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My Soul Said to ME

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My Soul Said to ME

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In the mid 1980s, Bob Roberts was a successful dentist, stunt flyer and racecar driver. While undergoing marital counseling he was fascinated by the psychological process and pursued his own doctorate in psychology. Intrigued by the community-building work of M. Scott Peck, Roberts' doctorate research consisted of applying and testing Peck's community-building model in an environment where it seemed only a distant possibility-the prison system. It was there, in Louisiana's Dixon Correctional Institution, where Roberts' life was forever transformed, as would the lives of hundreds of inmates and former offenders. What started as a literacy program evolved into sessions of shared soul searching, group therapy and a celebration of the prisoners' roots. Although prison officials sabotaged his project, Roberts went on to found Project Return, the most successful aftercare program for former offenders in the country. Aimed at breaking the cycles of addiction, crime and violence, Project Return is the only prisoner rehabilitation program in the country funded by the U.S. Department of Justice. This memoir is Roberts' adventure into his heart and his conscience. It explores the darkest terrain of violence and human suffering, and the brightest terrain of redemption, human dignity and hope. It will leave readers deeply inspired, encouraged and impassioned-in awe of the human capacity to survive and recover from cruelty and hardship.

Author Biography:

For the past fourteen years Dr. Roberts has been actively involved in various aspects of community building programs across the country, in Europe and the former Soviet Union. Roberts left a twenty-year career in dentistry to devote himself to social reform and, eventually, the creation of a revolutionary program for ex-offenders called Project Return. Democrats call his work social responsibility while Republicans call it fiscal responsibility. Atheists call it moral responsibility while the religious call it redemption. Academics call it service to the community, while judges call it crime fighting and corporate CEO's call it practical. It is simply a way of solving the problem of crime without doing further harm. Dr. Roberts, has been much in demand as an instructor at workshops and conferences across the country and has been interviewed on numerous radio talk shows, including National Public Radio. Additionally, he has made numerous of appearances on various newscasts and television talk shows on CBS, NBC, ABC, and FOX, including the Ivanhoe nationally syndicated news broadcast. Dr. Roberts and Project Return recently received notable mention on the front page of the New York Times and were the subject of a feature article on the front page of the LA Times. This, in turn, has sparked interest from CBS News in New York and Washington, DC, 60 Minutes, 60 Minutes II, 20/20, and 48 Hours.
Release date Australia
June 27th, 2003
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Collection
Audience
  • General (US: Trade)
Pages
303
Dimensions
140x210x25
ISBN-13
9780757300646
Product ID
1687032

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