Dr. Kitty Kelly Epstein’s new book, Organizing to Change a City, was released on Friday, August 10th by Peter Lang Publishing. Along with her co-authors, Kimberly Mayfield Lynch and J. Douglas Allen-Taylor, Dr. Epstein delivers a highly readable account of the ongoing social justice movement in Oakland, and its efforts to address issues of education, employment, gentrification, and inner-city violence.
An academic and policy advisor, Dr. Epstein is also the author of A Different View of Urban Schools (Peter Lang Publishing: 2006) and was named one of the 2012 Powerful Women of the Bay by Black Women Organized for Political Action.
