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http://www.childcarejimboomba.com.au/philosophy/ | 2020-08-13T08:49:37 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-34/segments/1596439738964.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20200813073451-20200813103451-00267.warc.gz | 0.942204 | 239 | CC-MAIN-2020-34 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-34__0__72395496 | en | At Jimboomba Education & Childcare, we believe learning is a lifelong experience that begins with parents and early childhood educators who value:
- Security: Our centres provide children with a safe, positive, secure yet engaging environment where children can feel comfortable to immerse themselves in meaningful learning experiences.
- Environment: We believe the work and play environment for the centre community should be safe, healthy and aesthetically appealing.
- Diversity: We actively support the inclusion of all children and encourage them to appreciate their own and each other’s cultural and linguistic diversity.
- Education: We plan and create learning environments that encourage your child to create, construct, explore, take risks and become a problem solver. Each child’s effort/achievement is encouraged and celebrated.
- Teamwork: We assist children to learn about their responsibilities to others, to appreciate their connectedness and interdependence as learners, and to value collaboration and teamwork.
- Partnership: We recognize the importance of partnership with families, who are the child’s first and most influential educators. We recognize the role families and the community play in the ongoing development of each child. | sociology |
https://girlscoutsatl.blogspot.com/2020/06/a-message-from-ceo-on-racial-justice.html | 2022-08-13T15:34:51 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571959.66/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813142020-20220813172020-00370.warc.gz | 0.962474 | 545 | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-33__0__141145151 | en | Dear Girl Scouts,
Along with you, I have watched with shock and profound sadness the racial violence and injustice that have played out in our country over the past few months. The deaths of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor and George Floyd were senseless and horrific. The protests that have followed reflect a difficult truth: the scourge of racism persists within our nation. The black community and other people of color are justifiably frustrated, angry and afraid as they continue to experience a country that is less equal, and where they have a legitimate fear for their personal safety, every day.
This harsh reality is in direct opposition to the values and principles on which our Girl Scout movement was founded. While we are proud of our history of diversity and inclusion, our work as Girl Scouts to end racism is far from finished. At this pivotal moment in our society, we have an obligation to speak out against injustice when we see it and to work harder to become an organization that actively promotes inclusion and equity for all. My commitment to you is that Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta will do this work.
To our black and brown Girl Scout community, know that I see you, I hear you and I am here for you. I know that many of you are not ok. While my experience has not been your experience, I am here to listen and to seek to understand. Know that you are not alone, and that our Girl Scout movement stands in solidarity and in sisterhood with you.
To every member of our Girl Scout community, fulfilling our Promise and Law through our words and actions has never been more important. Each of us has the power to be a force for good. Take action when you see injustice. Address racist behavior when you see it in your community. Make your voice heard to your elected officials. Offer strength and caring to those who feel hurt, angry and powerless. Above all, bring your Girl Scout values of kindness and compassion to these efforts. Know that I will be doing the same.
Our founder Juliette Gordon Low said that “the work of today is the history of tomorrow, and we are its makers.” Together, we can make history and achieve our mission of making the world a better – and more equal – place for all of us.
- Support Her as She Stands Up for Change (Even If You Don’t Agree)
- Instead of Saying “Life’s Not Fair,” Teach Her How to Fight Injustice
- What Our Country Needs Right Now Is You
- Why Tolerance Isn’t Working
Yours in Girl Scouting,
Amy S. Dosik
CEO, Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta | sociology |
https://www.cirt.gov.bd/workshop-on-safe-use-of-social-media-for-women-held-on-the-occasion-of-cyber-%E2%80%8B%E2%80%8Bsecurity-month/ | 2024-02-21T17:54:55 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947473524.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20240221170215-20240221200215-00752.warc.gz | 0.967487 | 248 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__102330135 | en | Workshop on safe use of social media for women held on the occasion of Cyber Security Month
25th October, 2022
A workshop on safe use of social media for women was held on 24 October 2022 at the auditorium of Bangladesh Computer Council organized by BGD e-Gov CIRT. Mr. Rubaiyat Bin Modasser, Forensic Analyst of BGD e-Gov CIRT, presented the keynote at the workshop, which was organized with the aim of increasing the awareness of cyber security in the use of social media among the students and women entrepreneurs of various schools, colleges and universities. Mr. Ranjit Kumar, executive director of Bangladesh Computer Council, was present as the chief guest in the workshop and Nasima Akhter Nisha, president of Women and E-Commerce Trust (WE) was present as a special guest. Mr. Syed Nazmul Karim, Marketing Specialist, BGD e-GOV CIRT hosted the workshop. BFDS President Dr. Tanjiba Rahman and Bangladesh Supreme Court lawyer Nishat Farzana Nipa also spoke at the workshop.
The workshop was organized as part of the BGD e-GOV CIRT activities on the occasion of Cyber Security Month. | sociology |
https://jeankentagauthier.com/eng/store/artwork/2186/the-frame | 2023-02-07T22:24:30 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-06/segments/1674764500641.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20230207201702-20230207231702-00165.warc.gz | 0.938192 | 307 | CC-MAIN-2023-06 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-06__0__306211607 | en | hard cover, 358 pages
Since I began photographing 30 years ago, I have photographed men. Over the years, I have also photographed transgender people on several occasions. Self-portraits are another recurring motif of these 30 years. My own thousands of contact sheets reflect an ongoing search, both conscious and unconscious, for identity and the ever-changing and ephemeral nature of the human condition. In addition to these images, the book begins and ends with photographs of moraine rocks. These rocks were pushed forward by the ice sheet. When the ice melted 10,000 years ago, they stopped where they are today. The expanded self-portrait and the reflection in others is a way to address the historical renegotiation that is currently taking place regarding the idea of the male.
The Frame is JH Engström's expanded self-portrait, a search for and escape from the idea of the father, a meditation on the meaning of the male gender.
At a time when society is beginning to urgently re-examine the very notions of gender, this is Engström's personal, generous, sometimes violent and desperate, but always heartfelt contribution to this decisive discussion.
The book draws on Engström's extensive photographic archive and pairs these portraits with unchanging rocks from the Ice Age to remind us to always seek our own anima. | sociology |
http://www.loudounmuseum.org/donate/ | 2019-02-19T05:54:29 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247489343.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20190219041222-20190219063222-00103.warc.gz | 0.891199 | 197 | CC-MAIN-2019-09 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-09__0__152732723 | en | Loudoun Museum is a private, non-profit organization that relies on donations and support from our community members to help us fulfill our mission of connecting the past to the present and making the vibrant history of Loudoun County tangible, relevant, and meaningful for today’s diverse communities and for future generations.
As a good citizen in our community since 1967, Loudoun Museum uses funds from our generous donors to:
- Create engaging programs for all ages
- Engage in dynamic public outreach efforts to promote heritage tourism and local events
- Collect and care for the heritage of Loudoun County
- Support, encourage and undertake research and documentation of our county’s rich history
Please support your community museum today with a tax-deductible donation. You can choose to make a one-time gift or spread your support out over time by making monthly or quarterly contributions. Thank you for your commitment to the preservation and education of Loudoun County’s history. | sociology |
http://furendai.squarespace.com/about | 2019-07-16T10:35:59 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-30/segments/1563195524522.18/warc/CC-MAIN-20190716095720-20190716121720-00221.warc.gz | 0.972848 | 1,473 | CC-MAIN-2019-30 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-30__0__123458243 | en | History lives through language. The power of language has always been placed in a vital position in Chinese culture. Social class, political ideology and economic conditions are read through language and text. The complicated relationship between written language and people who are using it in China is like the relationship between water and boats. Water can carry a boat and it can also overturn it. Individuals in Chinese culture have had to be very sensitive to the subtle differences in words. The meaning of language depends on the context. Through controlling language and history the Chinese government has often tried to control the society. A form of Inquisition through controlling language happened throughout each dynasty, from Song Dynasty, to the notorious Literary Inquisition in Qin Dynasty and more recently during the Cultural Revolution. An extreme example was during the Cultural Revolution when the traditional Chinese written character was simplified. In China today, the government applies its strong control through censorship of the public access of the Internet.
Coming from a background of linguistic study and work as interpreter for several years, my artistic practice centers around language and through it, reflecting on and interpreting culture. In my previous education and work as an interpreter I was often in a position between two cultures trying to examine where the two cultures overlap as well as where they differentiate.
Language can be powerful and broadly inclusive while at the same time intimate. My history with and passion for language motivated my desire to research a language called NüShu (Woman Script). This is the world’s only known language created for and used solely by women. This language was originated and used by Yao minority in Jiang Yong, Hunan Province, China. It is believed that this language was used by women to tell each other their frustrations, feeling of loneliness and about the melancholy experience found in life. There are many different reasons and causes as to why this language was invented in this area. Most importantly the status of women living in this society resulted in a situation in which there was barely any emotional, psychological, and political space for them to exist beyond their social responsibility as wife and mother.
Living in a society monopolized by men in the political, economic, and cultural areas, women had no sense of relevance. They felt completely lost and isolated from the major decisions of their culture. In that society, the mainstream ideology was “Ignorance is a woman’s virtue” and women’s talents were not valued. In the 21st century we take the right of talking and writing for granted. It is hard for us to imagine the days when women were not able to express themselves through language and text. The secret language was a way for women to stand up against a Patriarchal society. Through language, women built their own secret society in which they kept their involvement with economics, education, culture, poetry, and art and craft skills active. Woman who knew this language were treated with great respect. The use of women's secret script symbolized the battle with the old regime. By using a language men could not understand, they could freely express themselves, and write down what they were thinking and feeling. This situation symbolized the realization of women’s self-consciousness and group consciousness. It was a brave step of self-affirmation.
This language was developed as a secret code and has been passed on through generations. The grandmother would teach this language solely to the daughters and granddaughters in the family. Women usually used NüShu to express three types of primary interests: their frustration in marriage or the willingness to be in a relationship with another woman; lyrics for singing in weddings or sacrificial events; and as a written language for translating some of the popular literature for women to read.
During the Chinese Cultural revolution, Nüshu was considered one of the ‘Old Customs’ and an evil language and was forcibly abandoned. After the revolution, only a dozen women could read Nüshu. In contemporary China, women have access to education. Their social status has changed as well. They have more presence in all areas in the society. As a result of the combination of few women with knowledge of the language and far less need for it, this language is facing the danger of extinction.
In 2015-2016, I travelled to a village Jiang Yong, where there was a small museum and the language was still being spoken as a museum attraction. Through direct research I discovered something that was not covered in any of the books I read. I came to understand that the local villagers have to suffer from terrible living conditions. The authorities want to preserve the old architecture and will not allow them to do restoration or give them new land to build new houses. I learned that women who know the language have been pressured by authorities to stay in the village and perform their cultural activities as entertainment for tourists for menial wages instead of finding jobs in nearby larger cities for better salaries. Some women intentionally choose not to learn this language, so they will be free to leave and not have the pressure to maintain the connection with the past. I am fascinated by the irony of how the government is simultaneously in preparation to apply for the World Cultural Heritage Sites status based on the secret women’s language and at the same time has accelerated the extinction of the NüShu language. I plan to extend this research and feel that I have the potential to turn it into book and video series. Through my investigation, I realized that I want to help the women I met and others like them by giving them a voice, while at the same time, doing my best to preserve this diversification of culture.
My field research dramatically changed how I view this women’s language and also changed my concept for my work. Originally, I wanted to focus more on how the language was created, developed, and used specifically in relationship to women. After completing my original research I decided to focus on how the language lost its function and began to be manipulated by outsiders using it to attract tourists and benefit their needs. It has now become a language more for tourists and has become the equivalent of a souvenir for them to take home and decorate the homes. This trip also expanded my research from focusing only on language, to considering cultural tourism, culture industry, intangible cultural heritage status in China and other countries, the soft power of one country, specifically with women’s role in these areas.
1. Huaxiang, He (2015), Study on the Communication of Intangible Cultural Heritage-Taking NüShu as an Example, Beijing, China Book Publisher
2. Xiarong, He (2013), Under Multi-lens research on NüShu and NüShu Culture, Hubei, Central China Normal University Publisher
3. Feizhan, Zhou (2014), Woman Script Culture and Its Visual Art, Hunan, Hunan Normal University Publisher
4. Xiaoge, Guo (2010), Feminist Studies by New Generation-Jiang Yong NüShu, Beijing, Jiuzhou Press
5. Chizhu, Lu and Yuejuan, He (2013) Gentleman women, The Ethnic Publishing House
6. Chengxi, Wang and Xiaoxi, Wang (2014) The dictionary of Chinese NüShu calligraphy, Zhongzhou Guji Book Publisher | sociology |
https://heightscampus.vansd.org/activities/ | 2023-11-29T03:09:17 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100047.66/warc/CC-MAIN-20231129010302-20231129040302-00182.warc.gz | 0.956899 | 127 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__26989118 | en | Join Heights Leaders!
Heights Leaders is the Career and Technical Student Organization (CTSO) at Heights Campus and is open to all students in grades 9-12. Heights Leaders demonstrate leadership skills by helping our school and our community. They help plan and participate in school events including Family Nights, Food and Clothing Drives, and coordinate our annual Giving Tree. They also lend a hand to the community by participating in various service projects throughout the year.
Heights Leaders make friends, have fun, and make a difference in our school and in our community!
See Mrs. Lenahan or Mrs. Ribelin for more information. | sociology |
https://holyandnotsomuch.com/1843 | 2024-03-01T08:04:13 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947475203.41/warc/CC-MAIN-20240301062009-20240301092009-00185.warc.gz | 0.983296 | 1,449 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__181570164 | en | In the spring while the cherry blossoms were showing off, I went to Alexandria Virginia to visit Pat, my dear friend, and spiritual director. We chat Thursday nights unless one of us is too pooped. Embarrassingly, it is usually me.
