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Urban sanctuaries : neighborhood organizations in the lives and futures of inner-city youth / Milbrey W. McLaughlin, Merita A. Irby, Juliet Langman ; foreword by John W. Gardner.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McLaughlin, Milbrey Wallin.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Urban youth--United States.
- Urban youth.
- Youth centers--United States.
- Youth centers.
- Inner cities--United States.
- Inner cities.
- United States.
- Self-esteem in adolescence--United States.
- Self-esteem in adolescence.
- Social work with youth--United States.
- Social work with youth.
- Physical Description:
- xxxvi, 246 pages ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- First paperback edition.
- Place of Publication:
- San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, 2001.
- Contents:
- 1. Neighborhood Organizations: Places of Hope in the Inner City 1
- 2. The Hopefuls: Six Teens with a Bright Future 11
- 3. The Wizards: Three Homegrown Community Leaders 37
- 4. More Wizards: Three Outsiders Who Have Earned Respect 65
- 5. What Matters Most? Common Traits of Wizards and Their Organizations 95
- 6. Making Vision a Reality: The People Who Make It Work 113
- 7. Building the Program's Family: The Challenge of Finding and Keeping Staff 129
- 8. Volunteers: A Mixed Blessing 145
- 9. Finding Resources: The Struggle to Fund Neighborhood Programs 161
- 10. Sustaining Places of Hope: How Three Programs Negotiate Support in One City 181
- 11. Keeping Hope Alive: An Appeal for Action 207.
- Notes:
- "With a new introduction"--Cover.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [231]-239) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0787959413
- OCLC:
- 50117007
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