Supporting Birmingham's Children of Murdered or Incarcerated Parents Restricted; Files Only

Abstract

This project was designed to illustrate how the Black church can network with diverse organizations in order to empower the urban neighborhood by creating an atmosphere that comprehensively supports Birmingham’s children of murdered or incarcerated parents.  A case study was done with the children of incarcerated and murdered parents in Fountain Heights.  This project was influenced by the findings from the case study.

As the former pastor of Mt. Mariah Baptist Church, Birmingham, Alabama, I convened a variety of groups from the community.  For eight weeks, this group shared ideas, information, resources, and opportunities to implement a process to heal children traumatized by murdered and incarcerated parents.  The results of this project suggest that networking is an effective tool to address the challenges confronting children residing in murder-ridden urban neighborhoods thereby breaking the generational cycle of violence and incarceration.

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School	Candler School of Theology
Department	Divinity
Degree	DMin
Submission	Dissertation
Language	English
Research Field	African American Studies
Parola chiave	Murders in black community, generational curse, children of incarcerated parents, foster children, homeless children murder incarceration foster black children
Committee Chair / Thesis Advisor	Dr. Roger Nam, Emory University

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