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EPISODE · Aug 25, 2025 · 1H 50M

The Bookshelf of a Movement

from The Yapping with YUCCA Podcast · host The Yapping with YUCCA Podcast

In this episode, Kineo, Zain, and Sofia discuss the importance of reading and sharing knowledge in our communities. They discuss fiction books that have informed each of their personal climate and social justice activism. If you are interested in reading any of these books, here are more details: Main recommendations (alphabetical order): BelovedBlack and WhiteThe Bluest EyeCeremonyThe God of Small ThingsHotel on the Corner of Bitter and SweetLibertadLove MedicineOne Piece - Arabasta Arc, Volumes 17-24One Piece - Skypiea Arc, Volumes 26-32Parable of the SowerThe Setting SunThe StreetThere There Wandering StarsBonus recommendations: Always RunningEnrique’s JourneyKhaled Hosseini:The Kite RunnerA Thousand Splendid SunsAnd the Mountains Echoed The Night WatchmanLegend SeriesZeitounRecommendations (Non-Fiction) from Instagram user @​​aesopchild: Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our FutureCare Work: Dreaming Disability JusticeEmpire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of SpectacleNo Shortcuts: Organizing for Power in the New Gilded AgeYouth United for Climate Crisis Action (YUCCA) is a project of Earth Care International. Learn more about YUCCA at www.yuccanm.org. Contact us at [email protected] episode was recorded by Kineo Memmer, Sofia Jenkins-Nieto, and Zain Dixon. It was produced and edited by Kineo Memmer. Introductory and outro song sampled from: Eileen & the in-Betweens. “Free Palestine (On Fire).” Records DK, 2024.

In this episode, Kineo, Zain, and Sofia discuss the importance of reading and sharing knowledge in our communities. They discuss fiction books that have informed each of their personal climate and social justice activism. If you are interested in reading any of these books, here are more details: Main recommendations (alphabetical order): BelovedBlack and WhiteThe Bluest EyeCeremonyThe God of Small ThingsHotel on the Corner of Bitter and SweetLibertadLove MedicineOne Piece - Arabasta Arc, Volumes 17-24One Piece - Skypiea Arc, Volumes 26-32Parable of the SowerThe Setting SunThe StreetThere There Wandering StarsBonus recommendations: Always RunningEnrique’s JourneyKhaled Hosseini:The Kite RunnerA Thousand Splendid SunsAnd the Mountains Echoed The Night WatchmanLegend SeriesZeitounRecommendations (Non-Fiction) from Instagram user @​​aesopchild: Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our FutureCare Work: Dreaming Disability JusticeEmpire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of SpectacleNo Shortcuts: Organizing for Power in the New Gilded AgeYouth United for Climate Crisis Action (YUCCA) is a project of Earth Care International. Learn more about YUCCA at www.yuccanm.org. Contact us at [email protected] episode was recorded by Kineo Memmer, Sofia Jenkins-Nieto, and Zain Dixon. It was produced and edited by Kineo Memmer. Introductory and outro song sampled from: Eileen & the in-Betweens. “Free Palestine (On Fire).” Records DK, 2024.

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