Book Club
The Integrated Schools Book Club is a way for people from across the country to come together and discuss books, articles, videos, and podcasts pertaining to school integration. While the conversations are geared for parents and caregivers, everyone is welcome.
We meet via zoom and keep the sessions small so that everyone has a chance to talk — this is not a webinar! There is no cost to attend — you need only internet access at the time of the meeting (and if you don’t have access to a computer with a camera, no worries).
Join us for the next Integrated Schools Book Club!
Prentis Hemphill is a therapist, somatics teacher, facilitator, political organizer, and writer, and the founder of The Embodiment Institute, a leading voice in embodied leadership and collective healing.
For over a decade, Prentis has worked with individuals and organizations through their most challenging moments of change—navigating leadership transitions, conflict, and the alignment of practice with values. Grounded in an embodied approach, their work ensures that our intentions aren’t just ideas, but are fully lived, felt, and practiced.
Prentis has contributed to Atlas of the Heart by Brené Brown, The Politics of Trauma (Staci K. Haines), You Are Your Best Thing (edited by Brené Brown & Tarana Burke), and Holding Change (adrienne maree brown). They are also the creator and host of the acclaimed podcasts Finding Our Way and Becoming the People, which have surpassed over a million downloads.
about the book
What It Takes to Heal asserts that the principles of embodiment—the recognition of our body’s sensations and habits, and the beliefs that inform them—are critical to lasting healing and change. Hemphill weaves together stories from their own experience as a trauma survivor with clinical accounts and lessons learned from their time as a social movement architect. They ask, “What would it do to movements, to our society and culture, to have the principles of healing at the very center? And what does it do to have healing at the center of every structure and everything we create?”
In this life-affirming framework for the way forward, Hemphill shows us how to heal our bodies, minds, and souls—to develop the interpersonal skills necessary to break down the doors of disconnection and take the necessary risks to reshape our world toward justice.
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How Book Club Works
Register using the links on this page (you’ll be emailed a confirmation with a zoom link)
Invite your friends! Post on social media!
Get ahold of the book/ readings/ podcast/ videos
Read/ Listen/ View (do your homework)
Join the video-conference discussion at the scheduled time and talk