Bibliography from “You Call This A Democracy?”

The bibliography PDF below is from Paul Kivel’s book You Call This a Democracy?: Who Benefits, Who Pays and Who Really Decides.  Please send comments, feedback, resources, and suggestions for distribution to paul@paulkivel.com. Further resources are available at www.paulkivel.com. All Read more... Read More

Bibliography: Uprooting Racism 4th Edition

The following bibliography is from Paul Kivel’s book Uprooting Racism: How White People Can Work for Racial Justice. Please send comments, feedback, resources, and suggestions for distribution to paul@paulkivel.com. Further resources are available at www.paulkivel.com. All articles may be quoted, Read more... Read More

BOLD Podcast Allyship 101 Featuring Paul and his Son, Ariel Luckey

In this BOLD podcast, Paul discusses the construction of whiteness and how to show up as an ally in opposition to racial and economic oppression in America. The podcast opens with a poem by Paul’s son, Ariel Luckey. BOLD is Read more... Read More

Books About Alternatives to Globalization

The following pdf of resources is from You Call This a Democracy?: Who Benefits, Who Pays and Who Really Decides.   Please send comments, feedback, resources, and suggestions for distribution to paul@paulkivel.com. Further resources are available at www.paulkivel.com. All articles may Read more... Read More

Boys Will Be Men: Guiding Your Sons from Boyhood to Manhood

Sometimes we may not take seriously what our sons are learning and doing, telling ourselves that “boys will be boys.” At other times we may take what they do too seriously and tell them to “Grow up and act like Read more... Read More

Breaking White Silence and Stepping up your Work for Racial Justice

You have resources to leverage for racial justice! 1. Money—direct donations, hosting house parties 2. Time—support work, administration, research, filing 3. Skills—fundraising, web-based, outreach, childcare, writing, music, art, carpentry 4. Connections—to journalists, politicians, decision-makers, funders 5. Space—providing space in your Read more... Read More

Cost of Having a Ruling Class – Checklist

Adapted from Paul Kivel’s You Call This a Democracy? (2004) The following checklist can also be used as a group exercise. Do you know of anyone, including yourself…? • who currently has, or who has died from cancer? • who Read more... Read More

Courageous Currents podcast: Shadow of the Cross with Paul Kivel

Courageous Currents host, Pastor Lyvonne Proverbs, interviews Paul Kivel on Christian Hegemony—how dominant Christianity impacts our beliefs, behaviors, domestic and foreign policy and how Christians can participate in challenging this institution of power, wealth and deep-seated culture dominance. More resources Read more... Read More

Creating Family

Objectives Young men will be able to: acknowledge the diversity of families in the world describe qualities of both caring and unsupportive families describe the kind of family they want to create identify the positive and negative pressures to have Read more... Read More

Creating Relationships

The following exercise has been adapted from Paul Kivel’s books Young Men’s Work and Young Women’s Lives.  Download the pdf by clicking the link below. Please send comments, feedback, resources, and suggestions for distribution to paul@paulkivel.com. Further resources are available Read more... Read More