The Perkins Perspective
Autumn 2011
Volume 4, Issue 1
In this issue of the Perkins Perspective, you'll read features about the church's response to the rise in youth violence and about the work of a chaplaincy program with juveniles in the King Co. Detention Center.
You'll also read poetry from teens, read editor Max Hunter's comments on what he's seen in the hip-hop culture since the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center, and more.
Hip-Hop, Post 9/11
Editor's Note | Autumn 2011
"I had a theory. Following the attack on the World Trade Center, Middle Eastern men were feeling the same stigmatization as black men in the United States."
Features
The War Against Youth Violence and Incarceration
Autumn 2011
In 2008, community members were reeling from the shock and grief of losing our youth to senseless violence and gang retaliations.
City and Church Unite to Prevent Youth Violence
Autumn 2011
In 2008, five youth were shot and killed by other youth. This was the breaking point for a community that had seen levels of youth violence stay constant while other crime rates dropped.
Testimony of Urban Impact's Role in King Co. Chaplaincy
Autumn 2011
Urban Impact collaborates with King Co. Youth Chaplaincy to reach out to the young men and women at the Youth Detention Center in Seattle.
A Poem: Sit, Listen, Pray
Autumn 2011
They say I’m angry, full of hostility and rage, but they never take the time to check the source of my pain.
The (Sub)Urban Scene
Cultural Preservation and Ministry in the City
Autumn 2011
In gentrifying communities nationwide, culturally specific programs are becoming passé in the minds of today’s “tolerant” and “open-minded” urbanites.
The Glo(cal) Outlook
Learning the Meaning of Reconciliation
Autumn 2011
As a student leader and a staff member in the John Perkins Center at Seattle Pacific University, I engaged in a lot of conversations about reconciliation. But what does this word truly mean?
Books
Autumn 2011
A Question of Freedom tells the tale of a young man who was on the right track before he “walk[ed] away from a bad idea a minute too late” and was certified as an adult at age 16 for carjacking.
Autumn 2011
Told from the perspective of a black student, The Only Black Student is bound to stimulate some ire, head-scratching, sympathy, and illumination for its readers.
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