Altars in the Street: A Courageous Memoir of Community and Spiritual Awakening

Altars in the Street: A Courageous Memoir of Community and Spiritual Awakening by Chavis, Melody Ermachild. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780609801963.

A wonderfully written memoir, overflowing with miraculous stories, of a Buddhist private eye who vows to heal her communitys suffering from violence and racism. Altars in the Street is for people who live in cities and those who have fled them. It will speak to anyone who cares about the future of our children, our neighborhoods, and our nation, as well as anyone who wants to look truthfully at the relationship between poverty and prisons and between community and education. Drawing on deep reserves of good humor, common sense, and practical experience of nonviolent action, Melody Ermachild Chavis has written a moving testament to the power of spirit in todays often cynical world.