Bernal Story - Mediating Class and Race in a Multicultural Community

For eight years, the San Francisco neighbourhood of Bernal Heights was mired in controversy. The branch library was being renovated, raising the issue of whether to restore or paint over a thirty-year-old mural on its exterior wall. The Bernal Story recounts how community representatives came to a consensus, and how that agreement was carried into the larger community and implemented.

About the author

Beth Roy is a long-time mediator in the San Francisco Bay Area. Trained as a sociologist at the University of California, Berkeley, she teaches there in the Peace and Conflict Studies program.

Summary

For eight years, the San Francisco neighbourhood of Bernal Heights was mired in controversy. The branch library was being renovated, raising the issue of whether to restore or paint over a thirty-year-old mural on its exterior wall. The Bernal Story recounts how community representatives came to a consensus, and how that agreement was carried into the larger community and implemented.

Product details

• Authors: Beth Roy
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.07.2014
• EAN: 9780815633464
• ISBN: 978-0-8156-3346-4
• No. of pages: 200
• Series: Syracuse Studies on Peace and; Syracuse Studies on Peace and; Syracuse Studies on Peace and Conflict Resolution
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)