To show listeners that they are not helpless, and that anyone can be the change. How I Resist is the response, and a way to start the conversation. They're ready to stand up and be heard - but with much to shout about, where they do they begin? What can I do? How can I help? Now, more than ever, young people are motivated to make a difference in a world they're bound to inherit. Every teen living in this generation, and frankly, every person living in this time who wants to make a change should read How I Resist.This audiobook presents an all-star collection of essays about activism and hope, edited by bestselling YA author Maureen Johnson. I don’t have much more to say since I’m blown away by the amazingness of the book and all its contributors. “It means asking questions about how things get done, about how society, laws, and cultural norms have come to be.” “On the most basic level, resistance means not accepting things the way they are,” editor Maureen Johnson says in her intro. Sure, most/all of the authors discuss fighting for more “liberal” topics, but they generally encourage you to argue for what you believe in and stand against what hurts you. I’m throwing around the term resist because, in this book, it really is that fluid. Not only do these stories, interviews, poems, comics, and songs inspire you to resist, they tell you how, with instructions on calling your representative, making something for a march, or becoming active on social media. How I Resist: Activism and Hope for a New Generation is creative and powerful, chock full of wisdom from visionaries all across the country.
HOW I RESIST: ACTIVISM AND HOPE FOR A NEW GENERATION EDITED BY MAUREEN JOHNSON REVIEW BY: IVY “Because being you is the most powerful kind of resistance of all.” – Rebecca Roanhorse, from Thoughts On Resistance
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