If you spoke with Pat on the phone, you would think you were speaking to a very spunky fifty-year-old, engaged, clever, opinionated, intelligent, and passionate. Pat drove me to catch the Metro so I could visit D.C, takes two flights of stairs routinely, and insisted on cooking for me each night. She is ninety-three and treasured.
Something we are both passionate about is voting. It is a privilege that was won, literally by the blood, sweat, and tears of other women. These are my heroines, not movie stars, politicians, beauty queens, TV personalities, not even great singers. Pat and I never take these women for granted. For years our Grandmothers, aunts, and her mother could not vote. Can you really imagine it?
As I stood in front of the White House on Pennsylvania Avenue, I remembered a photo of the suffragists, the National Women’s Party in 1917, standing in the same spot holding picket signs. About two hundred women were arrested during those days, half of them sent to prison. Alice Paul, their leader, and others who went on hunger strikes in protest were force-fed. Those brave, determined, women fought and suffered, so I don’t have to.
“It is doubtful if any man, even among suffrage men, ever realized what the suffrage struggle came to mean to women before the end was allowed in America. How much of time and patience, how much work, energy and aspiration, how much faith, how much hope, how much despair went into it. It leaves its mark on one, such a struggle. It fills the days, and it rides the nights. Working, eating, drinking, sleeping, it is there.” –Carrie Chapman Catt, 1923 Woman Suffrage and Politics
All I must do to vote is literally drive to the church next door, provide identification, and cast my ballot. I do feel the power and privilege of that and never take it for granted.
If you have not seen the movie starring Hillary Swank “Iron Jawed Angels,” 2004, or “Suffragettes,” 2015, starring Carrie Mulligan, do. The first chronicles a brief period in the protracted journey the suffragists here took to get us the vote. The latter tells the story of the more militant suffragettes in England and their struggle.
The National American Woman’s Suffrage Association was formed in 1890; it took thirty years for them to win the vote. Thirty years! Do you have something in your life you feel so passionate about that you would risk loss of income, relationships, marriage, safety, and health to gain? For years-on-end? These things and more they lost, many of them died before the vote was won. They gave their lives in service to their country, for you and me.
Suffragists were rich and poor, socialites and working class, religious and agnostic, single and married, bold and timid, public figures and private. What they had in common was a commitment to gain the ability to participate in the democratic process in the country they dearly loved and supported each day with their lives. They had the right, but not the vote.
Women who attempted to vote prior to 1920 were turned away. Susan B Anthony actually succeeded but was later arrested for it. Arrested for voting.
In 1916 Alice Paul formed the National Woman’s Party, a group that was willing to do whatever it took. At that time, it was frowned upon for a woman to engage in public speaking. The group’s conventions were disrupted by male opponents. The activities of married suffragists were hampered by laws. They could not legally sign contracts, which made it difficult to plan meetings or print materials. After that time, much of the effort took place state by state.
Lucy Stone, one of the NAWSA members and an eloquent public speaker, refused to pay her taxes on the grounds that women were taxed without being able to vote on tax laws. The courts sold all her household goods at auction until enough was raised to pay her taxes.
In 1866 Elizabeth Cady Stanton ran for Congress, which was ironic since she could not vote. She wanted to serve and was the first woman to run. She received two dozen votes out of 12,000 cast.
The suffrage movement held 480 campaigns in 33 states between 1870 and 1910 to have the issue of women’s suffrage brought before the voters, only 17 times was it placed on the ballot. There were many groups opposed to suffrage, brewers and distillers, cotton mills, newspapers, religious institutions, women’s anti-suffrage groups, many southern states, and presidents.
Members of the National American Woman’s Suffrage Association, Alice Paul, and Harriet Stanton Blatch traveled to England to help with the efforts there and returned to the U.S. infused with new ideas. After returning Alice and Lucy Burns organized a suffrage parade to be the day before Woodrow Wilson’s presidential inauguration, March 3rd 1913.
Wilson was opposed to suffrage for many years. Opponents stormed the streets in droves and turned the event into a riot; the cavalry had to restore order. Both male and female participants were shoved, hit and spat on.
Although this event did not come off as planned, it was a boon to their efforts; the press harshly criticized the offenders and garnered the attention of those in power. Slowly things began to change. I will not elaborate because I am not a historian, and this process was extremely l-o-n-g and confusing at best.
World War I had an enormous impact on the movement as women in so many countries stepped up to aid war efforts. Their sacrifices were recognized in this country as well as others, and a suffrage bill was put before the House of Representatives. It took five more years, and grueling effort before the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S Constitution was passed in 1920.
Last week as I addressed postcards asking Oklahoman’s to vote on November 6th, I could feel our suffragists with me. I will be forever grateful for them; I am humbled at their sacrifices.
Text- The nineteenth amendment to the constitution:
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
Source, Wikipedia, Oct 31, 2018 Women’s Suffrage in the United States If you wish to read more, this struggle lasted half a century. The Wikipedia piece is very detailed. | sociology |
https://davidcarless.edu.hku.hk/feedback-regimes-and-the-challenge-of-change/ | 2023-10-01T21:53:16 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233510941.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20231001205332-20231001235332-00897.warc.gz | 0.913348 | 980 | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__5528740 | en | To what extent are university learning environments conducive to the implementation of useful and valuable feedback processes of different forms? Are the social contexts in which feedback operates a significant barrier, and if so, how might related challenges be tackled or reduced?
In his book about prospects and levers for changes to teaching and learning in higher education, Paul Trowler talks about social contexts of change, and the relationship between context and innovation in terms of harmonies or disjunctions that arise. He uses the concept of teaching and learning regimes to represent a constellation of rules, procedures, assumptions, practices and relationships, comprising elements, such as power relations, implicit theories and conventions (Trowler, 2020). Such regimes imply an underpinning set of rules and assumptions that impact on practice.
Given that assessment and feedback practices are often proceduralized within accountability forces, it made sense to me in my most recent paper to put the concept of regimes to work. I define feedback regimes as the procedures, routines, assumptions and relationships influencing the social practice of feedback (Carless, 2023). Feedback regimes represent the socially constructed organizational level of procedures and assumptions that influence the practices of teachers.
The notion of feedback regimes contributes to understandings of teacher feedback literacy by reinforcing sociocultural and ecological influences on practice resonating with Chong (2021). Feedback regimes are enacted within ecological systems in which individuals interact with social learning environments containing situated assumptions, practices, opportunities and constraints to useful feedback processes. The way feedback regimes are currently structured contributes to explanations of why the feedback literature has been moving forward but standard practices often do not (cf. Dawson et al., 2019). Structures impeding feedback change, include transmission-focused views of feedback; procedures, routines and accountability pressures; and lack of compelling incentives for change (Carless, 2023).
In a recent talk that I did for the HERDSA Assessment SIG, one of the audience members pointed out that the idea of a regime carries images of authoritarian forms of government. This seems like a salient point and perhaps indicative that current feedback regimes in universities are far from ideal, possibly not particularly collegial or democratic, and would benefit from change initiatives.
Change elements of salience, congruence and value are used as a lens to cast light on prospects for structural change to feedback regimes (Carless, 2023). Salience refers to the significance of feedback within the priorities of existing regimes. The most salient aspect of feedback is its potential for enhancing student learning, so reconfiguring feedback regimes beyond ritual and compliance in a learning-focused direction would contribute to reclaiming the pedagogical salience of feedback. In terms of congruence, teachers are probably most likely to implement feedback practices that can be integrated within their own belief systems. Value in feedback regimes includes making feedback practices satisfying for teachers as well as useful for students, and so a value perspective includes a strategic reduction in ineffective time-consuming practices, such as detailed summative commentary at the end of courses when it is too late for students to act.
Feedback regimes represent an alternative terminology to feedback cultures because ‘culture’ is a slippery concept with various meanings, including national cultures as well as micro, meso and macro cultures. Importantly, the analysis of feedback regimes can draw on the conceptual apparatus of teaching and learning regimes elaborated by Trowler, including social practice theory. The negative connotations of ‘regime’ may represent a challenge, or even an impetus for reform.
There are of course questions for further research. How can teacher feedback literacy be leveraged to contribute to the broader development of learning-focused feedback regimes? How might feedback regimes evolve to support or incentivize the enhancement of feedback practices? How can value perspectives on change support the development of more useful, and less wasteful, feedback regimes? (Carless, 2023).
Spoiler alert: Coming soon on HBO, ‘The Regime’, Kate Winslet leads a European dictatorship in a dystopian future.
Carless, D. (2023). Teacher feedback literacy, feedback regimes and iterative change: Towards enhanced value in feedback processes. Higher Education Research and Development.
Chong, S. W. (2021). Reconsidering student feedback literacy from an ecological perspective. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 46(1), 92-104.
Dawson, P., Henderson, M., Mahoney, P., Phillips, M., Ryan, T., Boud, D., & Molloy. E. (2019).
What makes for effective feedback: Staff and student perspectives. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 44(1), 25-36.
Trowler, P. (2020). Accomplishing change in teaching and learning regimes: Higher education and the practice sensibility. Oxford University Press. | sociology |
http://craigmkauffman.com/research/ | 2022-08-10T19:55:14 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571210.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810191850-20220810221850-00609.warc.gz | 0.885044 | 694 | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-33__0__127422688 | en | My research investigates how the contestation, negotiation and learning that occurs among actors at the global and local levels determines policy responses to environmental challenges like climate change and ecosystem destruction, both domestically and internationally. This agenda is driven by three questions. First, when states fail to address a global problem like climate change, either through multilateral agreements or national laws, why and how are actions nonetheless taken on the ground? Second, how does the interaction among global, national, and local actors determine the success of governance reform attempts? Third, how do ideas regarding the best way to tackle global problems, and the structures for implementing these ideas, evolve? To answer these questions, I examine how authority is structured and exercised in new, experimental global governance arrangements; how national and local systems intersect with and push against these global structures; how power is distributed and flows within transnational governance networks; the politics of creating collaborative, multi-level governance arrangements; norm contestation and evolution; and ecological economics. I am particularly interested in how these issues shape the politics and policies relating to climate change and sustainable development. Learn more about my current research projects or download a detailed research statement.
Grassroots Global Governance: Local Watershed Management Experiments and the Evolution of Sustainable Development (Oxford University Press, 2017), shows how when international agreements fail to solve global problems like climate change, transnational networks attempt to address them by implementing “global ideas”—policies and best practices negotiated at the global level—locally around the world. Using integrated watershed management as a lens, the book explains why some efforts succeed and others fail, and why implementing these “global ideas” locally causes them to evolve at the international level. In doing so, the book highlights the key role played by grassroots actors and reveals the grassroots level as an important but often overlooked terrain where global governance is constructed. Learn more here.
Select Articles and Book Chapters:
“How Emerging Counter Norms Strengthen: Lessons from Ecuador’s Rights of Nature Lawsuits,” World Development, Forthcoming (with Pamela Martin).
“Pursuing Costly Reform: The Case of Ecuadorian Natural Resource Management, Latin American Research Review, Vol. 51, No. 4, 2016, 163-185 (with Will Terry).
“Assessing the impact of international conservation aid on deforestation in sub-Saharan Africa,” Environmental Research Letters, Vol. 10, 2015 (with Matthew Bare and Daniel C. Miller.
“Scaling up Buen Vivir: Globalizing Local Environmental Governance from Ecuador,” Global Environmental Politics, Vol. 14, No. 1, 2014, 40-58 (with Pamela Martin).
“Financing Watershed Conservation: Lessons from Ecuador’s Evolving Water Trust Funds,” Agricultural Water Management, Vol. 145, November, 2014, 39-49.
“The evolution of water trust funds in Ecuador,” in Sustainable Irrigation and Drainage: Management, Technologies and Policies, edited by Henning Bjorlund, Carlos A. Brebbia, and Sarah Wheeler. Southampton, UK: Wessex Institute of Technology Press, 2012 (with Marta Echavarría).
“Democratization,” in Encyclopedia of Political Theory, edited by Mark Bevir. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2010. | sociology |
http://manager.complex.com/life/2017/05/memphis-musician-dead-set-himself-on-fire-facebook-live | 2017-08-19T20:48:08 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-34/segments/1502886105922.73/warc/CC-MAIN-20170819201404-20170819221404-00179.warc.gz | 0.979824 | 432 | CC-MAIN-2017-34 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-34__0__289828004 | en | In the wake of Robert Godwin Sr. being shot and killed by Steve Stephens on Facebook Live, Mark Zuckerberg said, “We will keep doing all we can to prevent tragedies like this from happening.” Those comments were made during the “F8” Facebook Developer Conference on April 18. Less than one month later, Facebook Live is again making headlines after Memphis musician Jared McLemore drenched himself with kerosene, set himself on fire, and ran into a crowded bar while recording the event on Facebook Live Saturday.
Witnesses at Murphy’s bar who were interviewed by Memphis' CBS affiliate WREG said McLemore was purposely attempting to involve an ex-girlfriend. Users on the sub-Reddit r/Memphis also speculated the suicide was connected to McLemore’s former girlfriend, who worked sound at Murphy’s. According to WREG, there are court records confirming McLemore’s 2016 arrest for strangling his ex-girlfriend in a domestic violence attack. The woman is believed to have had a restraining order against McLemore.
“The worst part is, many different people contacted the police about this guy and they never did anything,” noted one Reddit user.
According to eyewitnesses, the strong smell of kerosene permeated Murphy’s as soon as McLemore went in. After the incident, his phone was reportedly still burning on a nearby sidewalk after paramedics removed him on a stretcher.
Various reports confirm McLemore was pronounced dead at a Memphis area hospital. He was 33.
