Summary

Chapter 18 entitled "Body-Centered Activism" focuses on how to take collective action to bring about justice. Menakem believes that the first step of starting a movement for social justice is making sure that the leader herself is settled and focused. Menakem looks at two different photos--the Greensboro Four sitting in at the Woolworth's lunch counter and Elizabeth Eckford integrating the high school in Little Rock, Arkansas--and sees settled bodies. He urges readers to understand that they will be effective justice leaders only when they are settled themselves, and he reminds readers to practice the settling techniques from Chapters 10, 11, and 12.

Before the march or rally, many more preparations must be made: creating an Incident Command Center (ICS) allows for a quick response if there should be a crisis. The people who staff the ICS should be well-versed in physical...