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Search - Doing What's Right : How to Fight for What You Believe--And Make a Difference

Doing What's Right How to Fight for What You BelieveAnd Make a Difference
Author: Tavis Smiley

Black Entertainment Television (BET) talk show host Tavis Smiley, in an impassioned call to arms, sets forth the tools we can use to stand up for what we believe in and help transform our communities, our lives, and our world. — Tavis Smiley isn't alone in pointing out that our neighborhoods are unsafe, our communities are unraveling, and our mos... more »t basic values--civility, a sense of justice, integrity, and responsibility--are under attack, from the Oval Office to the corner office. But we don't have to put up with a world gone awry, claims Smiley. We don't need to play the blame game. We are neither helpless nor victims.

In Doing What's Right, Smiley shows how each and every one of us can take up arms against complacency and fight for the causes in which we believe. We don't have to accept things as they are. By choosing the battles that matter most to us, and organizing a plan to bring about the changes we feel are necessary, we can make a difference--in fact we can transform the world around us.

Smiley knows whereof he speaks--it was his lifelong determination to make a difference that helped shape Smiley's career, first as a member of former L.A. mayor Tom Bradley's staff, helping to fight for the rights of residents in South Central, and later in radio and television. He has long been known as a powerful advocate of social and political issues. Through his nightly television show and in his radio commentaries, he has helped to galvanize public opinion and initiate national grassroots campaigns on everything from corporate responsibility to voter turnout.

For everyone who wants to be a voice for change, Doing What's Right is a must-read.

Visit the author's website at www.tavistalks.com or www.blackvoices.com.

In DOING WHAT'S RIGHT, Smiley shows how each and every one of us can take up arms against complacency and fight for the causes in which we believe. We don't have to accept things as they are. By choosing the battles that matter most to us, and organizing a plan to bring about the changes we feel are necessary, we can make a difference--in fact we can transform the world around us. Smiley knows whereof he speaks--it was his lifelong determination to make a difference that helped launch his career in radio and television. And through his advocacy of issues on his nightly television show and in his radio commentaries, Smiley persuaded Christie's auction house to change its policies on selling slave artifacts, and encouraged President Clinton to award the Congressional Gold Medal to Rosa Parks.

For everyone who wants to be a voice for change, DOING WHAT'S RIGHT is a must-read. -->

ISBN-13: 9780385499309
ISBN-10: 0385499302
Publication Date: 1/18/2000
Pages: 160
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Publisher: Doubleday
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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Torski D. (datoi) reviewed Doing What's Right : How to Fight for What You Believe--And Make a Difference on 7/23/2007 + 18 more book reviews

This was an excellent book about the steps necessary to begin your own advocacy program. Very inspring and gives hope to the notion that one person can make a difference if they are passionate enough. I am a HUGE Tavis SMiley FAN! Great insight and personal knowledge, Tavis!

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Candice B. reviewed Doing What's Right : How to Fight for What You Believe--And Make a Difference on 10/7/2006 + 2 more book reviews

Very very intelligent man- great book.

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