Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents

Lights! Caramel! Action! Ben & Jerry's Newest Flavor Directed By Award-Winning Filmmaker Ava DuVernay

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Tuesday, December 6, 2022
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BURLINGTON, Vt., Dec. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ben & Jerry's is lifting the curtain on its newest production a delicious partnership with Ava DuVernay.

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  • BURLINGTON, Vt., Dec. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ben & Jerry's is lifting the curtain on its newest production a delicious partnership with Ava DuVernay.
  • Yes, "Queen Sugar" is no longer simply a show by Ava DuVernay, it may be a moniker befitting of the award-winning director, filmmaker and TV producer herself.
  • directed by Ava DuVernay," featuring an ensemble cast of vanilla ice cream with salted caramel swirls, graham cracker swirls and gobs of chocolate chip cookie dough.
  • The Ben & Jerry's Foundation, guided by Ben & Jerry's employees, granted $3.7MM in 2021 to support progressive, justice-focused grassroots organizing around the country.

Race and Social Justice Book Sales in the U.S. Stayed Strong in 2021, NPD Says

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Monday, January 31, 2022
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Sales of kids' books with a focus on diversity and social issues also took off in 2020, and the growth continued in 2021.

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  • Sales of kids' books with a focus on diversity and social issues also took off in 2020, and the growth continued in 2021.
  • Unit sales volume for these books reached 19.9 million units in 2021, rising 10% over 2020.
  • "Children's fiction categories play an important role in educating children about social justice because the messages are easier to deliver in a story," McLean said.
  • Self-esteem and self-reliance book sales grew 20%, with books that celebrate personal value and empowerment driving a large part of the increase.

SLCC Tanner Forum: New York Times Bestselling Author Isabel Wilkerson to Speak on Social Ethics of Caste and Hierarchy

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Thursday, October 14, 2021
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SALT LAKE CITY, Oct.14, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --Award-winning author Isabel Wilkerson will discuss the caste systems that shaped America and still define our lives today during Salt Lake Community College's annual Tanner Forum.

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  • SALT LAKE CITY, Oct.14, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --Award-winning author Isabel Wilkerson will discuss the caste systems that shaped America and still define our lives today during Salt Lake Community College's annual Tanner Forum.
  • The book, published in August 2020, is currently being adapted into a Netflix film directed, written and produced by Ava DuVernay.
  • In her lectures, she explores the need to reconcile America's karmic racial inheritance a notion she expresses in her widely-shared op-ed essays in The New York Times.
  • Tanner Company, the Tanner Forum on Social Ethics brings nationally and internationally recognized speakers to SLCC.