Triumph in the Trenches: The Green Book for Black Professionals Vol. 3
Triumph in the Trenches: The Green Book for Black Professionals Vol. 3
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Pre-Order | Release Date: February 10, 2026
What if Survival Was Never the Goal?
You were taught to play the game: work twice as hard, stay quiet, and make it look easy. We’ve learned to navigate workplaces that were never built with us in mind—performing excellence, shrinking ourselves, and enduring harm just to survive.
But what if we told you that surviving was making you sick?
What if we told you that the stress, silence, and self-sacrifice were not just unfortunate side effects but warning signs? And that you have every right to choose differently.
What if we showed you ways to stop letting the system define success and start building lives that reflect your values, boundaries, and vision?
Triumph in the Trenches, Vol. 3 is your roadmap to healing, reinvention, and power beyond the systems that shaped us. Whether you're redefining how you show up at work or building something of your own, this book offers real stories, strategies, and pathways forward.
What Makes Triumph Different and Necessary
Most professional development books aren’t written to liberate. They’re written to help you adjust to dysfunction. That’s why so many push:
- Grit over grief
- Visibility over values
- Optimization over rest
- Soft skills over self-worth
And while 340,000 Black women and 193,000 Black men lost their jobs during the first half of 2025, the message we continue to get is that if we just work harder, we’ll be safe.
They want you:
- Stuck in a cycle of self-improvement,
- Centering system-pleasing and performance,
- And ignoring structural harm.
Triumph in the Trenches, Vol. 3, takes a different approach.
While other books teach you how to play the game or win inside the system, Triumph 3 asks:
What if the system isn’t worth winning in?
And how can you thrive whether you stay or leave?
The voices in this book answer those questions. Each contributor shows what it looks like to survive, heal, and rebuild in the face of job loss, instability, and systems never designed for us to win.
This anthology is a blueprint to reclaim your power whether you stay, leave, or build something new. And it’s not about domination or hustle culture; it’s about wholeness, clarity, and moving forward on your terms.
Foreword by Lisa Hurley
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Lisa Hurley is a three-time Anthem Award-winning activist, writer, podcaster, and community builder. Her work centers Black women and converges at the nexus of self-care, community care, joy, and rest.
A respected figure, she has been honored as one of the Top 20 Entrepreneurs to follow on LinkedIn, voted as one of LinkedIn’s Top 50 Black Creators, and recognized as one of the Top 10 Anti-Discrimination Activists in the world. As a result of her activism, her words have been quoted in Forbes, Entrepreneur, Sweet July, Adweek, and more.
A strong believer in good vibes, Lisa is a second-generation Reiki Master known for her inspiring affirmations on TikTok. Of Caribbean heritage, Lisa has an understandable preference for warmer climates. Her love languages are sunshine, laughter, and naps.