McLemore’s death is the latest in a series of gory, high-profile incidents to be captured on Facebook Live. Diamond Reynolds streamed a Minnesota police officer shooting and killing her boyfriend, Philando Castile, on Facebook Live in July 2016. Castile and Godwin’s deaths bookended similar events, such as Jay Bowdy committing suicide on Facebook Live in January 2017 and a 15-year-old Chicago girl being sexually assaulted as nearly 40 people watched on Facebook Live without alerting the police. | sociology |
http://sco-res.uk/Home/Participation/index.html | 2020-02-18T07:45:17 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-10/segments/1581875143635.54/warc/CC-MAIN-20200218055414-20200218085414-00345.warc.gz | 0.959957 | 419 | CC-MAIN-2020-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-10__0__25225362 | en | All about shared community ownership under the Community Energy Strategy's voluntary protocol
Members of the public may also be offered opportunities to buy into the project, as individuals (rather than as part of a group), maybe through crowd-funding.
This is a good way for developers to make their projects more open and socially attractive. This approach does not however qualify as shared community ownership, unless it is facilitated through a community group.
Apart from shared community ownership (involving financial investment), there are many other ways in which local communities, and members thereof, can contribute to - and benefit from - renewable energy projects.
Developers may consider offering, and communities may consider requesting, some of these other options alongside a shared community ownership model.
Communities can become involved in the development, design, construction and operation of renewable energy plants. The project developer and owner (whether commercial, community or a combination of the two) would in many cases be prepared to pay for these types of services:
Education and dissemination: Renewable projects are great places to show students and the wider public about all aspects of sustainable energy generation and energy saving. Projects can include on-site educational and viewing facilities; and can host open days, visits and tours.
Environment and ecology: Developers may engage with communities about the provision of ecological areas, landscaping, allotments and similar facilities around renewable energy projects. These approaches are often agreed during the formulation of planning applications.
Local employment: It is often appropriate for developers to seek to maximise opportunities for local involvement in site preparation, construction, operation, maintenance, monitoring and asset management of local energy projects.
The project developers may be able to offer, or persuade a licensed energy supplier to offer, concessionary energy pricing to inhabitants in the vicinity of the project.
Most renewable energy projects these days offer other benefits to local communities, such as payments into community funds or the provision of renewable energy facilities on community buildings. These 'community benefit' contributions are considered separately from shared community ownership, as noted here, though may be administered by the same group. | sociology |
http://www.peralta4queens.com/news2/2016/8/30/new-middle-school-in-corona-aims-to-alleviate-serious-overcrowding-in-the-district | 2018-07-16T23:55:03 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-30/segments/1531676589536.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20180716232549-20180717012549-00222.warc.gz | 0.964418 | 214 | CC-MAIN-2018-30 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-30__0__136611759 | en | This is the story in the Queens Courier regarding the opening of a new school in Sen. Peralta’s district.
Courier: One of the most overcrowded school districts in the city will be home to a new middle school built to alleviate the jam-packed classrooms that are common in western Queens.
School District 24, which encompasses Corona, Glendale, Ridgewood, Elmhurst, Long Island City, Maspeth and Middle Village, has long had a problem with overcrowding and schools in Corona have used trailers as makeshift classrooms for years.
State Sen. Jose Peralta toured the school last month and said making the school a reality was a collaboration between community members and the city.
“It was an uphill battle, but it was a battle our kids won to alleviate severe school overcrowding that affects the district, especially in Corona,” Peralta said. “This is a win-win situation, so I am glad we can close this chapter.”
Read the complete article here. | sociology |
https://blog.evalgator.com/2023/06/15/pride-beyond-june-building-a-diverse-and-inclusive-workplace/ | 2023-12-04T00:37:50 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100518.73/warc/CC-MAIN-20231203225036-20231204015036-00569.warc.gz | 0.920493 | 860 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__166563869 | en | Pride Beyond June: Building a Diverse and Inclusive Workplace
Creating a work culture that promotes inclusion is an ongoing process. While symbolic gestures and performative actions—rainbow washing—may seem supportive, they often fall short of addressing the deeper issues faced by the LGBTQ+ community. This Pride Month gives us yet another opportunity to reflect on what true inclusion means in the workplace.
What Is Inclusion?
True inclusion in the workplace is about creating an environment where all employees, regardless of their race, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, or any other characteristic, feel accepted, valued, and empowered to be their whole selves. It means actively challenging biases, promoting equality, and providing equitable opportunities for growth and advancement.
What Does Non-Inclusion Look Like?
In some work environments, LGBTQ+ employees face challenges that hinder their ability to fully thrive. These challenges include discrimination, bias, stereotyping, lack of representation, exclusion from social circles, and limited access to resources and opportunities. As a result, employees may experience feelings of isolation, increased stress, and reduced job satisfaction, all of which can have a detrimental impact on their mental health and overall well-being.
Why Does Inclusion Matter?
Creating a diverse and inclusive workplace benefits both employees and organizations in numerous ways.
- When employees feel accepted, they experience higher levels of job satisfaction, mental well-being, and overall happiness.
- Inclusive work environments foster diverse perspectives, ideas, and approaches, leading to enhanced creativity, innovation, problem-solving, and decision-making.
- Organizations that prioritize inclusivity become magnets for diverse talent, as individuals seek out workplaces where they can thrive without discrimination or bias.
- Inclusive cultures promote collaboration, trust, and cooperation among employees from different backgrounds, fostering stronger teams and improved collaboration.
- Inclusion at the workplace is an essential aspect of human rights.
How to Create a Diverse and Inclusive Workplace?
Creating an inclusive work environment goes beyond checking boxes or meeting diversity quotas. It requires organizations to engage in introspection and make structural changes that address systemic barriers and inequalities.
Here are some ways in which organizations can create an inclusive culture:
Develop Inclusive Policies
Establish clear policies that explicitly prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. These policies should outline the organization’s commitment to inclusion and provide guidelines for addressing complaints or incidents of discrimination. Regularly review and update these policies to ensure they reflect evolving best practices.
Implement Diversity Training
Offer diversity and inclusion training programs to all employees, emphasizing LGBTQ+ awareness, cultural competency, and the importance of respectful communication. This training can help cultivate empathy, promote understanding of different identities, and reduce bias within the workplace.
Create Safe Spaces
Designate safe spaces within the workplace where LGBTQ+ employees can feel comfortable being themselves and expressing their identities without fear of judgment or discrimination. These spaces can be physical areas or virtual platforms where individuals can connect, share experiences, and find support.
Engage Leadership and Management
Engage leadership and management to actively support and promote a culture of inclusivity. Leaders should model inclusive behaviors, advocate for LGBTQ+ rights, and ensure that all employees are treated with respect and dignity. Encourage leaders to publicly express their commitment to LGBTQ+ inclusion, both internally and externally.
Cultivate a Culture of Listening
Actively listen to the experiences, perspectives, and concerns of LGBTQ+ employees. Create opportunities for open and honest dialogue, such as employee surveys or feedback sessions. Ensure that feedback is taken seriously and acted upon to drive meaningful change.
Ensure Diverse Representation
Actively work towards diverse representation at all levels of the organization, including leadership positions. Strive for LGBTQ+ representation on boards, in executive teams, and decision-making roles. This demonstrates a commitment to equality and sends a strong message of inclusion to both employees and external stakeholders.
Pride Month serves as a reminder of the importance of fostering inclusion in the workplace, but the commitment should extend beyond this designated month. By creating true inclusion, we can take meaningful steps towards fostering a work environment that is truly accepting and supportive for everyone.
Happy Pride Month! | sociology |
http://www.lunchlady.ca/about/culture | 2013-05-19T17:46:34 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697917013/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095157-00057-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.959072 | 424 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-20__0__69016352 | en | Giving parents peace of mind.
Our goal is to make it easy for families to make healthy decisions by offering healthier alternatives to the communities that we serve.
We serve our meals to thousands of elementary students each school day. We sincerely believe that we are ethically bound to help schools provide healthier options for their students. The Lunch Lady is dedicated to meeting strict health standards in all of our schools, including the new Ontario Food and Beverage Policy [PPM 150]. By creating a fun, yet healthier menu, parents never have to say "No" to a Lunch Lady menu choice.
A Nut Free environment is just the start. We do our best to make it possible for every child at school to participate in our programs, even those with severe food allergies, food sensitivities and diabetes. We do not want anyone to feel left out. We keep a food profile on children with special food needs and modify meals to fit their requirements. If you have any inquiries regarding our allergy management program please feel free to contact us at [email protected].
Customer Service Excellence
We are dedicated to constantly serving you better. We strive to be kid, school, and parent friendly. We understand the busy lives of parents and their school communities. We handle all administration from start to finish and are always looking to improve our level of service.
Reducing Our Environmental Footprint
Recycling, Boomerang lunches, waste reduction - it's essential. We love to talk to classes about ways that each student can make a difference just by recycling their food packaging and taking leftovers home every school day. It's all about enjoying food without waste.
The Lunch Lady is a part of every community that it serves. We understand the value of giving back.The Lunch Lady is devoted to creating programs that help raise money both in and out of the lunchroom. Additionally, some of our kitchens support their local communities by providing special workplaces for special people. The Lunch Lady is dedicated to providing a friendly and safe work environment for young adults who need the opportunity to learn essential job skills. | sociology |
http://www.scgullahpeoples.net/conservative-onslaught-in-latin-america-holding-back-womens-rights/ | 2018-01-19T08:00:51 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-05/segments/1516084887832.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20180119065719-20180119085719-00777.warc.gz | 0.947523 | 514 | CC-MAIN-2018-05 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-05__0__67243327 | en | As the modern world comes to embrace ideas such as dating sites, like latin-brides.net, people around the world come to accept a more open and lax, but still respectful treatment of gender and sexuality.
Apparently, that’s hit a bit of a snag in Latin America, as women’s rights in the region have encountered some opposition in the form of conservative and fundamentalist ideologies.
The issue was mentioned by the Argentinean lawyer Susana Chiarotti, a member of the Advisory Council of the Latin America Committee for the Defence of Women’s Rights (CLADEM), who stated that this was a concerning issue. She took note of this problem plaguing women’s rights at the most appropriate day; the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, held every November 25.
That day marks the beginning of 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, which continues up until Human Rights Day on the 10th of December, led by UNiTE, wherein different sub-agencies of the United nations work together to promote and ensure human rights.
According to Chiarotti, these conservative and fundamentalist movements; anti-women’s rights campaigns, aren’t scattered, random or disorganized. They have a clear structure, setup, financial backing and coordinated. Chiarotti says that conservative sectors across Latin America are connected with each other, and coordinate with each other. Which she says is clear by how the counter-movement against women’s rights is properly reproduced in multiple Latin America counties like Bolivia, Argentina, and Dominican Republic, among others.
A report by the UN Women agency and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), shows data reinforcing Chiarotti’sstatements, that while there are national policies aimed at protecting women across Latin America, the high rates of violence in Latin America remain a serious issue.
The report, dubbed From Commitment to Action: Policies to End Violence against Women in Latin America and the Caribbean warns that, even with new policies for protecting women’s rights, the number of femicides in the region is going up, with 40% of which are the result domestic violence.
According to women’s right activists, this anti-feminist and trans-homophobic countermovement stems from ultraconservative people from evangelical Christian communities, the type of people who would oppose something like latin-brides.net, who claim that they simply uphold the traditional values of the heterosexual couples. | sociology |
http://www.officerdown.com/fallen.cfm?id=23211&sh=y&CFID=533744&CFTOKEN=29330365 | 2020-07-09T14:09:56 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-29/segments/1593655900335.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20200709131554-20200709161554-00366.warc.gz | 0.99421 | 122 | CC-MAIN-2020-29 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-29__0__207174874 | en | Sergeant Howell Burchfield was stabbed to death when he was attacked by an inmate at the San Quentin State Prison's Carson Unit.
He was stabbed in the heart causing him to bleed to death. All three inmates involved in the attack were convicted of his murder. The inmate who stabbed him and the inmate who ordered the stabbing were sentenced to life with no possibility of parole. The inmate who made and provided the shank was sentenced to death.
Sergeant Burchfield had been employed with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation for 12 years, and is survived by his wife and five children. | sociology |
http://emerydanielshistory.blogspot.com/2010/09/1920-us-census-abigail-kiefer-dorothy.html | 2018-05-23T09:09:37 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-22/segments/1526794865468.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20180523082914-20180523102914-00518.warc.gz | 0.983156 | 277 | CC-MAIN-2018-22 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-22__0__82794 | en | Here is the 1920 US Census mentioned yesterday for Dorothy Holder, the niece of my great grandfather, Fred Daniels. Dorothy was living in the household of her grandmother, Abigail (Williams), who had remarried for a 3rd time to Louis C Kiefer.
This census includes Abigail's three children from her first marriage to Fred J Emery - Fred Jr, Alice Mabel and Frank.
There are a few things unusual about this census:
- Fred Jr (and family) was already listed on a separate census record as living in his own household on Leland Avenue, in Chicago
- I've not been able to locate a census record for Alice Mabel living with her husband Fred C Holder Jr since their marriage in 1907
- This particular census indicates the marital status of Abigail's children is "unknown". How a mother would not know the status of her children is rather unusual
- This is the only census record I've come across that lists Abigail's son Frank, who I believe may actually have died prior to 1900
My theory is that the census taker (or document?) asked how many children the woman of the house had and Abigail provided the names of her children, failing to include their marital status. The census bureau, not knowing any different, just included them as having lived in the household. | sociology |
https://www.pelicad.com/blog/ar-urban-planning | 2024-04-21T01:54:00 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817699.6/warc/CC-MAIN-20240421005612-20240421035612-00190.warc.gz | 0.888978 | 294 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__97156572 | en | In the dynamic landscape of urban development, stakeholder engagement and effective communication are key to success. Augmented Reality (AR) emerges as a transformative tool, offering innovative solutions for enhancing citizen understanding and participation in Smart City projects.
