The Rise of Habitat for Humanity Subdivisions

How did southern white ministers who believed that racial segregation was against God’s teachings attempt to convince people in their churches and their communities to abandon fears of integration and overcome prejudices? This book is about important episodes in United States history, southern history, church history, and the power of faith. Southern white ministers who aligned with the Civil Rights Movement experienced harassment, vilification, jailing, beating, and psychological pain. Their sermons, efforts, and sacrifices on behalf of school integration and the Civil Rights Movement are chronicled in this book. Did their efforts help change southern society? Scholars differ in opinions. Most argue that black leaders and organizations brought an end to segregation, Others contend that the federal government speeded the process, but this book shows that southern white ministers were also influential, sometimes only locally, sometimes only personally, but counted together their actions become significant. Clinton High in Tennessee and Central High in Little Rock where ministers accompanied African American students amid angry and jeering mobs, today, are good functioning schools with interracial student bodies. The University of Mississippi, where an Episcopal vicar was knocked off a pedestal while trying to quell a bloody riot, has made great strides towards racial reconciliation. These ministers welcomed black people into their churches in spite of closed-door policies. A Baptist minister established an interracial farm that has endured for seventy-six years, a farm that birthed Habitat for Humanity. The sacrifices of these ministers showed African Americans that not all white people were enemies.

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Valspar extends relationship with Habitat for Humanity

Pigment & Resin Technology ◽

10.1108/prt.2009.12938cab.004 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 38 (3) ◽

Keyword(s):

Habitat For Humanity

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Becoming an Older Volunteer: A Grounded Theory Study

Nursing Research and Practice ◽

10.1155/2011/361250 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 2011 ◽

pp. 1-8 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Janet Witucki Brown ◽

Shu-li Chen ◽

Linda Mefford ◽

Allie Brown ◽

Bonnie Callen ◽

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Keyword(s):

Grounded Theory ◽

Older Persons ◽

Developmental Process ◽

Role Modeling ◽

Positive Role ◽

Habitat For Humanity ◽

Learned Behavior ◽

Grounded Theory Study ◽

Older Volunteers ◽

Core Category

This Grounded Theory study describes the process by which older persons “become” volunteers. Forty interviews of older persons who volunteered for Habitat for Humanity were subjected to secondary content analysis to uncover the process of “becoming” a volunteer. “Helping out” (core category) for older volunteers occurs within the context of “continuity”, “commitment” and “connection” which provide motivation for volunteering. When a need arises, older volunteers “help out” physically and financially as health and resources permit. Benefits described as “blessings” of volunteering become motivators for future volunteering. Findings suggest that older volunteering is a developmental process and learned behavior which should be fostered in older persons by personally inviting them to volunteer. Intergenerational volunteering projects will allow older persons to pass on knowledge and skills and provide positive role modeling for younger volunteers.

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Habitat for Humanity: Building Private Homes, Building Public Religion

Sociology of Religion ◽

10.2307/3712476 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 63 (3) ◽

pp. 389

Author(s):

Corey J. Colyer ◽

Jerome P. Baggett

Keyword(s):

Habitat For Humanity ◽

Public Religion ◽

Private Homes

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