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Hearts and Hands: Creating Community in Violent Times
Hearts and Hands Creating Community in Violent Times Author:Luis J. Rodriguez Hearts and Hands is a timely call to restore communities by an acclaimed writer who quit the gang life. Luis Rodriguez grew up in the grip of gang brotherhood but ultimately was able to turn his life around. His work as a peacemaker with gangs in Los Angeles and Chicago informs this book, a combination manifesto and memoir that offers both inspi... more »ration and a nuts-and-bolts approach to the issue of youth violence. He writes of the young people he has met and offers models for change based on the work of Joseph Campbell and Buddhist thinkers.« less