AR enables the visualization of urban development plans, providing citizens with a tangible understanding of proposed environmental changes. By uploading 3D CAD planning data to the cloud, these AR visualizations become possible, bridging the gap between complex concepts and public comprehension.
In addition to visualizing project impacts, AR can analyze climate data to identify heat islands, fostering environmentally sustainable urban design. This technology empowers citizens to actively engage in discussions about the future of their cities.
The relevance of AR in urban planning cannot be overstated. It catalyzes the transition towards smarter cities by making complex plans accessible to decision-makers, citizens, and investors alike. With AR, cities become more efficient, environmentally friendly, and livable, paving the way for a brighter future.
Furthermore, the move to cloud-based planning accelerates access to AR and other cutting-edge technologies. Platforms like Pelicad streamline the visualization process, empowering urban planners with efficient tools for design and analysis.
In conclusion, Augmented Reality holds immense potential in reshaping urban landscapes. By fostering transparency, understanding, and collaboration, AR paves the way for smarter, more sustainable cities that prioritize the needs and well-being of their residents. | sociology |
http://jamesrichardsonconsultants.co.uk/2011/10/11/fiddling-while-rome-burns/ | 2018-02-21T22:38:24 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-09/segments/1518891813818.15/warc/CC-MAIN-20180221222354-20180222002354-00200.warc.gz | 0.969107 | 592 | CC-MAIN-2018-09 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-09__0__245439775 | en | It’s not much fun being a public sector employee at the moment. As well as constant job cuts and adjustments to working conditions, the Government is also proposing changes to pension rights for many of them – though not for MPs, as many have been quick to point out.
Things have now reached the stage where Unison, the main Public Sector Trade Union, is balloting its members over strike action, in an effort to force the Government to change its mind. By and large, sympathy from people working in the Private Sector has been distinctly muted over this issue and it’s not hard to see why: most people who work in Industry or Commerce (even Bankers….) suffered major losses to their pension rights 10 or 15 years ago, when the majority of Private Sector employers began to close Defined Benefit, (or Final Salary) pension schemes to new entrants and began to offer Defined Contribution (or Money Purchase) schemes in their place. More recently, there has been a second wave of closures, where DB schemes have been closed completely and their remaining active members have been transferred to new, and generally less favourable DC pension arrangements. It’s easy to see why these people are not too worried about the demise of Public Sector DB pensions (which they are indirectly paying for, via taxation), when they faced the same issue some years ago.
It’s also worth noting that, whilst the changes include increases in contributions in return for diminished benefits, the schemes continue to be related to earnings, rather than depending on the accrual of a cash sum to buy benefits at retirement – so benefits are predictable and secure, rather than depending on the joint uncertainties of fund growth and annuity rates at the time of retirement.
The argument in favour of generous pensions for public sector employees used to be based on the fact that earnings were traditionally less in the public sector and that additional benefits, such as bonuses, company cars and the like, were less in evidence. In recent years the picture has changed somewhat and, if you believe some statistics, Public Sector employees now earn, on average, more than their opposite numbers in the Private Sector, whilst still enjoying high quality pensions and (until recently, at least) relative job security.
I have a lot of sympathy for those working in the Public Sector but, like an awful lot of people, I believe that the current strike ballots – and subsequent strike action – will not get mass support from elsewhere. Much time will be spent, and rhetoric spouted, by Unison, to little avail. Most people laugh at the idea of a multi-millionaire Old Etonian telling us that “We’re all in this together” and – I fear – the same laughter will greet the public sector unions as they try to convince us to carry on paying the ever-increasing cost of their pensions.
Help! I sound like a Daily Mail editorial……………… | sociology |
http://rochedalecommunitygarden.net.au/community-award/ | 2018-01-22T16:06:50 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-05/segments/1516084891485.97/warc/CC-MAIN-20180122153557-20180122173557-00168.warc.gz | 0.974612 | 104 | CC-MAIN-2018-05 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-05__0__27112307 | en | Congratulations to Rochedale Community Garden Member, Steve Griffin who received the Southside Enviroment Award at the 2016 Queensland Day Southside Community Awards event on 4th June.
Steve who generously donated a portion of land from his own property in 2012 has been an integral member of Rochedale Community Garden donating not only the land but his time and home facilities to make Rochedale Community Garden an asset to the local community.
Steve received his award from local MP, Ian Walker. An award well earned!!! | sociology |
http://ehjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1476-069X-8-46 | 2016-02-14T10:03:27 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-07/segments/1454701174607.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20160205193934-00032-ip-10-236-182-209.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.92866 | 4,543 | CC-MAIN-2016-07 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2016-07__0__154104570 | en | Preliminary spatiotemporal analysis of the association between socio-environmental factors and suicide
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© Qi et al. 2009
Received: 12 June 2009
Accepted: 1 October 2009
Published: 1 October 2009
The seasonality of suicide has long been recognised. However, little is known about the relative importance of socio-environmental factors in the occurrence of suicide in different geographical areas. This study examined the association of climate, socioeconomic and demographic factors with suicide in Queensland, Australia, using a spatiotemporal approach.
Seasonal data on suicide, demographic variables and socioeconomic indexes for areas in each Local Government Area (LGA) between 1999 and 2003 were acquired from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Climate data were supplied by the Australian Bureau of Meteorology. A multivariable generalized estimating equation model was used to examine the impact of socio-environmental factors on suicide.
The preliminary data analyses show that far north Queensland had the highest suicide incidence (e.g., Cook and Mornington Shires), while the south-western areas had the lowest incidence (e.g., Barcoo and Bauhinia Shires) in all the seasons. Maximum temperature, unemployment rate, the proportion of Indigenous population and the proportion of population with low individual income were statistically significantly and positively associated with suicide. There were weaker but not significant associations for other variables.
Maximum temperature, the proportion of Indigenous population and unemployment rate appeared to be major determinants of suicide at a LGA level in Queensland.
Suicide is one of the major causes of mortality around the world with about 877,000 suicide deaths each year globally . Socio-environmental impacts on mental health, including suicide, have drawn increasing research attention, especially in recent years as global socio-environmental conditions change rapidly [2, 3].
A number of studies have examined the impact of meteorological factors on suicide and found that lower suicide rates were associated with increased rainfall , decreased temperature , decreased humidity , and increased sunshine . Additionally, some studies indicated that suicide rates varied with season [8, 9]. Socioeconomic status [10, 11], unemployment rate [12–14], country of birth [15, 16], governmental policy [17, 18] and intervention [19, 20] were also associated with suicide in different countries and areas.
Most of the previous suicide studies have focused on either meteorological or socioeconomic factors alone, and none has examined their combined effect. As all these factors can influence suicide in different aspects, the impact of these factors on suicide, thus, should be studied in a systematic way, to help formulating effective suicide prevention strategies. In addition, few of the previous studies have applied geographical information system (GIS) and or spatial analysis approaches to assess the geographical difference of suicide, and the socio-environmental impact on suicide [21, 22].
Spatiotemporal analysis of the impact of socio-environmental factors on suicide is critical because the distribution of suicide deaths and its determinants may vary with time and place, especially in Queensland, a large state with a wide range of climatic conditions and socioeconomic positions. The study consisted of four phases: data collection, data linkage and management, descriptive analyses, bivariable and multivariable analyses.
The meteorological data, including monthly rainfall (RF), maximum temperature (MaxT) and minimum temperature (MinT) were supplied by the Australian Bureau of Meteorology. Suicide, socioeconomic and demographic data were obtained from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).
The suicide data, covering a five-year period (1999-2003), included information on age, sex, year and month of suicide and Statistical Local Area (SLA) code. There are 125 Local Government Areas (LGAs) in Queensland in 2001 and each LGA has one or more SLAs. Suicide data were transferred into the LGA-based data, using the LGA codes from Australian Standard Geographical Classification (ASGC) . Average suicide counts in total and by gender were calculated for each season at the LGA level (September, October and November for spring; December, January and February for summer; March, April and May for autumn; and June, July and August for winter).
The meteorological database was composed of monthly grid (0.25°*0.25°, longitude and latitude; equivalent to the area of about 25 km*25 km) data. We used Vertical Mapper, a GIS tool, to transfer the meteorological data into the LGA data. Vertical Mapper was incorporated into the MapInfo, which was then used as a platform to perform the data link, data transfer and spatial display. After primary data retrieving and transferring, the structure of monthly meteorological data at the LGA level was established. The means of seasonal meteorological data at LGA level were calculated from monthly data.
Socio-economic Indexes for Area (SEIFA) and demographic data at the LGA level were based on CDATA 2001 of ABS, a database which provides information of 2001 Australian Census of Population and Housing, digital statistical boundaries, base map data and socio-economic data. We directly applied SEIFA and demographic data from the CDATA in the analysis.
SEIFA included four indices: the Index of Relative Socio-economic Advantage and Disadvantage (i.e., IRSAD, the higher IRSAD index, the higher socioeconomic position), the Index of Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage (i.e., IRSD, reflecting disadvantage such as low income and education level, high unemployment and unskilled occupations), the Index of Economic Resources (i.e., IER, reflecting the general level of availability to economic resources of residents and households) and the Index of Education and Occupation (i.e., IEO, reflecting the general educational level and occupational skills of people). All these indices were obtained from CDATA 2001.
Demographic variables included population, Indigenous population, unemployed population, population with low individual income (below AU$ 200 per week) and low education level (Year 9 and below). Using these numbers the following statistics were calculated: the proportion of Indigenous population (PIP), unemployment rate (UER), proportion of population with low individual income (PPLII) and proportion of population with low education level (PPLEL).
A series of GIS and statistical methods were used to analyse these data. MapInfo (including Vertical Mapper incorporated) was used to explore the spatial patterns of socio-environmental variables and suicide.
Univariable analysis was applied to describe characteristics of each variable (suicide and socio-environmental factors). This step is important because it can show the pattern of distribution of each variable, and then select appropriate approaches for bivariable and multivariable analysis. Pearson correlations were applied for bivariable analysis after some non-normally-distributed data (suicide mortality rate, rainfall, IRSD, PIP and UER) were transformed into approximately normally-distributed values by logarithm transformation. The multicollinearity was tested for selecting variables for the multivariable modelling process. The multivariable generalized estimating equation (GEE) regression models with a Poisson link were developed to assess the possible impact of socio-environmental factors on suicide, after adjustment for the effects of potential confounders. The GEE model is well suited to analyse the repeated longitudinal data (e.g., climate data) . This approach has also been used in other studies [28, 29]. Spatial autocorrelation is defined as an auto-correlated association of a certain spatial variable with its spatial location, which means observations have similar values if they are close to each other in geographical aspect . In this study, spatial autocorrelation test was applied to examine the variation of suicide between small areas. Semivariogram analysis was used to explore the spatial structure and spatial autocorrelation of suicide mortalities in Queensland, where semivariogram values were calculated on the basis of residuals. If there is spatial autocorrelation in model residuals, values are typically low and the semivariance increases with separation distance [30, 31]. Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) and S+ SpatialStats software were used for data analysis.
Suicide counts by year and month for both male (upper value) and females (lower value, italics)*
In the population of the whole Queensland, 36.4% of males and 34.4% of females were 24-year age and below. 29.5% of males and 30.1% of females aged between 25 and 44. 23.5% of male population and 22.9% of female population were between 45 and 64-year-age. Other people aged at 65-year and above. In the age structure of suicides, 16.4% of males and 15.2% females were adolescents and youth (aged at 24-year or below). 46.9% of males and 48.6% of females aged between 25 and 44-year. 24.6% of male suicides and 25.8% of female suicides were between 45 and 64-year age. 12.1% of males and 10.4% of females were older-aged adults (65 and over).
Characteristics of suicide mortality, socio-demographic and environmental factors*
Total mortality (per 100,000)
Male ASM rate (per 100,000)
Female ASM rate (per 100,000)
Total PIP (%)
Male PIP (%)
Female PIP (%)
Total UER (%)
Male UER (%)
Female UER (%)
Total PPLII (%)
Male PPLII (%)
Female PPLII (%)
Total PPLEL (%)
Male PPLEL (%)
Female PPLEL (%)
In general, male suicides were recorded in the most LGAs, except for the southwest and some part of the central areas. Only 17 LGAs (13.6% of total) had no suicide recorded in the whole study period. Most female suicides occurred in the southeast, coastal and far north areas. There were very few female suicides in the majority of inland areas Queensland. Almost half (61 of 125) of total LGAs had no female suicide between 1999 and 2003.
Pearson correlations between socio-environmental factors and suicide for both male (upper value) and females (lower value, italics)§
In the assessment of multicollinearity between socio-environmental variables, we found that some SEIFA indexes (e.g., IRSAD and IER) were highly correlated (r = 0.90). Thus, IRSD index was used to represent SEIFA in this study because of its strongest association with suicide across four SEIFA indexes. In addition, MinT and MaxT were also highly correlated (r = 0.85), and therefore, we use MaxT and MinT in separate models.
Regression of socio-environmental determinants of suicide for both male (upper value) and females (lower value, italics)*
RR (95% CI)
1.09 (0.95 -- 1.26)
1.12(0.63 -- 1.98)
1.24 (1.04 -- 1.47)
0.93(0.57 -- 1.51)
0.98 (0.94 -- 1.03)
1.05 (0.88 -- 1.26)
1.07 (1.01 -- 1.13)
1.23 (1.03 -- 1.48)
1.08 (0.89 -- 1.32)
1.09 (1.01 -- 1.18)
1.45 (1.23 -- 1.72)
0.84 (0.64 -- 1.10)
0.87 (0.69 -- 1.09)
1.18 (0.96 -- 1.46)
This study examined the relationship between socio-environmental factors and suicide using GIS and spatiotemporal analysis approaches. A range of climate, socioeconomic and demographic determinants were included in this quantitative analysis.
