Winter and the solstice season are here!
We at New Village Press send our warmest wishes to you. We are grateful
for many things this winter, but are also aware of the ongoing pandemic and stresses this creates in the world. We hope that, whether you are taking this time for reflection or are celebrating holidays in the company of family
and friends, that you are filling this month with light and joy.
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Healing from Genocide in Rwanda
by Susan Viguers and Lily Yeh
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“[This book] brings the transformative power of art to a very dark place.” —JoAnn Greco, The Pennsylvania Gazette
Healing from Genocide in Rwanda: Rugerero Survivors Village, an Artist Book demonstrates the power of art in the service of healing, and is a testimony to responsive community process in a highly sensitive environment. The work immerses readers in the stories of two Rwandans who as small children experienced the 1994 Genocide. Their moving accounts are framed by paintings by Lily Yeh and a visual chronicle of the transformation, in the Rugerero Survivors’ Village, of a concrete burial slab into a powerful genocide memorial, designed by artist Lily Yeh and built with the villagers.
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How Spaces Become Places:
Place Makers Tell Their Stories
Edited by John Forester
“This book is a gift of hope and possibility, revealing how
the participatory art and craft of placemaking can be a small laboratory for democracy.” —Leonie Sandercock, Professor in Community Planning, University of British Columbia
We are honored to publish John Forester's collected "practice stories" of place makers who respond to daunting challenges of affordable housing, racial violence, and immigration, as well as community building, arts development, safe streets, and coalition building.
Contributors: Michael Pyatok • Al Zelinka •
Mark Lakeman • Michael Hughes • Karen Umemoto • James Brodick • Fr Phil Sumner • Malik Yakini • Barnaby Evans • Wendy Sarkissian •
Laurence Baudelet • Doug Rice • John Davis
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Portraits of Racial Justice:
Americans Who Tell the Truth
by Robert Shetterly
“These are healing, breathing portraits. People once met,
we now feel compelled to know. We can sense their palpable presences across time and their fierce struggles.”
—Jack Tchen, Professor and Director of the Clement Price Institute, Rutgers University, Newark
Artist Robert Shetterly's book, the first in a series, features 50 of his exquisite color portraits of inspirational social changemakers. Essays by Sherri Mitchell, Ai-Jen Poo, Rev. Lennox Yearwood, and Dave Zirin open the book. Blending history, social commentary, and stunning art, Portraits of Racial Justice makes a beautiful
and powerful work for our time.
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Meaningful Books for Gifting |
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For the Social Justice Activist:
Portraits of Racial Justice
by Robert Shetterly
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For the Feminist:
Visitors: An American Feminist in East Central Europe
by Ann Snitow
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For the Curious Activist:
My Life in 100 Objects
by Margaret Randall
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Jane Jacobs's First City
Book Talk for the Tenement Museum
Join author Glenna Lang for a virtual book talk to discuss Jane Jacobs’s First City. Through historic newspapers, directories, records, and interviews with contemporary Scranton residents, Lang reconstructs the origins of one of New York City’s most ardent advocates, Jane Jacobs, through her first city—Scranton, Pennsylvania.
December 7, 7–8 PM EST virtual
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The New School will host the authors Daniel O’Connell and Scott Peters with five distinguished panelists, for "In the Struggle: A Conversation on Industrial Agribusiness, Politics,
and Activist Scholarship."
December 13, 6 PM EST virtual
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Truth Tellers, a feature film about the work of artist Robert Shetterly, will premiere in New York State at the Hamptons DocFest. A digital talkback with filmmaker Richard Kane and his film's subject Robert Shetterly will follow the screening.
December 9, 4 PM EST
Bay Street Theater, Sag Harbor, NY
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Arlene Goldbard (author of New Creative Community) talks with Jan Cohen-Cruz and Rad Pereira about their forthcoming book Meeting the Moment: Socially Engaged Performance, 1965–2020, by Those Who Lived It on podcast A Culture of Possibility. They discuss values & visibility, bridging generations, possible futures, and more.
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Bill Cleveland, author of Art and Upheaval, hosts Jan Cohen-Cruz on his podcast Change the Story / Change the World.
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Basia Irland, contributor to the forthcoming Ecoart in Action, was interviewed by Ecoart Space.
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In the Struggle author Daniel O’Connell is featured on this segment of Chris Hedges' On Contact podcast.
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