{"product_id":"hope-over-fear-norma-and-bill-matthews-9781543451467","title":"Hope Over Fear: Bridges Toward a Better World","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor those of us who lived through the Cold War years in Dallas, this\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebook is a sometimes-painful journey through a past we would most like\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eto forget. For younger people, it fills in gaps in our local history that had\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003enational and international dimensions. At the same time, it is a reminder\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof the integrity, tenacity, and courage of the few brave souls who kept\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efaith in the sure knowledge that right will win out and whose leadership\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehas led us to a new day in our city--warts and all!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the story of the Dallas Chapter United Nations Association, long\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eoverdue. Norma and Bill Matthews, both of whom are past presidents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof DUNA, have done a masterful job of probing the past, ferreting out\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003enuggets of history tucked into boxes and stashed away in family attics, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebackroom nooks, and office storerooms. For much of the time since its\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efounding in 1953, DUNA has had no permanent home or office, and its\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003erecords have been at the mercy of whoever was its leader, always with\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe possibility that succeeding generations of its founders would not\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003erecognize the merits of those sealed boxes and would destroy them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUsing endless newspaper files, mostly from the \u003cem\u003eDallas Morning News\u003c\/em\u003e and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esome from the late \u003cem\u003eDallas Times Herald\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eFort Worth Star-Telegram\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe Matthews writing team has been able to follow the founding, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edevelopment, and leadership of DUNA, vastly enriched by\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epersonal stories of individuals who kept the flame alive in good times\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand bad.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNorma and Bill Matthews teamed their professional degrees in\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eeducation, communication, music, and theology to serve as volunteer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eactivists for human rights and peace endeavors. Married 63 years, and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eretiring as teacher and minister, they committed themselves to research\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand preserve the history of advocacy for support of sustainable goals of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eindividual and universal dignity and freedom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Norma and Bill Matthews\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1543451462\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781543451467\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Xlibris\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/06\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 494\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.10d","brand":"Norma and Bill Matthews","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47001625166079,"sku":"9781543451467","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2b1b2fb4-82e7-4bb9-8a65-292ce94c8183.jpg?v=1751601637","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/hope-over-fear-norma-and-bill-matthews-9781543451467","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}