{"product_id":"taking-up-space-the-black-girls-manifesto-for-change-9781529118544","title":"Taking Up Space: The Black Girl's Manifesto for Change","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTHE FLAGSHIP 2019 RELEASE OF #MERKY BOOKS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e____________________________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Brilliant'\u003c\/b\u003e CANDICE CARTY-WILLIAMS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Hugely important' \u003c\/b\u003ePAULA AKPAN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Essential' \u003c\/b\u003eBERNARDINE EVARISTO\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e____________________________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs a minority in a predominantly white institution, taking up space is an act of resistance. Recent Cambridge grads Chelsea and Ore experienced this first-hand, and wrote \u003ci\u003eTaking Up Space\u003c\/i\u003e as a guide and a manifesto for change. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFOR BLACK GIRLS: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnderstand that your journey is unique. Use this book as a guide. Our wish for you is that you read this and feel empowered, comforted and validated in every emotion you experience, or decision that you make.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFOR EVERYONE ELSE: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe can only hope that reading this helps you to be a better friend, parent, sibling or teacher to black girls living through what we did. It's time we stepped away from seeing this as a problem that black people are charged with solving on their own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIt's a collective effort.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnd everyone has a role to play.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFeaturing honest conversations with students past and present, \u003cb\u003eTaking Up Space\u003c\/b\u003e goes beyond the buzzwords of diversity and inclusion and explores what those words truly mean for young black girls today.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e____________________________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e#Merky Books\u003c\/b\u003e was set up by publishers Penguin Random House and Stormzy in June 2018 to find and publish the best writers of a new generation and to publish the stories that are not being heard. #Merky Books aims to open up the world of publishing, and this year has launched a New Writer's Prize and will soon be launching a #Merky Books traineeship. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'I know too many talented writers that don't always have an outlet or a means to get their work seen, and hopefully #Merky Books can now be a reference point for them to say \"I can be an author\", and for that to be a realistic and achievable goal... Reading and writing as a kid were integral to where I am today and I, from the bottom of my heart, cannot wait to hear your stories and get them out into the big wide world.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSTORMZY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Merky Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/31\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781529118544\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.00w x 1.00d","brand":"Chelsea Kwakye, Ore Ogunbiyi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36656743121052,"sku":"9781529118544","price":15.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_1cce63e5-87ba-4b53-8dad-4b927e2a02b5.jpg?v=1603888829","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/taking-up-space-the-black-girls-manifesto-for-change-9781529118544","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}