We recently reached out to various members of the GoPhil Community, Board of Directors and Founder\u2019s Circle \u2013 an amazing group of intelligent, insightful, globally-conscious, earth and humanity lovers \u2013 to see what they have been reading and listening to.<\/span><\/h2>\nThe suggestions below make up a wide and interesting array of books (and podcast) to tuck into this summer and fall. Where possible, all book links direct to a black-owned online bookstore. For a complete list of additional bookstores by state within the US, please click here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>From GoPhil Partner Free To Shine<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/h3>\nDo What Matters<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby Nicky Mih (Managing Director & Co-Founder at Free To Shine)<\/span><\/p>\nDo What Matters is about courage and achieving the seemingly impossible. It is for people who are ready to step up in their life and leadership. Nicky Mih deftly takes us on a journey of the complexities and challenges of leading a child protection organization in Cambodia. Working with families facing immense difficulties and children battling to go to school has taught Nicky Mih many lessons that have changed the way she lives and leads. Do What Matters is a call to action to do more with the life we too often take for granted. It is a reminder to do what matters most to you – in your business, with your family, and in the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>![](\"https:\/\/gophilanthropic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/do_what_matters.jpg\")
<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>“A book about courage and achieving the seemingly impossible. The author shares her journey from volunteering to leading an organization that has helped hundreds of young girls from rural villages in Cambodia to get an education and be protected from sex slavery.\u00a0 Within the first two chapters you\u2019ll be shocked as she tells the stories of some of the young victims, and then each remaining chapter fills you with so much hope, joy and inspiration. Each chapter concludes with a lesson learned to be applied to leadership roles or just day to day living. This book will help us all to be a better person and do what matters in life!”<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\u2022 Robin & Robert Craig, GoPhil Founder\u2019s Circle \u2022<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>![](\"https:\/\/gophilanthropic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/generosity_to_justice.jpg\")
<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>From Generosity to Justice: A New Gospel of Wealth<\/span><\/a><\/strong>
\nby Darren Walker<\/span><\/p>\n“This book provides a big inclusive umbrella in which to think about philanthropy as more a continuum\u2026 all the way from the funding of things (charity) to the notion of broad, sweeping systems change which address critical issues like root causes and wide sweeping inequities. Never have the ideas put forth in this book been more relevant than in our current environment.”<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n– Linda DeWolf<\/strong>, GoPhil Co-Founder<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>![](\"https:\/\/gophilanthropic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/a_burning.jpg\")
<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>A Burning<\/span><\/strong><\/a>
\nby Megha Maiumdar<\/span><\/p>\nAn electrifying debut novel about three unforgettable characters who seek to rise–to the middle class, to political power, to fame in the movies–and find their lives entangled in the wake of a catastrophe in contemporary India.<\/p>\n
“I bought this on a whim after reading The New York Times new release list. The story centers around a small number of core characters and tensions that exist across religions and classes. The book has also been the catalyst to have in-depth discussions with friends and colleagues.”<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n– <\/span>Barbara Burger<\/b>, GoPhil Founder’s Circle<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>![](\"https:\/\/gophilanthropic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/1619.jpg\")
<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>1619 Podcast<\/span><\/strong><\/a>
\nby The New York Times<\/span><\/p>\nFour hundred years ago, in August 1619, a ship carrying more than 20 enslaved Africans arrived in the English colony of Virginia. No aspect of the country that would be formed here has been untouched by the 250 years of slavery that followed. \u201c1619,\u201d a New York Times audio series hosted by Nikole Hannah-Jones, examines the long shadow of that fateful moment.<\/p>\n
“Proof that history, as I was taught, can be considered fiction or interpretive selection.”<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n– <\/span>Jill Roeder<\/b>, GoPhil Director of Operations<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>![](\"https:\/\/gophilanthropic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/long_night_white_chickens.jpg\")
<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>The Long Night of White Chickens<\/span><\/strong><\/a>
\nby Francisco Goldman<\/span><\/p>\nWinner of the Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction and a finalist for the PEN\/Faulkner Award,\u00a0The Long Night of White Chickens<\/i>\u00a0marked the brilliant debut of Francisco Goldman’s internationally acclaimed writing career.<\/p>\n
“A novel about Guatemala, where a complex political and indigenous world contrasts with life in the US. Worthwhile reading.”<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n– <\/span>Helena Ribe<\/b>, GoPhil Founder’s Circle<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>![](\"https:\/\/gophilanthropic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/manifesto_moral_revolution.jpg\")
<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Manifesto for a Moral Revolution: Practices to Build a Better World<\/span><\/strong><\/a>
