Helping Without Hurting in Church Benevolence: A Practical Guide to Walking with Low-Income People
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Helping Without Hurting in Church Benevolence: A Practical Guide to Walking with Low-Income People
one of the most challenging elements of poverty alleviation is identifying those people who are truly ready to change: namely, those who have experienced a trigger for change and are willing to embark on the process of change.
Brian Fikkert • Helping Without Hurting in Church Benevolence: A Practical Guide to Walking with Low-Income People
systemic racism actually rewires the brains
Brian Fikkert • Helping Without Hurting in Church Benevolence: A Practical Guide to Walking with Low-Income People
If a black person apply for a job at a bank in San Antonio, say on Alamo Heights, would you say that person has a lesser chance or the same chance as a His/her white peers to land that job.
In particular, the legacy of institutionalized racism—both historic and contemporary—continues to wreak havoc with the lives of many people who are poor in ways that Caucasian North Americans often fail to see.
Brian Fikkert • Helping Without Hurting in Church Benevolence: A Practical Guide to Walking with Low-Income People
these two Americas are increasingly isolated from each other,
Brian Fikkert • Helping Without Hurting in Church Benevolence: A Practical Guide to Walking with Low-Income People
unconsciously believe that they really are an inferior race, that they really are incapable
Brian Fikkert • Helping Without Hurting in Church Benevolence: A Practical Guide to Walking with Low-Income People
I’m living in my tension,
Brian Fikkert • Helping Without Hurting in Church Benevolence: A Practical Guide to Walking with Low-Income People
Avoid actions that are retraumatizing.
Brian Fikkert • Helping Without Hurting in Church Benevolence: A Practical Guide to Walking with Low-Income People
it is an ongoing problem.
Brian Fikkert • Helping Without Hurting in Church Benevolence: A Practical Guide to Walking with Low-Income People
The way Chicago built "city projects" (housing)...