I Said My Piece with Peace: Inside USAID's Final Days: A Testament of Leadership When Everything Falls Apart

When the institution she had served for eighteen years began to come apart, Keisha L. Effiom did not reach for grievance. She reached for grace. In I Said My Piece with Peace, one of only eight African American women to simultaneously hold the title of USAID Mission Director takes you inside the final days of a career built on faith, conviction, and servant leadership. This is not a tell-all. It is a testament, the account of what it costs to lead with integrity when the ground gives way beneath you, and what it means to keep your peace when silence is no longer an option. With the cadence of a woman who has stood in rooms where decisions changed lives, Effiom writes about power and humility, about legacy and letting go, about the quiet covenant between a leader and the people she serves. Part memoir, part meditation on leadership under pressure, her story speaks to anyone who has ever been asked to stay small and chosen instead to stand whole. This is leadership when everything falls apart. This is what it sounds like to say your piece, with peace.

Pagina's: 102, Paperback, Unmuted Press Publication