Hearts and Hands: Creating Community in Violent Times
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Book Overview
Empowered by his own experiences as a peacemaker with gangs in Los Angeles and Chicago, Rodriguez offers us a unique book, one that speaks of change and progress not from a legislative floor or an ivory tower, but from the trenches, where the laws of the gang rule the community. Through anecdote, interview, quotes fro Lao Tzu, Joseph Campbell and Plato, as well as time-tested guidelines, this book makes a powerful argument for building and supporting grass-roots level, hands-on community life. The book is dedicated to his son, serving a prison sentence for gang-related activity.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1583225641
ISBN13:9781583225646
Release Date:March 2003
Publisher:Seven Stories Press
Length:368 Pages
Weight:1.10 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"
Customer Reviews
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Great Book
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 22 years ago
This is a must read for youth workers who get (or need to get) the political and social justice context of their field. It was written by someone in the trenches and not the ivory tower of foundations, university or some nonprofits. It is well written and thought provoking.
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