Community is the Way: Audiobook + Educator’s Toolkit
Free and open access materials for equity and justice in writing, teaching, and community partnership
I’m honored to share a set of open-access resources developed to support equity-based teaching, organizing, and collaboration. Community is the Way: Engaged Writing and Designing for Transformative Change is now available in three accessible formats: a book, an audiobook, and a free Educator’s Toolkit. Together, these materials are meant to serve educators, nonprofit leaders, students, and community partners working toward more just and inclusive practices.
What’s Included
— The Book
Published by the WAC Clearinghouse/University Press of Colorado, Community is the Way offers a grounded framework for designing equitable, community-led partnerships. Drawing from years of fieldwork and experience directing a community writing program, the book explores how community-led design, co-creation, and relationship-building shape our efforts to build lasting change. It includes concrete examples, design principles, and strategies for reciprocity in practice.
— The Audiobook
A rare offering in academic publishing, the full audiobook is now available to listen for free via the publisher or on Audible for $1. It was created to support accessibility for students, educators, working professionals, and anyone who prefers to learn through listening.
— The Educator’s Toolkit
This 85-page guide includes classroom activities, discussion prompts, reflective writing exercises, and media worksheets. It was designed to help educators and facilitators bring conversations about justice, equity, and co-creation into undergraduate and graduate classrooms, faculty reading groups, or community-based learning environments. The toolkit builds directly from the book’s core ideas and is meant to be adaptable, actionable, and easy to use.
Why Open Access?
I believe this work—on co-creation, power-sharing, and equity—should be available to those doing the work. These resources were created to be used. Open scholarship isn’t only about access. It’s about values. It’s about sharing tools, supporting each other’s efforts, and making space for change.
You can find everything here:
→ Audiobook + Educator’s Toolkit + Open Resources
→ Audible audiobook link
If you use these resources in your work—or have thoughts about what’s still needed—I’d love to hear from you. Here’s to building new partnerships, shared tools, and more possibilities together.
—Aimée