THE CROSSROADS of SOCIAL and CLIMATE JUSTICE
An Exploration of Issues & Solutions for Planet and People
You are invited to a movement to help heal the climate and its people!
This book is a non-fiction intersectional journey merging the environment with social justice issues. It is based on many months of research, interviews and experiential influence. It addresses some issues that throw light on a few “elephants in the room.” This intersection of people and climate is an opportunity to understand and call forth action to change something rather than “shove it under the rug.” The issues and solutions can be a resource that evolves into career opportunities, community collaborations, volunteer endeavors a resource directory and more.
Here are a few COMMENTS about this book:
“Your book is a way to come together and grow in our resolve to learn ways to be a part, not an unremoved bystander, in a movement we all hold dear”
Maria Byford, Educator and Social and Climate Justice Advocate
Speaking from one voice, the Monterey Peace and Justice board members praise LaVerne’s tremendous work to help dismantle racism and advance climate justice. Confronting one’s own biases, privileges, and internalized racism and climate injustices can be difficult, yet in this book and workshops, LaVerne creates a “safe space” in which hard truths are presented.
Catherine Crockett, President, Monterey Peace and Justice Center
Ms. McLeod’s book takes on the challenge of integrating the effects of global change on the environment at large—increasing temperatures, sea level rise, increased fire danger, reduction in agricultural production and other effects—with social justice issues that spell out the differential levels of these stressors on different groups of people. She has truly done her homework in creating this synthetic analysis! This is a synthesis that has been begging to be done, and Ms. McLeod has more than risen to this task.
Dr. George Somero, The David and Lucille Packard Professor of Marine Science Emeritus currently working at Stanford University Hopkins Marine Station
My First Book – Corn Hollow
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Now my very first book is a 2nd edition of CORN HOLLOW, A Journey of Sorrow and Triumph. The second edition adds to the flavor of the characters and the discriminatory experiences of some readers. The enrichment of this edition includes a Character Directory and an Epilogue or supplement that includes interesting stories that need to be heard about personal discriminatory experiences.
This African American historical fiction, speaks boldly of the beautiful and horrible encounters of the protagonist, Tamara, while on her quest for an answer. Her journey as a growing youngster in a family that thought differently than she and her older sister, created lots of upheaval. This, combined with the backdrop of the Civil Rights Movement in America, exposed several encounters of injustices; of race and gender, incest and poverty as well as alcoholism.
Corn Hollow includes unorthodox grammar, dialect and diction. It is recommended for adult readers. Parental discretion is advised for YA (Young Adults) due to the raw nature of certain scenarios. Readers may discover a never-experienced story of growing up in the South during the Civil Rights era. Corn Hollow is an excellent novel for adults as it may uplift them from guilt of a past era.
Reasons to read Corn Hollow:
1) This novel can help you gain strength to overcome difficult situations
2) It can help teens and adults to gain coping strength when under tremendous stress
3) The novel helps some older adults to start shedding guilty thoughts and beliefs about racism
4) Young adults gain a heightened sense of responsibility to keep moving forward with their quest and goals
5) Young adults also become aware of the need to make this a better world that is equitable to everyone
6) Corn Hollow is a reminder that there is still positive social justice work to be done in some communities dealing with current violent events
7) History lovers can be led down a historical pathway with unusual rural community stories occurring during the Civil Rights Movement in America