Advocate: A Graphic Memoir of Family, Community, and the Fight for Environmental Justice

Advocate: A Graphic Memoir of Family, Community, and the Fight for Environmental Justice - Hardcover

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Advocate: A Graphic Memoir of Family, Community, and the Fight for Environmental Justice - Hardcover

Advocate: A Graphic Memoir of Family, Community, and the Fight for Environmental Justice - Hardcover

by Eddie Ahn
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Book Overview

NATIONAL BESTSELLER - A moving graphic memoir following Eddie Ahn, an environmental justice lawyer and activist striving to serve diverse communities in San Francisco amidst environmental catastrophes, an accelerating tide of racial and economic inequality, burnout, and his family's expectations.

A WASHINGTON POST AND AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION BEST GRAPHIC NOVEL OF THE YEAR - AN ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN LITERATURE AWARD HONOREE

Born in Texas to Korean immigrants, Eddie grew up working at his family's store with the weighty expectations that their sacrifices would be paid off when he achieved the "American Dream." Years later after moving to San Francisco and earning a coveted law degree, he then does the unthinkable: he rejects a lucrative legal career to enter the nonprofit world.

In carving his own path, Eddie defies his family's notions of economic success, igniting a struggle between family expectations, professional goals, and dreams of community. As an environmental justice attorney, he confronts the most immediate issues the country is facing today, from the devastating effects of Californian wildfires to economic inequality, all while combatting burnout and racial prejudice. In coming fully into his own, Eddie also reaches a hand back to his parents, showing them the value of a life of service rather than one spent only seeking monetary wealth.

Weaving together humorous anecdotes with moments of victory and hope, this powerful, deeply contemplative full-color graphic novel explores the relationship between immigration and activism, opportunity and obligation, and familial duty and community service.
ISBN9781984862495
Author Eddie Ahn
PublisherTen Speed Graphic
GenreBiography, Comics & graphic novels, and Other
FormatHardcover
PublishedApril 2024
LanguageENG- English
Pages208
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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Advocate: A Graphic Memoir of Family, Community, and the Fight for Environmental Justice - Hardcover

By Eddie Ahn

About Eddie Ahn

Eddie Ahn has been an environmental justice attorney and nonprofit worker for fifteen years. While working as the executive director of Brightline Defense, a San Francisco-based environmental justice nonprofit, he was inducted into the State of California's Clean Energy Hall of Fame for his work in equity and clean energy. In addition to his nonprofit work, he has served as president of the San Francisco Commission on the Environment as well as a commissioner on the Metropolitan Transportation Commission and Bay Conservation and Development Commission. He is a self-taught artist who has been recognized as a Cartoonist-in-Residence by the Charles M. Schulz Museum in Santa Rosa.

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