The results of this study indicate some key socio-environmental predictors of suicide at the LGA level. The preliminary spatiotemporal analyses show that far north Queensland had the highest suicide mortality, while the south-western areas had the lowest mortality rate in all the seasons. MaxT, PPLII and PIP were positively associated with total and male suicide. UER had a positive association with total and female suicide. RF had a significant and positive association with total suicide only. However, no significant association was found for SEIFA and PPLEL.
Some of the previous studies found that rainfall was negatively associated with suicide [4, 32], while some other studies showed that this association was very weak [33, 34]. Persistent rainfall deficiency results in drought, which causes reduction of crops in rural areas and adds financial burden to local residents, especially farmers [32, 35]. In rural areas, farmers and other residents usually have less social support than urban residents, and this situation can get worse due to drought . All these add stress, anxiety and mental health problems among the rural population which will eventually lead to suicidal behaviours and even suicide. However, this study only covered 5-year rainfall and suicide data, so it is difficult to determine the long term effect of rainfall on suicide. Another explanation for this discrepancy is that Queensland is in tropical and subtropical areas with much rainfall in general, especially in coastal areas. Even during drought periods, rainfall in Queensland is still much higher than other states in Australia.
In this study, higher MaxT was accompanied with increased suicide mortality at a LGA level. This finding corroborates previous reports [6, 37, 38]. For instance, some studies discovered that higher temperature can lead to decreased availability of tryptophan in human body, one of the 20 standard amino acids, then the volume of 5-Hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA) synthesized from tryptophan greatly reduced . As 5-HIAA can reduce depression among humans , therefore, the reduced 5-HIAA indirectly caused by high temperature leads to more depression and other mental health problems among population, even suicidal behaviours. We also examined the association between minimum temperature and suicide in the GEE model, but the association was very weak.
This study demonstrates a general trend that LGAs with higher PIP had higher rates of suicide. As most of the Indigenous population are located in rural areas, these communities often have lower SES and less opportunities of healthcare, including mental health services. The rapid social change in Australia may also affect the Indigenous communities, with more unhealthy behaviours such as excessive alcohol use and family violence . The environmental injustice in this study should not be ignored. Some activities (e.g., construction of water systems, land use, and management of organizations) may cause cultural, environmental and economic risks and hazards among the local communities, especially in the areas with low SES and high proportion of Indigenous population [42, 43]. The above factors contribute to the higher suicide occurrence and deaths in communities with a high proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in Queensland . Other studies in the United States also indicate that suicide mortality rates were higher in the areas with higher proportion of Indigenous population than in the other areas [45–47]. These studies also discovered that suicide is associated with harsh environmental and social conditions.
Increased unemployment rate directly reduces individual and family income, and thus can cause the financial burden and result in anxiety and stress among family members, especially for a less skilled population. These may increase the risk of mental health problems and suicidal behaviours. This can explain why unemployment had an adverse impact on suicide. Previous studies also discovered that higher unemployment rate can enhance the risk of suicide behaviour and suicide [48–50]. In this study, unemployment had more significant impact on female suicide than male suicide. In recent years, more females participated in labour force than before, thus more females would experience unemployment as a consequence . A study in Portugal also indicated that female suicide increased, as women play more important roles in the socioeconomic status and the stress of unemployment on them was more prominent than before .
Previous studies have indicated that higher socioeconomic status (SES) areas usually have lower suicide mortality [10, 11], as high SES areas usually have higher employment rates, increased income and more accesses to training and education, compared with low SES areas . In this study, we did not find a significant association between SEIFA and suicide, which may be due to a short time series dataset (5 years) and the use of a snapshot measure of SEIFA (i.e., disadvantage index in 2001).
Some studies indicate that the population with low income had higher suicide rate [54, 55]. Generally, rural areas have higher proportion of population with low income, while healthcare (including mental health care) facilities are less developed and less accessible than urban areas. This can lead to increased mental health problems, even suicidal behaviours, among the local population. The results of this study are consistent with previous studies.
Some studies conducted in temperate areas like Brazil and Italy observed a peak of suicide in late spring and early summer. In this study, there were suicide peaks in August and October between 1999 and 2003. More suicides occurred in summer than other seasons. The results in this study were not completely consistent with previous studies, partly because all the LGAs of Queensland are in tropical and subtropical zones, and the four seasons are not evident in many places, especially in the north Queensland.
This study has several strengths. Firstly, this is the first study to examine an association between a wide range of socio-environmental factors and suicide at a LGA level in Queensland. Secondly, this study used a comprehensive spatial dataset, GIS and a range of quantitative analytical methods to compare the differences of socio-environmental impact on suicide over time and space. Thirdly, this study examined how socio-environmental factors influence the likelihood of suicide after taking into account a range of confounding factors, including gender, population size and SEIFA at the LGA level. Finally, the results of this study may have implications in public health policy making and implementation of suicide prevention intervention.
The limitations of this study should also be acknowledged. Firstly, the time series data set for analysis is short, compared with other studies [32, 37, 57]. Secondly, climate condition varies in different zones within each LGA, especially those covering large areas. So it is difficult to actually determine the climate condition in the geographical spot of each suicide death. Thirdly, the SEIFA index and demographic data at the LGA level were only based on 2001 Population Census, so it cannot reflect any changes in socioeconomic and demographic features during the whole study period. Thus the results of this study should be interpreted cautiously. Finally, this study only included several socio-environmental variables (i.e., rainfall, temperature, SEIFA, demographic variables), while other factors like personal and family history of mental health and psychiatric problems [58, 59], local health service facilities , nutrition [61, 62], religion [63, 64], alcohol and drug use [65–67] may also influence mental health status and suicidal behaviours. However, the information on these variables was unavailable in this study.
The impact of socio-environmental change on mental health has drawn much attention. On the one hand, the current global financial crisis is likely to deepen, and it will almost certainly have negative effects on the trend of suicide. On the other hand, as climate change continues, the frequency, intensity and duration of weather extremes (e.g., flood, drought and cyclone) are likely to increase in the coming decade, it may also lead to the increase in suicide. Thus it is vital to strengthen surveillance system on weather extremes (e.g., high temperature) and social changes (e.g., unemployment) as well as the impacts of these changes on mental health [68–70]. Governmental officials, epidemiologists, psychiatrists, environmental health workers, economists, meteorologists and community leaders should work together to design, develop and implement effective suicide prevention and control strategies through an integrated and systematic approach.
In this study, we discovered that suicide ASM varied between LGAs by gender. Maximum temperature, the proportion of Indigenous population and unemployment rate appeared to be major determinants of suicide at a LGA level in Queensland. Other factors, such as rainfall, education and income level, had no significant association with suicide at a LGA level, during the period 1999-2003. These findings may have implications in planning and implementing population-based suicide interventions.
(Australian Bureau of Statistics)
(age-adjusted standardized mortality)
(geographical information system)
(generalized estimating equation)
(Index of Relative Socio-economic Advantage and Disadvantage)
(Index of Relative Socio-economic Advantage and Disadvantage)
(Index of Education and Occupation)
(Index of Economic Resources)
(Local Governmental area)
(proportion of Indigenous population)
(proportion of population with low individual income)
(proportion of population with low educational level)
(Socioeconomic Indexes for Areas)
(statistical local area)
We owe much to Dr. Andrew Page of the University of Queensland, for providing the suicide data, Dr. Aaron Walker and Mr. Hang Jin from Queensland University of Technology (QUT) for valuable support in linking and arranging the climate data, and Dr. Adrian Barnett from QUT for contributing to data analysis and modeling.
This article is published under license to BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. | sociology |
https://www.treia.org/event-calendar/2017/5/30/clean-tx-may-power-lunch | 2019-08-21T23:05:52 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-35/segments/1566027316549.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20190821220456-20190822002456-00207.warc.gz | 0.940751 | 133 | CC-MAIN-2019-35 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-35__0__64126266 | en | It's no secret that the mobility space is changing dramatically. Automated vehicles, TNCs, and flying cars are just a few of the emerging and visionary technological advances that are shifting how we think about personal mobility. However, despite the quickly shifting mobility landscape, the way Austin conceives and implements transportation planning remains a relatively static affair centered on public servants and planners.
Since 2014, Glasshouse Policy has explored new ways to bring the public into the policy making process. Join us for a presentation and conversation about the bright future of transportation planning and how more community engagement, not less, could lead to more efficient, impactful, and aspirational mobility outcomes. | sociology |
https://www.ttusd.org/site/default.aspx?PageType=3&ModuleInstanceID=4&ViewID=ed695a1c-ef13-4546-b4eb-4fefcdd4f389&RenderLoc=0&FlexDataID=6062&PageID=1&Comments=true | 2019-05-20T04:59:48 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-22/segments/1558232255562.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20190520041753-20190520063753-00021.warc.gz | 0.96796 | 454 | CC-MAIN-2019-22 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-22__0__27445892 | en | Later Start Update from CLO
May 2, 2019
At last night’s board meeting, the co-chairs of our TTUSD Committee to Consider Later Starts for Secondary Schools gave a presentation to the board which included a recap of the work the committee completed, results of their survey, and the committee’s comprehensive evaluation of the information shared.
As a reminder, the TTUSD Committee to Consider Later Starts for Secondary Schools was formed in late December of 2018 and consisted of 26 stakeholders. The stakeholders include parents, students, teachers, community members, a DELAC (District English Language Advisory Committee) representative, and administrators, all of whom represent a variety of viewpoints. This balanced committee was tasked with evaluating the potential of changing school start times and to ultimately make a recommendation to the board.
Part of their work included surveying parents, middle and high school students, and staff. Thanks to all of you who participated in the surveys. We received over 2,500 responses were received (1,118 parents responded, 1,189 middle and high school students responded, and 248 of our staff responded).
In summary, they found that while many supported a change in school schedules, the responses were extremely divided. After careful evaluation of the benefits and impacts identified for students and families, the committee felt that the magnitude of the negative impacts were far too significant. Their recommendation to the board was that no changes to the bell schedules be made at this time.
The majority of the respondents felt that sleep was a concern for adolescents and we willl look at alternative strategies to address sleep concerns to support parents, including what can be done at home to increase the amount of sleep our adolescents get.
Following the presentation and board discussion, the board approved the committee’s recommendation and thanked the committee members and the co-chairs for all their time, energy, and hard work in their evaluation process.
I am very grateful as well for all of the work the committee did on behalf of our district! Thank you for serving on the committee.
Click here to view the committee’s presentation to the board which includes a good recap of their work and findings.
Robert J. Leri, Ed.D.
Superintendent Chief Learning Officer | sociology |
https://westsoundhall.org/club | 2024-04-15T06:47:11 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296816942.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20240415045222-20240415075222-00026.warc.gz | 0.892483 | 147 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__94177321 | en | West Sound Community Club
The West Sound Community Club is a group of neighbors and friends living in the West Sound area. Together we steward the West Sound Hall, and gather monthly for potlucks and other community events.
Members of the West Sound community, past and present, have invested time, money, and talent in creating a true old-fashioned community center. For over one hundred years, the hall has provided continuity for the residents and guests of the West Sound community. The current residents continue the commitment to maintain this unique gathering place out of care and respect for past and future generations.
The West Sound Community Club is a nonprofit, tax-exempt corporation under Section 501(c)3 of the Internal Revenue Code. | sociology |
https://chhd.uconn.edu/old-stuff-ispcs/ | 2017-11-24T23:43:53 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-47/segments/1510934809160.77/warc/CC-MAIN-20171124234011-20171125014011-00667.warc.gz | 0.813272 | 1,856 | CC-MAIN-2017-47 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-47__0__191348666 | en | International Study of Parents, Children, and Schools
The International Study of Parents, Children, and Schools (ISPCS) is a collaborative international research project that focuses on parents’ cultural belief systems, their instantiation in cultural practices of childrearing, and the relationship between these beliefs and practices at home and teachers’ beliefs and practices in the organization of children’s learning environments at school. Our approach is based on an elaboration of the “developmental niche,” a theoretical framework for understanding the interface between child and culture (Harkness & Super, 1996; Super & Harkness, 1999).
The ISPCS was initiated in 1995, with core support from the Spencer Foundation, bringing together researchers from seven countries for an initial planning meeting in Leiden, The Netherlands. The lead investigators brought to this project a rich mixture of disciplinary backgrounds and research interests: they included Giovanna Axia (University of Padua, Italy), Jesus Palacios (University of Seville, Spain); Andrzej Eliasz (Advanced School of Social Psychology and Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland); Barbara Welles-Nyström (University of Stockholm, Sweden); and the late Harry McGurk (Australian Institute of Family Studies, Melbourne, Australia). Sara Harkness and Charles Super (University of Connecticut, USA) have been the lead investigators for the Dutch and American research in addition to coordinating the overall project.
The study sample in each cultural site consists of approximately 60 families with target children divided evenly into five age-groups balanced for birth order and sex: 6 months, 18 months, 3 years, 4.5 years, and 7 to 8 years. The sample families, recruited mostly through community networks, were broadly middle-class, with one or both parents employed and no major health problems; most of them were nuclear families with both parents present in the home; and parents in each sample were all native-born to that culture. Using a combination of psychological and ethnographic methods, we collected parallel data in each sample on parents’ and teachers’ ideas, on many aspects of child and family life, and on child temperament. Findings from the ISPCS address a variety of theoretical issues including the delineation of cultural models of the child and family, the relationship between culture and child temperament, issues of parenting stress and coping, intergenerational transmission of parenting, and cultural variability in teachers’ models of learning and development.
