The book grounded in the realities of an activist’s struggles appeals to veteran organizers as well. Sandra speaks her truths and also lifts lessons learned from emerging and experienced activists. The book’s goal is to welcome and engage new and compelling voices in the social justice conversation. The voices of leaders of color, of young leaders, and those directly affected by the issues they are addressing, are too often absent from the conversations that get reported. These leaders provide a richness and a rawness to the conversation that is missing and sorely needed. Their work on the frontlines tackling tough issues and getting results provides important lessons for those who want to create change.
Barnhill has much to say about the need to embrace different practices as social justice practitioners if we want to do the work in a more healthy way and if we want to draw new social justice leaders to the field and incorporate them into the “fabric of social justice organizing” so that three generations of justice workers can TOGETHER live out the African proverb: