Project Fatherhood
A Story of Courage and Healing in One of America's Toughest Communities
$38.21
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
1 September 2018
Summary
The story of an anthropologist and a former gang leader who come together to address the question, “How do you be a good father when you never had one?“A group of former gang members come together to help one another answer the question “How can I be a good father when I’ve never had one?“In 2010, former gang leader turned community activist Big Mike Cummings asked UCLA gang expert Jorja Leap to co-lead a group of men struggling to be better fathers in Watts, South Los Angeles, a neighborhood…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780807077870 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0807077879 |
| Author: | Jorja Leap |
| Publisher: | Beacon Press |
| Imprint: | Beacon Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 1 September 2018 |
| Weight: | 352g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 153mm x 17mm |
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Critics Review
“This book combines sociology, tough-love prescriptions, evidence of genuine growth (and the growing pains that come with it) and an eyes-wide-open account of men struggling to be better…Provides unique insights into a community intent on moving forward.”
—Kirkus Reviews
“With a sharp ear for dialogue, Leap profiles the Project Fatherhood men candidly and compassionately… Leap observes and captures, in members’ own words, the group’s development and its members’ four years of progress toward healing their families, and perhaps, their community.”
—Publishers Weekly
“Funny, hopeful, heart-warming and eye opening, Project Fatherhood has life-changing lessons for every reader.”
—Shelf Awareness
“I have known Jorja Leap as a brilliant researcher, but she turns out to be an even more gifted listener and storyteller. And this is a story about men, and fathers, and race, and poverty, and struggle, and hope. This book is delivered with street-level honesty, nuance, texture, and power—and should be required reading for those among us invested in a more hopeful urban America.”
—Robert K. Ross, MD, president and CEO, The California Endowment
“Jorja Leap’s fine Project Fatherhood is more than an anthropological study and ethnographic research project. It is a window and a promise. The reader is given a view of courageous men as architects of their own healing. As well, it offers hope for real solutions in our inner cities born from the community itself. Leap’s fidelity to these men’s voices offers us all hope, resilience and the kind of profound healing so longed for in urban America.”
—Gregory J. Boyle, SJ, founder and executive director, Homeboy Industries
“Jorja Leap breaks the mold. I’ve seen her in action, working with former gang bangers in Los Angeles’ most troubled parts, prodding battle-scarred men to be better husbands and fathers; indeed, better human beings. Witnessing her among these OGs, seeing the trust she has earned and the burdens she has eased, can best be summed up in one word—amazing.”
—Kurt Streeter, ESPN
About The Author
Jorja Leap
Jorja Leap, MSW, PhD, is the Director of the Social Justice Research Partnership at UCLA, and a nationally recognized expert in gangs, crisis intervention and trauma response. She is the author of highly acclaimed books, including Jumped In and Project Fatherhood.
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