{"product_id":"9781449778903","title":"Let's Start with the Children: Journey to St. Ann's","description":"\u003cp\u003eMake the journey from the slave trade of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries to the plight of African Americans in inner-city America in the South Bronx. Learn about the ravages and disadvantages of residence there and its lifelong impact upon an entire population. Recognize that this continuing situation has a sad and shameful historical path shaped by society’s blindness to humanity. This malaise of blindness exacted an unfair, immoral, and immeasurable human cost upon generations; a blindness which denied entry to the opportunities afforded others as a birthright.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe aggregated cost in the South Bronx is staggering beyond belief.  There is, however, a collateral cost to the reservoir of national resources caused by a failure to recognize—and, therefore, unrealized and unavailable—the creativity, talents, skills, and potential of inner-city residents.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHear those voices that have addressed the inequities of this situation; learn of individuals who believe in the humanity of every individual. Despite these voices, the deplorable inner-city situation continues and even worsens. Is anybody listening? There are listeners who have taken up the cause, albeit in the face of a lack of political, humanitarian, and spiritual wills. Learn about those listeners in a New England church community that made the trek to the South Bronx for a decade. One may perceive these two communities as radically different; experience the merger of two communities into a single family via the grace of a spiritual ministry.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThink about how you can make a difference—somewhere, sometime, somehow—and discover the difference in your being.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProceeds  from  book  sales  will  be  directed  to  an  educational  fund   specifically  for  the  children  of  St. Ann’s community  in the  South  Bronx.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WestBow Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47128486052080,"sku":"9781449778903","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781449778903_p0.jpg?v=1763831299","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781449778903","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}