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March 27, 2013 By Shantha Alonso Leave a Comment

Improbable Scholars: the Rebirth of a Great American School System and a Strategy for America’s Schools

This book review was shared by Jan Resseger, Minister for Public Education of the United Church of Christ Justice and Witness Ministries and chair of the National Council of Churches Public Education and Literacy committee. I was up late last night reading Berkeley professor, David Kirp’s new book about school reform in Union City, New […]

Filed Under: Book Club, Child Poverty, Public Education Tagged With: David Kirp, Improbable Scholars, Latinos, National Council of Churches, New Jersey, Poverty, Schools, Students, United Church of Christ

March 14, 2013 By Shantha Alonso Leave a Comment

Models of Anti- Poverty Ministry – Presentation and Recommended Reading

In the first of the NCC Poverty Initiative’s Pastors Ending Poverty webinar series, Tronn Moller of the Faith and Community Development Institute shared some models of anti-poverty ministry for congregations to consider when planning how to confront poverty as a Christian community. Download his presentation here, and watch the video here. He also recommended the […]

Filed Under: Book Club, Poverty, Poverty Trends and Research, Religious leaders Tagged With: Asset-Based Community Development, Communities First Association, Faith and community development institute, Tronn Moller

March 28, 2012 By Shantha Alonso Leave a Comment

The Spirit Level: Why Equality Makes Societies Stronger, by Kate Pickett and Richard Wilkinson

The Spirit Level: Why Equality Makes Societies Stronger, by Kate Pickett and Richard Wilkinson, Bloomsbury Press, 2011. Recommended by Dr. Tim Ready, Director of the Lewis Walker Institute for Race and Ethnic Relations at Western Michigan University and contributor to research and content on Michigan Voices for Action, a premier source for information on poverty […]

Filed Under: Book Club, Inequality Tagged With: Dr. Timothy Ready, Inequality, Lewis Walker Institute for Race and Ethnic Relations, NETWORK Catholic Social Justice Lobby, The Spirit Level

February 21, 2012 By Shantha Alonso Leave a Comment

One Nation, Underprivileged: Why American Poverty Affects Us All, By: Mark Robert Rank

One Nation, Underprivileged: Why American Poverty Affects Us All by Mark Robert Rank. Recommended by Shantha Ready Alonso, NCC Advocacy and Outreach Specialist. I was lucky enough to study social work at Washington University in St. Louis, where Professor Rank teaches. Consistent with his lectures and articles, this book is sure to enlighten and surprise. […]

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December 1, 2011 By Shantha Alonso Leave a Comment

The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh

The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh published by Ballantine books New York 2011. Recommended by Ann Deibert, pastor at Central Presbyterian Church in Louisville, KY. A first novel by Vanessa Diffenbaugh, The Language of Flowers tells the story of Victoria Jones, who is finding her way in the world after growing up in foster […]

Filed Under: Book Club, Child Poverty, Foster Care

July 21, 2011 By Shantha Alonso Leave a Comment

Ministry with Prisoners and Families: The Way Forward, by W. Wilson Goode, Charles E. Lewis Sr., & Dean Harold Trulear.

Ministry With Prisoners and Families: The Way Forward, by W. Wilson Goode, Charles E. Lewis Sr., & Dean Harold Trulear. Recommended by Robert Brand of Solutions For Progress. This book brings history and data about the U.S. criminal justice system into conversation with the hope of our faith. With an emphasis on the African American […]

Filed Under: Book Club, Prison Ministries

May 21, 2011 By Shantha Alonso Leave a Comment

Economy, Difference, Empire: Social Ethics for Social Justice, by Gary Dorrien

Economy, Difference, Empire: Social Ethics for Social Justice, by Gary Dorrien. Recommended by NCC Poverty Director Rev. Michael Livingston. Gary Dorrien argues for the social-ethical necessity of politics well seasoned in social justice. His essays analyse major historical and contemporary figures such as Walter Rauschenbusch, Reinhold Niebuhr, Rosemary R. Reuther, Ctie Cannon, and Cornel West. […]

Filed Under: Book Club, Theology and Ethics

March 11, 2011 By Shantha Alonso Leave a Comment

Child Poverty and Inequality, By Duncan Lindsey

Child Poverty and Inequality, By Duncan Lindsey Recommended by Linda O. Tilly, Executive Director of VOICES for Alabama’s Children: “Simply THE best work I have read outlining public policy that has dramatically reduced child poverty in other nations and could do so in the U.S. Lindsey begins with a history of how the wealthiest nation […]

Filed Under: Book Club, Child Poverty

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