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Empowerment



Empowerment is a multi-layered social process that allows individuals and communities to act with autonomy, confidently representing themselves and their abilities with authority and determination. Empowerment can involve removing previous constraints or providing the tools and supports needed for previously powerless individuals or communities to act with self-determination. True empowerment requires that those assisting in the process retain no power, gain, or leverage against those they are helping.

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Letting Go of Anger: The Eleven Most Common Anger Styles and What to Do About Them

Millions of Americans have problems with anger, and best-selling authors and anger experts Ronald and Patricia Potter-Efron are out to do something about it. Their hard-hitting style gets to the core of anger feelings, empowering readers to take control of their behavior and their lives.

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Becoming a Citizen Activist: Stories, Strategies & Advice for Changing Our World

From post-inauguration rallies to #NoDAPL and the Black Lives Matter movement to the global Women’s March on Washington, the people are exercising their power through protest and community organizing in a way that hasn’t been seen in years.

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Shamanic Power Animals: Embracing the Teachings of Our Non-Human Friends

Shamanism teaches us that the intelligence of nature is all around us, waiting for us to reach out with open hearts and listen to its guidance.

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The Gender Identity Workbook for Kids: A Guide to Exploring Who You Are

Transgender and gender-nonconforming (TGNC) children need validation and support on their journey toward self-discovery. Unfortunately, due to stigma and misinformation, these kids can be especially vulnerable to bullying, discrimination, and even mental health issues such as anxiety or depression.

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Broke Millennial: Stop Scraping By and Get Your Financial Life Together

Stop Living Paycheck to Paycheck and Get Your Financial Life Together (#GYFLT)! If you’re a cash-strapped 20- or 30-something, it’s easy to get freaked out by finances. But you’re not doomed to spend your life drowning in debt or mystified by money.

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Mothers United: An Immigrant Struggle for Socially Just Education

In urban American school systems, the children of recent immigrants and low-income parents of color disproportionately suffer from overcrowded classrooms, lack of access to educational resources, and underqualified teachers.

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Your 3 Best Super Powers: Meditation, Imagination, and Intuition

Super powers. You want them. You feel that life would be better with them. You wish you could have been born with them.

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Coach Wooden and Me: Our 50-Year Friendship On and Off the Court

Former NBA star and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient Kareem Abdul-Jabbar explores his 50-year friendship with Coach John Wooden, one of the most enduring and meaningful relationships in sports history.

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The Soft Answer: Verbal T’ai Chi for Sociable Self-Defense

Virtually everyone has been on the receiving end of verbal aggression. It may be in the form of an outright criticism, a backhanded compliment, a manipulative remark, or a socially awkward attempt at connecting.

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A Course of Their Own: A History of African American Golfers

Bill Spiller was forty-seven when he was forced by desperate finances to caddie at the Hillcrest Country Club in Los Angeles. One day Spiller was caddying for a member who became outraged by Spiller’s stories of inequities and suffering during his golfing career.

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