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African Americans. MOVE (pronounced like the word "move"), originally the Christian Movement for Life, is a communal organization that advocates for nature laws and natural living, founded in 1972 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, by John Africa (born Vincent Leaphart). The name, styled in all capital letters, is not an acronym.
The 1985 MOVE bombing, locally known by its date, May 13, 1985, [2] was an airstrike and destruction of residential homes in the Cobbs Creek neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, by the Philadelphia Police Department during a standoff with MOVE, a black liberation organization. Philadelphia police dropped two explosive ...
Leon Howard Sullivan (October 16, 1922 – April 24, 2001) was a Baptist minister, a civil rights leader and social activist focusing on the creation of job training opportunities for African Americans, a longtime General Motors Board Member, and an anti- Apartheid activist. Sullivan died of leukemia in a Scottsdale, Arizona hospital at the age ...
David Fair, Activist and Organizer. David Fair (born April 27, 1952) is an American activist who has been a leader in the labor, LGBT, AIDS, homeless and child advocacy movements in Philadelphia, PA since the 1970s. He has founded or co-founded several advocacy and service organizations, including the Philadelphia Lesbian and Gay Task Force [ 1 ...
Wives Self Help Foundation Office Locations. Showing 1-1 of 1 Location. PRIMARY LOCATION. Wives Self Help Foundation. 8001 Roosevelt Blvd Ste 205. Philadelphia, PA 19152. Tel: (215) 332-1914. Mon.
Self-help groups for mental health. Self-help groups for mental health are voluntary associations of people who share a common desire to overcome mental illness or otherwise increase their level of cognitive or emotional wellbeing. [1][a] Despite the different approaches, many of the psychosocial processes in the groups are the same.
Wives Self Help Foundation. 8001 Roosevelt Blvd Ste 205 Philadelphia, PA 19152. (215) 332-1914. OVERVIEW.
Steve Salerno is an American nonfiction author, essayist and educator who has written three books, including SHAM: How the Self-Help Movement Made America Helpless, a critique of the self-help movement, and Deadly Blessing, about the death of Price Daniel Jr ., which became the TV movie Bed of Lies. The latter book and movie dealt with themes ...