New books:
If you would like a chance to choose Shalom Readers (for adults) books (or would like to nominate someone else to choose), please contact Amanda Bleichty at [email protected]. ![]() Doing Nothing is No Longer an Option: One Woman's Journey into Everyday Antiracism, Jenny Booth Potter
With candor and humility, Jenny shares her very imperfect but relentless journey of growing in awareness of racism, of reckoning with her own white privilege, and of learning how to be an antiracism advocate alongside her young family. If you're anything like Jenny was on that bus―overwhelmed by the enormity of racism and compelled to do something, but uncertain if you can actually make any difference―then this book is for you. Join Jenny and see for yourself what everyday antiracism looks like. ![]() The Shadow System: Mass Incarceration and the American Family, Sylvia A Harvey
In The Shadow System, award-winning journalist Sylvia A. Harvey follows the fears, challenges, and small victories of three families struggling to live within the confines of a brutal system. In Florida, a young father tries to maintain a relationship with his daughter despite a sentence of life without parole. In Kentucky, where the opioid epidemic has led to the increased incarceration of women, many of whom are white, one mother fights for custody of her children. In Mississippi, a wife steels herself for her husband's thirty-ninth year in prison and does her best to keep their sons close. Through these stories, Harvey reveals a shadow system of laws and regulations enacted to dehumanize the incarcerated and profit off their families -- from mandatory sentencing laws, to restrictions on prison visitation, to astronomical charges for brief phone calls. The Shadow System is an eye-opening account of the way incarceration has impacted generations of American families; it delivers a galvanizing clarion call to fix this broken system. Annotated Book List:
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