Don’t Wait:

Three Girls Who Fought for Change and Won

Girls of color have always been on the front lines of the fight for equal rights—to vote, to learn, to live—even when they are the last to benefit from the outcomes of their work. In Don’t Wait, journalist Sonali Kohli follows three teenagers’ efforts to make their communities safer, healthier places.

Don’t Wait, published by Beacon Press on June 4, 2024, highlights what propelled the teenagers into their activism to their experiences organizing and incorporates Q&As with important lessons from activists who have led the way.

As the young women transition from teen to adult activists, Don’t Wait reflects the powerful lessons they’ve learned in their activism while building movements in their communities that will continue to live on as they move forward.

Don’t Wait is sold anywhere you find books, and is available as a paperback, e-book and audio book!

Book Tour

Join Sonali on part one of her book tour, and stay tuned for more West Coast dates in the fall! Here are upcoming dates and links to register:

📖 June 11, book reading at Silver Lake Reading Club in LA (sold out)
📖 June 14, Youth Block Party with Epicenter-NYC at The World’s Borough Bookshop in Jackson Heights, NY
📖 June 18, Q&A and signing at All She Wrote Books in Boston
📖 June 20, a teen workshop on using art for activism at Boston Public Library’s Grove Hall Branch Library, with teen activist Sonia Banker

Share the Knowledge Program

If you participated in the Share the Knowledge pre-order campaign and donated a book, thank you! That means we have a limited number of paperback books to share with students, schools and youth groups free of charge.

If you would like one of those books for yourself or for a group you’re a part of as a student, teacher, or leader — please fill out the form below! You must be in the United States to qualify.

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