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EPL Guest Picks: International Development Week

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February 5 - 11 marks International Development Week. Our friends at the Alberta Council for Global Cooperation (ACGC) curated this list to highlight diverse voices from around the world. Featured on this list are courageous stories about the climate crisis, refugee and immigrant experiences, racism, and gender equality. ACGC is a network of organizations and individuals, located in Alberta, working locally and globally to advance sustainable development and global citizenship.

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A Bigger Picture

A Bigger Picture

My Fight to Bring A New African Voice to the Climate Crisis

by Nakate, Vanessa

Book - 2021

Leading climate justice activist Vanessa Nakate brings her fierce, fearless spirit, new perspective, and superstar bona fides to the biggest issue of our ...Show more Leading climate justice activist Vanessa Nakate brings her fierce, fearless spirit, new perspective, and superstar bona fides to the biggest issue of our time. She shares her story as a young Ugandan woman who sees that her community bears disproportionate consequences to the climate crisis. At the same time, she sees that activists from African nations and the global south are not being heard in the same way as activists from white nations are heard. Inspired by Sweden’s Greta Thunberg, in 2019 Nakate became Uganda’s first Fridays for Future protestor, awakening to her personal power and summoning within herself a commanding political voice. Show less

Leading climate justice activist Vanessa Nakate brings her fierce, fearless spirit, new perspective, and superstar bona fides to the biggest issue of our ...Show more Leading climate justice activist Vanessa Nakate brings her fierce, fearless spirit, new perspective, and superstar bona fides to the biggest issue of our time. She shares her story as a young Ugandan woman who sees that her community bears disproportionate consequences to the climate crisis. At the same time, she sees that activists from African nations and the global south are not being heard in the same way as activists from white nations are heard. Inspired by Sweden’s Greta Thunberg, in 2019 Nakate became Uganda’s first Fridays for Future protestor, awakening to her personal power and summoning within herself a commanding political voice. Show less

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My Fight to Bring a New African Voice to the Climate Crisis

by Nakate, Vanessa

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We Measure the Earth With Our Bodies

We Measure the Earth With Our Bodies

A Novel

by Lama, Tsering Yangzom

Book - 2022

In the wake of China’s invasion of Tibet throughout the 1950s, Lhamo and her sister, Tenkyi, arrive at a refugee camp on the border of Nepal, having survi...Show more In the wake of China’s invasion of Tibet throughout the 1950s, Lhamo and her sister, Tenkyi, arrive at a refugee camp on the border of Nepal, having survived the dangerous journey across the Himalayas into exile when so many others did not. Lhamo tries to rebuild a life amid a shattered community in this meditation on colonization, displacement, and the lengths we'll go to remain connected to our families and ancestral lands. Show less

In the wake of China’s invasion of Tibet throughout the 1950s, Lhamo and her sister, Tenkyi, arrive at a refugee camp on the border of Nepal, having survi...Show more In the wake of China’s invasion of Tibet throughout the 1950s, Lhamo and her sister, Tenkyi, arrive at a refugee camp on the border of Nepal, having survived the dangerous journey across the Himalayas into exile when so many others did not. Lhamo tries to rebuild a life amid a shattered community in this meditation on colonization, displacement, and the lengths we'll go to remain connected to our families and ancestral lands. Show less

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We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies

We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies

A Novel

by Lama, Tsering Yangzom

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We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies

A Novel

by Lama, Tsering Yangzom

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Two Trees Make A Forest

Two Trees Make A Forest

In Search of My Family's Past Among Taiwan's Mountains and Coasts

by Lee, Jessica J.

Book - 2020

A chance discovery of letters written by her immigrant grandfather leads Jessica J. Lee to her ancestral homeland, Taiwan. There, she seeks his story whil...Show more A chance discovery of letters written by her immigrant grandfather leads Jessica J. Lee to her ancestral homeland, Taiwan. There, she seeks his story while growing closer to the land he knew. Lee unearths surprising parallels between the natural and human stories that have shaped her family and their beloved island. Joyously attentive to the natural world, Lee also turns a critical gaze upon colonialist explorers who mapped the land and named plants, relying on and often effacing the labor and knowledge of local communities. Show less

A chance discovery of letters written by her immigrant grandfather leads Jessica J. Lee to her ancestral homeland, Taiwan. There, she seeks his story whil...Show more A chance discovery of letters written by her immigrant grandfather leads Jessica J. Lee to her ancestral homeland, Taiwan. There, she seeks his story while growing closer to the land he knew. Lee unearths surprising parallels between the natural and human stories that have shaped her family and their beloved island. Joyously attentive to the natural world, Lee also turns a critical gaze upon colonialist explorers who mapped the land and named plants, relying on and often effacing the labor and knowledge of local communities. Show less

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In Search of My Family's Past Among Taiwan's Mountains and Coasts

by Lee, Jessica J.

