Unity Through Community Service Activities: Strategies to Bridge Ethnic and Cultural Divides

"This book addresses the power of community service work and its guiding principles to bridge cultural divides, facilitate interethnic group development, and reduce ethnocentrism and ethnic conflict. It defines ways in which people of different cultures and ethnicity can learn to appreciate their diversity while using that strength to improve their communities"--Provided by publisher.

August John Hoffman is a professor of psychology at California State University Northridge and El Camino College-Compton Center. His research interests include community service work and student mentoring as effective methods to reduce ethnic conflict and improve self-efficacy among community college students. Norma Espinoza Parker, born in Havana, is a developer of the CCC Cultural and Fine Arts Academy, whose more than 300 students from different backgrounds, cultures, and races were enrolled in a summer and after school music program. Eduardo Sanchez is a psychology student at California State University Northridge. He collaborates with Hoffman on various research projects involving community relations. His research interests include interracial interaction through community service work. Julie Wallach is a graduate of California State University Northridge. She has co-authored more than a dozen articles with Hoffman.