2021 Summer Reads
Summer Reads
NYSDRA Asked - You Answered!
This July, we asked the NYSDRA Community to share their favorite reads of 2021 (so far) with us. Check out what your ADR neighbors and colleagues are reading this year— there’s still time to add to your Summer Reading List!
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Community: The Structure of Belonging by Peter Block What You Liked: “It has a great vision about what a community that puts people first could look like” ( Learn More ) |
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Ask for More: 10 Questions to Negotiate Anything
By Alexandra Carter What You Liked: “Professor Carter's approach to negotiation is creative and compelling. Negotiation is not a win-lose proposition but an opportunity to 'ask for more.' Alex Carter's accessible and engaging teaching style translates well to the page and gives the reader the very real feeling of being coached by one who knows how it's done. Highly recommend!” ( Learn More ) |
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Beyond Survival: Strategies and Stories from the Transformative Justice Movement
by Ejeris Dixon (Editor), Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha (Editor) What You Liked: “Ejeris Dixon and Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha have compiled and edited a collection of essays from frontline practitioners of transformative justice. The frameworks they offer can lead us away from punitive models and to a deeper understanding of what it takes to heal from harm. The authors also make interesting distinctions between transformative and restorative justice--I definitely learned a lot.” ( Learn More ) |
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Sitting in the Fire: Group Transformation Using Conflict and Diversity
by Arnold Mindell What You Liked: “This is one of my all-time favorites. Arnold Mindell brings timeless wisdom alongside an insightful analysis of power dynamics in conflicts. He tells many great stories from the field, and is candid about his failures and successes. It's a quick read, but a profound one.” ( Learn More ) |
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Conflict Is Not Abuse: Overstating Harm, Community Responsibility, and the Duty of Repair
by Sarah Schulman What You Liked: “Sarah Schulman makes the case for distinguishing between conflict (power-struggle) and abuse (power over), and gives examples of the dangers of conflating the two. Very thought-provoking, often controversial, and quite a worthwhile read!” ( Learn More ) |
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Until We Reckon: Violence, Mass Incarceration, and a Road to Repair
by Danielle Sered What You Liked: “Danielle Sered believes we must consider the humanity and redemption of people who have committed violence. While restorative justice is widely palatable as a solution to low-level crimes, Sered argues that we should extend that same logic to violent crimes in order to break the cycles and address both interpersonal and systemic harm.” ( Learn More ) |
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Learning Lessons From Waco: When Parties Bring Their Gods to the Negotiation Table
by Jayne Seminare Docherty What You Liked: “Jayne Seminare Docherty makes a fascinating case that Waco would have turned out differently if crisis negotiators had known how to approach the Branch Davidians across a worldview divide. Gets into the role of belief systems parties bring with them into sessions.” ( Learn More ) |
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