Project fatherhood : a story of courage and healing in one of America's toughest communities / Jorja Leap.

"When "Big Mike" Cummings asked Jorja Leap to co-lead a group for men learning how to father their children, she had no idea what to expect. What unfolds in these pages is the story of Project Fatherhood and its members as they meet every Wednesday night in Watts- the epicenter of violence in Los An...

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Main Author: Leap, Jorja, 1955- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Boston : Beacon Press, [2015]
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Physical Description:241 pages ; 24 cm
Format: Book

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505 0 |a Watts -- The father wound -- Neighborhood -- Are you gonna leave us, too? -- Brothers -- Abuse -- Leelee -- Fatherhood -- Daddy's girl -- Baby mamas -- Men at work -- Job creation -- Big Mama -- The light comes in -- Checkmated -- The nation -- Hero of the neighborhood -- Twins -- We are all family -- Letter from Scotland -- Photo finish -- We are your daddies -- Hood Day -- Sugarbear -- Twelve more days -- Walking through the door -- Jamel -- Epilogue. 
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