Trust first : a true story about the power of giving people second chances
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Author
Contributors
Grace, Sara, author.
Published
New York : Optimism Press, [2019].
Format
Book
ISBN
9780525538172, 0525538178
Physical Desc
x, 229 pages ; 22 cm
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Bernards Township Library - Adult Nonfiction | 362.5575 DEE | Available |
Lincoln Park Library - Adult Nonfiction | 362.557 DEEL | Available |
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Published
New York : Optimism Press, [2019].
Language
English
ISBN
9780525538172, 0525538178
Notes
Description
"When Pastor Bruce Deel took over the Mission Church in the 30314 zip code of Atlanta, he had orders to shut it down. The church was old and decrepit, and its neighborhood--known as "Better Leave, You Effing Fool," or "the Bluff," for short--had the highest rates of crime, homelessness, and incarceration in Georgia. Expecting his time there to only last six months, Deel was not prepared for what happened next. One Sunday, he was approached by a woman he didn't know. "I've been hooking and stripping for fourteen years," she said. "Can you help me?" Soon after, Bruce founded an organization called City of Refuge rooted in the principle of radical trust. Other nonprofits might drug test before offering housing, lock up valuables, or veto a program giving job skills and character references to felons as "a liability." But Bruce believed the best way to improve outcomes for the marginalized and impoverished was to extend them trust, even if that trust was violated multiple times--and even if someone didn't yet trust themselves. Since then, City of Refuge has helped over 20,000 people in Atlanta's toughest neighborhood escape the cycles of homelessness, joblessness, and drug abuse. Of course, trust alone can't overcome a broken system that perpetuates inequality. Presenting an unvarnished window into the lives of ex-cons, drug addicts, human trafficking survivors, and displaced souls who have come through City of Refuge, Trust First examines the context in which Bruce's Atlanta neighborhood went downhill--and what City of Refuge chose to do about it. They've become a one-stop-shop for transitional housing, on-site medical and mental health care, childcare, and vocational training, including accredited intensives in auto tech, culinary arts, and coding. While most social services focus on one pain point and leave the burden on the poor to find the crosstown bus that'll serve their other needs, Bruce argues that bringing someone out of homelessness requires treating all of their needs simultaneously. This model has proven so effective that a dozen new chapters of City of Refuge have opened in the US, including in California, Illinois, Ohio, Maryland, Virginia, Texas, and Georgia." -- From Publisher's Website.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Deel, B., & Grace, S. (2019). Trust first: a true story about the power of giving people second chances . Optimism Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Deel, Bruce and Sara, Grace. 2019. Trust First: A True Story About the Power of Giving People Second Chances. Optimism Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Deel, Bruce and Sara, Grace. Trust First: A True Story About the Power of Giving People Second Chances Optimism Press, 2019.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Deel, Bruce,, and Sara Grace. Trust First: A True Story About the Power of Giving People Second Chances Optimism Press, 2019.
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