SOUTH END PRESS
Read. Write. Revolt.

South End Press is a nonprofit, collectively run book publisher with more than 250 titles in print. Since its founding in 1977, they have been committed the needs of readers who are exploring, or are already committed to, the politics of radical social change. Their goal is to publish books that encourage critical thinking and constructive action on the key political, cultural, social, economic, and ecological issues shaping life in the United States and in the world. Many Speak Out members are published by South End Press.

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FERTILE GROUND: Women Organizing at the Intersection of Environmental and Reproductive Justice

Fertile Ground explores the ideas and work of 24 organizations that are working for reproductive and environmental justice. The purpose of this report is to highlight the powerful contributions these groups are making to secure safer and healthier environments for all women, children, and communities, and to examine how an intersectional approach to organizing and movement building can lead to more powerful outcomes at all levels.

Download the report here.

ZINN EDUCATION PROJECT: Teaching a People's History

The Zinn Education Project, a collaborative effort by Teaching for Change and Rethinking Schools (see below), has launched the new Zinn Education Project: Teaching a People’s History website.

Thanks to the support of an anonymous donor and the Caipirinha Foundation, the site features over 75 free, downloadable teaching activities for middle- and high- school classrooms to bring a people’s history to the classroom. These are the best history-teaching articles drawn from the archives of Rethinking Schools magazine.

The site also lists hundreds of recommended books, films and websites. The teaching activities and resources are organized by theme, time period and grade level. This is the only collection of its kind for educators – print or online — in the country.

RETHINKING SCHOOLS

Since its founding in 1986, Rethinking Schools has grown into a nationally prominent publisher of educational materials. Rethinking Schools is firmly committed to equity and to the vision that public education is central to the creation of a humane, caring, multiracial democracy. While writing for a broad audience, Rethinking Schools emphasizes problems facing urban schools, particularly issues of race. It is an activist publication, with articles written by and for teachers, parents, and students. Yet it also addresses key policy issues, such as vouchers and marketplace-oriented reforms, funding equity, and school-to-work.

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TEACHING FOR CHANGE

Teaching for Change provides teachers and parents with the tools to transform schools into centers of justice where students learn to read, write and change the world. Teaching for Change encourages teachers and students to question and re-think the world inside and outside their classrooms, build a more equitable, multicultural society, and become active global citizens. The Teaching for Change catalog includes a great selection of books, DVDs and other resources for educators, students and families.

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UNNATURAL CAUSES
...is Inequality Making Us Sick?

Unnatural Causes is a seven-part documentary film series produced by California Newsreel that explores racial and socioeconomic inequalities in health.

The Unnatural Causes website is also an action center with tools, policy guides, classroom curriculum and other resources to help educate, organize and advocate for eliminating health inequities. 

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A Report on the Health and Wellness of Multiracial Youth in the Bay Area (by Andrew Jolivette with Logan Gutierrez-Mock) was written to primarily address policy makers working within institutions such as schools, hospitals, non-profit multiracial organizations, and social service agencies.

The goal of this report is to highlight the major mental and physical health challenges faced by multiracial youth in the Bay Area. To this end, the authors have focused on making 10 specific policy recommendations that will address the concerns as identified by multiracial youth who participated in this study.

While the report is based on Bay Area youth the authors believe that the findings reveal significant information about the health and wellness of multiracial youth across the United States.  The policy recommendations focus on health and social justice issues nationally with a much needed emphasis on the disparities currently facing multiracial youth nation-wide.

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The Story of Stuff
With Annie Leonard 

From its extraction through sale, use and disposal, all the stuff in our lives affects communities at home and abroad, yet most of this is hidden from view. The Story of Stuff is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns. The Story of Stuff exposes the connections between a huge number of environmental and social issues, and calls us together to create a more sustainable and just world. It'll teach you something, it'll make you laugh, and it just may change the way you look at all the stuff in your life forever.

Link to the movie here.

• Federal Budget Trade Offs ~ From the National Priorities Project

"Bringing the Federal Budget Home!" Could your tax dollars be better spent?  At this web site, you select your state, town, county or congressional district and a program, and find out what else your tax dollars could provide such as teachers, health care, affordable housing, scholarships for college students, etc.

Click on the link here.

This web site also provides a running counter on the cost of the war for the country, your state and your community.