Patrisse Cullors.Photo: Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images
Patrisse Cullors, one of the co-founders of theBlack Lives Mattermovement, has inspired millions of people around the world to take to the streets in protest of systemic racism and police brutality.
Now, the activist is sharing her best advice for cultivating positive change and lasting equality in our communities in her new book.
Cullors is unveiling the cover of her upcoming book,An Abolitionist’s Handbook: 12 Steps to Change Yourself and the World, exclusively to PEOPLE.
ForAn Abolitionist’s Handbook’s cover art, Cullors chose to showcase the title in a straightforward, bold and black typeface set against a grainy white background.
The book offers a framework for readers to push for reform that helps Black, poor and disenfranchised people, initiate reparations and practice compassion.
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Cullors also includes personal anecdotes and the lessons she’s learned from her time as an educator and activist, as well as a brief history of abolitionism.
She continues: “My hope is that these topics spark more conversation about the future and what it should look like, and how we can rebuild and reinvest in our communities.”
An Abolitionist’s Handbookwill be the California native’s second book. She wrote her powerful memoirWhen They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoirin 2018 alongside writer Asha Bandele.
The organization was also instrumental last year amid the nationwide protests againstpolice brutality and systemic racismin the wake of the death ofGeorge Floyd, a Black man who was killed while in police custody.
In 2020, Cullors, Garza and Tometi were named to TIME’s annual list of the100 most influential people.
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“To carry forward a movement of racial justice and to spread that to other countries is very, very important. Black Lives Matter is the strongest force today doing this, not only in the U.S. but also in Europe and in Asia,” Eide toldUSA Today.
An Abolitionist’s Handbook: 12 Steps to Change Yourself and the Worldwill be available for purchase on Oct. 5. You can pre-order the bookhere.
source: people.com
