SOCIAL SCIENCES

Parenting for Social Justice: Tips, Tools, and Inspiration for Conversations and Action with Kids

by Angela Berkfield & others
Green Writers. May 2021. 200p. ISBN 9781950584109. pap. $21.95. CHILD REARING
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Berkfield, a social justice training facilitator and cofounder of the Root Social Justice Center, has written this volume with five co-authors, including Chrissy Colón Bradt, director of equity and inclusion at an independent school, and Leila Raven, a prison abolition organizer. Each chapter starts with questions for reflection that can be used as starting points for further conversation with kids. The book teaches how to build seven social justice principles into discussion and action, then shows how to apply these principles to racial, economic, gender, and disability justice. Berkfield asserts that people gain personal power when their basic needs are met; then violence, addiction, or isolation can begin to abate.
VERDICT A must-have in the field of anti-bias education. This work gives ideas for having conversations with young people about social justice and putting knowledge into action.
Reviewed by Julia M. Reffner, North Chesterfield, VA , May 01, 2021
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