\nby Jacqueline Novogratz (Founder & CEO of Acumen)<\/span><\/p>\n“This quote from the book pretty much said it all to me:<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\u2018What we need is a moral revolution, one that helps us reimagine and reform technology, business and politics, thereby touching all aspects of our lives. By \u201cmoral\u201d I don\u2019t mean strictly adhering to established rules of authority or convention regardless of consequence. I mean a set of principles focused on elevating our individual and collective dignity: a daily choice to serve others, not simply benefit ourselves. I mean contemplating the audacity that built the world we know with a new humility more attuned to our interdependence.\u2019”<\/span><\/p>\n– Lydia Dean<\/b>, GoPhil Co-Founder<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>![](\"https:\/\/gophilanthropic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/when_my_time_comes.jpg\")
<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>When My Time Comes – Conversations About Whether Those Who Are Dying Should Have the Right to Determine When Life Should End<\/span><\/strong><\/a>
\n<\/em>by Diane Rehm<\/span><\/p>\n
From GoPhil Partner Free To Shine<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/h3>\nDo What Matters<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby Nicky Mih (Managing Director & Co-Founder at Free To Shine)<\/span><\/p>\nDo What Matters is about courage and achieving the seemingly impossible. It is for people who are ready to step up in their life and leadership. Nicky Mih deftly takes us on a journey of the complexities and challenges of leading a child protection organization in Cambodia. Working with families facing immense difficulties and children battling to go to school has taught Nicky Mih many lessons that have changed the way she lives and leads. Do What Matters is a call to action to do more with the life we too often take for granted. It is a reminder to do what matters most to you – in your business, with your family, and in the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>“A book about courage and achieving the seemingly impossible. The author shares her journey from volunteering to leading an organization that has helped hundreds of young girls from rural villages in Cambodia to get an education and be protected from sex slavery.\u00a0 Within the first two chapters you\u2019ll be shocked as she tells the stories of some of the young victims, and then each remaining chapter fills you with so much hope, joy and inspiration. Each chapter concludes with a lesson learned to be applied to leadership roles or just day to day living. This book will help us all to be a better person and do what matters in life!”<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\u2022 Robin & Robert Craig, GoPhil Founder\u2019s Circle \u2022<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>From Generosity to Justice: A New Gospel of Wealth<\/span><\/a><\/strong>
\nby Darren Walker<\/span><\/p>\n“This book provides a big inclusive umbrella in which to think about philanthropy as more a continuum\u2026 all the way from the funding of things (charity) to the notion of broad, sweeping systems change which address critical issues like root causes and wide sweeping inequities. Never have the ideas put forth in this book been more relevant than in our current environment.”<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n– Linda DeWolf<\/strong>, GoPhil Co-Founder<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>A Burning<\/span><\/strong><\/a>
\nby Megha Maiumdar<\/span><\/p>\nAn electrifying debut novel about three unforgettable characters who seek to rise–to the middle class, to political power, to fame in the movies–and find their lives entangled in the wake of a catastrophe in contemporary India.<\/p>\n
“I bought this on a whim after reading The New York Times new release list. The story centers around a small number of core characters and tensions that exist across religions and classes. The book has also been the catalyst to have in-depth discussions with friends and colleagues.”<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n– <\/span>Barbara Burger<\/b>, GoPhil Founder’s Circle<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>1619 Podcast<\/span><\/strong><\/a>
\nby The New York Times<\/span><\/p>\nFour hundred years ago, in August 1619, a ship carrying more than 20 enslaved Africans arrived in the English colony of Virginia. No aspect of the country that would be formed here has been untouched by the 250 years of slavery that followed. \u201c1619,\u201d a New York Times audio series hosted by Nikole Hannah-Jones, examines the long shadow of that fateful moment.<\/p>\n
“Proof that history, as I was taught, can be considered fiction or interpretive selection.”<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n– <\/span>Jill Roeder<\/b>, GoPhil Director of Operations<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>The Long Night of White Chickens<\/span><\/strong><\/a>
\nby Francisco Goldman<\/span><\/p>\nWinner of the Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction and a finalist for the PEN\/Faulkner Award,\u00a0The Long Night of White Chickens<\/i>\u00a0marked the brilliant debut of Francisco Goldman’s internationally acclaimed writing career.<\/p>\n
“A novel about Guatemala, where a complex political and indigenous world contrasts with life in the US. Worthwhile reading.”<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n– <\/span>Helena Ribe<\/b>, GoPhil Founder’s Circle<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Manifesto for a Moral Revolution: Practices to Build a Better World<\/span><\/strong><\/a>
\nby Jacqueline Novogratz (Founder & CEO of Acumen)<\/span><\/p>\n“This quote from the book pretty much said it all to me:<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\u2018What we need is a moral revolution, one that helps us reimagine and reform technology, business and politics, thereby touching all aspects of our lives. By \u201cmoral\u201d I don\u2019t mean strictly adhering to established rules of authority or convention regardless of consequence. I mean a set of principles focused on elevating our individual and collective dignity: a daily choice to serve others, not simply benefit ourselves. I mean contemplating the audacity that built the world we know with a new humility more attuned to our interdependence.\u2019”<\/span><\/p>\n– Lydia Dean<\/b>, GoPhil Co-Founder<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>When My Time Comes – Conversations About Whether Those Who Are Dying Should Have the Right to Determine When Life Should End<\/span><\/strong><\/a>
