Who is My Neighbor? - Couverture souple

Tompkins, Phillip K.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1594516480 ISBN 13 : 9781594516481

Editeur : Routledge, 2010

Synopsis

Who Is My Neighbor? is a compelling account of the author's ten-year journey as a volunteer at the St. Francis Center, a homeless shelter in Denver, Colorado. A retired Professor of Communication, Phil Tompkins marshals his considerable experience as a participant observer in recording the voices of the guests of the shelter as they teach us about their situation. We learn about their hopes for regaining a home and their fears as they are victimized-in some cases even murdered. Tompkins shows how effective communication and organization can contribute to finding an end to homelessness and establishing a movement toward protective action, especially when a proactive local government gets involved. In addition to giving voice to homeless people, Who Is My Neighbor? explores Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper's ambitious Commission to End Homelessness. This remarkable social experiment, now called Denver's Road Home, is two years into implementing an innovative plan for ending homelessness. It provides a model for other cities nationwide where persistent homelessness has defied resolution.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Phillip K. Tompkins is Professor Emeritus of Communication and Comparative Literature at the University of Colorado, Boulder. He is the author of a number of books, including Apollo, Challenger, Columbia: The Decline of the Space Program. He has published articles in such journals as The James Joyce Quarterly, Esquire, Philosophy and Rhetoric and Communication Monographs. He is the Past President and Fellow of the International Communication Association and won the Peacemaker Award from the Rocky Mountain Conference of the United Methodist Church in 2006. He is President of the Board of Directors of Housing Justice, the mission of which is to "give voice to the struggle for decent housing, affordable to all."

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1594516480
• ISBN 13: 9781594516481
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 224
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