{"product_id":"walk-boldly-empowerment-toolkit-for-young-black-men-feel-comfortable-and-proud-in-your-skin-as-a-black-male-teen-9781642507331","title":"Walk Boldly: Empowerment Toolkit for Young Black Men (Feel Comfortable and Proud in Your Skin as a Black Male Teen)","description":"\u003cb\u003eEmbrace Who You Are as a Male Black Teen\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e#1 New Release in Teen \u0026amp; Young Adult Language Arts Books\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEmbrace the color of your skin and celebrate your identity. Finding the courage to live freely and authentically is not easy. This black teen book is designed to help you facilitate your creative drive, promote positive self-awareness, and boost your inner strength.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAffirmations for Black teen boys.\u003c\/b\u003e This black teen book is full of wisdom from Black male trailblazers who accomplished remarkable things in sports, literature, entertainment, education, STEM, business, military and government services, politics and law, activism, and more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExplore the many facets of your identity through hundreds of big and small questions.\u003c\/b\u003e In this guidebook for teens, M.J. Fievre, educator and author of \u003cem\u003eRaising Confident Black Kids\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eBadass Black Girl\u003c\/em\u003e, tackles a variety of relevant topics, such as family and friends, school and careers, and stereotypes. While reflecting on these subjects, you confront the issues that could hold you back from living a confident life as a Black teen boy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLearn from the lives of thriving black men.\u003c\/b\u003e Alongside space for personal work and reflection, M.J. Fievre provides interviews with successful black men in a variety of fields, including Andrew Bernard of Make It Dairy Free, Justin Black of Redefining Normal, and Roderick \"Rod\" Morrow of Rodimus Prime.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cem\u003eWalk Boldly\u003c\/em\u003e helps you to: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBuild and boost your self-esteem with powerful affirmations and stories from Black male role models\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLearn more about yourself through insightful journaling\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBecome comfortable and confident in your skin\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIf you enjoyed Black teen books like \u003cem\u003eUncomfortable Conversations With a Black Boy\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e31-Day Affirmations for African American Boys\u003c\/em\u003e, or \u003cem\u003eLetters to a Young Brother\u003c\/em\u003e, you'll love \u003cem\u003eWalk Boldly\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFievre, M. J.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eBorn in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, \u003cb\u003eM.J. Fievre\u003c\/b\u003e, B.S. Ed is a long-time educator whose publishing career began as a teenager in Haiti. At nineteen years-old, she signed her first book contract with Hachette-Deschamps, in Haiti, for the publication of a Young Adult book titled \u003cem\u003eLa Statuette Maléfique\u003c\/em\u003e. Since then, M.J. has authored nine books in French that are widely read in Europe and the French Antilles. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eM.J. moved to the United States in 2002. A creator of safe spaces and an initiator of difficult conversations, M.J. spent much time building up her Black students, helping them feel comfortable in their skin, and affirming their identities. Her close relationships with parents and students led her to look more closely at how we can balance protecting a child's innocence with preparing them for the realities of Black life. She is the author of \u003cem\u003eA Sky the Color of Chaos\u003c\/em\u003e, about her childhood in Haiti during the brutal regime of Jean-Bertrand Aristide (Beating Windward, 2015); \u003cem\u003eHappy, Okay? Poems about Anxiety, Depression, Hope, and Survival\u003c\/em\u003e (Books \u0026amp; Books Press, 2019); \u003cem\u003eBadass Black Girl\u003c\/em\u003e (Mango Publishing, 2020); \u003cem\u003eEmpowered Black Girl\u003c\/em\u003e (2021); and \u003cem\u003eResilient Black Girl\u003c\/em\u003e (2021). In collaboration with bestselling author Becca Anderson, M.J. has also published a productivity toolkit, \u003cem\u003eYour Work from Home Life\u003c\/em\u003e (2021).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA frequent keynote speaker (Tufts University, Massachusetts; Howard University, Washington, D.C.; the University of Miami, Florida; and Michael College, Vermont; and a panelist at the Association of Writers \u0026amp; Writing Programs Conference, AWP), M.J. helps others write their way through trauma, build community and create social change. She works with veterans, disenfranchised youth, cancer patients and survivors, victims of domestic and sexual violence, minorities, the elderly, those with chronic illness or going through transition and any underserved population in need of writing as a form of therapy--even if they don't realize that they need writing or therapy. For her blog, M.J. has interviewed legendary writers such as Edwidge Danticat, Nikki Giovanni, and Alice Randall. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe currently lives in Winter Garden, FL, with her husband, artist Thomas Logan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Tma Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50646118793490,"sku":"9781642507331","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f300c168-0554-4713-a814-d272f13aa6f9.jpg?v=1733169694","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/walk-boldly-empowerment-toolkit-for-young-black-men-feel-comfortable-and-proud-in-your-skin-as-a-black-male-teen-9781642507331","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}