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The Familia Grande: A family's silence weighs on everyone
By Camille Kouchner. 2022
THE LITERARY SENSATION THAT STORMED THE WORLD, THE PHENOMENAL FRENCH BESTSELLER HAS SOLD 350,000 COPIESTHE BOOK THAT SPARKED THE VIRAL…
#METOOINCEST MOVEMENTA family's secret weighs on everyone...THE FAMILIA GRANDE is a tender, groundbreaking and lacerating memoir written by a sister who could no longer remain silent...Set in amongst the French intellectual elite in Paris and their lavender scented estates in Provence, it tells a story of a corrosive secret that sits in a family for decades and ultimately razes it and the political, literary elite that enabled its silence, to the ground.Already an international bestseller, it has touched a nerve across the globe and has brought about a powerful reckoning of incest, and its far-reaching trauma.The Familia Grande is a book of a generation.'The courage of a sister who could no longer keep quiet.' - EMMANUEL MACRON 'Camille's battle to liberate herself from a painful family secret has touched a nerve across France' - THE NEW YORK TIMESLa red infinita
By Yayoi Kusama. 2022
La autobiorafía de Yayoi Kusama La red infinita retrata, en primera persona, a una mente artística única, atormentada por miedos…
y obsesiones, pero decidida a alcanzar y mantener su posición al frente de la vanguardia artística mundial. Pintora inconformista, Kusama canaliza sus neurosis obsesivas en un arte que trasciende las barreras culturales.Una vez llegada desde Japón a Nueva York, vive los primeros tiempos en la pobreza, pero pronto se convierte en la reina de la escena artística contracultural, y llega a codearse con artistas como Georgia O'Keeffe o Andy Warhol. Kusama brinda un relato conmovedor de su infancia y la primera aparición de las visiones obsesivas que la han perseguido durante toda su vida. Al regresar a Japón a principios de la década de 1970, la artista ingresa voluntariamente en un hospital psiquiátrico de Tokio, donde sigue residiendo, y desde donde surge, con un vigor aparentemente inagotable, el flujo interminable de obras de arte que la han convertido en una auténtica leyenda. El resultado es un relato fascinante que se extiende durante setenta años de vida. «Al mirar atrás, veo que he recorrido un largo camino para llegar hasta aquí. Mi batalla constante con el arte comenzó cuando aún era una niña, pero mi suerte quedó echada en el momento en que tomé la decisión de marcharme de Japón y partir rumbo a Estados Unidos». Yayoi KusamaFalling Leaves: The True Story of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter
By Adeline Yen Mah. 1997
from the book jacket "I read for two nights, sleepless, my Heart pierced by Adeline Yen Mah's account of her…
terrible childhood. Falling Leaves is a potent psychological drama pitting a stubborn little girl against the most merciless of adversaries and rivals: her own family. I am still haunted by Mah's memoir. Amy Tan, author of The Joy Luck. Club Born in 1957 in a port city a thousand miles north of Shanghai, Adeline Yen Ma was the youngest child of an affluent Chinese family who enjoyed rare privileges during a time of political and cultural upheaval. But wealth and position could not shield Adeline from a childhood of appalling emotional abuse at the hands of a cruel and manipulative Eurasian stepmother. Determined to survive through her enduring faith in family unity, Adeline struggled for independence as she moved from Hong Kong to England and eventually to the United States to become a physician and writer. A compelling, painful, and ultimately triumphant story of a girl's journey into adulthood, Adeline's story is a testament to the most basic of human needs acceptance, love, and understanding. Scanners note: The Chinese characters found in the printed copy of this book could not be meaningfully represented in the electronic text.The Sun Does Shine (Young Readers Edition): An Innocent Man, A Wrongful Conviction, and the Long Path to Justice
By Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich, Anthony Ray Hinton, Lara Love Hardin. 2022
The Sun Does Shine is an extraordinary testament to the power of hope sustained through the darkest times, now adapted…
for younger readers, with a revised foreword by Just Mercy author Bryan Stevenson.In 1985, Anthony Ray Hinton was arrested and charged with two counts of capital murder in Alabama. Stunned, confused, and only 29 years old, Hinton knew that it was a case of mistaken identity and believed that the truth would prove his innocence and ultimately set him free.But with a criminal justice system with the cards stacked against Black men, Hinton was sentenced to death . He spent his first three years on Death Row in despairing silence—angry and full of hatred for all those who had sent an innocent man to his death. But as Hinton realized and accepted his fate, he resolved not only to survive, but find a way to live on Death Row. For the next twenty-seven years he was a beacon—transforming not only his own spirit, but those of his fellow inmates. With the help of civil rights attorney and bestselling author of Just Mercy, Bryan Stevenson, Hinton won his release in 2015.With themes both timely and timeless, Hinton’s memoir tells his dramatic 30-year journey and shows how you can take away a man’s freedom, but you can’t take away his imagination, humor, or joy.Time Out for Happiness
