By Krishan Mehta, PhD, November 26, 2020 Collecting Courage: Joy, Pain, Freedom, Love, edited by Nneka Allen, Camila Vital Nunes Pereira and Nicole Salmon, Gail K. Picco Books, Civil Sector Press, November 24, 2020, 227 pp., $39.99 CAD/$29.99 USD Philanthropy is often defined as an expression of love for humanity. But in an age where Black bodies are deemed dispensable, … [Read more...] about Collecting Courage: A Powerful Truth On Black Love, Freedom and Philanthropy
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Tomboy: Has appeal for all readers
By Wanda Deschamps November 24, 2020 Tomboy : The Surprising History and Future of Girls Who Dare to Be Different, Lisa Selin Davis, Hachette Go, August 11, 2020, 336 pp., $34.65 Tomboy. “That’s a girl who has short hair and likes sports” explained Lisa Selin Davis’s daughter as she made the announcement of her identity to her mother by relaying this … [Read more...] about Tomboy: Has appeal for all readers
Covid-19: The Pandemic that Never Should Have Happened
By Roger Ali (November 12, 2020) Covid-19: The Pandemic that Never Should Have Happened and How to Stop the Next One, Debora MacKenzie, Hachette, July 14, 2020, 304 pp., $33.66 Covid-19 is a hot topic, and living through a pandemic, during unprecedented times, has heightened our awareness and growing concerns about the virus, when it will end and what worse threats … [Read more...] about Covid-19: The Pandemic that Never Should Have Happened
Building Unity by Michael Prosserman: Hip-hop culture as a metaphor for leadership
by Sharon Broughton (September 15, 2020) Building Unity: Leading a Non-Profit from Spark to Succession, Michael Prosserman, ECW Press, September 15 2020, 288 pp., $28.54 As author Michael Prosserman reveals his story of creating the hip-hop-inspired UNITY charity, impacting more than a quarter-million young people across Canada, leading a non-profit from spark to … [Read more...] about Building Unity by Michael Prosserman: Hip-hop culture as a metaphor for leadership
Proust Questionnaire: Anne Morriss
(September 9, 2020) Anne Morriss is co-author, with Frances Frei, of Unleashed: The unapologetic leader’s guide to empowering everyone around you, which The Charity Report Literary Circle reviewed on September 2, 2020. To help us—and you—get to know our authors in a fun way, we’ve developed our own Proust Questionnaire, and are debuting it today. Anne Morriss is Executive … [Read more...] about Proust Questionnaire: Anne Morriss