Don't Leave Your Friends Behind: Concrete Ways to Support Families in Social Justice Movements and Communities - Softcover

Victoria Law

Softcover

ISBN 10: 160486396X ISBN 13: 9781604863963

Publisher: PM PRESS, 2012

Synopsis

There are few books on being a good community member and ally to parents, caregivers and children. Any group of parents will know how hard their struggles can be, but no book focuses on how childless allies can address issues of caretakers' and children's oppression in the community. Many well-intentioned activists do not interact with young people on a regular basis and do not know how, so Don't Leave Your Friends Behind provides a collection of concrete tips, suggestions and narratives to guide supporters in their work in the community.

About this title

About the Authors

Victoria Law is a mother, photographer, and writer. She is the author of Resistance Behind Bars: The Struggles of Incarcerated Women, which won the 2009 PASS (Prevention for a Safer Society) Award and earned her the 2011 Brooklyn College Young Alumna Award.

Widely known as the grandma of the mama zine scene and a pioneer in the genre of radical parenting writing, China Martens raised her daughter as a single mother on welfare and working poor while continuing to put out The Future Generation, the longest-running parenting zine in the history of the Western world (1990 to the present). Her daughter is nearly 24 years old and her zine has been anthologized into the book The Future Generation: The Zine-book for Subculture Parents, Kids, Friends and Others (Atomic Book Company 2007).

Edition details

• Publisher: PM PRESS
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 160486396X
• ISBN 13: 9781604863963
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256