The Library Team is excited to announce the arrival of books in a new category for the Follen Library. This new subcollection is “Civic Engagement” and we hope you’ll explore these new titles on intersecting themes of politics, democracy, voting, and freedoms of speech and press. The new books will be rotated on display for the next month; look for more in the Civic Engagement shelf section.
Please check out books by filling out an orange circulation card and dropping it in the wooden circulation box.
For more information, or to donate similar books that are less than 5 years old, please contact library@follen.org.
Civic Engagement
- This Is an Uprising: How Nonviolent Revolt is Shaping the Twenty First Century (Paul and Mark Engler) — Lessons from nonviolent movements and uprisings around the world
- Saving the News: Why the Constitution Calls for Government Action to Preserve the Freedom of Speech (Martha Minow) — Why the government must intervene to save factual journalism
- The Beginning Comes After the End: Notes on a World of Change (Rebecca Solnit) — The turbulent times we live in may be part of a cycle toward a better world
- We the Voters: The Constitutional Choices that Shape America’s Elections (Lori Ringhand) — A fresh perspective on the Constitutional framework that empowers “we the voters” to decide what works best for us in these times
- One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This (Omar El Akkad) — After 20 years of reporting on social, cultural and environmental crises, the author brutally questions the mindset of the West
- The Words We Live By: Your Annotated Guide to the Constitution (Linda Monk) — A readable guide to the Constitution and its primary amendments
- Democracy or Else: How to Save America in 10 Easy Steps (Jon Favreau) — A practical, and even humorous guide to becoming politically engaged
- Giving Up Is Unforgivable: A Manual for Keeping a Democracy (Joyce Vance) — Arming citizens with usable actions to protect our democracy
And Other New Books
- Active Hope: How to Face the Mess We’re in with Unexpected Resilience and Creative Power (Joanna Macy and Chris Johnstone) — From overwhelmed to engaged, by cultivating resiliency and creativity (This book is under “Social Justice/Environment.”)
- The Truth in Our Stories: Immigrant Voices in Radical Times (Monica Tornoe, Elizabeth Wright and Jésus Jesse Esparza) — 12 stories by immigrant voices present an unvarnished truth of the immigrant experience (This book is under “Social Justice/Immigration.”)