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SPEAKING & LISTENING FROM THE HEART BY LINDA WOLF & NEVA WELTON (dsistas Press, 2005) Speaking and Listening from the Heart: Facilitator's Handbook, is a must-have guide for beginning and seasoned facilitators, teachers, social service providers, parents, youth serving organizations, and others who care about the health and emotional well being of young people. Based on the work of the non-profit organization, The Teen Talking Circle Project, Speaking and Listening from the Heart contains over a decade of lessons-learned through facilitating and participating in weekly Girls and Guys Groups and mixed GenderTalks workshops.

GLOBAL UPRISING: CONFRONTING THE TYRANNIES OF THE 21ST CENTURY - STORIES FROM A NEW GENERATION OF ACTIVISTS BY LINDA WOLF & NEVA WELTON (New Society Publishers, 2001) There's a growing new global movement for justice today, and it's largely driven by a new generation of activists. Younger people from the US and around the globe are standing up for peace, the environment, and social justice - and they're demanding to be heard. Visually and emotionally powerful, Global Uprising captures the spirit and passion of youth activism, honoring young people's power to effect serious change. It will have a wide appeal both to younger people and to a range of others who care about the state of the world today - and tomorrow. GU has sold over 6,000 copies and is being used as a textbook in many high schools and universities.

DAUGHTERS OF THE MOON, SISTERS OF THE SUN: YOUNG WOMEN AND MENTORS ON THE TRANSTITION TO WOMANHOOD BY K. WIND HUGHES AND LINDA WOLF (New Society Publishers, 1997) This book of compelling photos and autobiographical stories from more than forty teenage girls who participated weekly in a two-year talking circle provides validation, support, and vision for girls facing the transition to womanhood. By sharing themselves intimately on topics ranging from bulimia to drugs, pregnancy to suicide, these young women explore the process of discovery, healing and building self-esteem. Their stories are accompanied by interviews with accomplished women mentors, including Maya Angelou, Wilma Mankiller, Riane Eisler, and the Indigo Girls. D of M has sold nearly 20,000 copies, is translated into Chinese, and currently being translated into Spanish.