Jennifer R. Farmer est une écrivaine, formatrice et communicatrice militante dont le travail explore des thèmes tels que la foi, le développement du leadership et les questions de genre et de race. Ses écrits ont paru dans des publications de premier plan, abordant les défis uniques auxquels sont confrontées les femmes noires dans des contextes professionnels. En tant que fondatrice de Spotlight PR LLC, elle met à profit son expertise pour aider les organisations et les dirigeants engagés en faveur de la justice sociale et raciale à se démarquer dans le paysage médiatique. Les idées de Farmer sur l'intersection de la politique, du plaidoyer et des médias ont été déterminantes pour amplifier les voix de ceux qu'elle soutient.
Rena is 17 and nothing gets to her. Not even when her parents kick her out and her older brother has to take her abroad with him. In Uganda, at a school for ex-child soldiers, she meets Alice, a girl her own age who has seen and done worse than Rena ever did. As friendship develops, so does the risk of betrayal.
As Black women, we have to work twice as hard to be perceived as half as skilled. We have to work until August of this year to earn what a white man made by last December. We are besieged by racist and sexist bullying online. People feel free to touch and comment on our hair--and then ask us why we seem so angry.First and Only is a guide for every woman who has found herself closing the cover on other leadership books that omit our true experiences and strengths. In these pages, trainer and activist Jennifer R. Farmer helps readers learn what is required for the long haul of liberation by providing a roadmap to on-the-job success, challenging systemic racism, and seeking inner healing through the sustaining power of faith. She offers practical strategies for Black women to thrive in workplaces that can be ambivalent about their success, as well as tips and stories from psychologists, activists, and organizational experts that equip Black women to lead others and heal past wounds.The path for success for Black women includes a commitment to self-care, spiritual growth, and a willingness to push for progress even as we fight for our own liberation. First and Only is not just about how to lean in, or how to discover the irrefutable laws of leadership. It's about how to heal so you can sustain work for justice and equity. It's about finding personal and social redemption--and leading others to find it too.
as the damaged, defiant stories unravelit is impossible to remain unmoved.-- Lucy Powell, TimeOut