White Woman

Announcing the Winners of the 2023 "IndieReader Discovery Awards"

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Thursday, June 1, 2023

MONTCLAIR, N.J., June 1, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --  Today the winners of the 12th annual "IndieReader Discovery Awards" (IRDAs) were announced virtually to consumers and international media.

Key Points: 
  • Best First Book (Non-Fiction) - Liza Laird/ Yoga of Yarn: A Knitter's Handbook for Self-Discovery
    Best Book Cover (Non-Fiction) - K. C. Sanford/Storked!
  • Biography - Anne K Howard/Escape from Mariupol: A Survivor's True Story
    Children's (Board books and Pre-reading) - T.I.
  • Frazier/Lauren The Cow
    Children's (Early to intermediate readers) - Amy Flanagan/Mrs.
  • : The Carryover of Kindness

2023 Indie Book Award Winners Announced

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Wednesday, May 24, 2023

CHICAGO, May 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Independent Book Publishing Professionals Group (IBPPG) has named the best indie books of 2023.

Key Points: 
  • CHICAGO, May 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Independent Book Publishing Professionals Group (IBPPG) has named the best indie books of 2023.
  • The books are winners of the 2023 Next Generation Indie Book Awards, the largest international book awards program for independent publishers and self-published authors.
  • The Next Generation Indie Book Awards are judged by leaders of the indie book publishing industry, including many with long careers at major publishing houses.
  • According to Catherine Goulet, Founder and Co-Chair of the Next Generation Indie Book Awards, "Like other independent artists, many indie book publishers face challenges that the industry giants don't experience.

FIRST ANNUAL INCLUSION@WORK GENDER REPORT LAUNCHES MARCH 12, DURING WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH

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Wednesday, March 8, 2023

AUSTIN, Texas, March 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- SXSW — The first annual INCLUSION@WORK | Gender Report, a groundbreaking survey for inclusion practitioners, executive leadership, and board directors will be released by lead pollster Prisca and discussed at a March 12 panel hosted by The Female Quotient's Equality Lounge at SXSW in Austin, TX.

Key Points: 
  • The Gender Report is part of a national survey that yielded seven annual reports (Gender, Latino, Black, Asian, Indigenous, Silicon Valley, Generations) being released throughout 2023.
  • The purpose of the study is to give inclusion champions the hard data needed for budgeting processes around diversity and inclusion.
  • Each annual report has different data sets, regressions, and action-based metrics for executive leadership.
  • The research was conducted by pollsters Prisca, Momentive , and AAPI Data, organized by Dr. Karthick Ramakrishnan and Dr. Pelin Kesebir.

ARE TODAY'S "CLASSROOM KARENS" JUST THE CURRENT VERSION OF JANE CROWS -- WHITE WOMEN WHO SUPPORTED SCHOOL SEGREGATION?

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Thursday, November 17, 2022

NEW YORK, Nov. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- White women are organizing around concerns about what their children are being taught and exercising their political and social power to influence elections and education politics. But this is not new. 

Key Points: 
  • In " Jane Crow: Then and Now ," journalists and advocates explore how white women as mothers and teachers have historically used their position to preserve systems of oppression, and how that history remains alive and active today.
  • In a country where two-thirds of women voters are white and 61% of public school teachers are white women, those human failings and biases have real consequences for Black and Brown youth.
  • We must move beyond our deeply-rooted cultural portrayal of white women as good, kind, pure and in need of protection.
  • They say just as the Jim Crow-era created racial discrimination, today's Jane Crow efforts continue to cause damage.

New Society Publishers' Annual Holiday Sale is Coming November 15th!

From November 15th to November 25th, the annual New Society Publishers Holiday Sale is back on.

Key Points: 
  • From November 15th to November 25th, the annual New Society Publishers Holiday Sale is back on.
  • So don't just get ahead of holiday shopping and beat the lines but get the best prices on some of our favorite titles.
  • From gardeners to aspiring chefs to tree-huggers to future world leaders, we've got books to suit every interest.
  • At New Society Publishers we are committed to building a just and ecologically sustainable society for the benefit of future generations.