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  • The Gift of Anger

    Use Passion to Build Not Destroy

    by Joe Solmonese ...
    Under Joe Solmonese's leadership, the Human Rights Campaign became the model other organizations look toward to create effective social and political change. Against daunting odds, HRC was instrumental in passing landmark national legislation such as the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr., Hate Crimes Prevention Act; repealing 'ÄúDon't Ask, Don't Tell'Äù; and passing marriage equality acts in ... Read more

    $17.29 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

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    The Gift of Anger

    Use Passion to Build Not Destroy

    by Joe Solmonese ...
    Narrated by Tom Dheere ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 54 min

    Former Human Rights Campaign president Joe Solmonese shares powerful lessons learned from negotiating and collaborating with others who disagreed and even despised him. Takeaway: you can accomplish wonders-like achieving marriage equality-if you can use your anger strategically and channel it in the direction of the greater good.Under Joe Solmonese's leadership, the Human Rights Campaign, the ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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    Also available as: eBook

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    And Why We Remember Them

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