Findings from the ISPCS have been presented at numerous national and international conferences, including the meetings of the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development, the Society for Research in Child Development, the American Anthropological Association, the Society for Cross-cultural Research, and the European Society for Developmental Psychology, as well as the European Conference on Personality and the Occasional Temperament Conference. Continuing collaboration among members of the research teams is generating a series of publications in scholarly journals and books, listed below.
For further information on the ISPCS, please contact Sara Harkness.
Harkness, S. & Super, C. M. (Eds.). (1996). Parents’ cultural belief systems: Their origins, expressions, and consequences . New York: Guilford Press.
Super, C. M., & Harkness, S. (1999). The environment as culture in developmental research. In S. L. Friedman & T. D. Wachs (Eds.), Measurement of the environment in developmental research (pp. 279-323). Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.
ISPCS Publications (selected)
Harkness, S., Zylicz, P. O., Super, C. M., Welles-Nyström, B., Ríos Bermúdez, M., Bonichini, S., Moscardino, U., & Mavridis, C. J. (2011). Children’s activities and their meanings for parents: A mixed-methods study in six Western cultures. Journal of Family Psychology, 25(6), 799-813.
Harkness, S., Super, C. M., Rios Bermudez, M., Moscardino, U., Blom, M. J. M., Rha, J.-H., Mavridis, C. J., Bonichini, S., Huitrón, B., Welles-Nyström, B., Palacios, J., Hyun, O.-K., Soriano, G., & Zylicz, P. O. (2010). Parental ethnotheories of children’s learning. In D. F. Lancy, J. Bock, & S. Gaskins (Eds.), The anthropology of learning in childhood (pp. 65-81). Lanham, MD: Alta-Mira Press.
Super, C. M., Axia, G., Harkness, S., Welles-Nyström, B., Zylicz, P.O., Ríos Bermúdez, M., Bonichini, S., Parmar, P., Moscardino, U., Kolar, V., Palacios, J., & McGurk, H. (2008). Culture, temperament, and the Adifficult child:@ A study in seven Western cultures. European Journal of Developmental Science, 2(1-2), 136-157.
Harkness, S., Blom, M., Oliva, A., Moscardino, U., Zylicz, P. O., Rios Bermudez, M., Feng, X., Axia, G., & Super, C. M. (in press 2007). Teachers’ ethnotheories of the “ideal student” in five Western cultures. Comparative Education, 43(1), 113-135. Reprinted in J. Elliott & E. Grigorenko (Eds.), Western psychological and educational theory in diverse contexts. New York: Routledge.
Harkness, S., Moscardino, U., Rios Bermudez, M., Zylicz, P.O., Welles-Nystrom, B., Blom, M., Parmar, P., Axia, G., & Super, C.M. (2006). Mixed methods in international collaborative research: The experiences of the International Study of Parents, Children, and Schools. Cross-Cultural Research, 40 (1), 65-82.
Harkness, S. (2005). Themes and variations: Parental ethnotheories Western cultures. In K. Rubin & O.B. Chung (Eds.), Parental beliefs, parenting, and child development in cross-cultural perspective . London: Psychology Press.
Harkness, S., Super, C. M., Axia, V., Eliasz, A., Palacios, J., & Welles-Nystrom, B. (2001). Cultural pathways to successful parenting. Newsletter of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development , 1(38), 9-13.
Harkness, S., Super, C.M., & van Tijen, N. (2000) Individualism and the “Western mind” reconsidered: American and Dutch parents’ ethnotheories of the child. In S. Harkness, C. Raeff, & C.M. Super (Eds.), Variability in the social construction of the child (pp. 23-39). New Directions for Child Development. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, No. 87.
Harkness, S., & Super, C.M. (1999). From parents’ cultural belief systems to behavior: Implications for the development of early intervention programs. In L. Eldering & P. Leseman (Eds.), Effective early education: Cross-cultural perspectives (pp. 67-90.). New York: Falmer Press.
Harkness, S. (1998). Time for families. Commissioned commentary for Anthropology Newsletter , November 1998, pp. 1,4.
Harkness, S., & Super, C.M. (1997) “An infant’s ‘three R’s’.” Natural History , October, p. 45.
Super, C. M., Harkness, S., van Tijen, N., van der Vlugt, E., Fintelman, M., & Dijkstra, J. (1996). The “Three R’s of Dutch child rearing and the socialization of infant state. In S. Harkness & C. M. Super (Eds.), Parents’ cultural belief systems: Their origins, expressions, and consequences (pp. 447-466). New York: Guilford Press. | sociology |
https://theviewfromthestreet.wordpress.com/about/ | 2018-07-23T03:41:03 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-30/segments/1531676594886.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20180723032237-20180723052237-00271.warc.gz | 0.948203 | 164 | CC-MAIN-2018-30 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-30__0__130475757 | en | Living for and with our most vulnerable neighbors.
Through living for and with our most vulnerable neighbors we foster an intentional and diverse Christian community where everyone is welcome, belongs and discovers their gifts of service. We do this by sharing life together, being present in the midst of both suffering and joy, and actively working toward freedom and interdependence.
Through our Center for Practical Theology we provide opportunities to theologically reflect on and practically engage with practices and policies that directly relate to and impact life in community and with our most vulnerable neighbors. The Center’s programs include mission teams, internships/fellowships, training events, speaking engagements, and a convention. The Center also hosts this blog, documenting and educating about life in community with the vulnerable.
Church on the Street was founded in 1999. | sociology |
http://www.mindfulnessbasedtraumatreatment.com/post-traumatic-stress-disorder/video-post-traumatic-stress-disorder/finding-the-upside-of-down/ | 2018-06-22T18:48:01 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-26/segments/1529267864776.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20180622182027-20180622202027-00001.warc.gz | 0.952173 | 101 | CC-MAIN-2018-26 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-26__0__238736338 | en | When people go through a massive traumatic event 5 – 35% will experience Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Many fear they will never find joy again. Yet strangely, a subgroup become better people. They still experience pain, anguish, and loss, but eventually, some say life holds a new richness as a result of the trauma.
New science reveals how great pain & loss often pushes survivors to face their own mortality and to find a more meaningful and fulfilling understanding of who they are. | sociology |
https://boblarcher.com/personal-development/accepting-feedback/ | 2024-04-13T12:09:00 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296816734.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20240413114018-20240413144018-00432.warc.gz | 0.969171 | 576 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__83726897 | en | “Feedback is the breakfast of champions”
Unfortunately, like a good breakfast, you need to be able to digest it, for it to be useful.
Accepting feedback is often difficult, even when people try to be tactful and use a method like DESC or OFNR, many of us tend to reject the feedback; “the person doesn’t know me”, “I was having a bad day”, “the situation wasn’t easy”, “it’s only their perception”, etc.
We are often surprised by the feedback; surprised by the fact that someone has spotted something we already know about.
We become angry, angry because we know we should do something about it, but haven’t.
We reject the feedback; this is a natural defence mechanism, part of us is feeling attacked and we defend ourselves by rejecting the feedback.
If we can learn to accept the surprise, accept the fact that someone has shown the courage to put their finger on something that I, quite probably, know I need to change …….
If we can learn to accept the feeling of anger; often anger with ourselves for not having done something about it sooner ……
If we can accept that we are being defensive; defending our personal pride from outside attacks ……
If we can accept the surprise, anger and rejection; then maybe we can accept the feedback itself.
The majority of people when giving feedback, do so with a positive intention.
I’m not talking about the toxic few who will come out with stuff like, “your presentation was crap”, “you are a waste of space” or “you are always going to fail”.
I’m talking about those who have spent the time to get their factual observations together to describe what happened.
Those who have taken the time to formulate how they felt about the effect of what they saw.
Those who want to help you find a solution.
Those who will help you to implement something to help you grow and develop.
Giving feedback is not easy for many people; being able to accept the feedback will make it easier for them.
Being able to use DESC and OFNR (and others) is great, but if you want to become a champion you need to be able to accept SARA.
I help people to develop their interpersonal skills, usually within a leadership or teamwork context. If you are looking to develop your leadership, I might be able to help. I’ve been doing this for 35 years; roughly three and half thousand days of seminars, workshops, conferences, coaching, offsites, etc. – put back-to-back that makes almost ten “full” years. | sociology |
http://albanypreschool.org/community/ | 2021-10-24T06:26:41 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-43/segments/1634323585911.17/warc/CC-MAIN-20211024050128-20211024080128-00382.warc.gz | 0.872257 | 260 | CC-MAIN-2021-43 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-43__0__107504439 | en | Family Responsibilities Summary
As a cooperative organization, Albany Preschool families work together to keep the school a clean and pleasant place in which all children can learn and play. This benefits families by keeping tuition low, helps parents meet and interact with each other and get to know the school.
Here’s a brief outline of the family responsibilities. Note that fines are imposed if these responsibilities are not fulfilled. For full details, see the Albany Preschool Parent Handbook. (You will receive the latest Parent Handbook at orientation).
* Attendance at Orientation
* Classroom Participation (AM families only)
* Attendance at monthly Parent Meetings
* Performance of Family Jobs. (See full list of family jobs)
* Participation in three Work Parties per year
* Participation in Fundraising Activities
Monthly Participation Schedule
The current participation schedule is available under the Files tab of the Albany Preschool Big Tent page. You must subscribe to access this schedule.
Resources for Parents
* How Children Learn, How Adults Teach
* Parenting Basics
* Play – Evolutionary, Universal & Essential
* Separation Anxiety
* Children’s Books
* Conflict Resolution
* National Network for Child Care – First Day Tips
* A Creative Curriculum for Child Care | sociology |
https://patuoaweb.wordpress.com/76-2/ | 2018-07-16T01:00:24 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-30/segments/1531676589029.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20180716002413-20180716022342-00058.warc.gz | 0.954177 | 526 | CC-MAIN-2018-30 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-30__0__68550830 | en | SEP is an official body that advocates for the promotion and support of labor rights of cultural workers in Greece, taking into account the relevant legal, economic and social context. The Association will provide legal, professional and accounting services and advice regarding remuneration, voluntary work, copyrights and other related topics. The association is linked to other organizations globaly such as WAGE, the Carrot Workers, Cultural Workers Organize etc in order to address the economic disparities that exist in our country but also globally, that deprive the professional dignity and access to dignified means of support for workers in the field of culture.
Nevertheless, SEP, is not a trade union body. SEP does not want to take the position of trade unions, it does not operate, as these bodies do, but in parallel and ideally in tandem with them. In fact, we employ tools, which are not the traditional tools of trade unions, we use theoretical, curatorial and artistic tools, performativity, overidentification etc. The purpose of our methodology is the theoretical analysis of labour issues and requests, their promotion and dissemination in unexpected and creative ways, the sudden diffusion and articulation of claims and demands (which often come from where you least expect it). In this way, SEP participates in the strengthening of consciousness on such issues. With these processes, we are also interested in connecting and meeting with people who usually do not meet or even express a relative distrust of one another.
The mistrust of often existing trade unions about who is entitled and who is not and in what capacity to speak about labour issues (what are you, a private institution?) or the distance that institutions such as AICA retain from trade union issues, as if these, are clearly separated from cultural claims, create a peculiar labour sector that reproduces problematic concepts as regards to the profession of the artist and cultural workers, preserving the precarity in the field.
In this context, we consider it critical to articulate issues relating to labour in an ever changing European context, request transparency in the financing of art by public institutions, to problematize the low presence of women in senior positions of institutions such as the Academy thus also highlighting the issue of the reproduction of the dominant patriarchal discourse (as well as) in the field of art, be critical towards the labour conditions imposed by the contemporary institutional environment and how these conditions construct the identities of the subjects, bring forth the issue of representation and who is left outside of it, but also who has the right to claim labour and other rights and how, and call on existing official bodies to position themselves about these matters in question. | sociology |
https://birthforhumankind.shop/content/4-about-us | 2024-04-13T11:48:19 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296816734.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20240413114018-20240413144018-00827.warc.gz | 0.967907 | 780 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__74390088 | en | Our story began with a strong, intelligent and brave young woman named Carly. At 19, she fell pregnant. Her mother had just passed away, she had only recently moved to Victoria and she was in a new relationship.
Her life, as she describes it, was ‘going down a dark path.’ Little did she know she was about to become the inspiration behind Birth for Humankind.
When her social worker at the Royal Women’s Hospital suggested she might benefit from the support of a doula, her first questions were: “What is a doula and how can a doula help me?”
In late 2012, having completed her doula training, our Founder Mei Lai Swan had offered to volunteer at the Royal Women’s Hospital for any young woman who might be in need of the extra support a doula can provide. One of the hospital’s social workers connected Mei Lai and Carly and, a few months later, with Mei Lai by her side, Carly gave birth to a beautiful baby boy.
It was such a mutually enriching experience that it seemed obvious to them that a service like this needed to be available on a broader scale. Birth for Humankind was founded in response to this, initially as a small team of four operating out of Mei Lai’s lounge room.
In just a few years, we have become a fully-fledged charity with a dedicated team of staff members, more than 35 volunteer doulas, a committed and hands-on Board of Directors, as well as a growing community of donors and supporters.
The story turned full circle when Carly herself served as a board director and co-facilitated our Mothering 101 program for young pregnant women.
“Built on professionalism, trust, and respect, we have been referring young pregnant women to Birth for Humankind since 2014. My experience of the organisation has been one of hope, empowerment, growth, and gratitude. If I could tell the world one thing about Birth for Humankind it would be that this organisation truly wants to make the world a better place. Their support comes from a foundation of generosity, understanding and kindness and they always go above and beyond.” – Amanda Styles, Social Worker at Royal Women’s Hospital who initially connected Mei Lai and Carly .
Our present and our future.
