Changing People's Lives while Transforming your Own : Paths to Social Justice and Global Human Rights
- 1st ed.
- New Jersey Wiley, 2009
- xi, 244 p. 19x24 cm
By supporting others and promoting change, helping professionals also enjoy the benefit of personal growth. Changing People's Lives While Transforming Your Own is filled with narratives from individuals from social work, psychology, counseling, and allied health fields. Inspiring and stirring, this book vividly illustrates how to promote social justice and foster global human rights. Its accompanying DVD features stories from a social justice mission to Nepal reaching out to neglected children. Students and professionals will find this book a profound reminder of how targeted social justice efforts have resulted in transformative experiences.
Included with reference
9780470227503
BIRTH OF A MOVEMENT. Paths to Social Justice. The Dance of Hope. Children Disappearing. Stories of Despair and Resilience. STORIES OF IMPACT. Road Trip. Being Lost. Student Transformations. Making Universal Connections. Lessons and Major Themes. TAKING ACTION. Relationship Skills for Promoting Constructive Action. Travel That Can Change Your Life. International Jetsetters. Local Community Activists. Thinking Globally, Acting Locally. Going Small.