Between Us: A Reckoning with My Mother p. 3 / Jason Reynolds --
This Joy I Have p. 13 / Austin Channing Brown --
Dirty Business: The Messy Affair of Rejecting Shame p. 22 / Tanya Denise Fields --
My Head is a Part of My Body and Other Notes on Crazy p. 33 / Kiese Makeba Laymon --
Wisdom of Process p. 43 / Prentis Hemphill --
Love Lifted Me: Subverting Shame Narratives and Legitimizing Vulnerability as a Mechanism for Healing Women in the Black Church p. 54 / Tracey Michae'l Lewis-Giggetts --
Never Too Much p. 67 / Marc Lamont Hill --
We are Human Too: On Blackness, Vulnerability, Disability, and the Work Ahead p. 79 / Keah Brown --
What's in a Name? p. 87 / Luvvie Ajayi Jones --
Blues of Vulnerability: Love and Healing Black Youth p. 98 / Shawn A. Ginwright --
Filling Every Page with Joy: Rewriting Trauma and Shame p. 109 / Kaia Naadira --
Honoring Our Stories, Transforming Our Pain p. 121 / Deran Young --
Running Out of Gas p. 132 / Sonya Renee Taylor --
My Journey: Vulnerability-, Rage, and Being Black in the Art World p. 144 / Irene Antonia Diane Reece --
Unlearning Shame and Remembering Love p. 154 / Yolo Akili Robinson --
Hurt People Hurt People p. 164 / Laverne Cox --
Black Surrender Within the Ivory Tower p. 168 / Jessica J. Williams --
Steps to Being Whole, On Your Terms p. 179 / Aiko D. Bethea --
To You: Vulnerable Mother a Choreo-Essay p. 191 / Imani Perry --
Where the Truth Rests p. 202 / Tarana Burke.