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One in every 31 U.S. adults is in the penal system. This mass
incarceration is by far the largest in the world. African Americans
are disproportionately imprisoned and challenged by the
consequences of incarceration in education, jobs, voting, and other
aspects of life. Since 96 percent of those imprisoned are released,
there is an urgent need for resources and research that can improve
reentry outcomes. Reconstructing Rage analyzes how - and how well -
one company, Reconstruction, Inc. of Philadelphia, has organized
returning prisoners, their families, and communities for 24 years.
It looks at Reconstruction's programs, strategies, and patterns of
change over time; holistic (i.e., mind-body-spirit) and principled
transformations in the people and families it has touched; and at
the company's collaborations and contributions to criminal justice
and public policy best practices. Reconstructing Rage explores
challenges of improving community capacity and quality of life
outcomes within and beyond reentry and reintegration, for former
felons, their families, and a growing number of others interested
in a broader social justice.
One in every 31 U.S. adults is in the penal system. This mass
incarceration is by far the largest in the world. African Americans
are disproportionately imprisoned and challenged by the
consequences of incarceration in education, jobs, voting, and other
aspects of life. Since 96 percent of those imprisoned are released,
there is an urgent need for resources and research that can improve
reentry outcomes. Reconstructing Rage analyzes how - and how well -
one company, Reconstruction, Inc. of Philadelphia, has organized
returning prisoners, their families, and communities for 24 years.
It looks at Reconstruction's programs, strategies, and patterns of
change over time; holistic (i.e., mind-body-spirit) and principled
transformations in the people and families it has touched; and at
the company's collaborations and contributions to criminal justice
and public policy best practices. Reconstructing Rage explores
challenges of improving community capacity and quality of life
outcomes within and beyond reentry and reintegration, for former
felons, their families, and a growing number of others interested
in a broader social justice.
How are predominantly African American churches meeting the needs
of young people? What resources of, and tensions in, faith
leadership are shaping answers to this and other related questions?
Nurturing Sanctuary analyzes ways in which the two most vital
institutions of the Black experience - families and churches - are
working with schools and health providers to respond to
contemporary challenges and improve the twenty-first century life
chances of African Americans and others. Data were generated from a
four-year collaboration of eighteen churches, public health
professionals, service learning students, and an interdisciplinary
team of researchers. Eighty parents and pastors, and over 400
teenagers in a large, Midwestern city specified strategies of
action in their daily lives and how they use them to respond, more
and less successfully, to their many life challenges. Nurturing
Sanctuary explores three capacity-building themes that emerged and
critiques diverse Sacred and secular resources being developed and
used. Finally, it specifies innovative best practices that are
enriching faith-health relationships among religiously active
persons, and all others with whom they interact within and beyond
sanctuary walls.
How are predominantly African American churches meeting the needs
of young people? What resources of, and tensions in, faith
leadership are shaping answers to this and other related questions?
Nurturing Sanctuary analyzes ways in which the two most vital
institutions of the Black experience - families and churches - are
working with schools and health providers to respond to
contemporary challenges and improve the twenty-first century life
chances of African Americans and others. Data were generated from a
four-year collaboration of eighteen churches, public health
professionals, service learning students, and an interdisciplinary
team of researchers. Eighty parents and pastors, and over 400
teenagers in a large, Midwestern city specified strategies of
action in their daily lives and how they use them to respond, more
and less successfully, to their many life challenges. Nurturing
Sanctuary explores three capacity-building themes that emerged and
critiques diverse Sacred and secular resources being developed and
used. Finally, it specifies innovative best practices that are
enriching faith-health relationships among religiously active
persons, and all others with whom they interact within and beyond
sanctuary walls.
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