Collecting Courage: Joy, Pain, Freedom, Love
Collecting Courage: Joy, Pain, Freedom, Love soft cover
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Collecting Courage: Joy, Pain, Freedom, Love is a collection of stories documenting racism and survival by 14 accomplished Black fundraisers working in charities across North America. With searing and intimate detail, they write about their experiences with anti-Black racism—about coping with being last hired, first fired, overlooked for promotion to outright hostility in toxic workplaces. Their testimony chips away at the idea of the inherent goodness of the charitable sector.
“First and foremost, this book is the start of a process to systematically document our experiences, so our voices are the ones that shape the narrative,” say the editors. “Secondly, for those whom our stories resonate, we hope they give you the courage to voice your own experience.
“Finally, for those committed to being allies and accomplices in dismantling barriers and championing a sector culture of belonging and reciprocity, we hope the book illuminates a path to action.”
In addition to the editors Nneka Allen, Camila Vital Nunes Pereira and Nicole Salmon, contributors to Collecting Courage include Birgit Burton, Christal Cherry, Kishshana Palmer, Heba Mahmoud, Mide Akerewusi, Naimah Bilal, Niambi Martin-John, Fatou Jammeh, Muthoni Kariuki, Sherrie James and Marva Wisdom.
Read Ginelle Skerritt's review here.
Virtual Book Launch video:
ISBN 978-1-927375-63-1 Gail K. Picco | Civil Sector Press 2020
soft cover | 203 pages | 290 gr. |
Also available in digital formats here
Collecting Courage: Joy, Pain, Freedom, Love soft cover
Purchase the U.S. Edition here
Also available in digital formats here
Collecting Courage: Joy, Pain, Freedom, Love is a collection of stories documenting racism and survival by 14 accomplished Black fundraisers working in charities across North America. With searing and intimate detail, they write about their experiences with anti-Black racism—about coping with being last hired, first fired, overlooked for promotion to outright hostility in toxic workplaces. Their testimony chips away at the idea of the inherent goodness of the charitable sector.
“First and foremost, this book is the start of a process to systematically document our experiences, so our voices are the ones that shape the narrative,” say the editors. “Secondly, for those whom our stories resonate, we hope they give you the courage to voice your own experience.
“Finally, for those committed to being allies and accomplices in dismantling barriers and championing a sector culture of belonging and reciprocity, we hope the book illuminates a path to action.”
In addition to the editors Nneka Allen, Camila Vital Nunes Pereira and Nicole Salmon, contributors to Collecting Courage include Birgit Burton, Christal Cherry, Kishshana Palmer, Heba Mahmoud, Mide Akerewusi, Naimah Bilal, Niambi Martin-John, Fatou Jammeh, Muthoni Kariuki, Sherrie James and Marva Wisdom.
Read Ginelle Skerritt's review here.
Virtual Book Launch video:
ISBN 978-1-927375-63-1 Gail K. Picco | Civil Sector Press 2020
soft cover | 203 pages | 290 gr. |
Also available in digital formats here
This book is an important collection of decades of lived experience in the North American-Turtle Island philanthropy sector across Canada and the US. Focussed on experiences of the joy, pain, freedom and love of Black fundraisers in the field, these stories offer an enriched perspective for governance and executive leaders in how to address racism and provide ethical practice and support to racialized fundraisers in the field. This book offers the "Why" of equity, inclusion, diversity and belonging in philanthropic spaces, AND the living proof of how anti-racist practice increases organizational support, best practice, and increased philanthropic dollars.