Urban gun violence: self-help organizations as healing sites, catalysts for change, and collaborative partners
"Gun violence is a national threat and no more so than in the nation's urban communities, particularly taking its toll on people of color. Urban violence focused self-help organizations are vehicles for the dead to speak to us, and let us not forget that they once lived among us. These voi...
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| Medienart: | Druck Buch |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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New York, NY
Oxford University Press
[2021]
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| In: | Jahr: 2021 |
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| Zusammenfassung: | "Gun violence is a national threat and no more so than in the nation's urban communities, particularly taking its toll on people of color. Urban violence focused self-help organizations are vehicles for the dead to speak to us, and let us not forget that they once lived among us. These voices get captured and amplified through these organizations - their family become our family. The headlines their deaths created are not allowed to get relegated to history and continue to live giving meaning to a profound social justice cause. This book honors those who have died and continuing to give voice to their lives and preventing others from joining this chorus. The theme that we must forgive ourselves before we can forgive the offender is strong and pervasive among those who are survivors and engaged in self-help initiatives"-- |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | xiii, 381 Seiten 25 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780197515518 0197515517 |