Fearless dialogues : a new movement for justice / Gregory C. Ellison II.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ellison, Gregory C., II, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American youth--Social conditions.

African American youth.

African Americans--Social conditions.

African Americans.

Social change--United States.

Social change.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 170 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Louisville, Kentucky : Westminster John Knox Press, [2017]

Summary:

Drawing on all the community's collective voicesâ€"from "doctors to drug dealersâ€â€"Fearless Dialogues is a groundbreaking program that seeks real solutions to problems of chronic unemployment, violence, and hopelessness. In cities around the United States and now the world, the program's founder, Gregory C. Ellison, and his team create conversations among community members who have never spoken to one another, the goal of which are real, implementable, and lasting changes to the life of the community. These community transformations are based on both face-to-face encounters and substantive analysis of the problems the community faces. In Fearless Dialogues: A New Movement for Justice, Ellison makes this same kind of analysis available to readers, walking them through the steps that must be taken to find common ground in our divided communities and then to implement genuine and lasting change.

Contents:

Fear+less dialogues introduced

Conversations with country dark: beyond the fear of the unknown

The welcome table of radical hospitality: beyond the fear of strangers

When pupils see: beyond the fear of plopping

Listening for the love below: beyond the fear of appearing ignorant

To die a good death: beyond the fear of oppressive systems.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781611648348

1611648343