By Frank B. Gilbreth. 1970
"Frank Gilbreth chronicles the extraordinary partnership of his parents, which produced not only a dozen children but landmark contributions in…
the field of scientific management. His story follows Lillie Gilbreth from her childhood in Oakland, California, through her commencement day speech at Berkeley (at a time when few women attended college) to the day in Boston where the slim, shy girl from the West met the big, brash, and bluster Easterner who ran a successful contracting business and dabbled in time and motion studies."Marxist Thought on Imperialism: Survey and Critique
By Charles A. Barone. 2015
Claude McKay: The Making of a Black Bolshevik
By Winston James. 2022
One of the foremost Black writers and intellectuals of his era, Claude McKay (1889–1948) was a central figure in Caribbean…
literature, the Harlem Renaissance, and the Black radical tradition. McKay’s life and writing were defined by his class consciousness and anticolonialism, shaped by his experiences growing up in colonial Jamaica as well as his early career as a writer in Harlem and then London. Dedicated to confronting both racism and capitalist exploitation, he was a critical observer of the Black condition throughout the African diaspora and became a committed Bolshevik.Winston James offers a revelatory account of McKay’s political and intellectual trajectory from his upbringing in Jamaica through the early years of his literary career and radical activism. In 1912, McKay left Jamaica to study in the United States, never to return. James follows McKay’s time at the Tuskegee Institute and Kansas State University, as he discovered the harshness of American racism, and his move to Harlem, where he encountered the ferment of Black cultural and political movements and figures such as Hubert Harrison and Marcus Garvey. McKay left New York for London, where his commitment to revolutionary socialism deepened, culminating in his transformation from Fabian socialist to Bolshevik.Drawing on a wide variety of sources, James offers a rich and detailed chronicle of McKay’s life, political evolution, and the historical, political, and intellectual contexts that shaped him.Rainforest Warrior
By Anita Ganeri. 2022
A fascinating tale of one of the first well-known environmental activists, Chico Mendes, who fought tirelessly to save the Amazon…
rainforest as well as fighting for people's rights. This is the story of Chico Mendes, a Brazilian rubber tapper and environmentalist. He fought to preserve the Amazon rainforest, and advocated for the human rights of other rubber tappers who lived in the forest. Tragically, he was assassinated for trying to protect these rights.Grippingly written by award-winning author, Anita Ganeri, and vibrantly illustrated by Margaux Carpentier, throughout the story, we see the wonders of the Amazon rainforest and learn why it is so important that global rainforests are protected. Tell this tale and inspire a new generation of environmental heroes who will speak up and take action to protect our natural world.Great support material for children's study of habitats, rainforests and their importance for biodiversity and helping to combat climate changeAn Immigrant's Love Letter to the West
By Konstantin Kisin. 2022
For all of the West's failings - terrible food, cold weather, and questionable politicians with funny hair to name a…
few - it has its upsides. Konstantin would know. Growing up in the Soviet Union, he experienced first-hand the horrors of a socialist paradise gone wrong, having lived in extreme poverty with little access to even the most basic of necessities. It wasn't until he moved to the UK that Kisin found himself thriving in an open and tolerant society, receiving countless opportunities he would never have had otherwise.Funny, provocative and unswervingly perceptive, An Immigrant's Love letter to the West interrogates the developing sense of self-loathing the Western sphere has adopted and offers an alternative perspective. Exploring race politics, free speech, immigration and more, Kisin argues that wrongdoing and guilt need not pervade how we feel about the West - and Britain - today, and that despite all its ups and downs, it remains one of the best places to live in the world.After all, if an immigrant can't publicly profess their appreciation for this country, who can?An Immigrant's Love Letter to the West
By Konstantin Kisin. 2022
