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Broke in America by Joanne Samuel Goldblum and Collen Shaddox, Forward by Bomani Jones

Winner
Social Change
2022 Best Book Awards

Water. Food. Housing. The most basic and crucial needs for survival, yet 40 percent of people in the United States don't have the resources to getthem. With key policy changes, we could eradicate poverty in this country within our lifetime—but we need to get started now.

Nearly 40 million people in the United States live below the poverty line—about $26,200 for a family of four. Low-income families and individuals are everywhere, from cities to rural communities. While poverty is commonly seen as a personal failure, or a deficiency of character or knowledge, it's actually the result of bad policy.

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Beyond Diversity: 12 Non-Obvious Ways To Build A More Inclusive World by Rohit Bhargava and Jennifer Brown

Finalist
Social Change
2022 Best Book Awards

What if we could go beyond the conversation about diversity and take real action?

In early 2021, more than two hundred widely respected experts gathered virtually for the world’s most ambitious conversation about diversity. Our aim was to do more than spotlight injustice. We challenged ourselves to imagine how to fix it. The dialogue brought together casting directors, bookstore owners, disabled leaders, healthcare professionals, students, VCs, standup comedians, chief diversity officers, pro gamers, archaeologists, government insiders, startup founders, and even a master puppeteer.

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I Never Thought of It That Way by Mónica Guzmán

Finalist
Social Change
2022 Best Book Awards

Journalist Mónica Guzmán is the loving liberal daughter of Mexican immigrants who voted—twice—for Donald Trump. When the country could no longer see straight across the political divide, Mónica set out to find what was blinding us and discovered the most eye-opening tool we’re not using: our own built-in curiosity. Partisanship is up, trust is down, and our social media feeds make us sure we’re right and everyone else is ignorant (or worse). But avoiding one another is hurting our relationships and our society. In this timely, personal guide, Mónica, the chief storyteller for the national cross-partisan depolarization organization Braver Angels, takes you to the real front lines of a crisis that threatens to grind America to a halt—broken conversations among confounded people. She shows you how to overcome the fear and certainty that surround us to finally do what only seems impossible: understand and even learn from people in your life whose whole worldview is different from or even opposed to yours.

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Not So Black and White: An Invitation to Honest Conversations about Race and Faith by Reggie Dabbs and John Driver

Finalist
Social Change
2022 Best Book Awards

Reggie Dabbs and John Driver--a Black man and a white man, and longtime friends--engage in a courageous, respectfully honest, challenging exploration of racism in America, including how Black and white Christians can come together to fight the evils of racism within our hearts and our systems, including our churches.

White privilege. Black Lives Matter. George Floyd. When it comes to racism in America, many of us feel confused, overwhelmed, angry--and eager to know how to engage in meaningful conversations and actions surrounding such a difficult topic. In Not So Black and White, public school communicator and internationally acclaimed speaker Reggie Dabbs and pastor John Driver team up to offer a hope-filled, convicting, inspiring look at how to be anti-racist in America today.

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#ONECHOICE: How 10 Seconds can Change Your Life by Nick and Jack Savage, as told by their mom Becky Savage

Finalist
Social Change
2022 Best Book Awards

A gripping story of two brothers who lost their lives on the same night.

It was a night we thought we’d never forget. It was graduation–and, like most teens, we were looking forward to celebrating with our friends. We knew it was the end of one chapter and the beginning of another. Some of us were heading off to college. Others were moving away. We had made some amazing friends and even better memories.

While we were sitting around reminiscing and laughing, someone pulled out a bottle of pills. Oxy. In a brief moment, we made One Choice that we can never take back. How were we to know this would be our last night? When you’re a teenager, you don’t think that One Choice can end it all. But it can. We are here to tell you that your choice matters.




Wisdom: A Very Valuable Virtue That Cannot Be Bought by Jason A. Merchey

Finalist
Social Change
2022 Best Book Awards

Will a deep appreciation of wisdom lead to more happiness, flourishing, and success in life?

Why is America increasingly plagued by tribalism, elitism, materialism, and ME-ism?

What do philosophy, psychology, and personal growth have to say about wisdom?

Are the Bible and other religious texts legitimate and useful sources of human wisdom?

Wisdom is not able to be bought — no matter how much money a person has! And philosophy has typically discouraged many who find it difficult, abstract, and boring. Modern psychology and age-old personal growth principles are given a bad name by many social media personalities who oversimplify modern psychological science in an effort to make money.

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