02998cam a2200397 i 4500 1895930415 TxAuBib 20250218120000.0 250127s2025||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u bl2025036823 9781982190798 HRD 28.99 1982190795 HRD 28.99 (OCoLC)1491238585 TxAuBib rda Ross, Loretta, author. Calling in [BOOK] : how to start making change with those you'd rather cancel / Loretta J. Ross. How to start making change with those you'd rather cancel. First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2025. ©2025. v, 271 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-257) and index. Prologue -- How I learned to call in -- The uses and abuses of call outs -- Be strategic -- Model the world we desire -- Starting with the self -- Calling in techniques -- Creating a call in culture -- Redemption after a call in -- Epilogue: Letting go of hate. "In 1979, Loretta Ross was a single mother who’d had to drop out of Howard University. She was working at Washington, DC’s Rape Crisis Center when she got a letter from a man in prison saying he wanted to learn how to not be a rapist anymore. At first, she was furious. As a survivor of sexual violence, she wanted to write back pouring out her rage. But instead, she made a different choice, a choice to reject the response her trauma was pushing her towards, a choice that set her on the path towards developing a philosophy that would come to guide her whole career: rather than calling people out, try to call even your unlikeliest allies in. Hold them accountable—but do so with love. Calling In is at once a handbook, a manifesto, and a memoir—because the power of Loretta Ross’s message comes from who she is and what she’s lived through. She’s a Black woman who’s deprogrammed white supremacists, a survivor who’s taught convicted rapists the principles of feminism. With stories from her five remarkable decades in activism, she vividly illustrates why calling people in—inviting them into conversation instead of conflict by focusing on your shared values over a desire for punishment—is the more strategic choice if you want to make real change. And she shows you how to do so, whether in the workplace, on a college campus, or in your living room.". 20250218. Ross, Loretta. Feminists United States Biography. Women, Black United States Biography. Cancel culture. Communication. Social justice. Autobiographies.