LT Alumni Book Conversation: The Four Pivots
Please join us to read and discuss the inspiring new leadership book, “The Four Pivots” by Shawn A. Ginwright, PhD. As part of our conversation, Jessica Werner, LT'05, from LT's Curriculum Committee, will discuss how the LT'23 cohort is using this book as part of their curriculum.
In this book, “Shawn Ginwright, PhD, breaks down the common myths of social movements–a set of deeply ingrained beliefs that actually hold us back from healing and achieving sustainable systemic change. He shows us why these frames don’t work, proposing instead four revolutionary pivots for better activism and collective leadership.”
Event Details:
When: December 7, 2022, from 6:00-7:15 p.m.
Where: On Zoom
What: The book “The Four Pivots.” We recommend reading sections or all of the book before attending.
Who: LT alumni and honorary LT
Cost: $0-$30 (cost doesn’t include the book; you’ll need to purchase/borrow the book on your own).
Author Bio
Shawn Ginwright, PhD is one of the nation’s leading innovators, provocateurs, and thought leaders on African American youth, youth activism, and youth development. He is Professor of Education in the Africana Studies Department and a Senior Research Associate at San Francisco State University. His research examines the ways in which youth in urban communities navigate through the constraints of poverty and struggle to create equality and justice in their schools and communities.
Dr. Ginwright is Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Flourish Agenda, Inc., a national nonprofit consulting firm, whose mission is to design strategies that unlock the power of healing and engage youth of color and adult allies in transforming their schools and communities.
In 2011, he was awarded the prestigious Fulbright Senior Specialist award from the State Department for his outstanding research and work with urban youth. Dr. Ginwright is the author of “The Four Pivots: Reimagining Justice, Reimagining Ourselves,” “Hope and Healing in Urban Education: How Activists and Teachers are Reclaiming Matters of the Heart”, “Black in School- Afrocentric Reform, Black Youth and the Promise of Hip-Hop Culture” and co-editor of” Beyond Resistance!: Youth Resistance and Community Change: New Democratic Possibilities for Practice and Policy for America's Youth” and in 2010 he published “Black Youth Rising, Activism and Radical Healing in Urban America”.
Dr. Ginwright served as Chairman of the Board for The California Endowment (TCE) from 2018 to 2021, with oversight of a $3 billion endowment to improve the health of California’s underserved communities. He continues to serve on TCE’s Board of Directors, and also serves on the Advisory Board for the Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning at the Jonathan Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service at Tuffs University. Dr. Ginwright lives in Oakland, California with his lovely wife and is currently an empty-nester—both children are in college.
Additional Resources:
Listen: Dr. Shawn Ginwright on The Four Pivots in conversation with Brene Brown
Listen: The Four Pivots with Shawn Ginwright in conversation with Tristan Catz and Lauren Roberts (includes f-words frequently)