Patrick Reyes

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Patrick B. Reyes, a Chicano executive leader, is the award-winning author of The Purpose Gap and Nobody Cries When We Die. He serves as Auburn Theological Seminary’s dean. Reyes provides leadership on several boards in theological and higher education, for publications, and in the nonprofit sector, supporting the next generation of spiritual and cultural leaders. In the last decade, he has been awarded for his service and scholarship by many nonprofits and higher education institutions, such as Boston University, Children’s Defense Fund, Hispanic Theological Initiative, and was recently inducted into the Morehouse College MLK Jr. Collegium of Scholars.

Empowering Communities of Color to Find Meaning and Thrive

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Patrick Reyes

In The Purpose Gap, Patrick Reyes reflects on a family member’s death after a long struggle with incarceration and homelessness. As he asks himself why his cousin's life had turned out so differently from his own, he realizes that it was a matter of conditions. While they both grew up in the same marginalized Chicano community in central California, Patrick found himself surrounded by a host of family, friends, and supporters. They created a different narrative for him t...
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Publication Date: 03/16/2021