Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Birthing the book / Kathryn Norsworthy, Lisa M. Tillmann, & Steven Schoen -- Sitting out "The star-spangled banner" / Lisa M. Tillmann, Kathryn Norsworthy, & Steven Schoen -- Of all days : critical pedagogy outside the classroom / Lisa M. Tillmann, Kathryn Norsworthy, & Steven Schoen -- Queer border crossings / Kathryn Norsworthy, Lisa M. Tillmann, & Steven Schoen -- Wind and winding roads : friendship amidst indefinite confinement / Lisa M. Tillmann, Jeffrey Holmgren, Kathryn Norsworthy, & Steven Schoen -- "Say it ain't so" : protecting a nondiscrimination policy from appropriated diversity / Steven Schoen, Lisa M. Tillmann, & Kathryn Norsworthy -- Conclusion: Mindful activists debrief mindful activism / Lisa M. Tillmann, Steven Schoen, & Kathryn Norsworthy.

"We live in uncertain, troubled, inequitable, and unjust times. Threats, such as authoritarianism, oppression, and State-sponsored violence, can feel so overwhelming and daunting that students-and their professors!-may not know where to begin in confronting those threats. Mindful Activism chronicles the authors' experiences as academics challenging and seeking to remedy injustices on campus, in the classroom, and in local and global communities. Those experiences range from engaging in a single activist act to collaborating over many years with oppressed communities and social change groups. This book shows activism in action, offering inviting, compelling narratives that portray what living an activist life-in and outside the academy-requires, means, and does"--