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In Search of My Family's Past Among Taiwan's Mountains and Coasts

by Lee, Jessica J.

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Border & Rule

Border & Rule

Global Migration, Capitalism, and the Rise of Racist Nationalism

by Walia, Harsha

Book - 2021

Harsha Walia disrupts easy explanations for the migrant and refugee crises, instead showing them to be the inevitable outcomes of conquest, capitalist glo...Show more Harsha Walia disrupts easy explanations for the migrant and refugee crises, instead showing them to be the inevitable outcomes of conquest, capitalist globalization, and climate change generating mass dispossession worldwide. Border and Rule explores a number of seemingly disparate global geographies with shared logics of border rule that displace, immobilize, criminalize, exploit, and expel migrants and refugees. Show less

Harsha Walia disrupts easy explanations for the migrant and refugee crises, instead showing them to be the inevitable outcomes of conquest, capitalist glo...Show more Harsha Walia disrupts easy explanations for the migrant and refugee crises, instead showing them to be the inevitable outcomes of conquest, capitalist globalization, and climate change generating mass dispossession worldwide. Border and Rule explores a number of seemingly disparate global geographies with shared logics of border rule that displace, immobilize, criminalize, exploit, and expel migrants and refugees. Show less

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Global Migration, Capitalism, and the Rise of Racist Nationalism

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Global Migration, Capitalism, and the Rise of Racist Nationalism

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How Beautiful We Were

How Beautiful We Were

A Novel

by Mbue, Imbolo

Book - 2021

Set in the fictional African village of Kosawa, this novel tells the story of a people living in fear amidst environmental degradation wrought by an Ameri...Show more Set in the fictional African village of Kosawa, this novel tells the story of a people living in fear amidst environmental degradation wrought by an American oil company. An exploration of what happens when the reckless drive for profit, coupled with the ghost of colonialism, comes up against one community’s determination to hold onto its ancestral land and a young woman’s willingness to sacrifice everything for the sake of her people’s freedom. Show less

Set in the fictional African village of Kosawa, this novel tells the story of a people living in fear amidst environmental degradation wrought by an Ameri...Show more Set in the fictional African village of Kosawa, this novel tells the story of a people living in fear amidst environmental degradation wrought by an American oil company. An exploration of what happens when the reckless drive for profit, coupled with the ghost of colonialism, comes up against one community’s determination to hold onto its ancestral land and a young woman’s willingness to sacrifice everything for the sake of her people’s freedom. Show less

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How Beautiful We Were

A Novel

by Mbue, Imbolo

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A Novel

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The Beauty of your Face

The Beauty of your Face

A Novel

by Mustafah, Sahar

Book - 2020

Afaf Rahman, the daughter of Palestinian immigrants, is the principal of Nurrideen School for Girls, a Muslim school in the Chicago suburbs. One morning, ...Show more Afaf Rahman, the daughter of Palestinian immigrants, is the principal of Nurrideen School for Girls, a Muslim school in the Chicago suburbs. One morning, a shooter—radicalized by the online alt-right—attacks the school. As Afaf listens to his terrifying progress, we are swept back through her memories: the bigotry she faced as a child, her mother’s dreams of returning to Palestine, and the devastating disappearance of her older sister that tore her family apart. Show less

Afaf Rahman, the daughter of Palestinian immigrants, is the principal of Nurrideen School for Girls, a Muslim school in the Chicago suburbs. One morning, ...Show more Afaf Rahman, the daughter of Palestinian immigrants, is the principal of Nurrideen School for Girls, a Muslim school in the Chicago suburbs. One morning, a shooter—radicalized by the online alt-right—attacks the school. As Afaf listens to his terrifying progress, we are swept back through her memories: the bigotry she faced as a child, her mother’s dreams of returning to Palestine, and the devastating disappearance of her older sister that tore her family apart. Show less

