Jumped In

By Jorja Leap

When Jorja Leap began studying Los Angeles gang violence in 2002, she encountered a myriad of proposed solutions to the seemingly intractable “gang problem” and set out to discover what...

Project Fatherhood

By Randye Kaye, Jorja Leap

Voices from the Streets

By Clemens Bartollas, Jorja Leap

Project Fatherhood

By Jorja Leap, Leap, Jorja

"When "Big Mike" Cummings asked Jorja Leap to co-lead a group for men learning how to father their children, she had no idea what to expect. What unfolds in these pages is the story of Project Fath...

Entry Lessons

By Jorja Leap

“A call to action … A reminder of the beautiful resilience of formerly incarcerated women and a celebration of all that they have to offer.” —Susan Burton, author of Becomi...

Entry Lessons

By Jorja Leap

“A call to action … A reminder of the beautiful resilience of formerly incarcerated women and a celebration of all that they have to offer.” —Susan Burton, author of Becoming Ms. Burton and found...

Jumped in

By Jorja Leap

Project Fatherhood

By Jorja Leap, Leap, Jorja

"When "Big Mike" Cummings asked Jorja Leap to co-lead a group for men learning how to father their children, she had no idea what to expect. What unfolds in these pages is the story of Project Fath...

Entry Lessons

By Jorja Leap

“A call to action … A reminder of the beautiful resilience of formerly incarcerated women and a celebration of all that they have to offer.” —Susan Burton, author of Becomi...

Jumped In

By Jorja Leap

Jumped In tells the story of the gangs of Los Angeles in the words of the gang members themselves as well as the people who interact with them on a daily basis--trying to arrest them, control them,...