This week, Jolie’s talking about the books she’s reading and what she’s learning (and unlearning) about the American promise.
JOURNAL PROMPTS FOR THE WEEK:
✏️ What’s one thing you’d like to change about your home? (your house, your city, your country)
BOOKS TO READ:
📚 “The Message” by Ta-Nehisi Coates
📚 “In The Country We Love: My Family Divided” by Diane Guerrero
📚 “Letter to My Daughter” by Maya Angelou
📚 “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents” by Isabel Wilkerson
📚 “The Rise and Fall of the Freedman’s Savings Bank and It’s Lasting Socio-Economic Impact on Black America” by Rodney A. Brooks
📚 “Assata: An Autobiography” by Assata Shakur
THE SOCIALS:
💜 Subscribe to Finding The Right Words on Substack (joliedoggett.substack.com). This October, we’re writing about Waiting.
💜 Follow Finding The Right Words on Instagram (instagram.com/findingtherightwords_/)
💜 Follow Jolie on Instagram (instagram.com/jolie_bean/)
💜 Follow Jolie on Threads (threads.net/@jolie_bean)
💜 Follow Jolie on TikTok (tiktok.com/@jolie_bean1)
THE LAST WORD:
“Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.” - Fred Rogers
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