat racism and microaggressionsBecome a community leaderBe brave, empowered, and self-reliantSeeking young adult nonfiction social justice books for teens? Resilient Black Girl is the perfect read for Black teen girls, especially if you enjoyed 39 Lessons for Black Boys and Girls, This Book Is Anti-Racist, or Be Antiracist.
Born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, M. J. Fievre moved to the United States in 2002. She currently writes from Miami. M. J. ' s publishing career began as a teenager in Haiti. At nineteen years-old, she signed her first book contract with Hachette-Deschamps, in Haiti, for the publication of a Young Adult book titled La Statuette Malefique. Since then, M. J. has authored nine books in French that are widely read in Europe and the French Antilles. In 2013, One Moore Book released M. J. ' s first children' s book, I Am Riding, written in three languages: English, French, and Haitian Creole. In 2015, Beating Windward Press published M. J. ' s memoir, A Sky the Color of Chaos, about her childhood in Haiti during the brutal regime of Jean-Bertrand Aristide. Her latest book, Happy, Okay? : Poems about Anxiety, Depression, Hope, and Survival is scheduled for publication in December of 2019 by Books & Books Press, an imprint of Mango Publishing. Another book, Badass Black Girl is scheduled for publication in 2020. A long-time educator and frequent keynote speaker (Tufts University, Massachusetts; Howard University, Washington, D. C. ; the University of Miami, Florida; and Michael College, Vermont; and a panelist at the Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference, AWP), M. J. is available for book club meetings, podcast presentations, interviews and other author events. You can learn more about her and her work at her website: mjfievre. com
Status: No local stock, title imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781642506549
Published: 14 Sep 2021
Published In: United States
Imprint: Mango Media
Publisher: Mango Media
Format: Paperback
Pages: 224

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