CSEC Book Club is an opportunity to build community while empowering Task Force members in their professional and personal development.
Book 34, What's Up with White Women?: Unpacking Sexism and White Privilege in Pursuit of Racial Justice by Ilsa Govan & Tilman Smith will be discussed via Zoom on Friday, October 9, 2026 @ 2:00 pm. Please email Kelly.Mangiaracina@KingCounty.gov for log on information. Help us select book 35 here.
Book Thirty Three: Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
Book Thirty Two: Unshackled by Amanda DuBois
Book Thirty One: Nobody’s Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice by Virginia Roberts Giuffre
Book Thirty: Like a Bird by Fariha Roisin
Book Twenty Nine: The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
Book Twenty Eight: Somebody’s Daughter: A Memoir by Ashley C. Ford
Book Twenty Seven: It’s My Story, and I’m Sticking to It: From the Streets to Survival by Kathleen Mitchell
Book Twenty Six: The Well-Armored Child: A Parent's Guide to Preventing Sexual Abuse by Joelle Casteix
Book Twenty Five: Girl in Pieces by Kathleen Gasgow
Book Twenty Four: Nightcrawling: A Novel by Leila Mottley
Book Twenty Three: Gather Together in My Name by Maya Angelou
Book Twenty Two: The Politics of Trauma: Somatics, Healing, and Social Justice by Staci Haines
Book Twenty One: Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence--From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror by Judith Lewis Herman
Book Twenty: Split Tooth by Tanya Tagaq
Book Nineteen: A Piece of Cake by Cupcake Brown
Book Eighteen: My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies by Resmaa Menakem
Book Seventeen: The Deepest Well: Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Trauma and Adversity by Dr. Nadine Burke Harris
Book Sixteen: A Seat at the Table: The Courage to Care About Trafficking Victims by Celia Williamson
Book Fifteen: Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present by Harriet A. Washington
Book Fourteen: The Beginning and End of Rape: Confronting Sexual Violence in Native America by Sarah Deer
Book Thirteen: Pornland: How Porn Has Hijacked Our Sexuality Book by Gail Dines
Book Twelve: White Tears/Brown Scars How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color by Ruby Hamad
Book Eleven: The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk M.D.
Book Ten: Runaway Girl: Escaping Life on the Streets by Carissa Phelps with Larkin Warren.
Book Nine: Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools by Monique W. Morris.
Book Eight: Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Emily Nagoski, PhD & Amelia Nagoski, DMA.
Book Seven: Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot by Mikki Kendall.
Book Six: And Life Continues Sex Trafficking and My Journey to Freedom by Wendy Barnes.
Book Five: How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi.
Book Four: Fragments: A Post-Traumatic Paradigm by K.D. Roche
Book Three: White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo.
Book Two: So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
Book One: Highway of Tears: A True Story of Racism, Indifference and the Pursuit of Justice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls by Jessica McDiarmid