Building A Wall Chapter 8 Summary

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Chapter eight deals with what is it about organizing that empowers people? Linthicum introduces the action-reflection spiral which consists of felt community needs, the people’s initial action, more substantive issues, more substantive actions, examination of the systems and structure, confrontation of the systems, awareness of one’s own complicity, and substantive community- transformation action. Chapter nine examines confrontation, negotiation, and using power. Linthicum utilizes Jesus, Paul and Moses to highlight confrontation and how it is used in the bible. Chapter ten is entitled “It wasn’t about Building a Wall. The rebuilding of the walls truly dealt with rebuilding lives that were broken and in need of repair spiritually. The real