Welcome to the NWMAF Resource Library!
This is an evolving list of books and resources. We will be adding to this, so check back often!
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| Title | Author | Topics | Recommended for | Learn More |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds | Adrienne Maree Brown |
| goodreads.com | |
| Undrowned: Black Feminist Lessons from Marine Mammals | Alexis Pauline Gumbs | goodreads.com | ||
| Domestic Violence for Beginners | Alisa del Tufo | domestic violence, comic book |
| goodreads.com |
| Cultural Etiquette: a Guide for the Well-Intentioned | Amoja Three Rivers | goodreads.com | ||
| Abolition. Feminism. Now. | Angela Davis, Gina Dent, Erica Meiners, Beth Richie | Feminism |
| goodreads.com |
| Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches | Audre Lorde | goodreads.com | ||
| This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color. | Cherríe L. Moraga, Gloria E. Anzaldúa, Toni Cade Bambara | goodreads.com | ||
| Self-Defense: The Womanly Art of Self Care, Intuition, and Choice | Debbie Leung | self care, intuition, choice |
| goodreads.com |
| Waking Up White | Debby Irving | race | goodreads.com | |
| Her Wits About Her: Self-Defense Success Stories by Women, | Denise Caignon and Gail Groves | survival stories |
| goodreads.com |
| Synergy 2023 Conference Booklet (pdf) | Download PDF | Synergy-Conference-2023 |
| nwmaf.org |
| Beyond Survival: Strategies and Stories from the Transformative Justice Movement | Ejeris Dixon, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha |
| goodreads.com | |
| Beauty Bites Beast | Ellen Snortland | self-defense, violence prevention |
| goodreads.com |
| Jump to ratings and reviews Rate this book Bridges to Heal US: Stories and Strategies for Racial Healing | Erin Jones | goodreads.com | ||
| Girls Fight Back!: The College Girl's Guide to Protecting Herself | Erin Weed | self-defense, college |
| goodreads.com |
| The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals that Protect Us From Violence | Gavin de Becker | survival signals, fear |
| goodreads.com |
| The Lioness Within: A Woman's Self-defense Survival Guide | Graciela Casillas | survival |
| goodreads.com |
| NWMAF Conference 2023: Hind Essayegh - ESD Instructor and Trainer Evaluation | Hind Essayegh | self defense , instructor evaluation |
| google.com |
| NWMAF Conference 2023: Hind Essayegh Teaching ESD with a Trauma Informed Approach | Hind Essayegh | trauma informed , self defense , teaching |
| google.com |
| The Empowerment Podcast by Naga | Host - Silvia Smart | ESD, Empowerment Self Defense, self-defense, |
| podbean.com |
| The Power Up Kids Self Defense Podcast | Host - Silvia Smart | empowerment, kids, kids resources, empowerment self defense, kids self defense |
| podbean.com |
| A People's History of the United States | Howard Zinn | History | goodreads.com | |
| How to Be an Antiracist | Ibram X. Kendi | goodreads.com | ||
| So You Want to Talk About Race | Ijeoma Oluo | goodreads.com | ||
| Training Women in the Martial Arts: A Special Journey | Jennifer Lawler | women in the martial arts |
| goodreads.com |
| Title | Author | Topics | Recommended for | Learn More |
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