Greg Jobin-Leeds

Harvard Book Store welcomes author/activist GREG JOBIN-LEEDS, AgitArte’s DEYMIRIE HERNÁNDEZ and JOSÉ JORGE DÍAZ, and activists GIBRÁN RIVERA, STEVE MEACHAM, and LISA OWENS, and key artists and organizers from City Life/Vida Urbana, the Schott Foundation for Public Education, the Johnson Family Foundation, and more, will discuss the art and stories in When We Fight, We Win!: Twenty-First-Century Social Movements and the Activists That Are Transforming Our World. With an introduction by Greg, performances by AgitArte, and a lively Q&A. Points of discussion include how social movements intersect, key components of transformative organizing, why art and storytelling are crucial, and ways for aspiring activists to get involved.

About When We Fight, We Win

Same-sex marriage, #BlackLivesMatter, the DREAM Act, the People’s Climate March, End the New Jim Crow, Occupy Wall Street, the fight for a $15 minimum wage—these are just a few of the remarkable movements that have blossomed in the past decade, a most fertile and productive era of activism. Now, in a visually rich and deeply inspiring book, the leaders and activists of these and other movements distill their wisdom, sharing lessons of what makes—and what hinders—transformative social change.

Greg Jobin-Leeds joins forces with AgitArte, a collective of artists and organizers, to capture the stories, philosophy, tactics, and art of today’s leading social change movements. When We Fight, We Win! weaves together interviews with today’s most successful activists and artists from across the country and beyond—including Patrisse Cullors-Brignac, Bill McKibben, Clayton Thomas-Muller, Karen Lewis, Favianna Rodriguez, Rea Carey, and Gaby Pacheco, among others—with narrative recountings of strategies and campaigns alongside full-color photos. It includes a foreword by Rinku Sen and an afterword by Antonia Darder.

When We Fight, We Win! will give a whole generation of readers the chance to celebrate and benefit from a remarkable decade of activism—a decade that shows just how ripe these times are for social transformation.

Praise

"When We Fight, We Win! portrays vividly, and creatively, how alone we may seem small, but together we can become a powerful force to make a better world. A timely and impressive work." —Noam Chomsky, MIT professor of linguistics, emeritus

"When We Fight, We Win! is a love note to activists who are working hard to transform themselves and the world around them. Read for inspiration, direction, and celebration of the good work we’re advancing in hard times." —Adrienne Maree Brown, co-editor of Octavia’s Brood: Science Fiction Stories from Social Justice Movements