For all of the West's failings - terrible food, cold weather, and questionable politicians with funny hair to name a…
few - it has its upsides. Konstantin would know. Growing up in the Soviet Union, he experienced first-hand the horrors of a socialist paradise gone wrong, having lived in extreme poverty with little access to even the most basic of necessities. It wasn't until he moved to the UK that Kisin found himself thriving in an open and tolerant society, receiving countless opportunities he would never have had otherwise.Funny, provocative and unswervingly perceptive, An Immigrant's Love letter to the West interrogates the developing sense of self-loathing the Western sphere has adopted and offers an alternative perspective. Exploring race politics, free speech, immigration and more, Kisin argues that wrongdoing and guilt need not pervade how we feel about the West - and Britain - today, and that despite all its ups and downs, it remains one of the best places to live in the world.After all, if an immigrant can't publicly profess their appreciation for this country, who can?Flock Together: Connecting people of colour to nature – AS SEEN ON TV
By Nadeem Perera, Ollie Olanipekun. 2022
AS SEEN ON BBC ONE'S THE ONE SHOW'Nature is a universal resource. For too long Black, Brown and people of…
colour have felt unwelcome and marginalised in spaces that should be for everyone.' -Flock TogetherNature is a powerful source of creativity, inspiration and healing; however, it has not always felt like a safe space for people of colour. Flock Together is here to change that, by inspiring everyone, regardless of race, religion or economic status, to build their relationship with the outdoors and embrace all that nature has to offer.Founded by Ollie Olanipekun and Nadeem Perera in summer 2020, Flock Together is the UK's first birdwatching collective for people of colour. Ollie and Nadeem share a mutual love of nature - it is their outlet when faced with neglect and prejudice, it is a place for deep thought and discovery, and it is the foundation on which their friendship and community is built. Part memoir, part manifesto, Outsiders is Flock Together's call-to-action. Divided into six parts, each chapter focuses on a key pillar in the Flock's mission:1. Make Nature a Must explores the contrast between urban and rural lifestyles. How does the urban environment disconnect the individual from nature? How is nature beneficial to us all? 2. Challenging Preconceptions shows the complexities people of colour face when they are stereotyped. How can we change these preconceptions? 3. Nature as My Healer assesses the systemic issues impacting the mental health of people of colour. How can nature help mitigate this? 4. Building a Community offers guidance to building your own community. How can a community bring systemic change? 5. Who Runs Nature? outlines what we can do to benefit nature. How do communities around the world cooperate with the ecosystem and how can this be introduced more to the western world? 6. Creative Mentorship looks at the obstacles young people of colour face when shut out of particular spaces. How does mentorship help reclaim those spaces?Flock Together: Connecting people of colour to nature – AS SEEN ON TV
By Nadeem Perera, Ollie Olanipekun. 2022
AS SEEN ON BBC ONE'S THE ONE SHOW'Nature is a universal resource. For too long Black, Brown and people of…
colour have felt unwelcome and marginalised in spaces that should be for everyone.' -Flock TogetherNature is a powerful source of creativity, inspiration and healing; however, it has not always felt like a safe space for people of colour. Flock Together is here to change that, by inspiring everyone, regardless of race, religion or economic status, to build their relationship with the outdoors and embrace all that nature has to offer.Founded by Ollie Olanipekun and Nadeem Perera in summer 2020, Flock Together is the UK's first birdwatching collective for people of colour. Ollie and Nadeem share a mutual love of nature - it is their outlet when faced with neglect and prejudice, it is a place for deep thought and discovery, and it is the foundation on which their friendship and community is built. Part memoir, part manifesto, Outsiders is Flock Together's call-to-action. Divided into six parts, each chapter focuses on a key pillar in the Flock's mission:1. Make Nature a Must explores the contrast between urban and rural lifestyles. How does the urban environment disconnect the individual from nature? How is nature beneficial to us all? 2. Challenging Preconceptions shows the complexities people of colour face when they are stereotyped. How can we change these preconceptions? 3. Nature as My Healer assesses the systemic issues impacting the mental health of people of colour. How can nature help mitigate this? 4. Building a Community offers guidance to building your own community. How can a community bring systemic change? 5. Who Runs Nature? outlines what we can do to benefit nature. How do communities around the world cooperate with the ecosystem and how can this be introduced more to the western world? 6. Creative Mentorship looks at the obstacles young people of colour face when shut out of particular spaces. How does mentorship help reclaim those spaces?Reclaiming: Essays on finding yourself one piece at a time
