A Chance For Change

In this innovative study, Crystal Sanders explores how working-class black women, in collaboration with the federal government, created the Child Development Group of Mississippi (CDGM) in 1965, a Head Start program that not only gave poor black children access to early childhood education but also provided black women with greater opportunities for political activism during a crucial time in the unfolding of the civil rights movement. Women who had previously worked as domestics and sharecroppers secured jobs through CDGM as teachers and support staff and earned higher wages. The availability of jobs independent of the local white power structure afforded these women the freedom to vote in elections and petition officials without fear of reprisal. But CDGM's success antagonized segregationists at both the local and state levels who eventually defunded it. Tracing the stories of the more than 2,500 women who staffed Mississippi's CDGM preschool centers, Sanders's book remembers women who went beyond teaching children their shapes and colors to challenge the state's closed political system and white supremacist ideology and offers a profound example for future community organizing in the South.

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Embrace Faith, Find Purpose: Your Blueprint for a Harmonious Christian Family Life Say Goodbye to Chaos, Fear, and Unfulfillment. Embrace Faith, Connection, and Joy with 'A Chance to Change' Life is like a whirlwind of chaos, isn't it? You're constantly busy, overwhelmed, and stressed. Finding order in your daily routine can feel impossible. Deep down, your biggest fear is that your children's future is uncertain. The hectic, disconnected family life might lead them away from the Christian values you hold dear. Their well-being and spiritual growth weigh heavily on your heart. Your relationships feel superficial, don't they? Your schedule leaves little room for meaningful interactions, and you long for those deep connections. There are times when you put on a brave face while feeling unfulfilled and depressed. You hide your struggles, fearing that others would be shocked, given your outwardly positive social media presence. You crave a family life filled with purpose and direction, where you can raise your children as Christian leaders. But currently, it often feels like you're lost with no clear direction. But here's the good news: YOU are not alone. Now, let's flip the script and imagine something extraordinary: Imagine a life where chaos transforms into harmony. A life where you have time for family, friends, andyourself. You wake up knowing your days are filled with purpose and joy. Picture a future where your children thrive, rooted in their Christian faith, growing into strong, compassionate individuals. Visualize a life where your relationships are deep, where every conversation is an opportunity to connect on a deep level. Picture your family as a beacon of purpose and faith. Your children are growing into strong Christian leaders. Your life is filled with intention, and every day is a step closer to your vision of a harmonious Christian family. This transformation is not just a dream; it's your reality. You hold the key and it begins with a book: “A Chance to Change” is unlike any parenting book you've read. It's a Christian fiction story that speaks to your heart, empowering you to take charge of your family. Here's your roadmap to transformation: * Your Lifeline: "A Chance to Change" offers guidance to nurture your children's spiritual growth and keep them focused on Jesus through the "STEWARD" framework. * The Power of Authentic Relationships: This masterpiece reveals the potential for stronger, deeper connections with those who matter most. You'll see it through the lens of the Richardson family's journey. * Companion to Authentic Happiness: This book is your companion on your journey to genuine happiness, helping you break free from depression and unfulfillment. * Roadmap to Purposeful Family Life: The pages hold the roadmap to a purposeful Christian family life, guiding you through the "STEWARD" framework. Don't miss your Chance to Change! Your transformation begins here. This Christian fiction will inspire you to live a life of faith, connection, and purpose. Why wait? Order your copy and enter a world where chaos turns into harmony, fear into hope, disconnection into deep bonds, and unfulfillment into joy. Your future begins today, and it's filled with purpose and joy. Don't just read about it, live it. Grab your copy now!

Chance is real. Not only is it a cause of societal change, but we as individuals are chance-given characters who discover and build our character in chancy circumstances. Chance is also expressed as coincidence and contingency, expressions which have episodically been of undeniable historical importance. Mattausch asserts the conventional picture of societal change is incorrect. Societal change is not a linear succession with each phase of change replacing its predecessor. Instead, the process is one of accumulative change in which chance plays various roles. Chance, Character, and Change develops the idea of chance, situating it within the history of thought and social change. By focusing strictly on manifestations of chance and of luck that can be seen and explained, Mattausch is able to show how chance acts in the environment of evolution and the social practices that regulate the inheritance of knowledge and technology. This, in turn, steers societal change and how change itself occurs. Chance's role is often characterized as coincidence or contingency, and this automatically is seen as progressive or degenerate. However, Mattausch notes that accumulative change is potentially both progressive as well as decadent. Chance also plays a part in the social aspects of our world--customs, practices, cultures, societies, and politics. When we act, Mattausch argues, we do not distinguish between good and bad, but rather between determinism and chance; the latter is a test of character, not of free will. This theory is general in its assertions and application, and can be related to many areas of study from economic theory, to human behavior, to politics. The rich texture of the writing and vivid use of examples from daily life and the work of other major thinkers draw in the reader. The most striking aspect of this work is the author's writing style and the way he weaves together evidence, classic research, and contemporary thought. It is skillfully, effectively, beautifully done.

The result of a lifetime in the field and in the classroom, Chance and Change challenges many of the tenets of establishment ecology. Charging that most of the environmental movement has ignored or rejected the changes in thinking that have infiltrated ecological theory since the mid 70s, William Drury presents a convincing case that disorder is what makes the natural world work, and that clinging to romantic notions of nature's grand design only saps the strength of the conservation movement. Drury's training in botany, geology, and zoology as well as his life-long devotion to work in the field gave him a depth and range of knowledge that few ecologists possess. This book opens our eyes to a new way of looking at the environment and forces us to think more deeply about nature and our role in it. Chance and Change is intended for the serious amateur naturalist or professional conservationist. Drury argues that chance and change are the rule, that the future is as unpredictable to other organisms as it is to us, and that natural disturbance is too frequent for equilibrium models to be useful. He stresses the centrality of natural selection in explaining the meaning of biology and insists the book and the laboratory must be checked at all times against the real world. Written in an easy, personal style, Drury's narrative comes alive with the landscape—the salt marshes, dunes, seashores, and forests—that he believed served as the best classroom. His novel approach of correlating landscape evolution with ecological principles offers a welcome corrective to discordance between what we observe in nature and what theory tells us we should see.

Chance is a city boy, born and bred so when his parents ship him off to a small town in a completely different country, he is not terribly impressed. Sam is as country as the day is long, her life is spent working on the family farm, when she's not finishing High School and avoiding ridicule from everyone especially her twin sister. Why do they feel so drawn to one another? What secrets does Sam hold that may destroy their tremulous relationship? Can their love for each other survive all this small town seems to throw at them?