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The purpose gap : empowering communities of color to find meaning and thrive / Patrick B. Reyes.

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Book
Author/Creator:
Reyes, Patrick B.
Contributor:
ProQuest ebook central.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Community organization.
Physical Description:
1 online resource
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Place of Publication:
Louisville, Kentucky : Westminster John Knox, [2021]
System Details:
text file
Contents:
Introduction
What Is the Purpose Gap?
Framing
Structure
Part 1: Why the Purpose Gap?
1. Conditions
Daring to Dream
2. Retelling the Story of Purpose
Hero's Journey So White
3. Designing Purpose
Cultural Commutes
Design and the Purpose Gap
Designing Purpose
4. Vocation of Communities and Institutions
Communal Vocation
Defining Institutional Vocations
The Case for Creating Conditions for People to Thrive
Part 2: How Do We Close the Purpose Gap?
5. From Stars to Constellations
Stargazing
Mind-Set Shift: Building Constellations, Building Communities
Finding Mastery in Community
6. The Power of Networks
Principles of Network Building
7. The Hardest Place to Take the Work Is Home
Defining Home
Displacement and Dispossession
Part 3: What Is My Purpose?
8. Carry Your Corner
Practice
9. What Does Daily Thriving Look Like?
The Purpose Gap Is about Daily Life
Closing Words
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
Excerpt from Fearless Dialogues: A New Movement for Justice, by Gregory C. Ellison.
Notes:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
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Print version:
ISBN:
9781646981915
164698191X
Publisher Number:
40030669356
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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