By Yewande Biala. 2022
Reclaiming is a brilliantly written and thought-provoking book. Through amazing story telling, Yewande highlights the richness in her culture that…
so many other black women can relate to. It was extremely gripping right from beginning. -- Oloni'This book highlights the topics and issues we still face in our society daily, including some that I've struggled with myself. I think it's hugely important we keep having these conversations and this book certainly helps do just that.' -- Olivia Bowen'Reclaiming is comforting, yet inspiring. Yewande has admirably opened up about her experiences growing up and facing difficulties such as colourism and mental health problems, how she's so bravely over come them and found her voice. I whole heartedly recommend this book to anyone mixed up in this complex generation looking for a relatable, authentic and aspirational read.' -- Demi Jones'I absolutely loved it. I think it's clear to anyone who's read Yewande's earlier essay that she's a phenomenal writer and talent, and this is an incredible debut. Empowering, instructive, loving & honest...the kind of text that makes me excited to be a reader' -- Beth McColl'I'm so proud of the strong, intelligent woman Yewande is. She is using her platform and own experiences to educate, inspire, empower and to help others!' -- Amy Hart'A beautiful book - very relatable... a beautiful form of art.' -- Murad Merali'Reclaiming is more than just a book title. It's a statement. It's power. It's an announcement. It's a force I feel Yewande is making on behalf of all men and women of colour. Thank you Yewande.' -- Rachel Finni_____________________________________________________I am more than enough, and I am perfect with all my imperfections.In 2021, Yewande Biala wrote a searing viral essay on the debilitating effects of having your name constantly mispronounced or changed.From the incredible response to the essay, it was clear that there are still so many conversations to be had around the way that we as a society respond to each other, and the direct effect it is having on our sense of self. Reclaiming consists of interlinked essays covering a wide breadth of topics from struggling with your body image and mental health to navigating social media and dating apps without damaging your self-esteem.Each essay covers a different topic, affirming that maintaining your sense of self in a world that is not supportive of you is difficult, but not impossible. Nuanced, distinctly sharp, and full of wit, Reclaiming holds a mirror up to us all, and encourages us to like what we see.A Working-Class Family Ages Badly
By Juno Roche. 2022
'Delicate and devastating. Up there with the best of them.' HANNAH LOWE, WINNER OF THE COSTA PRIZE'Roche is a charming,…
unflinchingly honest guide on a journey that's as funny as it is heart-breaking.' JUNO DAWSONHow does an untrained eye recognise the process of dying, when your mind is fixed firmly on living?A radically honest and uplifting memoir about defying death and learning to live.Juno Roche was born into a working-class family in London in the sixties, who dabbled in minor crime. For their father, violence and love lived together; for their mother, addiction was the only way to survive. School was a respite, but shortly after beginning their university course Juno was diagnosed with HIV, then a death sentence.Juno is a survivor; they outlived their diagnosis, got a degree and became an artist. But however hard you try to take the kid out of the family, some scars go too deep; trying to run from AIDS and their childhood threw Juno into dark years of serious drug addiction, addiction often financed by sex work.Running from home eventually took Juno across the sea to a tiny village in Spain, surrounded by mountains. Only once they found a quiet little house with an olive tree in the garden did Juno start to wonder if they had run too far, and whether they have really been searching for a family all along.In an incredibly honest and brave book, Juno takes us through the moments of their life: Mum sending Christmas cards containing Valium, drug withdrawal on a River Nile cruise, overcoming their father's violence and finding their dream house in Spain. Showing immense resilience, Juno's memoir is a book about what it means to stay alive.Emotional, tragic and incredibly funny, A Working-Class Family Ages Badly is an unforgettable must-read memoir for anyone who loves Educated, Deborah Levy and Motherwell.'Full of heart, wit and charm. I'm obsessed with this book.' Travis Alabanza 'So gripping, I had to make myself slow down to appreciate the quality of the writing. Such a powerful story and so beautifully written.' Paul Burston'Utterly unique. Nobody can write with warmth and confrontation the way Juno can.' Tom Rasmussen'Compassionate, dreamlike and deeply moving.' CN Lester 'Should be read by everyone.' Irenosen Okojie 'Juno has always been a literary voice like no one else, scathingly honest and endlessly expansive.' Amelia AbrahamAn Illuminated Life: Belle da Costa Greene's Journey from Prejudice to Privilege