We know that Carly’s experience is not as unusual as you might expect in Australia. The reality here in Melbourne is that many pregnant women face complex barriers in seeking the support they need as they enter motherhood. But it is not only young women who fall through the cracks.
Women from refugee and asylum seeker backgrounds, women experiencing homelessness, women with issues related to mental health, substance misuse and/or with a history of trauma and abuse also face significant disparities in maternal health outcomes compared to the rest of the Victorian population.
Lower appointment attendance, less information accessibility, difficulty accessing interpreters, inability to enter programs that provide continuity of care and lower familial/emotional support are just some of the factors that can determine maternal health outcomes for women in the Australian maternal health system.
As a provider of non-clinical support and education, we can address these issues where and when they happen in the birthing cycle.
For all women, and especially for women experiencing socio-economic disadvantage, the face of maternity care has also been changing over the past few decades away from mother-centred and continuity of care models and towards an increasing medicalisation and intervention-based management of birth, which can lead to higher levels of confusion, fear, and trauma amongst birthing women.
We think that, as a maternal health system and as a society, we can do better.
Healthier mums = healthier families = thriving communities. | sociology |
http://wap.cytalk.cn/a/202002/13/WS5e44868ea3101282172771be.html | 2020-08-11T18:59:40 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-34/segments/1596439738819.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20200811180239-20200811210239-00011.warc.gz | 0.958521 | 358 | CC-MAIN-2020-34 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-34__0__167782002 | en | Push for online job interviews to reduce risk of infection
The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Affairs and several other departments, including the Ministry of Education and the National Health Commission, have jointly issued a statement suspending on-the-spot job fairs for college graduates. This is to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus. But to ensure that careers are not hit, the authorities have encouraged online job interviews and even the signing of labor contracts online.
The authorities' statement called for improved sharing of job vacancy information on websites run by governments and colleges.
It also encouraged colleges and enterprises to hold interviews online to avoid unnecessary personal contact with candidates.
College students are a valuable human resource for enterprises and the country. But in recent years they have faced great challenges finding jobs, as more students graduate from colleges during an economic downturn. According to the Ministry of Education, this year there will be 8.74 million college graduates nationwide, a record high and 400,000 more than last year.
The authorities regard graduates as a key group seeking employment. But with the novel coronavirus outbreak impacting the economy and a range of industries, college graduates could face difficulties finding jobs. It is important to reduce the pressure the epidemic places on their chances of finding a job.
Online job interviews and recruitment have unique advantages during an epidemic. Apart from removing any personal contact between the recruiter and graduate, thus reducing chances of infection, it also saves time and money. As college graduates frequently access the internet and social networking sites, it is easier for them to exploit online recruitment resources and opportunities.
Colleges should establish job information platforms for students and actively cooperate with enterprises to promote job searches. And enterprises should take advantage of such online channels as much as possible during this difficult period. | sociology |
http://foea.org/projects/police-housing-program/ | 2021-10-26T19:10:45 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-43/segments/1634323587915.41/warc/CC-MAIN-20211026165817-20211026195817-00408.warc.gz | 0.960203 | 633 | CC-MAIN-2021-43 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-43__0__10669876 | en | Atlanta Police Housing Project #1
In cooperation with the Atlanta Police Foundation, FEA recruited Atlanta Police Officer, Jamie Wallace, to move into an English Avenue house rent-free in exchange for public safety duties performed. Officer Wallace and her husband, a veteran Georgia State University Police Officer, reside with their family in the newly renovated house, located adjacent to our English Avenue Urban Farm on the corner of North Avenue and Joseph E. Lowery Blvd.
Read more about our Police Housing Project in this article from 11 Alive News.
The goal of this project is to increase police presence and help stabilize the community. In a community where over half the homes are vacant, simply having a contributing citizen occupy an otherwise vacant home reduces criminal activity. Lindsay Street Baptist Church provided the house for this project, while FEA funded the renovations.
According to the Atlanta Police Foundation, “Approximately 20% of Atlanta police officers reside within city limits. Increasing police visibility in Atlanta communities not only deters crime, but also improves the community’s perception of safety. Both play vital roles in stabilizing Atlanta neighborhoods and creating a safer city.”
Since Officer Wallace and her family moved into English Avenue in December of 2011, the block they live on has changed in major ways! Not only are the streets and sidewalks noticeably cleaner, criminal activities, such as drug sales, prostitution, loitering, vandalism, and public intoxication has come to a halt.
No longer are the residents on her street awoken at night by the sound of gun shots, and kids can walk the streets without having to witness drug dealing and prostitution. Thanks to the combined efforts of many, the crime rate in English Avenue has dropped more than 30% over a two-year period.
Officer Wallace has exceeded our expectations in forming relationships with the English Avenue Neighborhood Association, NPU L, and EA residents. Residents come to her on a daily basis for help or advice with issue they’re dealing with, which serves as a true testament to her compassion for the community. Officer Wallace also works as a mentor to the youth in the community through her leadership roles at the Police Athletic League (P.A.L.) and Gang Resistance Education Training (G.R.E.A.T.).
Officer Wallace and APD took a giant step that further demonstrates commitment to the community when Officer Wallace accepted an offer to transfer from her current post in the Zone 5 Field Divisions Unit to the Community Liaison Unit (COPS) in Zone 1—the zone that includes English Avenue.
Wallace states of her transfer: “I wanted to be able to address and resolve the issues I was seeing at home every day.” She is an inspiration to all of us and we are blessed to have her as part of our team.
Special thanks to the Sartain Lanier Family Foundation and Sarah Kennedy for providing the financial support to make this project possible.
Also thank you to Chad Davis and Mark Pope with Sky’s the Limit General Contractors for their work to turn this shell of a house into a beautiful home for a deserving family. | sociology |
http://carlabellisio.com/archives/344 | 2021-01-26T17:17:30 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-04/segments/1610704803308.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20210126170854-20210126200854-00550.warc.gz | 0.952684 | 506 | CC-MAIN-2021-04 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-04__0__199968271 | en | “I’m not creating art for art’s sake, but art with a social purpose and function…”
Most familiar in the context of traditional American samplers, cross-stitch is laden with connotations of the woman’s role in the home as mother, wife and caretaker. To challenge and expand that role, Katrina Majkut introduces images of women’s reproductive health, symbols of the contemporary woman’s ability to take control of her body, her rights and her future. What once may have depicted bible verse or family lineage, Majkut’s 21st century “samplers” elevate products that allow for reproductive freedom. Her feminist approach to a stereotypically “feminine” craft embraces women’s history while forging ahead.
in her words
“I think it’s important to be open-minded when it comes to what cross-stitch is as a medium and social art. Cross-stitch can be so much more than its stereotype as a domestic, lowbrow, folk craft, or one that’s limited to asserting outdated ideas of what it means to be a woman. It deserves more respect than it typically gets.”
“In my experience most viewers have very pre-formulated, subjective opinions about certain reproductive products without any direct personal experience or sometimes proper health education. I’m very honest in depicting the products as they are; whatever bias it carries is brought by the individual viewer. It’s important to understand that all these products provide a basic medical and biological need for women – there is no reason for this preset bias. The debate over reproductive healthcare comes down to the fact that some people don’t separate the physical needs of a woman with how they think she should conduct herself as one. My cross-stitch aims to eliminate this unfair gender bias as a way to better understand modern women’s needs and to increase the viewer’s acceptance of the necessity for reproductive freedoms.”
Katrina Majkut is located in Brooklyn, NY. She holds a BS in Business Administration from Babson College, Wellesley, MA, and a Post-baccalaureate certificate and an MFA from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston/Tufts University. Founder of The Feminist Bride, Majkut writes, lectures and exhibits regularly on the topic of women and feminism. | sociology |
https://www.clips2click.com/social-media-and-its-negative-effects-on-your-health/ | 2024-04-18T13:52:03 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817206.54/warc/CC-MAIN-20240418124808-20240418154808-00462.warc.gz | 0.960577 | 763 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__63340502 | en | Social media can have a negative effect on our mental health. There are some considerations you should make when using social media, such as not comparing your life with others.
It is important to take into account that it is not the fault of the social media platforms for this. They do not know how they will be using them in the future and they cannot predict all of the effects they will have on people in general.
What is Social Media?
Social media is a term that has been used to define a newer form of social interaction. It is a form of social networking that takes place online and through mobile devices.
Social Media is a set of Internet-based applications that build on the ideological foundations of peer-to-peer computing, user-generated content, and the sharing economy. These technologies allow individuals, groups, organizations, and businesses to share information, ideas, personal messages, images/videos and other content with others in their network.
Social media is a great tool that has been used to connect people from all over the world. It is also a place where people can express themselves and share their opinions.
The Health Risks from Social Media
The Health Risks from Social Media have been a topic of discussion for years now. Research has shown that social media might be a factor in producing high levels of anxiety and depression among its users.
Research found that the more time people spend on these sites, the more likely they are to feel socially isolated and have lower levels of self-esteem. The study also found that those who use social media as an escape from their real life issues are more susceptible to feelings of inadequacy or disappointment when they compare themselves to others’ content on sites like Instagram or Facebook (Meta).
In some cases, social media might lead to negative behaviors.
Social Media Addiction and Mental Illness
Social media addiction is a real problem. It is something that affects people of all ages and demographics. It may not be the most common mental illness, but it’s one of the most prevalent.
Social media addiction can lead to isolation, depression, and anxiety. People who are addicted to social media are at risk for developing an eating disorder, which is something that has serious implications on their health. Facebook (Meta) may be one of the hardest social networks to quit because it’s designed to be addictive in many different ways.
How to Avoid the Negative Effects of Social Media
Social media has played a major role in the lives of people since its inception. With the dawn of social media, people have been able to connect with others from across the globe.
However, this too has its negative effects on people’s mental health. One study found that people who use social media for more than two hours a day are at risk of depression and anxiety.
There are some simple steps that one can take to avoid these negative effects of social media.
One way is to disconnect from the internet after every use. This will help one’s brain rest and recharge.
Another way is to take regular breaks from scrolling through posts or pictures on social media. It may seem hard at first but eventually it will become easier for one’s brain to focus.
Conclusion of Social Media Negative Effects
Social media has been around for more than a decade and while we can all agree that it has impacted our lives in different ways, we cannot ignore the negative aspects of social media.
The lack of privacy and increased mental health concerns are two major issues. The constant comparison and the need to “fit in” to society’s ideals has also had a negative impact on people.
In the next decade, social media will have a huge impact on how people communicate with each other. | sociology |
https://www.startuptucson.com/events-1/black-business-town-hall-where-we-are-where-were-going | 2021-10-17T07:19:22 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-43/segments/1634323585121.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20211017052025-20211017082025-00346.warc.gz | 0.853431 | 138 | CC-MAIN-2021-43 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-43__0__183127173 | en | Black Business Town Hall: Where We Are, Where We're Going
Time & Location
About the Event
Where We Are and Where We're Going A conversation on hope, resilience, and collective action. Black business leaders gather for our second panel discussion on issues that impact Black-owned businesses in our region.
Join for an honest discussion on how we can build a stronger Tucson for Black-owned businesses.
Facilitated and led by Keneshia Raymond, Small Business Owner of Keneshia Renee & Startup Tucson Program Manager.
If you missed the last discussion, find the recording here: https://youtu.be/3S0_XJjUun0 | sociology |
https://www.catalinaspas.co.uk/why-catalina-spas/news/going-with-the-flow/ | 2021-07-27T15:42:18 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-31/segments/1627046153392.43/warc/CC-MAIN-20210727135323-20210727165323-00662.warc.gz | 0.979029 | 657 | CC-MAIN-2021-31 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-31__0__212247467 | en | Going with the flow
22 Oct 2013
The other day I was asked if I ever got bored spending so much time in the hot tub. At first I was a little bemused by the question; why would I feel bored? Lying in a hot tub is one of the most relaxing things that I know; there is nothing boring about it. Then I started thinking about the concept of boredom, why is it that sometimes we feel bored?
First of all I have to admit that boredom isn’t a feeling that encroaches very much on my life. Naturally there are times when I feel bored. I find some things quite boring, for instance some TV shows or some books. Waiting for a train or a bus can be boring, and spending hours at an airport can be excruciatingly boring. We can even get bored with things that once we really enjoyed; I have always been an avid fan on Formula One Motor Racing, that is until the current season which I have found to be a complete turn off and totally boring. But some unfortunate people seem to be bored much of the time.
What is boredom? According to some psychologists it is a temporary unpleasant emotional state in which the individual feels a lack of interest and an inability to concentrate on what he or she is doing currently. People tend to feel bored when they are prevented from doing things that they want to do; when they are forced to do things that they don’t want to do; and when they simply can’t get into what they are doing.
Some people are prone to feeling bored, and this applies particularly to people who have problems in concentrating and in paying attention. While for most of us boredom is just a relatively trivial irritation in our lives, for people who are particularly prone to it, it can lead to a whole range of problems: emotional, psychological, educational and even physical. There is little doubt that boredom is also associated with apathy, that feeling of not caring a damn about anything.
Happiness is the very opposite of boredom and according to the psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi we are at our happiest when we are experiencing what he calls ‘Flow’. Effectively this means when we are completely immersed in what we are doing and that we are enjoying doing it; we feel positive about the activity and we feel energised by being involved in it; we are in the zone; in tune; turned on; joyful; we are going with the flow.
While some people have a propensity to boredom, others have a propensity to going with the flow. This type of person has what is termed an ‘autotelic’ personality. Rather than being driven externally by money, power and fame, they are internally driven by a sense of curiosity and purpose. This applies in work, in family life, when communicating with other people, when eating, in fact in just about everything they do. They are also autonomous and not susceptible to being manipulated by others.