\n<\/em>by Diane Rehm<\/span><\/p>\n
\nby Nicky Mih (Managing Director & Co-Founder at Free To Shine)<\/span><\/p>\n
Do What Matters is about courage and achieving the seemingly impossible. It is for people who are ready to step up in their life and leadership. Nicky Mih deftly takes us on a journey of the complexities and challenges of leading a child protection organization in Cambodia. Working with families facing immense difficulties and children battling to go to school has taught Nicky Mih many lessons that have changed the way she lives and leads. Do What Matters is a call to action to do more with the life we too often take for granted. It is a reminder to do what matters most to you – in your business, with your family, and in the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div> “A book about courage and achieving the seemingly impossible. The author shares her journey from volunteering to leading an organization that has helped hundreds of young girls from rural villages in Cambodia to get an education and be protected from sex slavery.\u00a0 Within the first two chapters you\u2019ll be shocked as she tells the stories of some of the young victims, and then each remaining chapter fills you with so much hope, joy and inspiration. Each chapter concludes with a lesson learned to be applied to leadership roles or just day to day living. This book will help us all to be a better person and do what matters in life!”<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n \u2022 Robin & Robert Craig, GoPhil Founder\u2019s Circle \u2022<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div> From Generosity to Justice: A New Gospel of Wealth<\/span><\/a><\/strong> “This book provides a big inclusive umbrella in which to think about philanthropy as more a continuum\u2026 all the way from the funding of things (charity) to the notion of broad, sweeping systems change which address critical issues like root causes and wide sweeping inequities. Never have the ideas put forth in this book been more relevant than in our current environment.”<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n – Linda DeWolf<\/strong>, GoPhil Co-Founder<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div> A Burning<\/span><\/strong><\/a> An electrifying debut novel about three unforgettable characters who seek to rise–to the middle class, to political power, to fame in the movies–and find their lives entangled in the wake of a catastrophe in contemporary India.<\/p>\n “I bought this on a whim after reading The New York Times new release list. The story centers around a small number of core characters and tensions that exist across religions and classes. The book has also been the catalyst to have in-depth discussions with friends and colleagues.”<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n – <\/span>Barbara Burger<\/b>, GoPhil Founder’s Circle<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div> 1619 Podcast<\/span><\/strong><\/a> Four hundred years ago, in August 1619, a ship carrying more than 20 enslaved Africans arrived in the English colony of Virginia. No aspect of the country that would be formed here has been untouched by the 250 years of slavery that followed. \u201c1619,\u201d a New York Times audio series hosted by Nikole Hannah-Jones, examines the long shadow of that fateful moment.<\/p>\n “Proof that history, as I was taught, can be considered fiction or interpretive selection.”<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n – <\/span>Jill Roeder<\/b>, GoPhil Director of Operations<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div> The Long Night of White Chickens<\/span><\/strong><\/a> Winner of the Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction and a finalist for the PEN\/Faulkner Award,\u00a0The Long Night of White Chickens<\/i>\u00a0marked the brilliant debut of Francisco Goldman’s internationally acclaimed writing career.<\/p>\n “A novel about Guatemala, where a complex political and indigenous world contrasts with life in the US. Worthwhile reading.”<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n – <\/span>Helena Ribe<\/b>, GoPhil Founder’s Circle<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div> Manifesto for a Moral Revolution: Practices to Build a Better World<\/span><\/strong><\/a> “This quote from the book pretty much said it all to me:<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n \u2018What we need is a moral revolution, one that helps us reimagine and reform technology, business and politics, thereby touching all aspects of our lives. By \u201cmoral\u201d I don\u2019t mean strictly adhering to established rules of authority or convention regardless of consequence. I mean a set of principles focused on elevating our individual and collective dignity: a daily choice to serve others, not simply benefit ourselves. I mean contemplating the audacity that built the world we know with a new humility more attuned to our interdependence.\u2019”<\/span><\/p>\n – Lydia Dean<\/b>, GoPhil Co-Founder<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div> When My Time Comes – Conversations About Whether Those Who Are Dying Should Have the Right to Determine When Life Should End<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\nby Darren Walker<\/span><\/p>\n<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\nby Megha Maiumdar<\/span><\/p>\n<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\nby The New York Times<\/span><\/p>\n<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\nby Francisco Goldman<\/span><\/p>\n<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\nby Jacqueline Novogratz (Founder & CEO of Acumen)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\n<\/em>by Diane Rehm<\/span><\/p>\n
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