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No matter how we identify, we all have a lot to unpack. While there is a multitude of texts with universal application, community organizer Krista R. P\\xe9rez has written a book specifically with a BIPOC audience in mind.

In\\xa0Unearthing Our Roots, P\\xe9rez encourages advocates, activists, and leaders from historically marginalized groups to implement transformative and healing practices within their communities. P\\xe9rez extends an invitation to readers to unearth and uproot racist, anti-Black, ableist, and other biases that fracture relationships surrounding their communities.

With decades of lived experience and a multidisciplinary approach, P\\xe9rez presents guided journal prompts for examining our own intentions, strategies for unraveling harmful biases and behaviors, and transformative and restorative practices for communities of historically marginalized groups at both micro and macro levels.

Partially funded by the Tacoma Arts Commission,\\xa0Unearthing Our Roots\\xa0is a book that doubles as a clarion call.

Krista R. P\\xe9rez\\xa0aims to share her story, all parts of her story, including her softest and strongest parts, her sacred nature, the joy of motherhood, and her deeply rooted cultural values, to create spaces for Women of Color to show up in all capacities. Krista is also a proponent of integrated leadership, in which we bring all parts of ourselves to our professional workspaces. By making our whole selves visible we learn to value our whole selves, and others, as others and community members.

Jasmine M. Pulido is a Filipina American writer-activist, small business owner, and mother. Her written work has been featured in the South Seattle Emerald, International Examiner, The Postscript, and Give Grief a Voice. Her work has been performed through Velasco Arts and Bindlestiff Studio. She recently wrote her first play, \\u201cThe Master\\u2019s Tool\\u201d exploring the struggles of BIPOC folks in Equity, Diversity, Inclusion work in white-dominant non-profit workplaces. Jasmine is pursuing her Master\\u2019s in Social Change at Starr King School for the Ministry. She writes a bi-weekly substack called \\u201cLiberation Library\\u201d and is currently working on her first novel.