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The Kindness of Strangers: Adult Mentors, Urban Youth, and the New Volunteerism

ISBN: 978-1-555-42557-9

October 1993

Jossey-Bass

183 pages

Description
The Kindness of Strangers takes a hard, realistic look at mentoring while offering a vivid portrayal of the mentoring movement and how ordinary citizens in cities across America are trying to turn young lives around.
About the Author
MARC FREEDMAN has studied education and youth programs for more than a decade and is director of special projects for Public/Private Ventures, a research and development organization based in Philadelphia that focuses on helping kids in poverty. He lives in Berkeley, California.