Just two months after he begins his tenure as an educator and less than a year after graduating college, a young white man witnesses an older white customer mistreat two African-American students who walk into a restaurant and sit down to have some milkshakes. The young man has ten seconds to decide - "Is that my business? And if it is, what if anything can I do about it?" The story looks at the people, places and experiences growing up that shaped the young man's decision in that 'ten second moment' and the sustained ripple effect of his actions on that day.  Based on the true story of Greg Forbes Siegman.

Co-authored by Jillip Naysinthe Paxson, The First Thirty was honored as 2007 Northeast Student Diversity Leadership Conference Multicultural Relations Book of the Year. It is 96 pages long. It is read by people of all ages from 4th and 5th grade and up -- including students  (middle school through college), young adults, educators, professionals, parents & grandparents. To read reviews, click here. To order copies of the books, please visit Shopping Cart. To place bulk orders, email Books@IdeaListEnterprises.com 

The Silhouette Man is an expanded version of The First Thirty.  It is 192 pages long. Intended for adult readers, the book tells the story with an even greater emphasis on the role that teachers and adults played in shaping the young man's path and principles.  The book was honored in Canada in 2009 with the Wisdom Speaks honor - given to a book that celebrates the wisdom of grandparents. To read reviews, click here. To order copies, go to Shopping Cart . To place bulk orders, email Books@IdeaListEnterprises.com 

A Place To Sit is a companion workbook co-authored by Catheryne Izeklow Rozelle. It  is filled with hundreds of questions, ideas and projects that allow you, the reader, to take the lessons out of The First Thirty and/or The  Silhouette Man and apply them to your own life. The questions, ideas and projects can be done individually or as part of a group, team or class. To order copies, go to the Shopping Cart. To place bulk orders, email Books@IdeaListEnterprises.com