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Homeboy Industries • Healing Trauma: Beyond Gangs & Prisons
In Wilmington, NC, one in four youth live in poverty while facing the 8th highest juvenile arrest rate in North Carolina, severe educational inequities with massive achievement gaps, and a mental health crisis where one in five teens consider suicide—compounded by the reality that many young people lack consistent access to caring adults who can pr
... See moreMimi is the founder and director of Love’s Arm (www.lovesarmoutreach.org), a ministry that engages in Christ-centered relationships with people in addiction-related prostitution and the sex industry, empowering them to move beyond shame and into a community of grace.
Kelly M. Kapic • Becoming Whole: Why the Opposite of Poverty Isn't the American Dream
Becoming a Man - University of Chicago Crime Lab
crimelab.uchicago.edu
If there is a fundamental challenge within these stories, it is simply to change our lurking suspicion that some lives matter less than other lives. William Blake wrote, “We are put on earth for a little space that we might learn to bear the beams of love.” Turns out this is what we all have in common, gang member and nongang member alike: we’re ju
... See moreGregory Boyle • Tattoos on the Heart_ the Power of Boundless Compassion
The Vineland Boyz didn’t stand a chance. The Locos, like all the Hispanic gangs now, had money and support from Mexico. The VBoyz, on the other hand, had been too busy making shitty music videos for YouTube to bother paying attention to their turf.
Scott Frank • Shaker: A novel
When Life Learning Center, a ministry that provides help to those seeking jobs, moved into the building, they asked if Gary might be able to provide some work for an ex-felon who had just been released from jail. God was opening a door to ministry, and Gary took his first step through that door by hiring the man to help with the ReUse Center he was
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