The Coalition provides a resource library of books, videos, CDs and support group curriculum related to domestic and sexual violence for both adults, children and youth. Give us a call at 503.230.1951 to find out if we have the book, video or CD you are looking for. Below is a list of new resources added to the library within the last year.
New Additons to the Library:
Guide to Consumer Rights for Domestic Violence Survivors by the National Consumer Law Center
This is an excellent resource that provides consumer information specifically for DV survivors including information on budgeting, prioritizing debt, dealing with debt collector harassment, as well as how to navigate child support, student loan payments, taxes and identity theft, among other important issues.
A Very Popular Economic Education Sampler compiled by The Highlander Research and Education Center
This “Sampler” is a compilation of popular education curriculum that facilitators can use when conducting workshops on financial education, immigration justice and economic justice. This book’s activities are firmly grounded in ending racism and classism as well as other oppressions. The first part of the sampler offers some tools for how to facilitate workshops in general and talks about what popular education is. The whole sampler is a great resource for folks that are interested in adding new ways of facilitating to their work.
The Cartoon Introduction to Economics Volume One: Microeconomics by Grady Klein and Yoram Bauman, Ph.D.
This is a giant 211-page comic book that teaches us all about microeconomics in a
capitalist society including such things as supply and demand, taxes, profit and profit margins and risk. It’s a really neat way to learn about how the economic system is set up in this society.
Where We Stand: Class Matters by bell hooks
This is a rare and beautiful book by bell hooks on class and classism in the U.S. hooks talks about class and its intersection with racism, feminism, whiteness, family, age and greed. This is a must-read for people interested in multi-issue organizing and adding ending classism to your social justice work.
Stir It Up: Lessons in Community Organizing and Advocacy by Rinku Sen
This book, co-produced by the Ms. Foundation, is a primer for community organizing. Rinku Sen talks about how to strategize and plan community-led campaigns, how to pick which issues to organize around, how to organize new constituencies, and how to conduct leadership development. Author Rinku Sen is the President and Executive Director of the Applied Research Center and publisher of ColorLines magazine and has had a long career in community organizing.
Your Money or Your Life: Nine Steps to Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Achieving Financial Independence by Vicki Robin and Joe Dominguez with Monique Tilford
This book talks about our relationship with money and how to transform that relationship so that it doesn’t control our lives. There are practical tips on how to reduce spending, work lees, managing your finances, budgeting and reconfigure one’s relationship with money.