Terri E. Givens

@profterrig.bsky.social

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Bad ass in poli-sci UBC, Vancouver and Menlo Park, CA. Immigration, race, far right politics. Author of Radical Empathy and Reckoning. French🇫🇷, German🇩🇪, Catsky 🐈 https://linktr.ee/terrigivens

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Terri E. Givens is an author and political scientist. Givens is a professor at the University of British Columbia.

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Terri E. Givens @profterrig.bsky.social · 7d

Check out my latest newsletter - I have some confessions to make and news to share, particularly for my friends in the UK - I'll be in #London next week! Looking forward to connecting with colleagues.
#Reckoning
#RadicalEmpathy

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Confession - remembering to practice self-empathy

It has been a rough day, a rough month, a rough year! So today I'm going to practice that first step - being vulnerable (and as I always remind folks, it's about being vulnerable with yourself, you do...

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Terri E. Givens @profterrig.bsky.social · 1h

#UK folks, support a #London institution! Make your way to New Beacon Books, 76 Stroud Green Road to get a copy of my book, #Reckoning. Let’s create change!
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Bristol University Press @brisunipress.bsky.social · 1d

Divided We Stand? – part of the #FestivalOfEconomics.

Exploring growing ideological polarization & paths to a less divided future.

Join Terri E. Givens, author of 'Reckoning', for this important discussion.

🗓️ Nov 18 | 12–1:15 PM GMT, Watershed, Bristol: https://ow.ly/2X6250XjUl2

Divided we stand?

Part of the Festival of Economics 2025

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A Moment with Erik Fleming podcast @momenterik.bsky.social · 1d

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#blacksky #politics #podcast

Ethics & Empathy Featuring Dr. Wylin Wilson and Dr. Terri Givens

Host Erik Fleming speaks with Dr. Wylin D. Wilson and Dr. Terri Givens about ethics, womanist bioethics, the role of the Black church in community care, and the politics of radical empathy. The episod...

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Terri E. Givens @profterrig.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks for a great conversation!

Terri E. Givens @profterrig.bsky.social · 3d

Watch out #London-I’m heading your way next week. Join me for my #Reckoning Book Launch on November 11. Be sure to RSVP here

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Launch of Reckoning: Creating Positive Change Through Radical Empathy

Join Terri E. Givens as she discusses creating a positive environment using the radical empathy approach

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A Moment with Erik Fleming podcast @momenterik.bsky.social · 3d

On the next episode of A Moment with Erik Fleming!
@profterrig.bsky.social and Dr. Wylin Wilson
#blacksky #politics #podcast

Terri E. Givens @profterrig.bsky.social · 4d

I show this every year in my European politics class. Gives some context for understanding that borders are not sacred.

Terri E. Givens @profterrig.bsky.social · 6d

Looking forward to my trip to London! See you next week!

Policy Press @policypress.bsky.social · 6d

RECKONING proves real change *is* possible, bursting with inspiring #EDI success stories from prisons, boardrooms and college campuses. - Ginny Mills, Senior Commissioning Editor

🌟Join Terri to discuss #RadicalEmpathy. (New Beacon Books, Nov 11, 7 pm.)

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Terri E. Givens @profterrig.bsky.social · 10d

Fall color on the way to the farmer’s market at UBC

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Bristol University Press @brisunipress.bsky.social · 13d

Divided we stand?

Part of the Festival of Economics 2025

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Terri E. Givens @profterrig.bsky.social · 21d

Join me Tuesday, October 21st for a live webinar launch of my latest book Reckoning!

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Terri E. Givens @profterrig.bsky.social · 23d

What’s next after the massive protests? Come to my webinar on Tuesday, October 21st to find out! #Reckoning #RadicalEmpathy
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Reckoning Book Launch Event . After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

Join Us for the Online Launch of Reckoning by Dr. Terri Givens Be part of an engaging conversation as Dr. Terri Givens introduces her groundbreaking new book, Reckoning: Creating Positive Change thro...

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Terri E. Givens @profterrig.bsky.social · 25d

You can still register and get the recording. And there seems to be no room for empathy for some folks…they clearly don’t understand the concept.

Terri E. Givens @profterrig.bsky.social · 29d

We were on a river cruise from Bucharest, Budapest was our last stop.

Terri E. Givens @profterrig.bsky.social · 29d

Monarch Baroness?

Terri E. Givens @profterrig.bsky.social · Oct 12

#BlueskyArtShow #glow

Terri E. Givens @profterrig.bsky.social · Oct 12

Budapest
#Blueskyartshow #Glow

Terri E. Givens @profterrig.bsky.social · Oct 9

Join me for my book launch party/webinar!!!🎉

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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Reckoning Book Launch Event . After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

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Terri E. Givens @profterrig.bsky.social · Oct 8

This.

Terri E. Givens @profterrig.bsky.social · Sep 29

Hey - support Black women and our books! Pre-order my book Reckoning at a discount before September 30th - terrigivens.com/reckoning

Reckoning | Terri Givens

The title will be released on October 21, 2025 Anti-racist movements have continued to grow worldwide after the death of George Floyd in 2020. Following the BLM protests, many promises were made to ...

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · Sep 28

This is the secret the Trump regime tried so hard to keep about the Dallas ICE shooting

The names of the dead and wounded

Jose Andres Bordones-Molina

Miguel Ángel García-Hernandez

Norlan Guzman-Fuentes

Fight Trump's dehumanization. Say their names. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/dall...

What the Trump regime doesn’t want you to know about Dallas ICE shooting

The Trump regime's refusal to say the names of the Dallas ICE victims exposes the inhumanity of American fascism.

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Terri E. Givens @profterrig.bsky.social · Sep 27

I think #Portland is due for some landscaping work.
Here’s a great place to start! www.portland.gov/parks/washin...

Washington Park - International Rose Test Garden

Located in beautiful Washington Park, the International Rose Test Garden boasts more than 10,000 individual rose bushes, in bloom from late May through October and representing over 610 different rose...

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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · Sep 27

So top Portland cops wrote & *testified* that fed agents have been "instigating and causing" conflict.

They said agents were firing pepper balls unprovoked and "without any apparent warning"

When a Portland chief called a federal agent w/ Qs, the agent hung up.

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