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Lent, Jeremy (2021). The Web of Meaning: Integrating Science and Traditional Wisdom to Find Our Place in the Universe. Gabriola Island, BC: New Society Publishers.
This text reviews major concepts explored in the CPT program and will serve as a companion on the summative journey taken in this course. Chapter 11, “Everything is Connected,” introduces and unpacks ancient conceptions of the radical interdependence of being and phenomena. This can serve both as philosophical underpinning, and grounds for expansion upon, concepts such as ‘intersectionality’ that inform modern diversity studies.

Akolomafe, B. (2017). These wilds beyond our fences: Letters to my daughter on humanity’s search for home. Berkeley, CA: North Atlantic Books.
This online essay, an excerpt from Akolomafe’s book, The Wilds Beyond Our Fences, explores themes of racial identity, privilege, and the complex interplay between personal transformation and societal perceptions of race.