To Advance Justice [Paperback]

Richard Scobie (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 23, 2005

"To Advance Justice" is the personal memoir of Richard Scobie''s years of leadership at the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee. In it, he describes his efforts to build this small, value-based organization into an effective force for human rights during a period of rapid social change in the United States and the world. In candid detail he recalls the behind-the-scenes struggles, organizational and interpersonal, to make UUSC live up to its mission: "to advance justice." The story moves from the board room in Boston to the rural villages of El Salvador, Eritrea and the Philippines, from meetings in local churches in middle America to the halls of Congress. It encompasses the intellectual challenges of planning and management, and the emotional stress of leadership in the face of conflict, illness, and mortality. This book is a case study of how one religiously motivated organization has tried to be a force for positive social change, written from the perspective of a person who played a major role in the process. It will be valuable reading for students of denominational history, practitioners of non-profit management, people with an interest in the social issues that rocked the last quarter of the Twentieth Century, and people wanting to make a more nearly just world.

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About the Author

Richard Scobie led the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee for twenty-seven years, from 1972 through 1998. Under his direction the UUSC worked to advance justice by defending human rights and promoting humane solutions to social problems worldwide, from the war zones of Central America, Africa and Asia, to America''s broken systems of criminal justice and child welfare. Dr. Scobie earned an A.B. at Dartmouth College, an M.S.W. at the University of Pittsburgh, and a Ph.D. at the Florence Heller School for Advanced Studies in Social Welfare at Brandeis University. He is recipient of the Peace Abbey Courage of Conscience Award, the Lifetime Achievement Award of the National Association of Social Workers (MA Chapter), and an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Meadville/Lombard School of Theology. He is married to Jill Hirst Scobie, has six children and five grandchildren, and lives in Waltham, Massachusetts.

Product Details

• Paperback: 432 pages
• Publisher: AuthorHouse (September 23, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1420851063
• ISBN-13: 978-1420851069
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 5.9 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,162,640 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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