Interrupting Violence
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
978-1-5381-6687-1 (ISBN)
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Part memoir and part call to action, Interrupting Violence is a blueprint for cities across America looking for a new way to address community violence. Readers will be energized by the book Kirkus Reviews calls a "heartfelt, authentic guide for combatting community violence.”
For over a decade, Cobe Williams has been a violence interrupter, a highly trained conflict resolution expert working to stop the killing. Alongside thousands of workers across the country, many of whom he trained, Cobe intervenes in street conflicts before they result in murder. Interrupting Violence follows his evolution from gang leader to vanguard of a social justice movement. More than a memoir, Interrupting Violence spans three generations of trauma to portray a radically optimistic vision for addressing urban violence.
Born into the notorious Black Disciples, Cobe became a drug dealer, hustler, and shot-caller. His father, an influential gang member, was murdered before Cobe turned eleven. Five men, his father’s so-called friends, beat him to death in the lobby of a public housing project. Cobe spent years seeking answers about what happened that night.
As Cobe rose through the ranks of the Black Disciples—at one time commanding over one hundred men throughout the city while still in high school—a gang war turned his world upside down. Its escalation overshadowed his ascent. Stoked by police, who fanned the conflict’s flames, the war would engulf Cobe’s friends and family, nearly costing him his life. Ultimately, Cobe would end up behind bars for attempted murder, a crime he didn’t commit.
Interrupting Violence follows Cobe as he undertakes his redemption journey, offering new hope for the nation’s most violent communities. As the country wrestles with the inequities exposed by the coronavirus pandemic and the complex intersections of urban violence, racial injustice, police brutality, and poverty in the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder, this book provides an inspiring blueprint. Cobe’s story demonstrates how the country can resolve the issues plaguing our inner cities, taking readers into an often misunderstood and misrepresented aspect of the Black experience in America.
Cobe Williams is the Director of National Programs for Cure Violence Global (CVG), where he trained over five thousand workers in violence prevention. He appeared in the film The Interrupters and People, Vice, Ebony, and The New Yorker. He received a standing ovation at his TEDx event. He serves as a community ambassador for basketball star Joakim Noah's Foundation. He is a first-time author, with a BA from Northeastern Illinois University and is pursuing a masters in social work. He currently lives in Chicago. Josh Gryniewicz is an author, storyteller, comic book writer, and health communicator. He was a contributing author to Beyond Suppression: Global Perspectives on Youth Violence and Crime & Society and a regular columnist with PopMatters. In 2018, he founded Odd Duck, a storytelling for social change communication consultancy, which has advised over fifty violence prevention programs throughout the country. He is the former communication director for Cure Violence. He currently lives in Chicago. Learn more at their website: https://www.interruptingviolence.com/
Foreword by Alex Kotlowitz
Foreword by Joakim Noah
Introduction
PART I: BORN INTO IT
1 One Chicago Summer
2 Cadillac Goalposts
3 Navigating Borderlands
4 Ain’t Too Dumb
5 The Most Dangerous Gas Station in America
6 A Chicago Winter
7 Strategies for Resolving Conflict
8 After My Father’s Murder
9 On the Trail of Big Folks
10 The Professional Gangster
PART II ALL OUT WAR
11 The Stickup Man
12 At My Front Door
13 How This Could’ve Played Out
14 Escalations
15 How This Could’ve Played Out, Part II
16 A Shoot-Out and a Frame-Up
PART III: PATH TO PEACEKEEPING
17 History Repeating Itself
18 Wild Wild
19 Chicago’s Hidden History
20 Revenge Is Hardwired
21 The Start of Something
22 Healing Wounds
23 A New Life
PART IV LOOKING UPSTREAM
24 Game Changer
25 The National Program
26 One City, One Game
27 The New York City Crisis Management System
28 Real Chicago
29 Group Mediations
30 Righting the Upside-Down World
Epilogue: Anywhere, USA: The Future
Notes
Bibliography
About the Authors
| Erscheinungsdatum | 13.06.2024 |
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| Vorwort | Alex Kotlowitz, Joakim Noah |
| Zusatzinfo | 16 BW Photos |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 160 x 237 mm |
| Gewicht | 567 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik | |
| Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-5381-6687-9 / 1538166879 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-5381-6687-1 / 9781538166871 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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