In 2022, our Friendship-West family will be focusing on "The Revolution." Revolution is defined as a "time/moment of significant change to usher in something new." Our dynamic staff has split up our walk through this year into trimesters with the foci being Spiritual Formation, Self-Empowerment, and Social Witness. It is our hope that you will grow spiritually and personally in order to affect change within yourself and as a result the community and world around you. Please enjoy our recommended reads, music playlists, and journal entries that were curated to assist in your understanding and knowledge of this year's teachings. God Bless!

January- "Back To The Basics"

Recommended Reads:

• "All About Love" by Bell Hooks
• "My Life With Martin Luther King, Jr." by Coretta Scott King
• "Meditations of the Heart" by Howard Thurman

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February- "How We Got Over: When Things Fell Apart"

Recommended Reads:

• "Black Womanist Ethics" by Katie G. Cannon
• "The Black Church in the African American Experience" by C. Eric Lincoln & Lawrence Mamiya
• "The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song" by Henry Louis Gates
• "True To Our Native Land: An African American New Testament Commentary" by Brian K. Blount
• "Things Fall Apart" by Chinua Achebe

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March - "Leveling The Playing Field"

Recommended Reads:

- "Red Lip Theology: For Church Girls Who've Considered Tithing to the Beauty Supply Store When Sunday Morning Isn't Enough" by Candice Benbow

- "An Introduction to Womanist Biblical Interpretation" by Nyasha Junior

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April - Revolutionary Power

Recommended Reads:

- "Black Theology & Black Power" by James H. Cone

- "A Philosophical View of Easter" in Prophetic Fragments by Cornel West

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May - Call To Order: Hold Your Head, Guard Your Heart

Recommended Reads:

- Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent and Lead by Brené Brown

- Trust: Mastering The Four Essential Trusts by Iyanla Vanzant

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June - Money Matters: Building Economic Power

Recommended Reads:

- PowerNomics: The National Plan to Empower Black America by Claud Anderson

- The Color of Money: Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap by Marsha Baradaran

- The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism by Edward E. Baptist

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July - No Weapon Formed

Recommended Reads:

- Binding The Strong Man: A Political Reading of Mark's Story of Jesus by Ched Myers

- The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

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August - We Got Next

Recommended Reads:

- The Rage of Innocence: How America Criminalizes Black Youth by Kristin Henning

- Democracy Remixed: Black Youth and the Future of American Politics by Cathy J. Cohen

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September - Taking Care

Recommended Reads:

- Self-Care for Black Women: 150 Ways to Radically Accept & Prioritize Your Mind, Body, & Soul x Oludara Adeeyo

- Breath: A Guided Healing Journal for Black Men x Brenna Allan Steele

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October - It's A Love Thing

Recommended Reads:

- Salvation: Black People and Love by Bell Hooks

- Black Women, Black Love: America's War on African American Marriage by Dianne M. Stewart

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November- We The People

Recommended Reads:

-The Black Presidency: Barack Obama and the Politics of Race in America x Michael Eric Dyson

-Give Us The Ballot: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America x Ari Berman

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