Books
Why Does He Do That?:
Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men
by Lundy Bancroft
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From Amazon.com: "In this groundbreaking bestseller, Lundy Bancroft—a counselor who specializes in working with abusive men—uses his knowledge about how abusers think to help women recognize when they are being controlled or devalued, and to find ways to get free of an abusive relationship."
The Tipping Point:
How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
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by Malcolm Gladwell
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From Amazon.com: "The tipping point is that magic moment when an idea, trend, or social behavior crosses a threshold, tips, and spreads like wildfire. Just as a single sick person can start an epidemic of the flu, so too can a small but precisely targeted push cause a fashion trend, the popularity of a new product, or a drop in the crime rate. This widely acclaimed bestseller, in which Malcolm Gladwell explores and brilliantly illuminates the tipping point phenomenon, is already changing the way people throughout the world think about selling products and disseminating ideas."
Childhood Disrupted: How Your Biography Becomes Your Biology, and How You Can Heal
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by Donna Jackson Nakazawa
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From Amazon: "A 'courageous, compassionate, and rigorous every-person’s guide' (Christina Bethell, PhD, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health) that shows the link between Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and adult illnesses such as heart disease, autoimmune disease, and cancer—Childhood Disrupted also explains how to cope and heal from these emotional traumas."
The Day Daddy Lost His Temper: Empowering Kids That Have Witnessed Domestic Violence
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by Dr. Carol Santana McCleary
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From Amazon: "The Empowering Kids Series is a collection of empathically reflective stories told from the perspective of young children. These books are meant to be used by parents and mental health providers to facilitate the child’s verbalization of their feelings and experiences, thereby advancing the healing process and are aimed at validating the readers’ experiences and feelings, thereby reducing feelings of shame and isolation."
Yuuyaraq: The Way of the Human Being
by Harold Napoleon
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From Google Books: "Societies acquire scars from war, economic crises, environmental disasters or, as Harold Napoleon tells us, from epidemics. Afflicted by epidemics and their consequences from the 1770s until the 1940s, Alaska Natives are still feeling traumatic effects in the form of alcoholism, suicide and violence. The wholeness of a society that maintained health and vigor for thousands of years was broken by the Great Death and has not been repaired by anti-poverty programs, welfare, government-sponsored health and education programs, or prohibition laws. Through bitter experience, Napoleon, a Yupik Eskimo, has acquired clarity in understanding the roots and tenacity of these problems, articulating them clearly and powerfully. But more than this, he offers a message of hope pointing the way toward cultural revitalization that can begin now. The steps in the journey to reclaiming health and well-being depends on communicating the sorrow and loss and embracing a new way of thinking about the problem. While there is much work to be done, this work shows a way that individuals and villages can transform the Great Death into new life.
Napoleon’s narrative is followed by commentaries from elders and academics concerned with understanding and overcoming the challenges that Alaska Natives face today."
Infographics
The "Power and Control Wheel"
videos
How to talk (and listen) to transgender people
From YouTube: "Gender should be the least remarkable thing about someone, but transgender people are still too often misunderstood. To help those who are scared to ask questions or nervous about saying the wrong thing, Jackson Bird shares a few ways to think about trans issues. And in this funny, frank talk, he clears up a few misconceptions about pronouns, transitioning, bathrooms and more."
The Silence
From PBS Frontline: "In The Silence, FRONTLINE producer Tom Curran and reporter Mark Trahant examine the legacy of abuse by a number of men who worked for the Catholic Church along Alaska's far west coast in the late 1960s and early 1970s. They would leave behind a trail of hundreds of claims of abuse, making this one of the hardest hit regions in the country."
Yuuyaraq: The Way of the Human Being
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From Vimeo: "In 1990, Harold Napoleon, a Yup'ik Alaskan Eskimo, wrote an essay titled 'YUUYARAQ: The Way of the Human Being'. It is a poignant analysis of the trauma that affected Alaskan Natives both from the intrusion of white civilization and the Spanish influenza epidemic of 1918 which Yupiks called 'The Great Death'. This film would depict Yup'ik life prior to and during the Great Death and would examine what is now being done to help Yup'ik Eskimos regain meaning in their lives."
Aleut Story
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From Amazon: “In the turbulence of war, in a place where survival was just short of miraculous, the Aleuts of Alaska would redefine themselves and America. From indentured servitude and isolated internment camps, to Congress and the White House, this is the incredible story of the Aleut’s decades-long struggle for our nation’s ideals.”
