Bringing the Light into a New Day Bundle:
Empower Youth Through African-centered Rites of Passage
This specially curated bundle offers a complete toolkit for fostering cultural identity, emotional intelligence, and youth development. Perfect for families, educators, and community leaders, it includes:
Author signed Bringing the Light into a New Day (Book) - $19.95 + S.H.
Author signed Bringing the Light into a New Day (Workbook) - $17.95 + S.H.
Facing the Rising Sun (Card Deck) - $14.95 + S.H.
Bundle Deal - $49.95 + Free Shipping
This foundational text provides families and educators thorough discussion of the African-centered rites of passage process and model.Everything you need to know to understand the rites process and its impact; particularly on building an authentic self and cultural identity.
A practical guide to implementing an African-centered, family-based, and community-linked rites of passage. The Workbook is an essential resources for parents, educators, and community leaders seeking to nurture and celebrate the growth and development of youth through African-centered rites of passage.
This card deck is a resource to help build a positive social-emotional, conscious, and competent sense of self rooted in the African-centered principles of the Nguzo Saba.
How to Use the Bundle
Suggested Uses:
Family Learning: Use the book and workbook to develop a rites of passage. Use the cards guide discussions on cultural heritage and activities to reinforce identity development.
Community Programs: Integrate the card deck into youth programs and Kwanzaa celebrations.
Educators: Use the book to better understand how authentic development impacts identity and incorporated rites conceptes into your culturally responsive teaching frameworks. Use the cards as "bell work"or reflective transformative SEL activities.
For 25 years, this book has been a beacon of Hope and a reminder of the power and changes we can accomplish as a people when proper education of our history is implemented and not left on the bookshelf. Dr. Goggins continues to expand while enlightening us with the necessary tools designed to inform and guide organizations, educators, and communities from an Afrocentric lens. - Pamela M. Hubbard | Founding Executive Director, Golden Ciphers Youth Development & Cultural Art Center
Bringing The Light Into A New Day: The Workbook provides families with the tools, guidance, and conceptual framework prerequisite for the development of a rites of passage process specific to family-based and community-linked African-centered rites of passage. Equally significant, Dr. Goggins’s comprehension of the family as the foundational unit in the African-centered rites of passage process illuminates like the ‘North Star’ throughout the workbook and is a compelling reminder that the strength of any community is rooted in the health and unity of its families. - Fanon Hill |
Executive Director, The Youth Resiliency Institute &
Film Director, Prison-Based Rites of Passage: Rites, Re-entry and Restoration
Great resource. I've referenced this book many times over in my struggle to bring insight and understanding to urban youth, and the mini who are called to serve them. - Steve Fitzugh | Founder & President, A Good Name
Bringing the Light into a New Day: The Workbook by Dr. Lathardus Goggins II serves as an invaluable resource for families seeking to create meaningful, community-linked African-centered rites of passage. This transformative tool equips parents and facilitators with practical steps and insights needed to nurture children's growth and cultural identity, fostering resilience and a strong sense of self. Dr. Goggins, a dedicated advocate for youth education with over 30 years of experience, brings a wealth of knowledge and cultural understanding to this essential workbook. It is crucial for families to have this workbook, as it not only honors their heritage but also strengthens communal bonds and prepares the next generation for their vital roles in society. - Mia Street, M.Ed. | Executive Director, Black History 365 Foundation; and
Founder, Kidada Education Design
Bringing the Light into a New Day takes a holistic approach to African-centered rites of passage.. undergirds the youth in a way that will give them a firm footing in society, and life. - Bruce George | Founder of the Genius is Common Movement, Co-Founder of Def Poetry Jam on HBO
