From the Rearview Mirror

Informationen zum Autor Bill Milliken has been a tireless advocate for disenfranchised youth and one of the foremost pioneers in the movement to connect schools with community resources to help troubled students graduate and succeed in life. In 1977, he and others developed a model organization, now known as Communities In Schools, which he served for more than 25 years as national president and currently as vice chairman of the board. Bill has advised U.S. Presidents of both political parties and has received numerous awards, including the Edward A. Smith Award for Excellence in Nonprofit Leadership, the Champion for Children Award from the American Association of School Administrators, the National Caring Award from the Caring Institute, the Temple Award for Creative Altruism from the Institute of Noetic Sciences, the national Jefferson Award for Public Service, and an honorary doctorate from Bard College. He is the author of Tough Love; So Long, Sweet Jesus; and The Last Dropout. Contact: [e-mail] Klappentext The story of Milliken's journey working with the homeless from suburbs to the streets of Harlem in the 1960s, on to communal living in Georgia, to working with multiple presidential administrations, struggling with organized religion and his own spiritual path. Zusammenfassung Tells the story of Bill Milliken's journey from an affluent Pittsburgh suburb to the streets of Harlem and the Lower East Side of New York City in the 1960s! on to communal living in Georgia in the 1970s! to working with multiple presidential administrations in Washington! DC.

Product details

• Authors: Bill Milliken, Milliken Bill
• Publisher: Hay House
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.06.2012
• EAN: 9781401937904
• ISBN: 978-1-4019-3790-4
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Pod Title
• Subjects: Guides > Health; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; EDUCATION / General, Education, Autobiography: general, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Philanthropy & Charity, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Educators, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Volunteer Work, Autobiography: philosophy and social sciences, Charities, Voluntary Services & Philanthropy, Charities, voluntary services and philanthropy