4370 records matched your query
03900aam a2200373 i 4500 001 48E702EC433911EF824246BD21ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240716010423 008 230812s2024 nyua b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 9781531506438 020 $a 1531506437 020 $a 9781531506421 020 $a 1531506429 035 $a (OCoLC)1393241802 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d YDX $d BDX $d OCLCO $d JAS $d OCLCO $d BKL $d SILO 043 $a n-us-ny 050 4 $a RA982.N42 $b L5853 2024 082 04 $a 362.1109747/1 $2 23/eng/20240517 100 1 $a Kasten, Carey, $e author. 245 10 $a Mutuality in El Barrio : $b stories of the Little Sisters of the Assumption Family Health Service / $c Carey Kasten and Brenna Moore. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Empire State Editions, an imprint of Fordham University Press, $c 2024. 300 $a xi, 204 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-198) and index. 520 $a The stories of 18 immigrant families from East Harlem and their experiences with one of New York's deeply-rooted organizations. On any given weekday, people stream in and out of Little Sisters of the Assumption Family Health Service's bright, airy building on 115th Street. They are mostly mothers who find their way to LSA, sometimes only weeks after crossing the border from Mexico, having heard of the support that las hermanitas ( the little sisters ) offer. Opening a window into the world of New York's Spanish-speaking newcomers, Mutuality in El Barrio combines oral histories with archival research of the history, spirituality, and ministry of LSA to present how this well-established organization serves vulnerable populations with a unique approach they call mutuality. LSA is part of a network of East Harlem's powerful grassroots organizations that draws from the remarkable strengths of local families in its community. It is a place of healing and empowerment focused on the overall holistic health of resident families. Long-term relationships are cultivated here rather than quick fixes, and it is a place that nurtures people's full potential as leaders, parents, and advocates for themselves. In Mutuality in El Barrio, eighteen mothers share how, through the help of LSA, they managed to navigate a strange city and an unfamiliar language in a neighborhood that has long been a site of incredible challenges and extraordinary strength, creativity, and cultural vitality. These personal accounts of mothers, long-time LSA staff, and nuns reveal how these women found solidarity, accompaniment, care, neighborhood transformation, and binding connections through mutuality that helped them grow and connect in East Harlem. Their stories shine a light on an organization that began as a small community of vowed nuns who, like these mothers, also trace their origins abroad. 505 0 $a Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword by Norma BeniÌtez SaÌnchez -- Introduction: Humanizing Stories: Relationships and Beginnings -- 1. "The Power of Growth Is in Relationship": The History of the Little Sisters of the Assumption Nuns in East Harlem, 1865-1970 -- 2. "LSA Is Like a Second Home": The Story of Melina Gonzalez -- 3. Voices from the Neighborhood: Immigrant Mothers at Little Sisters -- 4. Mutuality for a New Era -- Epilogue: On Sister Susanne's Passing and the Shadow Side -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix: Data on Mothers Interviewed -- Notes -- Index 610 20 $a LSA Family Health Service (New York, N.Y.) 610 20 $a Little Sisters of the Assumption $z New York. $z New York. 650 0 $a Immigrants $x Medical care $z New York. $z New York. 700 1 $a Moore, Brenna, $e author. 941 $a 1 952 $l GZPE631 $d 20240716013142.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=48E702EC433911EF824246BD21ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IW3Initiate Another SILO Locator Search