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"A fantastic book. . . .A major contribution Stories of
Transformative Leadership in the Human Services is an extraordinary
book by two highly accomplished social work educators and
consultants. Based on years of experience in the classroom and in
the field, Steve Burghardt and Willie Tolliver blend their "best
practices" into a pedagogically creative and lively text that
students and human service professionals alike will find engaging
and invaluable. Social service agencies and workers are under
siege, especially now in our global economic crisis, but this book
is guaranteed to help in the struggles ahead for a more humane and
just social service practice." Robert Fisher, University of
Connecticut, author ofThe People Shall Rule: ACORN, Community
Organizing, and the Struggle for Economic Justice (Vanderbilt
University Press, 2009.) "A must read for directors, executives,
funders, and board members Given today's economic climate, there
may not be funds for the hiring of consultants. Read Stories of
Transformative Leadership in the Human Services and engage as an
organizational team in their activities instead. You, your staff
and the culture of the organization will be transformed. As Ghandi
said, Be the change you want to see.' The paradigm that Burghardt
and Tolliver introduce will have you do just that." Claudette
C'Faison, Cofounder and President of NY Youth at Risk, Inc. Certain
to excite and inspire both students entering the human services
field and seasoned non-profit professionals, Stories of
Transformative Leadership in the Human Services: Why the Glass Is
Always Full is the first full-length leadership book to focus on
the unique challenges of the public and non-profit executive,
manager, and educator. Written in a lively story-telling style, the
book develops a leadership model for those who inspire without
bonuses and seek a powerful legacy through people s lives. Authors
Steve Burghardt and Willie Tolliver convey the stories of two
social service agencies struggling to survive in a world of
shrinking budgets, increasing needs, and lack of resources. While
both agencies are run by hard-working managers, one is in constant
crisis mode (racial tensions that simmer and boil over;
professionals who end up exhausted and overeating after a
crisis-filled day . . . every day), while the other, operating with
no greater resources, lacks tension and turmoil as its managers
respond to similar demands and client needs. Using real-life
vignettes drawn from actual experiences, the stories distill
important lessons and unfold in a powerful manner that will
resonate with any professional asked to work harder . . . with a
smaller budget. Questions woven through each story connect to the
book's more theoretical material on leadership, personal mastery,
and community-building. Accompanied by a Student Study Site: http:
//www.sagepub.com/transleaderstudy/ Steve Burghardt, MSW, PhD, and
Willie Tolliver, MSW, DSW, are professor and associate professor of
Social Work at the City University of New York (CUNY) Hunter
College School of Social Work and partners in the Leadership
Transformation Group, LLC. Authors of numerous works on
organizational change and strategic development, they are
award-winning teachers of human behavior, policy, and community
organization. They have worked with thousands of human service and
educational staff on new models of leadership, personal well-being,
spirituality, collaboration in times of crisis, and how to sustain
conversations on race and oppression for lasting change at work and
in one s life. Please visit their website: www.askltg.com."
We all know we should give to charity, but who really does? In his
controversial study of America's giving habits, Arthur C. Brooks
shatters stereotypes about charity in America-including the myth
that the political Left is more compassionate than the Right.
Brooks, a preeminent public policy expert, spent years researching
giving trends in America, and even he was surprised by what he
found. In "Who Really Cares," he identifies the forces behind
American charity: strong families, church attendance, earning one's
own income (as opposed to receiving welfare), and the belief that
individuals-not government-offer the best solution to social ills.
But beyond just showing us who the givers and non-givers in America
really are today, Brooks shows that giving is crucial to our
economic prosperity, as well as to our happiness, health, and our
ability to govern ourselves as a free people.
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This carefully curated collection of the writings and speeches of
W. McNeil (Mac) Lowry will provide significant information about
and insight into a remarkable period in the second half of the
twentieth century, when the foundations of the arts as they now
exist in the United States were creatively and firmly laid,
primarily through Lowry's penetrating intellectual perspective and
his strategic organizational acumen as Director of The Ford
Foundation's unique Program in Humanities and the Arts. And many of
the fundamental issues he raised and analyzed-why the arts should
be valued and how they are best supported and governed-are no less
pressing today. The significance of the material is framed and
underscored by a foreword by Darren Walker, President of The Ford
Foundation; an enlightening essay on "W. McNeil Lowry, the Arts and
American Society" by the eminent scholar, Stanley Katz; poetic and
powerful tributes to Lowry by Lincoln Kirstein and Peter Zeisler;
and a context-setting introduction by the editor. Given the
substantive variety and depth of the chapters, the volume will be
of interest to a wide range of scholars and students, artists and
administrators, both within and at the intersection of
philanthropy, the arts, society, public policy and history.
From 1999 to 2009, The Northern Manhattan Community Voices
Collaborative put Columbia University and its Medical Center in
touch with surrounding community organizations and churches to
facilitate access to primary care, nutritional improvement, and
smoking cessation, and to broker innovative ways to access
healthcare and other social services. This unlikely partnership and
the relationships it forged reaffirms the wisdom of joining "town
and gown" to improve a community's well-being.
Staff members of participating organizations have coauthored
this volume, which shares the successes, failures, and obstacles of
implementing a vast community health program. A representative of
Alianza Dominicana, for example, one of the country's largest
groups settling new immigrants, speaks to the value of
community-based organizations in ridding a neighborhood of crime,
facilitating access to health insurance, and navigating the
healthcare system. The editors outline the beginnings and
infrastructure of the collaboration and the relationship between
leaders that fueled positive outcomes. Their portrait demonstrates
how grassroots solutions can create productive dialogues that help
resolve difficult issues.
In a challenging environment, many charities have found that grant
funding is an increasingly important source of income. But knowing
where to look for grants, and how to navigate the process, can be
very daunting for the uninitiated. But open this book and you will.
- Find funding sources - Navidate the application process - Make a
compelling case - Get money for your organization
Most people now associate philanthropy with donations of money by
the rich to good causes. It has not always been so. The Reputation
of Philanthropy explores how our modern definition came about and
asks why praise for philanthropy and philanthropists has always
been matched by criticism. Were we really capable of loving all of
humankind? Was it possible that what was thought of as philanthropy
might create a dependency class and do more harm than good? Was it
sensible to focus so much on far away places to the neglect of the
poor at home? Deeply researched, timely and accessible, this book
will inform today's thinking about the role that philanthropy
should play in British society. The criticisms of philanthropy in
the past have telling echoes in the present. -- .
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