Sista Talk Too

Cover
Contents
Words Spoken Beforehand
A Note from the Author about Sista Talk Too
Foreword: On Passionate Pedagogies
Shout Outs—revised
Talk Two...Prologue to Prologue
Dreaming of Revolution: My Struggle to Understand the Assault on Blackness
I Am
Prologue: Crossing the Bridge with Lessons I’ve Learned
Transition: A War with Words
Chapter One: Theories of the Other: Resistance and Acceptance. Rising from the Ashes—Engendering an Understanding of Black Women and Me
Reflection: Scrambled Eggs Over Medium
Chapter Two: A Conversation with My Goddess Oshun: A Theoretical Framework in the Making
Transition: My Manifesto of Education
Chapter Three: We Said It: The Method to Our Madness
Reflection: SILENCE
Chapter Four: Sista to Sista to Sista: A Story in Three Acts
Reflection: “I really don’t breathe, that’s part of my problem”
Chapter Five: A Pedagogy of Wholeness: Part One—The Theory
Transition: Michael
Chapter Six: A Pedagogy of Wholeness: Part Two—The Practice
Transition: Reflecting on Self
Chapter Seven: The End of My Beginning
Continuing the Conversation: Sistas Are Still Talkin’
Appendix A: The Methodology of Sista Dialogue: Safe Spaces for Being Us
Appendix B: The Boring but Necessary Stuff
References