| Description |
1 online resource (xxiii, 194 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 188-194). |
| Summary |
True child advocates are not born, they are forged out of frustration and faith. There Must Be A Witness profiles a group of child advocates in Alabama who have devoted themselves to help children thrive--and by extension, to better meet the needs of their communities. This collection of stories, narrated by Sue Bell Cobb, the state's first female Chief Justice and a former juvenile court judge, draws back the curtain on what drives such advocates. In the case of Liz Huntley, a prominent Birmingham lawyer, and Roberta Crenshaw, a former prison lay counselor, advocacy grew out of enduring the most horrific abuse. For Jannah Bailey, the director of Child Protect, her calling has always been to stand between children and violence. Cobb's own life of advocacy stems from what she saw in courtrooms across Alabama. As a jurist she was bound to serve the law, but as an advocate she championed some of the state's most sweeping child policy reforms in recent decades, including a toe-to-toe fight with back-slapping tobacco company lobbyists. Along the way she was humbled by the inspiring group of child advocates she met digging firebreaks against poverty, child abuse and neglect, inadequate medical care, and shortcomings in education. Collectively, the stories included in this volume call us to stand witness and testify to policymakers on behalf of children--to insist that government be used as a force for good in people's lives -- Back cover. |
| Contents |
Intro; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface-The Witness; Introduction; Acknowledgments; 1. Flesh and Blood; 2. The Counterpoint; 3. At the Mercy of Family; 4. Deciding Moments; 5. The Greeter; 6. Hanging in the Balance; 7. The Parent System; 8. 'There Was This Teacher . . .'; 9. The Legacy of Queen Bee; 10. Fuel for the Fire; 11. The Task Force; 12. Just Dreaming; 13. Cementing Child Advocacy; 14. Black Shroud Over Children; 15. Children of Violence; 16. Becoming a Mother; 17. Mother's Back to Mine; 18. Tinker Fob; 19. Between Buddy and Death; 20. Suffer [for] the Little Ones |
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21. Personal Prison22. Lobbying for Children; 23. 'Getting the Bricks Beat Off of Her'; 24. Victory . . .?; 25. Between the Bars; Afterword; Solutions; Works Consulted |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Child abuse.
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Child abuse. |
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Child abuse -- Law and legislation.
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Child abuse -- Law and legislation. |
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Child abuse -- Prevention.
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Child abuse -- Prevention. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Cenegy, Nick, author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Cobb, Sue Bell, 1956- There must be a witness. Montgomery, AL : Newsouth Books, [2018] 1588383466 (OCoLC)1027131442 |
| ISBN |
9781603064552 (electronic book) |
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1603064559 (electronic book) |
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1588383466 |
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9781588383464 |
| Music No. |
EB00775074 Recorded Books |
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