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The Beauty of Your Face

by Mustafah, Sahar

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All We Can Save

All We Can Save

Truth, Courage, & Solutions for the Climate Crisis

Book - 2020

There is a renaissance blooming in the climate movement: leadership that is more characteristically feminine and more faithfully feminist, rooted in compa...Show more There is a renaissance blooming in the climate movement: leadership that is more characteristically feminine and more faithfully feminist, rooted in compassion, connection, creativity, and collaboration. All We Can Save illuminates the expertise and insights of dozens of diverse women leading on climate in the United States and aims to advance a more representative, nuanced, and solution-oriented public conversation on the climate crisis. These women offer a spectrum of ideas and insights for how we can rapidly, radically reshape society. Show less

There is a renaissance blooming in the climate movement: leadership that is more characteristically feminine and more faithfully feminist, rooted in compa...Show more There is a renaissance blooming in the climate movement: leadership that is more characteristically feminine and more faithfully feminist, rooted in compassion, connection, creativity, and collaboration. All We Can Save illuminates the expertise and insights of dozens of diverse women leading on climate in the United States and aims to advance a more representative, nuanced, and solution-oriented public conversation on the climate crisis. These women offer a spectrum of ideas and insights for how we can rapidly, radically reshape society. Show less

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Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis

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Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis

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Before We Were Trans

Before We Were Trans

A New History of Gender

by Heyam, Kit

Book - 2022

Today’s narratives about trans people tend to feature individuals with stable gender identities that fit neatly into the categories of male or female. Tho...Show more Today’s narratives about trans people tend to feature individuals with stable gender identities that fit neatly into the categories of male or female. Those stories, while important, fail to account for the complex realities of many trans people’s lives. Before We Were Trans illuminates the stories of people across the globe, from antiquity to the present, whose experiences of gender have defied binary categories. Blending historical analysis with sharp cultural criticism, trans historian and activist Kit Heyam offers a new, radically inclusive trans history, chronicling expressions of trans experience that are often overlooked, like gender-nonconforming fashion and wartime stage performance. Show less

Today’s narratives about trans people tend to feature individuals with stable gender identities that fit neatly into the categories of male or female. Tho...Show more Today’s narratives about trans people tend to feature individuals with stable gender identities that fit neatly into the categories of male or female. Those stories, while important, fail to account for the complex realities of many trans people’s lives. Before We Were Trans illuminates the stories of people across the globe, from antiquity to the present, whose experiences of gender have defied binary categories. Blending historical analysis with sharp cultural criticism, trans historian and activist Kit Heyam offers a new, radically inclusive trans history, chronicling expressions of trans experience that are often overlooked, like gender-nonconforming fashion and wartime stage performance. Show less

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A New History of Gender

by Heyam, Dr. Kit

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The Ungrateful Refugee

The Ungrateful Refugee

What Immigrants Never Tell You

by Nayeri, Dina

Book - 2019

Aged eight, Dina Nayeri fled Iran along with her mother and brother, and lived in the crumbling shell of an Italian hotel-turned–refugee camp. Eventually ...Show more Aged eight, Dina Nayeri fled Iran along with her mother and brother, and lived in the crumbling shell of an Italian hotel-turned–refugee camp. Eventually she was granted asylum in America. In this book, Nayeri weaves together her own vivid story with the stories of other refugees and asylum seekers in recent years, Nothing here is flattened; nothing is simplistic. Nayeri offers a new understanding of refugee life, confronting dangers from the metaphor of the swarm to the notion of “good” immigrants. She calls attention to the harmful way in which Western governments privilege certain dangers over others. With surprising and provocative questions, The Ungrateful Refugee recalibrates the conversation around the refugee experience. Show less

Aged eight, Dina Nayeri fled Iran along with her mother and brother, and lived in the crumbling shell of an Italian hotel-turned–refugee camp. Eventually ...Show more Aged eight, Dina Nayeri fled Iran along with her mother and brother, and lived in the crumbling shell of an Italian hotel-turned–refugee camp. Eventually she was granted asylum in America. In this book, Nayeri weaves together her own vivid story with the stories of other refugees and asylum seekers in recent years, Nothing here is flattened; nothing is simplistic. Nayeri offers a new understanding of refugee life, confronting dangers from the metaphor of the swarm to the notion of “good” immigrants. She calls attention to the harmful way in which Western governments privilege certain dangers over others. With surprising and provocative questions, The Ungrateful Refugee recalibrates the conversation around the refugee experience. Show less

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What Immigrants Never Tell You

by Nayeri, Dina

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What Immigrants Never Tell You

by Nayeri, Dina

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The Ungrateful Refugee

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What Immigrants Never Tell You

by Nayeri, Dina

Large Print - 2020

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