Project fatherhood : a story of courage and healing in one of America's toughest communities / Jorja Leap.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Leap, Jorja, 1955- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fatherhood--California--Los Angeles.

Fatherhood.

Father and child--California--Los Angeles.

Father and child.

Parenting--California--Los Angeles.

Parenting.

California--Los Angeles.

Physical Description:

241 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Boston : Beacon Press, [2015]

Summary:

"When "Big Mike" Cummings asked Jorja Leap to co-lead a group for men learning how to father their children, she had no idea what to expect. What unfolds in these pages is the story of Project Fatherhood and its members as they meet every Wednesday night in Watts- the epicenter of violence in Los Angeles. The struggles the book illuminates are heartbreaking, infuriating and hilarious. Over time, the fathers both support and argue with one another about the best strategies for raising children and dealing with "significant others." Their family relationships are freighted with joy and uncertainty. But the story moves into deeper territory as the men confront long-term loss and trauma, the chronic pressure of poverty and the unquenchable desire to somehow do better and provide more for the next generation." -- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Watts

The father wound

Neighborhood

Are you gonna leave us, too?

Brothers

Abuse

Leelee

Fatherhood

Daddy's girl

Baby mamas

Men at work

Job creation

Big Mama

The light comes in

Checkmated

The nation

Hero of the neighborhood

Twins

We are all family

Letter from Scotland

Photo finish

We are your daddies

Hood Day

Sugarbear

Twelve more days

Walking through the door

Jamel

Epilogue.

ISBN:

9780807014523

0807014524

OCLC:

890757687

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