We Live for the We

A warm wise and urgent guide to parenting in uncertain times from a longtime reporter on race reproductive health and politics

In We Live for the We first-time mother Dani McClain sets out to understand how to raise her daughter in what she as a black woman knows to be an unjust -- even hostile -- society. Black women are more likely to die during pregnancy or birth than any other race; black mothers must stand before television cameras telling the world that their slain children were human beings. What then is the best way to keep fear at bay and raise a child so she lives with dignity and joy?

McClain spoke with mothers on the frontlines of movements for social political and cultural change who are grappling with the same questions. Following a child's development from infancy to the teenage years We Live for the We touches on everything from the importance of creativity to building a mutually supportive community to navigating one's relationship with power and authority. It is an essential handbook to help us imagine the society we build for the next generation.>