UnCommon Bonds

Acknowledgments - Sonia Nieto: Foreword - Kersha Smith / Marcella Runell Hall: Introduction - Joicelyn Dingle: Of My Purple Life - Stacey Gibson-Jessica Havens: It's All About the Rhythm: Birthing Sisterhood - Robin DiAngelo: "When You Do It to Me, It's Racism" - Nelle Mills: Filiation - Liza A. Talusan: The Support I Need - Jodi Van Der Horn-Gibson-Christina Marín: Marginal Friendship: An Exploration of Culture, Privilege, and Sisterhood - Thembisa S. Mshaka: Friends in Real Life - Amber Buggs: Race Is a Factor, Not a Foundation - Millicent R. Jackson: Across the Abyss - Felice Belle-Anne Murphy: Dear Sis/Love, Sis - Jennifer M. D. Matos-Gail E. Norskey: Choosing Each Other: Love, Friendship, and Racism - S. Lenise Wallace-Eman Mosharafa-Joni Schwartz: Black, White, and Brown: A Collaborative Autoethnography Analyzing the Race and Friendship of Three Women in Academia - Mira Sengupta-Samantha González-Block: A Joyful Dance Between Friends: The Story of Our Hindu-Muslim, Jewish-Christian Friendship - Paulette Dalpes-Berenecea Johnson Eanes: Sliding Doors, Intentional Choices - JLove Calderón: Ride or Die: Relationships Beyond Constructs - Roberta Samet-Imani Romney-Rosa: Letters - Rani Varghese-Allia Abdullah-Matta-Hye-Kyung Kang: "The Ladies Salon": Building Intellectual and Personal Collective(s) - Deinya Phenix: The "Crazy White Lady" and Other Archetypes in Workplace Friendships, Boundaries, and Power - Keisha L. Green: Trust - Jamila Lyiscott: Afterword: Crossing - Contributors.

Kersha Smith, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor of Psychology at the City University of New York, Queensborough Community College. Kersha has been published in Pedagogy, Culture & Society, The Journal of Social Issues, and Transformative Dialogues, among other journals. She is a recipient of the Spencer Foundation's Discipline Based Studies in Education Fellowship, Calvin W. Ruck Award, and The Larry Murphy Award by the Adult Higher Education Alliance.

"Women telling our own stories is an important pathway to liberation. Healing from the trauma of racism, particularly in the context of intimate relationships, is a challenging but often necessary part of peace building efforts. «UnCommon Bonds» has opened the door and invited us to the table for a long overdue conversation." Leymah Gbowee, peace activist and winner of the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize