Saint Rest Publications

11/19/2025

Don't lose your head in the game and keep your eyes on the prize. - Kindred the Family Soul


https://afrocentric.info/SaintRest/365.html

11/17/2025

NEW EPISODE ALERT — Episode 3 Is Live!

Rooted Dialogues, hosted by Victoria Brown and LaVon Gordon, has released Episode 3: “African-Centered Rites of Passage and Education – Part 1.”

In this episode, the hosts dive into Dr. Goggins’ groundbreaking book, African-centered Rites of Passage and Education, unpacking the ideas that have shaped youth development, cultural identity work, and education for decades. They take listeners into the heart of what African-centered rites of passage truly represent — not a trend, but a transformative framework for building confident, grounded, purpose-driven young people.

Victoria and LaVon break down the book’s major themes:

(1) How cultural identity strengthens academic achievement,
(2) Why communities must reclaim the responsibility of guiding youth, and
(3) How rites of passage restore what slavery, colonialism, and miseducation tried to dismantle — our collective wisdom and continuity.

This is a rich, necessary conversation for educators, caregivers, youth workers, and anyone invested in liberation-centered learning.
Dr. Goggins’ work continues to challenge us to build structures rooted in our heritage, aligned with our purpose, and capable of preparing the next generation to thrive.

🎧 Listen to Episode 3:
https://www.buzzsprout.com/admin/2553551/episodes/18166596-episode-3-african-centered-rites-of-passage-and-education-part-1

or listen and subscribe where you get your favorite podcast.

11/17/2025

Cincinnati Family — You’re Invited!

Join Dr. Lathardus Goggins II on November 29 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at Joseph-Beth Booksellers (Rookwood Pavilion) for a special Author Spotlight celebrating storytelling, cultural grounding, and the power of intentional education.

Dr. Goggins will be featuring three of his cornerstone works:

✨ Bringing the Light into a New Day – a foundational guide to African-centered rites of passage

✨ African-centered Rites of Passage & Education – scholarship rooted in identity, community, and purpose

✨ 365 Black Nuggets – daily wisdom to uplift the spirit and sharpen the mind

This event is perfect for educators, community leaders, parents, youth advocates, and anyone committed to cultural self-determination and the transformative work of building strong, conscious communities.

Come out, meet Dr. Goggins, and engage with ideas that speak to our past, illuminate our present, and strengthen our future.

📍 Joseph-Beth Booksellers (Rookwood Pavilion)

📅 November 29

🕒 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Join us and bring a friend.

Let’s show up, Cincinnati — the village grows when we gather.

11/12/2025

In the South, they don't care how close blacks get, as long as we don't get too high. In the North, they don't care how high blacks get, as long as we don't get too close. - Elders' Wisdom


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11/05/2025

There is a higher law than the law of government. That's the law of conscience. - Kwame Turè

11/04/2025

Rooted Dialogues: A Saint Rest Publications Podcast | Where Community, Culture, and Critical Thought Converge ... Join hosts Victoria Brown and LaVon Gordon as they engage in thought-provoking conversations inspired by the works published through Saint Rest Publications. Rooted in African-centered perspectives, this podcast explores themes of education, identity, literature, and liberation—bridging the wisdom of the past with the solutions for our future. Whether you're an educator, reader, or community builder, Rooted Dialogues invites you to grow with us—one episode at a time.


https://afrocentric.info/SaintRest/Rooted-Dialogue.html

10/30/2025

You do not embrace those who will take you straight to hell, no matter how much blood you share with them... And, most importantly, it is not healthy to keep company of people who proudly wear the scars of the generations of their physical and mental r**e. - Mwalimu Baruti

10/22/2025

Invest in the human soul. Who knows, it might be a diamond in the rough. Mary McLeod Bethune

10/12/2025

10/08/2025

My hope emerges from those places of struggle where I witnessed individuals positively transforming their lives and the world around them. Educating is always a vocation, rooted in hopefulness. As teachers, we believe that learning is possible, that nothing can keep an open mind from seeking after knowledge and finding a way to know. - bell hooks, Ph.D.

10/08/2025

Saint Rest Publications is thrilled to announce the launch of Dr. Lathardus Goggins II's newest book, “Facing the Rising Sun: Activity Book Lessons Towards an Authentic Self”! This activity book is the replacement for the card deck. With additional activities like coloring, word searches, and crossword puzzles, Facing the Rising Sun: Activity Book is a culturally grounded, youth-centered resource designed to nurture self-awareness, cultural identity, and purpose through reflection and creativity.

Rooted in African-centered philosophy and supported by a Social Emotional Learning (SEL) framework, this activity book offers guided prompts, symbolic explorations, and affirmations that invite young people to look inward, reach backward, and move forward toward a fuller understanding of who they are and why they matter.

“Facing the Rising Sun” is the perfect addition to the “Bringing the Light into a New Day” collection. It dives deep into the themes of passage, process, and model, and it includes a workbook that’s designed to help parents and practitioners create a family-based community rooted in African-centered rites of passage.

To celebrate the new release, Saint Rest Publications is teaming up with Ingram Books for a limited-time special offer! The first 100 books bought directly from Ingram Books can be purchased at the special introductory price of $19.95 (that’s a $5.00 savings!)… just use the QR code or https://www.afrocentric.info/Facing_the_Rising_Sun/

Plus, there’s a special bundle deal for the “Bringing the Light into a New Day” collection (https://www.afrocentric.info/SaintRest/BringingBundle.html). The bundle includes an author-signed copy of each book for just $54.95, and it ships free!