Books by Townsand Price-Spratlen

Nurturing Sanctuary analyzes ways in which the two most vital institutions of the Black experience - families and churches - are working with schools and health providers to respond to contemporary challenges and improve the twenty-first century life chances of African Americans and others.

Analyzes how - and how well - one company, Reconstruction, Inc of Philadelphia, has organized returning prisoners, their families, and communities for 24 years. This book looks at Reconstruction's programs, strategies, and patterns of change over time; and holistic and principled transformations in the people and families it has touched.