Hey Brooklyn folks, I'll see you this *Thursday* at Greenlight Bookstore for a discussion of #TheMinneapolisReckoning with jelani cobb! My first job out of college was in NYC and I'm excited to come back for this book event.

Here is our weekly Black Kos/Daily Kos post of the past week's new books of particular interest to Black and Latino/a readers: dailykos.com/comments/22397… (But also recommended for ALL readers!)
angelapdodson Michelle Phelps Luis A. Miranda, Jr. Sathnam Sanghera Kim A. Wagner KAVI | Kings Against Violence Initiative…

Wow. Fiona Apple is a real one. Watch this video. Calling for donations to bail out Black mothers for Mother’s Day. Her fans already came through w donations & spreading the word. Over $30k! Let’s “fetch the bolt cutters” & support even more. I just gave. givebutter.com/nHSrnp

Next Thursday 5/16, join me, Walter Katz, Jocelyn Fontaine, and Jesse Jannetta for a conversation about The Danger Imperative, police culture, and the future of public safety.

Register for in-person or online: urbn.is/44pD2Iw

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NYC folks: Please help spread the word about this event next week. Unfortunately, the lessons of police violence are all too clear right now in the city, but hoping for a good conversation in Brooklyn.

For some reason, congrats posts bring in the bots and v strange accts. I've deleted but am still celebrating and thank you!

🦄 Michigan Sociology UM Population Studies Center: Don't let UMN Sociology get out ahead of us on this.

Minneapolis folks, this is TONIGHT! See you soon.

6 y/o: Mama, are you going to write another book?
Me: Probably
6 y/o: I think it should be about UNICORNS!! 🦄🌈
😂 look out for the sociology of unicorns, world.

Join us tomorrow May 9th at 6pm CT for our webinar on campus support for Gaza, moderated by Barbara Ransby and featuring Eman Abdelhadi Ananya Roy premilla nadasen and NadineSuleimanNaber

We're going to hit the rsvp capacity soon, though there will be standing room for folks w/o registration. Looking forward to this book launch for #TheMinneapolisReckoning !

Governance is a dance.

If you're in a leadership position, learn how to move with a situation.

Don't just take out the bludgeons because you think you have the right to control. 11/11

May 9: Book talk at Magers & Quinn. Michelle S. Phelps, author of The Minneapolis Reckoning. Michelle Phelps.
magersandquinn.com/event/Michelle…

First book cakes, now book earrings. Letta Wren Page is upping her game! 😍

This book is out today and it goes into great detail on the history of policing in Minneapolis and the deep local politics around it. “In The Minneapolis Reckoning, Michelle Phelps describes how Minneapolis arrived at the brink of police abolition.” amazon.com/Minneapolis-Re…

Wrote for Current about the ways that journalists of color in public radio make its coverage stronger

It's book pub day, y'all. 💜

🥳Celebrating the release of UMN Sociology Professor Michelle Phelps’ #TheMinneapolisReckoning today! Buy it now Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.s: z.umn.edu/9ivr

And don't miss Michelle & Cinnamon Pelly Magers & Quinn on 5/9 at 7pm: z.umn.edu/9ivs
z.umn.edu/9iw5