By Heidi Ardizzone. 2007
The secret life of the sensational woman behind the Morgan masterpieces, who lit up New York society. What would you…
give up to achieve your dream? When J. P. Morgan hired Belle da Costa Greene in 1905 to organize his rare book and manuscript collection, she had only her personality and a few years of experience to recommend her. Ten years later, she had shaped the famous Pierpont Morgan Library collection and was a proto-celebrity in New York and the art world, renowned for her self-made expertise, her acerbic wit, and her flirtatious relationships. Born to a family of free people of color, Greene changed her name and invented a Portuguese grandmother to enter white society. In her new world, she dined both at the tables of the highest society and with bohemian artists and activists. She also engaged in a decades-long affair with art critic Bernard Berenson. Greene is pure fascination—the buyer of illuminated manuscripts who attracted others to her like moths to a flame.The Art of Teaching Children: All I Learned from a Lifetime in the Classroom
By Phillip Done. 2022
An essential guide for teachers and parents that&’s destined to become a classic, The Art of Teaching Children is one…
of those rare and masterful books that not only defines a craft but offers a magical reading experience.After more than thirty years in the classroom, award-winning teacher Phil Done decided that it was time to retire. His days of teaching schoolchildren may have come to an end, but a teacher&’s job is never truly done, and he set out to write the greatest lesson of his career: a book for educators and parents that would pass along everything he learned about working with kids. The result is this delightful and insightful teaching bible, The Art of Teaching Children. From the first-day-of-school jitters to the last day&’s tears, Done writes about the teacher&’s craft, classrooms and curriculums, the challenges of the profession, and the reason all teachers do it—the children. Drawing upon decades of experience, Done shares sound guidance, time-tested tips, and sage advice: Real learning is messy, not linear. Greeting kids in the morning as they enter the classroom is one of the most important parts of the school day. If a student is having trouble, look at what you can do differently before pointing the finger at the child. Ask yourself: Would I want to be a student in my class? When children watch you, they are learning how to be people, and one of the most important things we can do for our students is to model the kind of people we would like them to be. Done tackles topics you won&’t find in any other teaching book, including Back to School Night nerves, teacher pride, lessons that bomb, the Sunday Blues, Pinterest envy, teacher guilt, and the things they never warn you about in &“teacher school&” but should, like how to survive lunch supervision, recess duty, and field trips. Done also addresses some of the most important issues schools face today: bullying, excessive screen time, unsupportive administrators, the system&’s obsession with testing, teacher burnout, and the ever-increasing demands of meeting the diverse learning needs of students. With great wit and wisdom, first-rate storytelling, and boundless compassion, The Art of Teaching Children is the definitive guide to educating today&’s young learners and the perfect resource for teachers and parents everywhere.The Shepherd's Life
By James Rebanks. 2015
A major new talent redefines the literature of rural life. Old world met new when a shepherd in the English…
Lake District impulsively started a Twitter account. A routine cell phone upgrade left author James Rebanks with a pretty decent camera and a pre-loaded Twitter app--the tools to share his way of life with the world. And what began as a tentative experiment became an international phenomenon.James has worked the land for years, as did his father, and his father before him. His family has lived and farmed in the Lake District of Northern England as long as there have been written records (since 1420) and possibly much longer. And while the land itself has inspired great poets and authors we have rarely heard from the people who tend it. One Twitter account has changed all that, and now James Rebanks has broken free of the 140-character limit and produced "the book I have wanted to write my whole life." The Shepherd's Life is a memoir about growing up amidst a magical, storied