In a powerful exploration of recent racial history, the co-founder of Black Lives Matter - and one of the BBC's Women of 2020 - examines the moment we're in, how we got here, and how together we can build movements to create a just and equal world.
Alicia Garza is an innovator, strategist and organizer. She is the Principal at the Black Futures Lab, co-creator of #BlackLivesMatter and the Black Lives Matter Global Network, the Director of Strategy and Partnerships at the US National Domestic Workers Association, co-founder of Supermajority and host of the podcast Lady Don't Take No.
"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 *
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 *
Lessons from a 20-year career spent organizing for change. *
INDEPENDENT, A Book of 2020 *
Read it for a fresh dose of inspiration for activism and justice. *
GLAMOUR *
Incisive, uplifting, and exactly what the world needs right now...
A must-read book. * STYLIST *
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 *
As co-founder of Black Lives Matter, Garza has been leading the
fight against racism for years. * COSMOPOLITAN *
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 *
'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 *
A rousing, rigorous book to enlighten and inspire. * CULTURE
WHISPERER *
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