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THE WAKE UP
Closing the Gap Between Good Intentions and Real Change
A guide for allies who want to go beyond rigid Diversity and Inclusion "best practices," with real tools to go from good intentions to making meaningful change in any situation or venue.
Many people want to do good and show up--but "good people" can and do perpetuate harm. Michelle Kim cofounded Awaken, a diversity, equity, and inclusion education company, with a mission to foster the uncomfortable conversations that allow people to build connections, reduce harm, and inspire change. In The Wake Up Kim takes readers beyond the standard Diversity & Inclusion initiatives in the workplace, beyond performative measures, to guide them through the hard, sometimes painful, and ultimately joyful work that they must engage in to advance true equity.
The Wake Up is not a manual on how to "diversity and inclusion." We can't "hack" social justice. Rather than demanding simplicity or quick, self-congratulatory fixes we have been taught to crave, The Wake Up is the antithesis of what so many people have grown accustomed to; it moves beyond rigid "best practices," challenging them to no longer be satisfied with common reactive and defensive stances, and to recognize the harm in relying solely on the labor of already burdened and marginalized communities. With a mix of in-the-trenches narrative and practical, thoughtful exercises, the book teaches readers how to think, approach, and be in this movement as thoughtfully and powerfully as possible.
The Wake Up is divided into four key parts:
- Grounding: begin by moving beyond good intentions to interrogating the deeper "why" for committing to social justice and uncovering "hidden stories."
- Orienting: establish a shared understanding around historical and current context and issues that we trying to solve, starting with dismantling white supremacy.
- Showing Up: learn critical principles to approach any situation with clarity and build the capacity to work through complexity, nuance, conflict, and imperfections.
- Moving Together: remember the core of this work is about human lives, and commit to prioritizing humanity, healing, and community.
The Wake Up shows readers how to build resilient and genuine human connections while trying new things, recover from mistakes, and find their own authentic voice. Good intentions alone don't make good people. The Wake Up helps people commit to finally getting the foundation right, and challenging them to do the real work to go deeper to effect real change.
Michelle MiJung Kim (she/her) is a queer immigrant Korean American woman writer, speaker, activist, and entrepreneur. She is CEO and co-founder of Awaken, a leading provider of interactive equity and inclusion education programs facilitated by majority people of color educators, where she has consulted hundreds of organizations and top executives across various industries, from technology to nonprofits to government agencies to universities. As a lifelong social justice advocate, Michelle has served on a variety of organizations such as the San Francisco LGBTQ Speakers Bureau, San Francisco Human Rights Commission's Advisory Committee, LYRIC nonprofit's Board of Directors, and Build Tech We Trust Coalition. Michelle currently serves on the board of Asian Americans for Civil Rights and Equality (AACRE). Her work has appeared on platforms such as Harvard Business Review, Forbes, the New York Times, and NPR, and she has been named Medium's Top Writer in Diversity three years in a row. Michelle lives in Oakland, California.
The Wake Up is not a manual on how to "diversity and inclusion." We can't "hack" social justice. Rather than demanding simplicity or quick, self-congratulatory fixes we have been taught to crave, The Wake Up is the antithesis of what so many people have grown accustomed to; it moves beyond rigid "best practices," challenging them to no longer be satisfied with common reactive and defensive stances, and to recognize the harm in relying solely on the labor of already burdened and marginalized communities. With a mix of in-the-trenches narrative and practical, thoughtful exercises, the book teaches readers how to think, approach, and be in this movement as thoughtfully and powerfully as possible.
The Wake Up is divided into four key parts:
- Grounding: begin by moving beyond good intentions to interrogating the deeper "why" for committing to social justice and uncovering "hidden stories."
- Orienting: establish a shared understanding around historical and current context and issues that we trying to solve, starting with dismantling white supremacy.
- Showing Up: learn critical principles to approach any situation with clarity and build the capacity to work through complexity, nuance, conflict, and imperfections.
- Moving Together: remember the core of this work is about human lives, and commit to prioritizing humanity, healing, and community.
The Wake Up shows readers how to build resilient and genuine human connections while trying new things, recover from mistakes, and find their own authentic voice. Good intentions alone don't make good people. The Wake Up helps people commit to finally getting the foundation right, and challenging them to do the real work to go deeper to effect real change.
Michelle MiJung Kim (she/her) is a queer immigrant Korean American woman writer, speaker, activist, and entrepreneur. She is CEO and co-founder of Awaken, a leading provider of interactive equity and inclusion education programs facilitated by majority people of color educators, where she has consulted hundreds of organizations and top executives across various industries, from technology to nonprofits to government agencies to universities. As a lifelong social justice advocate, Michelle has served on a variety of organizations such as the San Francisco LGBTQ Speakers Bureau, San Francisco Human Rights Commission's Advisory Committee, LYRIC nonprofit's Board of Directors, and Build Tech We Trust Coalition. Michelle currently serves on the board of Asian Americans for Civil Rights and Equality (AACRE). Her work has appeared on platforms such as Harvard Business Review, Forbes, the New York Times, and NPR, and she has been named Medium's Top Writer in Diversity three years in a row. Michelle lives in Oakland, California.
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Published 2021-09-28 by Hachette Go |