The Quaking of America

The Quaking of America: An Embodied Guide to Navigating Our Nation's Upheaval and Racial Reckoning

From the author of My Grandmother's Hands

In The Quaking of America, therapist and trauma specialist Resmaa Menakem takes readers through somatic processes addressing the growing threat of white-supremacist political violence.

This preparation focuses not on strategy or politics, but on practices that can help us

• Build presence and discernment in our bodies
• Settle our bodies during the heat of conflict
• Maintain our safety, sanity, and stability in dangerous situations
• Heal our personal and collective racialized trauma
• Practice embodied social action
• Turn toward instead of on one another

The Quaking of America is a unique and perfectly timed guide to help us navigate our widespread upheaval and build an antiracist culture.