landscape, of coming of age in the 1980s and 1990s among hills that seem timeless, and yet suffused with history. Broken into the four seasons, the book chronicles the author's daily experiences at work with his flock and brings alive his family and their ancient way of life, which at times can seem irreconcilable with the modern world. An astonishing original work, The Shepherd's Life is an intimate look from inside a seemingly ordinary life, one that celebrates the meaning of place, the ties of family to the land around them, and the beauty of the past. It is the untold story of the Lake District, of a people who exist and endure out of sight in the midst of the most iconic literary landscape in the world.From the Hardcover edition.La historia no contada de Francisca Zubiaga y Bernales, la primera presidenta del Perú ¿Qué ocurrió con las mujeres peruanas…
que hicieron historia? El propósito de este libro es iluminar la figura de Francisca Zubiaga y Bernales, la Mariscala, la única presidenta que ha gobernado hasta ahora el Perú, y a quien la Historia tradicional se encargó de etiquetar como «excéntrica» y «loca». Junto con ella, otras mujeres recuperan su voz: revolucionarias, chicheras, monjas. Claudia Nuñez, de la mano de la Mariscala, explora los primeros y caóticos años de la República, período en el que Francisca y su esposo, Agustín Gamarra, cogobernaron Cusco y, luego, asumieron el poder desde Lima. Lo cierto es que, mientras él apagaba motines en diversos lugares del país, ella gobernaba. Con su cuerpo sucedió lo mismo que con su historia: fue enterrada en una fosa común en Chile. Sin embargo, estas páginas componen un universo femenino que le rinde justicia. Y, con cada lectura, se convoca su redención.Los Peores: Vagos, chorros, ocupas y violentos. Alegatos del humanismo cascoteado
By Juan Grabois. 2022
Provocativo y visceral, este libro confronta el estereotipo de los pobres movilizados como colectivo de vagos, ocupas y violentos manipulados…
por gerentes de la pobreza que lucran con la desesperación, sin evadir una cruda mirada introspectiva sobre los aspectos oscuros de un proceso social cuyo rumbo está en disputa. Cuenta la leyenda negra que los movimientos sociales son un colectivo de vagos, ocupas y violentos manipulados por gerentes de la pobreza. Esta prédica vernácula no solo proviene de voces que gozan de mucha influencia en la sociedad, sino también de la gente común. ¿Qué hay detrás del estereotipo más declamado de la Argentina? ¿Realmente los excluidos no trabajan? ¿Por qué el poder real invierte tiempo y recursos en demonizarlos? ¿Alcanza la economía popular para llevar una vida digna? ¿Es verdad que la mitad del país mantiene a la otra mitad? Sin romantizar a los movimientos populares ni evadir las contradicciones de todo proceso vivo, con vigorosa eficacia y un enfoque de carácter ético, en este libro de alegatos el referente social Juan Grabois deconstruye el mito de Los Peores y responde los ataques mediáticos de sus detractores: "Nosotros, Los Peores, tenemos un plan. No me refiero al plan estilo 'plan trabajar', de esos tenemos más o menos 1,2 millones... Digo que tenemos un plan magistral para nuestra propia extinción". Una historia de entrega y compromiso, de errores y desvíos, de conquistas y derrotas, que revela la compleja trama de la economía popular organizada y la militancia social como alternativa a la exclusión y el descarte.Reframe Your Shame: Experience Freedom from What Holds You Back
By Irene Rollins. 2022
Discover how facing your underlying pain will allow you to overcome it and move forward. With practical insights and biblical…
teaching about what it takes to break the cycle of addiction and shame, Reframe Your Shame will set you on the path to freedom. Irene Rollins knows what it means to walk through shame, especially as a leader. She enjoyed a seemingly perfect life as a wife, mom, and leader of a megachurch while she hid a secret addiction to alcohol that almost destroyed everything. With vulnerability and wisdom, Irene offers strategies and biblical teaching to break free of the suffocating cycle of sin and shame. Many people aren&’t even aware that they live in an addiction cycle, unaware of how unmanageable their lives have become. Their relationships feel distant, difficult, or dysfunctional, but they often don&’t know why. Reframe Your Shame provides awareness and resources to help readers recognize the warning signs of toxic shame and addiction;accept truth and take responsibility for their own journey of emotional healing and growth;find freedom from shame, self-defeating hurts, hang-ups, and habits;learn to communicate, connect with others, and resolve both internal and relational conflicts; anddiscover practical tools to live with purpose, free from the baggage of the past. Perfect for those fighting a personal battle, or for family members and counselors walking with them, Reframe Your Shame sets them on a path to freedom.