From the Rearview Mirror is the story of Bill Milliken's journey from an affluent Pittsburgh suburb to the streets of Harlem and the Lower East Side of New York City in the 1960s, on to communal living in Georgia in the 1970s, to working with multiple presidential administrations in Washington, DC. He struggled with an undiagnosed learning disability in school, believing he was dumb and had nowhere to go. After connecting with the Young Life outreach program at the age of 17, however, he found his calling doing street work with homeless, addicted and other at-risk teens in the turbulent '60s. Bill and his colleagues founded what grew into Communities in Schools, a highly effective organisation working to bring services to young people and prevent them from dropping out of school. Along the way, Bill struggled with bringing his personal life into alignment with his ideals, coming to terms with organised religion and his own spiritual path, and creating the family and community he'd always longed for.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Hay House Inc
ISBN-13
9781401937904
eBay Product ID (ePID)
114034741
Product Key Features
Subject Area
Social Services
Author
Bill Milliken
Publication Name
From the Rearview Mirror: Reflecting on Connecting the Dots
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Education
Publication Year
2012
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
240 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
230mm
Item Width
150mm
Item Weight
385g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Bill Milliken
Genre
Biographies & True Stories
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
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