- Published: 22 October 2020
- ISBN: 9781473588936
- Imprint: Transworld Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 352
The Purpose of Power
From the co-founder of Black Lives Matter
- Published: 22 October 2020
- ISBN: 9781473588936
- Imprint: Transworld Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 352
Alicia Garza's story is the definition of powerful. Part memoir, part roadmap, this book will light the way for anyone who wants to follow in her inspiring footsteps. Fed up of hashtag activism? This is the read you've been waiting for.
VIV GROSKOP, author of HOW TO OWN THE ROOM
Alicia Garza combines immense wisdom with political courage to inspire a new generation of activists, dreamers and leaders. Transforming the very meaning of solidarity, unity and leadership, The Purpose of Power offers a new model of organizing that makes room for those willing to learn. People like Alicia have been speaking up for decades. If we want to turn protest into substantive change, it's about time we finally listened
DAVID LAMMY, MP
Alicia Garza has articulated the aspiration of generations of Black people to be valued, protected, respected and free. This beautiful, important and timely memoir is insightful, compelling and necessary in this critical moment of reckoning with our history
BRYAN STEVENSON, author of New York Times bestseller Just Mercy
"Black lives matter" - Alicia Garza's love letter read around the world. The Purpose of Power is another love letter that should be read around the world.
IBRAM X. KENDI, bestselling author of How to Be an Antiracist
'The Purpose of Power is a must read... Anyone interested in turning the page of our contemptible past toward a brighter future should put this book on their reading list'
Congresswoman Barbara Lee
As co-founder of Black Lives Matter, Garza has been leading the fight against racism for years.
COSMOPOLITAN
In a year where a long overdue reckoning with racism is once again in the spotlight, Garza's call to action to create a sustainable movement bigger than hashtags and social media followings is urgent and critically necessary
TIME
Incisive, uplifting, and exactly what the world needs right now... A must-read book.
STYLIST
Read it for a fresh dose of inspiration for activism and justice.
GLAMOUR
Lessons from a 20-year career spent organizing for change.
INDEPENDENT, A Book of 2020
A rousing, rigorous book to enlighten and inspire.
CULTURE WHISPERER
In a year when a long overdue reckoning with racism is once again in the spotlight, Garza's call to action to create a sustainable movement bigger than hashtags and social media followings is urgent and critically necessary.
TIME