{"product_id":"9781982190804","title":"PRE-ORDER NOW Calling In : How to Start Making Change with Those You'd Rather Cancel by Loretta J Ross","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e PRE-ORDER NOW - Published: 12\/03\/2026 \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom a pioneering Black feminist and MacArthur \"Genius\" Fellow, this urgent and exhilarating memoir-manifesto-handbook provides bold, practical new ways to transform conflicts into connections, even with those we're tempted to walk away from.   In 1979, Loretta Ross was a single mother in Washington who'd had to drop out of Howard University. She was working at the DC Rape Crisis Center when the organization got a letter from a man in prison saying he wanted to learn how to not be a rapist anymore. At first, she was furious. As a survivor of sexual violence, she wanted to write back pouring out her rage. Instead, she made a different choice, a choice to reject the response her trauma was pushing her towards. This choice would set her on the path towards developing a framework that would come to guide her whole career: Rather than calling people out, try to call even your unlikeliest allies in. Hold them accountable-but with love.    Calling In is at once a handbook, a manifesto, and a memoir-because the power of Loretta Ross's message comes from who she is and what she's lived through. She's a Black woman who's deprogrammed white supremacists, and a survivor who's taught convicted rapists the principles of feminism. With stories from her five remarkable decades in activism, she vividly illustrates why calling people in-inviting them into conversation instead of conflict and focusing on your shared values over a desire for punishment-is the more strategic choice if you want to make real change. And she shows you how to do so, whether in the workplace, on a college campus, or in your living room.    Courageous, awe-inspiring, and blisteringly authentic, Calling In is a \"masterclass in constructive confrontation\" (Adam Grant) and a practical new solution from one of our country's most extraordinary change-makers-one anyone can learn to use to transform frustrating and divisive conflicts that stand in the way of real connection with the people in your life. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56369475518837,"sku":"9781982190804","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781982190804.jpg?v=1764612573","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781982190804","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}