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Author Burton, Susan (Founder of A New Way of Life (Organization)), author.

Title Becoming Ms. Burton : from prison to recovery to leading the fight for incarcerated women / Susan Burton and Cari Lynn.

Publication Info. New York : New Press, 2019.

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Description 1 online resource
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Note Includes reading group guide.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents Intro; FOREWORD Michelle Alexander; PROLOGUE; 1 NOW WHAT?; 2 LAND OF OPPORTUNITY; 3 DADDY'S GIRL; 4 HIT THE ROAD; 5 THE SACRIFICE; 6 THINGS YOU DON'T TALK ABOUT; 7 THE LIFE; 8 FROM THE SKILLET TO THE FRYING PAN; 9 NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE; 10 A NEW DRUG; 11 INCARCERATION NATION; 12 COLLATERAL DAMAGE; 13 THE REVOLVING DOOR; 14 THE VICIOUS CYCLE; 15 HURT PEOPLE; 16 A TALE OF TWO SYSTEMS; 17 A WAY OUT; 18 FINDING PURPOSE; 19 A NEW WAY OF LIFE; 20 THE WALL OF NO; 21 WHO'S PROFITING FROM OUR PAIN?; 22 WOMEN AND PRISON; 23 A KINDRED SPIRIT; 24 TAKING FOOD OFF THE TABLE; 25 BROKE LEG HOUSE
26 FROM TRASH TO TREASURE27 ALL OF US OR NONE; 28 TREATING THE SYMPTOMS AND THE DISEASE; 29 THE MEANING OF LIFE; 30 THE WOMEN FROM ORANGE COUNTY; 31 BEING BEHOLDEN; 32 LIVING AN IMPOSSIBLE LIFE; 33 THE HOUSE THAT DISCRIMINATION BUILT; 34 WOMEN ORGANIZING FOR JUSTICE AND OPPORTUNITY; 35 WHAT WOULD MS. SYBIL BRAND THINK?; 36 WITHOUT REPRESENTATION; 37 PROP 47; 38 THE MOVEMENT; 39 THE ARC BENDS TOWARD JUSTICE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; FURTHER READING; SUGGESTED RESOURCES; NOTES; READING GROUP GUIDE; copyright
Summary Winner of the 2018 National Council on Crime & Delinquency's Media for a Just Society Awards Winner of the 2017 Goddard Riverside Stephan Russo Book Prize for Social Justice "Valuable ... [like Michelle] Alexander'sThe New Jim Crow." 'Los Angeles Review of Books "Susan Burton is a national treasure ... her life story is testimony to the human capacity for resilience and recovery ... [Becoming Ms. Burton is] a stunning memoir." 'Nicholas Kristof, in The New York Times Winner of the prestigious NAACP Image Award, a uniquely American story of trauma, incarceration, and "the breathtaking resilience of the human spirit" (Michelle Alexander) Widely hailed as a stunning memoir, Becoming Ms. Burton is the remarkable life story of the renowned activist Susan Burton. In this "stirring and moving tour-de-force" (John Legend), Susan Burton movingly recounts her own journey through the criminal justice system and her transformation into a life of advocacy. After a childhood of immense pain, poverty, and abuse in Los Angeles, the tragic loss of her son led her into addiction, which in turn led to arrests and incarceration. During the War on Drugs, Burton was arrested and would cycle in and out of prison for more than fifteen years. When, by chance, she finally received treatment, her political awakening began and she became a powerful advocate for "a more humane justice system guided by compassion and dignity" (Booklist, starred review). Her award-winning organization, A New Way of Life, has transformed the lives of more than one thousand formerly incarcerated women and is an international model for a less punitive and more effective approach to rehabilitation and reentry. Winner of an NAACP Image Award and named a "Best Book of 2017" by the Chicago Public Library, here is an unforgettable book about "the breathtaking resilience of the human spirit" (Michelle Alexander).
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Subject Burton, Susan (Founder of A New Way of Life (Organization))
African American women social reformers -- United States -- Biography.
African American women social reformers.
United States.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Subject Women ex-convicts -- United States -- Biography.
Women ex-convicts.
Women prisoners -- United States -- Biography.
Women prisoners.
Abused women -- United States -- Biography.
Abused women.
Women drug addicts -- United States -- Biography.
Women drug addicts.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Biographies.
Added Author Lynn, Cari, author.
Added Title Becoming Miss Burton
ISBN 9781620974391 (electronic book)
1620974398 (electronic book)