Resources
My Work
Medium, 나에게 (Dear Self)
Arts Blog, American for the Arts, If You Aren’t Including The AAPI* Experience Within Your Anti-Racism Efforts, Are You Truly Practicing Anti-Racism?
LinkedIn, A Love Letter to Everyone Who is Struggling During The COVID-19 Crisis
Vital Voices & Vision: New Jersey Arts and Culture Administrators of Color Blog Series, Heart Family: How A Group of Theatre Artists Can Give You a Sense of Belonging
Medium, Why Some Adoptees Have Mixed Feelings on Their Birthday
Medium, Hiraeth: homesickness for a home to which you cannot return; a home which maybe never was
Medium, Identity: Who You Are. Where You Belong. How You Are Unique But Still Fit In.
Anti-Racism & Anti Oppression
Crenshaw, Kimberle, “Mapping the Margins: Intersectionality, Identity Politics, and Violence Against Women of Color”
DiAngelo, Robin, White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism
Hancock, Ange-Marie, Intersectionality: An Intellectual History
Kendi, Ibram X., How to Be an Antiracist
Kendi, Ibram X., Be Antiracist: A Journal for Awareness, Reflection, and Action A Journal for Awareness, Reflection, and Action
Menakem, Resmaa, My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies
Wilson, August, “The Ground on Which I Stand”
Leadership
brown, adrienne marie, Emergent Strategy
brown, adrienne maree, We Will Not Cancel Us: And Other Dreams of Transformative Justice
Brown, Brené, Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
BIPOC/POC/ People of the Global Majority
Adoptee
Dijk, Cristian, Dijk, Famke, Being Adopted: A Self-Care Journal In Search For Truth: Based On Real-Life Experiences
Verrier, Nancy Newton, The Primal Wound: Understanding the Adopted Child
Self-Improvement & Healing
Brown, Brené, Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone
Brown, Brené, The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are
Hay, Louise, Mirror Work: 21 Days to Heal Your Life
Hay, Louise, You Can Heal Your Life
hooks, bell, All About Love: New Visions New Visions Love Song to the Nation
Mitcheletti, Cotrell, et al, The Inner Work: An Invitation to True Freedom and Lasting Happiness
Tawwab, Nedra Glover, Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself
Menakem, Resmaa, Rock the Boat: How to Use Conflict to Heal and Deepen Your Relationship
Memoirs
Ha, Robin, Almost American Girl: An Illustrated Memoir
Hunt, Nicole Chung, All You Can Ever Know: A Memoir
Lee, Deborah, In Limbo
Shin, Hee-jin, I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki: A Memoir
Zauner, Michelle. Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
Fiction & Young Adult Books
Benway, Robin, Far From the Tree
Goo, Maurene, I Beleive in a Thing Called Love
Goo, Maurene, The Way You Make Me Feel
Han, Jenny, To All the Boys I've Loved Before
Han, Jenny, P.S. I Still Love You
Han, Jenny, Always and Forever, Lara Jean
Hopkins, Ellen, Burned
Hopkins, Ellen, Impulse
Lee, Min Jin. Pachinko.
Oh, Axie, XOXO
Wen, Abigail Hing, Loveboat, Taipei
Yoon, Nicola, Instructions for Dancing
Yoon, Nicola, The Sun is Also a Star
Poetry Books
Kaur, Rupi. Milk and Honey
Yousaf, F. S. Sincerely.
Yung Pueblo. Inward.
Yung Pueblo. Clarity & Connection
Children Books
Ho, Joanna, Ho, Dung, Eyes That Kiss in the Corners
Min, Debbie, Sehat, Wafiq, The Yuckiest Lunch Box: A Children's Story about Food, Cultural Differences, and Inclusion
Spirituality
Lizos, George. Protect Your Light: A Practical Guide to Energy Protection, Cleansing, and Cutting Cords.
Nepo, Mark, The Book of Awakening: Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life You Have
Nicholas, Chani, You Were Born for This: Astrology for Radical Self-Acceptance Astrology for Radical Self-Acceptance
Yoshitani, Yoshi, Beneath the Moon: Fairy Tales, Myths, and Divine Stories from Around the World Fairy Tales, Myths, and Divine Stories from Around the World