Vegas Strong: Bearing Witness 1 October 2017

Author:   Roberta Sterman Sabbath
Publisher:   University of Nevada Press
ISBN:  

9781647791001


Pages:   168
Publication Date:   21 March 2023
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Roberta Sterman Sabbath
Publisher:   University of Nevada Press
Imprint:   University of Nevada Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.272kg
ISBN:  

9781647791001


ISBN 10:   1647791006
Pages:   168
Publication Date:   21 March 2023
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"Cover Page Copyright Page Dedication Lives Lost Contents Preface Introduction Part One: Site 1. The Night That Forever Changed My Life: A Survivor's Story 2. The Night the Music Stopped: Snapshots from Oral Histories 3. This Was Not in the Manual: unlv Residence Hall Becomes Safe Haven 4. Transforming Platforms: Greek Chorus and Social Media 5. Shock, Heartbreak, and Remembrance: University Medical Center, fema, and the Healing Garden Part Two: Process 6. Searching for Light: A Diary of the First Twenty-two Hours 7. Las Vegas Healing Strategies: Mementos, Family, and Acts of Love and Kindness 8. Therapeutic Innovations, Outreach, and Lessons Learned: A Practical Guide for Community Response 9. ""I like safe noise."": Working with Survivors, Vegas Strong Resiliency Center 10. Dealing with Death: New Models for Grieving Are Emerging 11. ""O word, thou word, that I lack—"": The Place of Poetic Mysticism in the Expression of Grief, Or How Language Succeeds in Failing Us Part Three: Stronger Together: Vegas Golden Knights—Celebrating Heroes, Helping Las Vegas Heal 12. 1 October Memorial Committee: Five Years After—Reflections from Within 13. The Las Vegas Community Healing Garden: Placemaking and the Death of ""Sin City"" 14. Preserving Community Grief: The Remembering 1 October Collection at the Clark County Museum 15. A Moment of Silence Is No Longer Enough: Working to Address the Plague of Gun Violence 16. Documenting and Reflecting on 1 October: A Selected Bibliography of Collections and Scholarship Contributors Index"

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"""Vegas Strong is thoughtful, touching, and a reminder of this absurdly violent era in which we live. It is a caring tribute to those who survived and honors those who died.""—John L. Smith, Las Vegas journalist, author of Saints, Sinners, and Sovereign Citizens: The Endless War Over the West's Public Lands ""Sabbath has created an emotional collection of stories that touched my heart. This is a significant contribution to the history of 1 October.""—Michelle Follette Turk, assistant visiting professor of history, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, author of Gambling with Lives: A History of Occupational Health in Las Vegas"


Vegas Strong is thoughtful, touching, and a reminder of this absurdly violent era in which we live. It is a caring tribute to those who survived and honors those who died. --John L. Smith, Las Vegas journalist, author of Saints, Sinners, and Sovereign Citizens: The Endless War Over the West's Public Lands Sabbath has created an emotional collection of stories that touched my heart. This is a significant contribution to the history of 1 October. --Michelle Follette Turk, assistant visiting professor of history, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, author of Gambling with Lives: A History of Occupational Health in Las Vegas


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Roberta Sabbath, PhD, is University of Nevada, Las Vegas religious studies director and visiting assistant professor in the English Department where she teaches Bible as literature, mythology, and world literature. Active in the religious studies academic field, Sabbath serves in leadership roles, presents at conferences, and publishes in a variety of genres. Sabbath moved to the Las Vegas area in 1969 with her husband who was an attorney. She has long been an active member of the community in which the family's three children were raised, and she served in the juvenile court system.

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