Hearts and Hands, Second Edition - Creating Community in Violent Times

Hearts and Hands focuses on healing through community building. Empowered by thirty years of experience with gangs in Los Angeles and Chicago, Rodriguez offers a unique book of change. He makes concrete suggestions, shows how we can create nonviolent opportunities for youth today, and redirects kids into productive and satisfying lives. And he warns that we sacrifice community values for material gain when we incarcerate or marginalize people already on the edge of society. His drive to dissolve gang influence on kids is as personal as it is societal; his son, to whom he dedicates Hearts and Hands , served more than a decade in prison for gang-related activity. With anecdotes, interviews, and time-tested guidelines, Hearts and Hands makes a powerful argument for building and supporting community life.

About the author

Luis J. Rodriguez

Product details

• Authors: Luis Rodriguez, Luis J Rodriguez, Luis J. Rodriguez
• Publisher: Seven stories press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.05.2014
• EAN: 9781609805531
• ISBN: 978-1-60980-553-1
• No. of pages: 384
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 228 mm x 27 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology