October 2021
Beginner
240 pages
5h 2m
English
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Acknowledgments
Writing this book was an act of surrounding myself with people I love, who love me, and who elevate my experience of being human. I am grateful to my benefactors for bearing witness to my journey, particularly Anthony Stephan, Jamie Higgins, Dane Jensen, Enshalla Anderson, Sandi Pocharski, Jim Cutler, Doug Mackenzie, Sameer Srivastiva, Bob Lurie, Geoff Tuff, Steve Goldbach, Ambar Chowdhury, Tim NeCastro, and Vincent Firth.
I am inspired by the EHX catalyst team, who lead the movement to elevate the human experience, particularly Megan Fath, Chris Sommerfeld, JP Barcenas, Kyndrea Head, Neil Malani, and Andrew Stowe. I am grateful for the patience and wisdom of the research team: John “Pip” Pipino, Colleen Bordeaux, Beth DiLeone, Emily Werner, Thomas Bernhardt-Lanier, and Sarah Logman. Thank you to Megan Fath, Abhinav Sircar, and Hayoung Shin for the beautiful illustrations.
I am grateful to Maggie Gross and Ashley Reichheld for their partnership. I am grateful to the Anti-Racist by Design team for being my teachers, particularly Julius Tapper, Rebecca Sperling, Jeff Wordham, Chris Sommerfeld, Omar McGann, and Kwasi Mitchell. I am grateful to all of my friends and allies at work, including Dan Helfrich, Todd Debasio, Scott Mager, Dounia Senawi, John Peto, Nelson Kunkel, Christina Bieniek, Katie Joyce, Stacy Janiak and Michael Barrett. I am grateful to the “Lovely Ladies.” I am grateful to Amanda Goodwin and to Nicki MacManus for their friendship in work and in ...
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