Emerald Garner joins us to present her new memoir "Finding My Voice: On Grieving My Father, Eric Garner, & Pushing for Justice," in conversation with the books co-authors Etan Thomas & Monet Dunham. This virtual event took place on Zoom. To purchase a copy of the book: www.communityb...
About the book:
In this unforgettable memoir, Emerald Garner recounts her father’s cruel and unjust murder, the immense pain that followed, the pressures of an exploitative media, and her difficult yet determined journey as an activist against police violence.
She begins with the morning of July 17, 2014-a rare day off from work, one she had hoped to enjoy with rest and family, that quickly turned her world inside out. What follows is a personal account of the suffering Emerald and her family endured: unsympathetic camera lenses, the stares and whispers of strangers, and the inability to mourn in private.
In addition to these vulnerable, personal essays, "Finding My Voice" includes conversations in which Emerald found inspiration, empathy, and community: with politicians, athletes, and activists like Brian Benjamin and Etan Thomas; with others surviving similarly unfathomable grief like Lora Dene King, Angelique Kearse, and Pamela Brooks; and with Emerald’s own family, Mrs. Esaw Garner and Eric Garner Jr. The book ends with a powerful call-to-action by author and daughter of Malcolm X, Ilyasah Shabazz.
As calls for radical transformation and accountability grow, Emerald Garner’s memoir is a story of family and community, and the strength it takes to survive, to stand, to speak.
About our guests:
Emerald Snipes-Garner is the youngest daughter of six children, and is currently the Executive Director of the nonprofit We Can’t Breathe Inc., which is inspired by her late father, Eric Garner, and her sister Erica Garner.
Emerald is the youngest daughter of Esaw Snipes Garner and Eric Garner, who was murdered at the hands of a now former police officer Daniel Pantaleo in 2014 after putting him in the now illegal choke hold. She has become the leading voice in the fight for justice for her father and has vowed to never stop fighting laws and policies that help police officers get away with murder.
Etan Thomas a former eleven-year NBA player, was born in Harlem and raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He has published multiple books including "We Matter: Athletes and Activism" (voted among the top ten books on activism by BookAuthority), "More Than an Athlete," "Fatherhood: Rising to the Ultimate Challenge," and "Voices of the Future."
Thomas was honored for social justice advocacy as the recipient of the 2010 National Basketball Players Association Community Contribution Award, as well as the 2009 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Foundation Legacy Award. His writing has appeared in the Washington Post and on Huffington Post, CNN, and ESPN. He can be frequently seen on MSNBC as a special correspondent and he cohosts a weekly local
radio show, The Collision, on WPFW in Washington, DC, about the place where sports and politics collide.
Born and raised in New York, with a BA in Theater/Psychology from Vassar College and an MS in Special Education from Adelphi University, Monet Dunham is a retired multiple award-winning teacher of special needs students. Monet is also a musician, singer/songwriter, actor, film director, and film casting director.
Prior to retiring she often used her artistic training and talents to implement programs for her students including those legally blind, non verbal, and emotionally and/or physically homebound by using music, technology, and other creative means to help facilitate and make learning enjoyable.
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