Table of Contents

Foreword   Rev. J. Bryan Hehir     ix
Acknowledgments     xiii
Introduction: Solidarity Will Transform the World     3
The Golden Kernel: Building Hope and Solidarity on the U.S./Mexico Border     11
Bancomun: Micro-Credit in Nogales     13
El Frente Democratico Campesino: Hope for the Family Farmer     21
Dioceses Without Borders: Building Hope through Solidarity     27
The Lazarus Effect: Fighting HIV/AIDS in Zambia     36
The Lazarus Effect     41
Soldiers for Life     44
Lazarus Wants a Job     47
But What about the Children?     50
From Solidarity to Public Policy     54
A New Awakening: Organizing Self-Help Groups in India     58
Saying No to the Drug Trade     60
A Proper House     62
A New Awakening     68
Now, I Am Somebody     73
We Are Ready Now     74
Public Servants and Peacemakers     76
Development Is the New Name for Peace     79
Forgiving the Unforgivable: Peacebuilding in Rwanda     97
Forgiving the Unforgivable     98
"You Too Were Like One of Them"     105
Gacaca: Justice on the Grass     112
Challenges to Reconciliation and Peacebuilding     115
Assets of Hope     120
The Solidarity Economy: Coffee Farming in Nicaragua     123
The Solidarity Economy     126
A Cup of Excellence     136
Reaching for Higher Grounds     142
Solidarity in Action     145
Afterword   Joan Neal     151
Notes     155