Summer Reading List
How We Show Up by Mia Birdsong
How We Show Up reimagines connection and community in a time of deep isolation. Birdsong challenges the idea that family and support must follow traditional structures, and instead offers a beautifully grounded blueprint for how we can build belonging through mutual care, vulnerability, and intentional relationships. It’s affirming, hopeful, and deeply human.
Emergent Strategy by adrienne maree brown
Brown weaves together lessons from nature, movement-building, and personal transformation to show how small shifts, when rooted in relationship and aligned with our values, can create powerful change. We love it for its poetic, practical, and spiritually energizing approach to justice work.
Sacred Instructions by Sherri Mitchell
Blending Indigenous wisdom, personal story, and deep insight, Sacred Instructions invites us to reconnect with the Earth, with each other, and with our responsibilities to future generations. We recommend it for those seeking healing justice rooted in ancestral knowledge and spiritual depth.
The Little Book of Restorative Justice by Howard Zehr
This is a foundational read for anyone curious about restorative justice. Zehr introduces key principles with clarity and compassion, making complex ideas accessible without diluting their power. We love it for how it grounds the practice in dignity, accountability, and repair.
Justice as Healing: Indigenous Ways, edited by Wanda D. McCaslin
This powerful collection brings together Indigenous voices sharing stories, frameworks, and practices of justice that honor the land, community, and spirit. We value it as an essential resource for understanding justice beyond punishment, one that centers healing, tradition, and sovereignty.
