Kottler, Jeffrey A.
Changing people's lives while transforming your own : paths to social justice and global human rights / Jeffrey A. Kottler, Mike Marriner. - Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, c2009. - xi, 250 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. + 1 DVD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
+ 1 CD-ROM.
Part I: Birth of a movement -- Paths to social justice -- The dance of hope -- Children disappearing -- Stories of despair and resilience -- Part II: Stories of impact -- Road trip -- Being lost -- Student transformations -- Making universal connections -- Lessons and major themes -- Part III: 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.
Shares the experiences of a variety of people, including faculty, students, and professionals from different fields, who have been transformed by their work with others who have been victims of injustice or poverty or were in need; and introduces the concepts of social justice, global human rights, service learning, community activism, and altruism.
9780470227503 (pbk.) 0470227508 (pbk.)
2008029092
Social justice.
Social action.
Human rights.
Social work.
303.3/7209
Changing people's lives while transforming your own : paths to social justice and global human rights / Jeffrey A. Kottler, Mike Marriner. - Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, c2009. - xi, 250 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. + 1 DVD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
+ 1 CD-ROM.
Part I: Birth of a movement -- Paths to social justice -- The dance of hope -- Children disappearing -- Stories of despair and resilience -- Part II: Stories of impact -- Road trip -- Being lost -- Student transformations -- Making universal connections -- Lessons and major themes -- Part III: 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.
Shares the experiences of a variety of people, including faculty, students, and professionals from different fields, who have been transformed by their work with others who have been victims of injustice or poverty or were in need; and introduces the concepts of social justice, global human rights, service learning, community activism, and altruism.
9780470227503 (pbk.) 0470227508 (pbk.)
2008029092
Social justice.
Social action.
Human rights.
Social work.
303.3/7209