{"product_id":"healing-the-heart-healing-the-hood-god-turned-it-around-9781637842256","title":"Healing the Heart, Healing the Hood: God Turned It Around","description":"\u003cp\u003eOlgen Williams traces his dramatic journey from embittered, drug-using Vietnam veteran to\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003enationally acclaimed neighborhood activist and deputy mayor of Indianapolis, Indiana. His sudden\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emiraculous orientation from drugs and despair to faith and freedom will inspire all those\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003econcerned with the social and personal costs and consequences of illegal drugs and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edrug-related crime. In December 2002, for his crime of having stolen less than eleven dollars\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewhile serving as a postal worker in 1971, Olgen Williams received one of seven pardons\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003egranted by President George W. Bush. Today, Olgen Williams is firmly grounded in family, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efaith, and neighborhood in Indianapolis, Indiana, where he served for thirteen years as director\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof Christamore House, a community center in the settlement house tradition. He has\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epioneered and nurtured many programs--ranging from carpentry to theater, from community\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epolicing to parenting and seniors programming--that serve the diverse needs of a multiethnic inner-city neighborhood. His book is not only the story of an extraordinary life-in-progress but also\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ea working handbook for neighborhood activism and transformation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hawes \u0026amp; Jenkins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781637842256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 126\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.43lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.30d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Olgen Williams","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43505873354933,"sku":"9781637842256","price":13.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_4ffdc68b-fd2a-498a-915c-192e28e2a713.jpg?v=1705425764","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/healing-the-heart-healing-the-hood-god-turned-it-around-9781637842256","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}