BOOK LAUNCH—August 28, 2025

BOOK TESTIMONIALS

Casey embodies a rare and beautiful mix of confidence and humility that invites readers to imagine what becomes possible if we surrender our attachment to unjust power. With irreverent honesty and joyful humor, they reveal how discomfort can be fuel—not a barrier—for transformation. They meet us right where we are: steady, clear, and unafraid to name what’s hard. Through achingly relatable stories, Casey makes you feel seen, while encouraging us to dismantle the fortress we white women have built to avoid reckoning with our role in upholding white supremacy. I’m in awe of the skill and care with which Casey calls us into our dignity and full humanity.

Kristen Wright, Collaborative Governance Practitioner and Educator

It looks like reflection before reaction. It looks like guided journaling, sitting in discomfort, naming things that were invisible before, and learning to speak without centering whiteness. With Casey, the work is layered, both personal and collective. There’s a rhythm of coaching, practicing, and pausing.

Kenya Fredie, Community Organizer and Leader

Casey’s book is a bold and tender guide for white women ready to move from intellectual understanding to embodied antiracist action. It speaks directly to those willing to face the discomfort, shame, and grief that often accompany this work, not to wallow in them, but to transmute them into healing, accountability, and transformational change. As someone who works at the intersection of trauma, healing, and justice, I was especially moved by how Casey weaves personal reckoning with a call to collective repair. This is not just a book about antiracism; it’s a guide for healing the parts of ourselves that have been shaped by whiteness and silence. Casey models how to stay open-hearted in the mess and to keep going with humility, honesty, and deep-rooted connection.

Stacy Hirsch, Organizational Equity Coach and Consultant

Speechless.  Reading Striving for Antiracism—My Imperfect Journey is like being gently—but unmistakably—called to attention, heart first. Casey’s words are deeply personal yet universally resonant, weaving vulnerability, courage, and unflinching self-examination into a narrative that is both profoundly human and urgently necessary. Through their story, I found myself re-examining my own assumptions, my own definitions of “goodness,” and the unspoken racist systems I’ve lived within. Their ability to capture seismic cultural shifts through the lens of individual experience is nothing short of masterful. What I admire most is the honesty—with the reader, with the world, and with themselves. This is more than a memoir; it’s a mirror. It’s the kind of writing that lingers, that matters, and that will move people toward deeper reflection and change. I am proud beyond words to know the person behind this work—and even prouder to call them a friend.

Tiffany M. Young, Think Equity, Founder & CEO

Casey has always known that Story is a great transformer, especially when coupled with vulnerability. Striving for Antiracism is an honest, heartfelt, vulnerable look at the way white-bodied Americans experience the learning and unlearning of our White Supremacy Culture indoctrinations. For white bodied co-conspirators, we know the process is painful, embarrassing, confusing, and ultimately harmful to our friends who identify as the global majority (particularly when done without support). Casey's story, and their ability to tell it from a place of humility with an analysis and lens of racial equity, is a gift to our world, especially in today's climate. Casey is humanizing the experience of unlearning the bad bargains we never knew we were taught while extending a hand out with resources, inspirations, and a compassionate hug. Striving for AntiRacism is an invitation to other white folx to see ourselves in this cultural revolution, to join this journey toward a more inclusive society, to find our humility around racism, and ultimately start learning how to talk to ourselves and each other about our often harmful participation in today's cultural zeitgeist and all it's associated issues.

Dayana “Dayo” Vice, Antiracism Strategist and Community Organizer

Striving for Antiracism is a much-needed antidote to cancel culture. Casey disrupts the shame spirals that keep white people stuck, perpetuating racist patterns out of fear of messing up. Casey's message is to keep going even when it's hard and especially when it's imperfect. I want to give this book to all of my White women friends. No amount of DEI slideshows or call-ins from me will connect with them the way this book can, all while still de-centering majority voices, which is after all the point.

Rachel Arlene Redeye Porter, Seneca Descendant & Narrative Change Strategist

This book was instrumental in helping me to recognize where some of my deep-seated ideas come from, and how to strengthen my practice of antiracism.  As a white woman, I rely on role models who can learn through discomfort, admit their own mistakes, and keep showing up. This book will guide you in doing just that!

Sarah Izzo, Community and Electoral Organizer

ABOUT BEYOND THINKING

Beyond Thinking is an antiracism coaching and facilitation practice led by Casey Tonnelly. Casey founded Beyond Thinking in 2019 to support their fellow white folx in moving beyond thinking and talking about equity and moving into an embodied champion for equity and justice.

Are you wanting to deepen your understanding about racism and how it functions? 

Are you wanting to explore, examine, and transform your unconscious biases? 

Are you a leader who wants to decrease the inequities your Black employees, Indigenous employees, and employees of Color experience? 

Do you want to increase your confidence in your ability to engage in racial and social justice conversations? 

If you answered yes to any of these questions, Beyond Thinking is here to support you on your antiracism journey.

No one needs to go it alone.