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"""This book will help keep generations of world-changers in the game, instead of tapping out because the struggle is too great."" --Tim Coleman, Founder & Lead Pastor at Brown's Mill Church ""[A] refreshingly honest and an inspiring read."" -- Idelette McVicker, Founder and Editor-in-Chief of SheLoves magazine.com ""This book [will] benefit those who run non-profits, those who work for them, and those who fund them."" -- F. Volker Greifenhagen, Academic Dean at Luther College How do we reconcile joy and sorrow in a world that is both beautiful and desperately broken? Can we put the ""human"" back into ""humanitarianism?"" Is there a way to let go of disillusionment, hold onto hope, and redeem our pain for good? Author and non-profit director Katie Bergman explores these questions while reflecting on her geographically sprawling pilgrimage to pursue justice without being crushed by it. Driven by her personal experiences from Cambodian villages to Canadian inner-cities, from courthouses to street corners to orphanages, this book of confessions starts a dialogue about the trials and triumphs of seeking justice. The author's personal narrative weaves in a sequence of coming-of-age stories capturing her journey of learning to grieve without despair, to dream without guilt, and to serve without defeat. She will warm and break your heart with profound stories of intervening in human trafficking in Southeast Asia, teaching children with special needs in rural Mexico, spending austere summers planting trees in the rugged wilderness of northern British Columbia, and backpacking through Eastern Europe in self-imposed solitude. When Justice Just Is provides authentic insight, gripping challenges, and a global perspective of the joys and struggles of humanitarian work as the soul to a fresh conversation of learning to be kinder to the world while also being kinder to ourselves."

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[A] refreshingly honest and an inspiring read. - Idelette McVicker, Founder and Editor-in-Chief of SheLovesMagazine.com This book [will] benefit those who run non-profits, those who work for them, and those who fund them. - F. Volker Greifenhagen, Academic Dean at Luther College This book will help keep generations of world-changers in the game, instead of tapping out because the struggle is too great. - Tim Coleman, Founder & Lead Pastor at Brown's Mill Church As you read this book be prepared to stop mid paragraph and think deeply. Be open to conviction. Have your pen ready to mark things up. But don't just read this book. Be changed by it. - Kevin Austin, Director of the Set Free Movement setfreemovement.org This is THE book I wish I would've read at the beginning of my career. After twenty-two years in the human rights field, I was touched and outraged and humbled by Katie's experiences and her straight-from-the-heart words. She gets the soul of what many of us feel, but few say. This book is for everyone who yearns to make changes in the way we do charity. - Jill Morris, Victims Rights Advocate and Field Liaison for the NO MORE Campaign Katie Bergman's When Justice Just Is is a compelling read for activists, abolitionists, idealists, and realists alike. Through personal stories and reflections, Katie details her struggle with justice. She describes the vividly known, yet all too often hidden tension between doing what is right and what is just, between justice and mercy, and between charity and compassion. - Keturah Lee Schroeder, Community Support Coordinator for CATCH Court (a restorative justice program for victims of human trafficking and prostitution in Ohio) When Justice Just Is is a book for anyone who is experiencing their own disillusionment and looking for a way to hold onto hope without letting go of reality. - Beth Clayton Luthye, Anti-Trafficking Coordinator and Communications Manager, Nazarene Compassionate Ministries Through the pages, I was endeared to Katie's story, contemplative of my own journey, and convicted by her corrective challenges. As she confronts the influence of our romanticized projections, expectations and marketing, she offers space where we can also examine our own attachment with our work. She gives voice to a rare but needed conversation that while still infused with hope, invites greater honesty, reflection and wisdom into the discussion of what it looks like to sustain a life of authentic advocacy. - Kelly Grace, M. Div, MFT, Street Pastor and Director of Set Free Movement Oregon This is a message for every worker of justice. - Ginger Coakley, CEO of Eden's Glory and Regional Director of the Set Free Movement edensglory.org

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