If the Cap Fits…
As they say, if the cap fits wear it. I’ll just check that the temperature of the hot tub is warm enough and then settle down and just go with the flow. | sociology |
https://thefluxmagazine.com/the-global-impact-of-microfinance/ | 2024-04-21T20:51:27 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817819.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20240421194551-20240421224551-00662.warc.gz | 0.941778 | 642 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__91067132 | en | Microfinance has emerged as a powerful tool in alleviating poverty and promoting economic development on a global scale. By providing financial services, such as small loans, savings accounts, and insurance, to individuals who lack access to traditional banking services, microfinance institutions have made a significant impact on communities worldwide.
One of the key benefits of microfinance is its ability to empower entrepreneurs in developing countries. With access to microloans, individuals can start or expand their small businesses, leading to increased income and economic stability. This, in turn, allows them to support their families, create job opportunities for others, and contribute to the growth of their local economies. Microfinance has been particularly effective in empowering women entrepreneurs, enabling them to break free from poverty and gender inequality.
Microfinance plays a crucial role in reducing poverty levels by providing individuals with the means to generate income and improve their living conditions. By offering financial services tailored to the needs of the poor, microfinance institutions help break the cycle of poverty. Small loans enable individuals to invest in income-generating activities, such as farming, livestock rearing, or starting a small shop, leading to increased productivity and financial stability.
Microfinance has been instrumental in promoting financial inclusion by extending banking services to the unbanked population. In many developing countries, traditional banks are inaccessible to the poor due to high fees, lack of collateral, and geographical constraints. Microfinance institutions bridge this gap by providing affordable and easily accessible financial services to individuals who have been excluded from the formal banking system. This inclusion not only improves the economic well-being of individuals but also enhances their sense of dignity and empowerment.
The impact of microfinance extends beyond economic benefits. By providing individuals with the means to improve their lives, microfinance has a profound social impact. It enables individuals to invest in education, healthcare, and housing, thereby improving their overall quality of life. Additionally, microfinance institutions often incorporate education and training programs into their services, equipping individuals with knowledge and skills to make informed financial decisions and manage their businesses effectively.
Microfinance is closely linked to sustainable development. By focusing on the economic empowerment of individuals and communities, microfinance contributes to the achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It addresses poverty, hunger, gender inequality, and promotes decent work and economic growth, all of which are vital for sustainable development. Microfinance acts as a catalyst for positive change, enabling individuals to actively participate in the development of their communities and countries.
Microfinance has proven to be a powerful force in driving economic development and reducing poverty globally. By providing financial services to those who are excluded from the traditional banking system, microfinance institutions empower individuals, promote financial inclusion, and create sustainable change. The impact of microfinance extends beyond economic benefits, improving the social well-being of individuals and contributing to the overall development of communities. As we continue to recognize the potential of microfinance, it is crucial to support and expand its reach to maximize its global impact. | sociology |
https://shaileyratliff.com/2019/04/20/explaining-abortion-to-my-kids%E2%80%8B/ | 2023-03-25T23:12:38 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296945376.29/warc/CC-MAIN-20230325222822-20230326012822-00604.warc.gz | 0.985692 | 785 | CC-MAIN-2023-14 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-14__0__126692779 | en | Yesterday, the topic of abortion came up in conversation with our two oldest children, ages ten and nine. I’ve mildly dreaded discussing this topic because our children remember two of our late miscarriages and how traumatic it was to have our babies die. I didn’t know how it would go for them to find out others have made that choice electively. Reality is- I didn’t give them enough credit.
The policy in our house is that no question is off limits. And while we may say, “I’m not ready to answer that.” we have promised our kids we will not lie to them. Often times, we will respond to their questions with, “What do you think about that?” to gauge where they are in their understanding or better catch the context of their question. As we dove into the subject and their questions, we could see heartbreak on the faces of both our kids.
I am currently 35 weeks pregnant with our seventh child. In 2015, we lost two children to miscarriage and I was far enough along, I had to go in to have their dead bodies surgically removed from my womb. These were traumatic experiences and we all grieved together. This topic is not theoretical to my children. They connected immediately that abortion is the same sort of procedure in which a live baby is taken from the mama’s womb. We explained that this is a very sensitive subject and that there are political movements called Pro-Life and Pro-Choice. We explained, as unbiased as possible, the stances of both parties and their beliefs. One of the kids asked, “So what are we?” and Brett explained that each of them needs to take time to search their hearts with Jesus to make those kinds of big decisions but to remember that the issues are rarely as simple and black and white as people want to imagine.
As we navigated more, I asked the kids if they could imagine some situations in which a mama might feel abortion is her only option. They could both identify a few legitimate ones: divorce, no money, she isn’t safe, she’s young and not married, etc. I was so impressed with their ability to put themselves in a woman’s shoes in the midst of their clear distress of the killing of babies. In the end, we explained to the kids that it is important we do not judge and we are filled with compassion for women who have made this choice. I explained that I’m sure many women live with a lot of regrets and possibly shame, probably even women we know and love who have never felt safe to talk about their abortions.
I then asked them, “How do you think Jesus would treat a woman who has had abortions?”
Johnny responded quickly and said, “Oh mom! He forgives them and loves them, same as everyone else!” I agreed. Then Elle thoughtfully spoke up and said, “He forgives and loves them, but mom, I think He would also just sit with them and cry with them as long as they need too.” (Insert mom and dad losing it at this point.)
So there you have it. My preteens were not only able to have a great conversation about a difficult topic rooted in love and compassion but also understanding and a concrete foundation that Jesus loves us all- no matter what. Not only does He love us really well, but that He meets us in our grief, shame, loss, and all things. How different would the world be if we all kept those truths at the forefront of how we speak to and treat one another? On this Easter weekend, I hope we remember our Savior died on the cross and rose from the dead for every one of us, no matter our history. | sociology |
https://ubi-europe.net/ubi/first-major-conference-discuss-unconditional-basic-income-european-union/ | 2022-08-09T03:52:00 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570901.18/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809033952-20220809063952-00374.warc.gz | 0.923044 | 953 | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-33__0__49145765 | en | Politicians and major European organisations working in the fields of health, poverty, democracy, education and the environment will discuss the potential benefits of unconditional basic income at the European Economic and Social Committee on Thursday, 10 April 2014. The conference will also mark the launch of a new network, Unconditional Basic Income Europe, which formed around the European Citizens Initiative for Unconditional Basic Income (ECI for UBI) last year. Citizens from 25 European countries have collaborated to hold this conference.
Entitled ‘Unconditional Basic Income: Emancipating European Welfare’, the conference will bring together activists, politicians, organisations and interested individuals to highlight the potential benefits of this idea. UBI gained an unprecedented amount of press coverage last year, and was backed by over 300,000 supporters across Europe during the ECI for UBI.
During its year-long run the number of countries involved with this European Citizens’ Initiative swelled from 13 to 25. “As momentum built in the last two months of the collection period of the ECI on UBI, signatures doubled,” said Klaus Sambor, general organiser of the ECI for UBI. The conference will celebrate organisers’ achievements during this ECI with reports from several of the countries involved, including the latest developments of UBI campaigns within their borders.
There will also be presentations from Guy Standing about a recent pilot project in India, Philippe van Parijs about his proposal for a ‘Eurodividend’ to be paid to all EU citizens, Ronald Blaschke of Netzwerk Grundeinkommen Germany on UBI’s potential to ameliorate hidden poverty. Others including Sian Jones of the European Anti-Poverty Network and Plamen Dimitrov, President of the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria will speak about UBI’s beneficial effects on health, the environment, democracy and social solidarity.
The conference’s moderator will be Karl Widerquist, co-Chair of the Basic Income Earth Network and editor of BINews.org. “With the UBI movement,” Widerquist writes, “people are beginning to realise that there is no freedom without freedom from poverty, and there is no freedom from poverty without unconditional access to the basic necessities of life.”
Unconditional basic income is a regular payment to each individual, without means-testing or work requirement and high enough to ensure an existence in dignity and full participation in society. UBI has seen a resurgence of popularity in the wake of mass technological unemployment, along with swingeing cuts and increasingly burdensome conditions attached to national social security schemes across Europe. These have left a growing number of adults and children in poverty: according to the latest report from the EU Social Protection Committee, in 2012 close to 25% of the European population was at risk of poverty or social exclusion, a 6-year high. The figures for 2013/4 will no doubt show a further increase.
Yet unconditional basic income is not unrealistic. “The bank bailouts showed that there’s certainly enough money given the political will, yet the poor took the brunt of a financial crisis they didn’t cause,” said Barb Jacobson, Chair of UBIE. Various forms of UBI were close to being implemented in the US, Canada and the UK in the 1970s; Brazil is working towards it with the Bolsa Familia; after a successful pilot study in Namibia in 2009 the demand for unconditional basic income to be paid from resource taxes has been growing in Southern Africa.
At a time when the EU and especially the Eurozone needs more political, fiscal and social integration in order to survive, the implementation of an EU-wide unconditional basic income could be a key instrument to ensure its future political feasibility. There is a growing consensus among economists and politicians that it makes little sense to have a monetary union without unanimity on social security and working conditions.
Unconditional Basic Income: Emancipating European Welfare
Thursday 10 April 2014 (9.30 – 17.30)
European Economic and Social Committee, Van Maerlant Building
99 rue Belliard, 1040 Brussels (Room VM3, 2nd floor)
Full Program here: http://basicincome-europe.org/ubie/event/ubie-conference-brussels/
Registration required by 5pm, Monday 7 April: please email conference[a]ubie.org
Press contact: Barb Jacobson +44 7985 670 688 / press[a]ubie.org | sociology |
https://www.maidenheadu3a.org.uk/2023/01/solos-group/ | 2024-02-26T19:50:39 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474663.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20240226194006-20240226224006-00508.warc.gz | 0.956273 | 409 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__26382194 | en | The new Solos group is now established and ready to hold its first meeting in January. As the purpose of this group is rather different from most others, which focus on a particular subject, Pauline is giving this introduction…
“The Solos group is for anyone living on their own, or caring for a partner, whether they have been on their own a for long time or are going through a new and possibly raw experience.”
The purpose of the group is to generate a supportive network of people with the aim of encouraging friendships, sharing activities which are more enjoyable with others than on your own and providing a “drop in” to share feelings and experiences, whether it be sharing a laugh or a new achievement, questions and tips about managing aspects of living alone and creating a new life, and providing support when times are tough. People will all have different needs and things to contribute and nobody will be expected to joinin with everything or contribute more than they feel comfortable with. These meetings will be the Hub of the Network rather than an end in themselves and will be partly a time to share and plan as well as any content members want. At a meeting of the small planning group we thought it would be helpful to:
- Start to get to know each other
- Exchange contact information and consider the best ways for group communication
- Discuss a possible venue for a place to “drop-in” on Saturdays
- Draw up a list of topics for discussion
- Put people with mutual interests in touch with each other, and consider waysof linking with other u3a groups.
Six people have signed up for the group so far, but there’s room for another six in the group meetings and we hope others will want to join the network. We look forward to hearing from some of you.
There will be a monthly group meeting, the first of which will be on Tuesday, 24th January from 2-4pm.
For more details contact our Groups Cordinator | sociology |
http://www.learningbasket.org/update.html | 2019-08-18T15:36:36 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-35/segments/1566027313936.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20190818145013-20190818171013-00195.warc.gz | 0.936174 | 617 | CC-MAIN-2019-35 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-35__0__95884199 | en | . The Learning Basket ® touches the lives of two generations over and over again
Young children are nurtured by parents who come to understand that the first 3 years are the most important in developing a child's potential to learn The Learning Basket® approach nurtures learning for families in the United States and elsewhere
It is an approach that is both local and global.
GUATEMALA : Educators from Venezuela, Japan, Mexico, Guatemala and the United Kingdom engaged in a presentation of the Learning Basket® approach at the ICA-sponsored conference on International Development in Antigua in August 2004.
MEXICO: Neighbors trained as Promoters have created Study and Craft groups for mothers of young children in the barrios of Bucerias, Mexico. Each group made Learning Baskets® and learned how to play with their babies using brain stimulating activities.
ARIZONA: The Phoenix Public Library is using the Learning Basket® parenting curriculum as a way of reaching out to parents of infants and toddlers. The curriculum provides a practical way of developing pre-literacy skills with babies and nurturing literacy among the parents.
CALIFORNIA: Home Visitors in rural Modoc County have helped isolated parents of infants and toddlers to have practical ways of being their child's first and best teacher by using the Learning Basket® materials.
COLORADO: A network of child care centers that serve families in the rural farming region of the San Luis Valley have adopted the Learning Basket® as a way of providing individual attention to infants and toddlers. A public school has initiated an outreach program for parents using the Learning Basket materials at parents' meetings.
ILLINOIS: Teen parents increased their reading skills 2 grade levels as a result of a family literacy program that combines parenting sessions using the Learning Basket® approach in conjunction with tutoring sessions and library visits. In a pilot program at a national Child-Parent Center, parents of infants and toddlers increased their knowledge about pre-natal and post-natal care as well as what is essential about nurturing learning before a child enters pre-school. Women involved in a job-skills training program used the Learning Basket® curriculum to become aware of how they learn and approach their jobs. In two state- of - the-art childcare centers, the Learning Basket materials form the core of the daily curriculum.
MINNESOTA: Caregivers of infants and toddlers in a mission church received Learning Basket ® training and materials to enrich the care they provide during Sunday School.
NEW MEXICO: Home Visitors and day care providers in the Santa Fe area received training to use the Learning Basket® approach with Native American and Hispanic parents.
WASHINGTON STATE: The Learning Basket® curriculum is being adapted for use in a television series for parents by the Yakima City Board of Education.
Join us in nurturing the gift of literacy and learning.
For more information
Walter E. Brown
Phone: 773-769-6363 ext 222 | sociology |
https://en.indonesia.nl/updates/press-release/statement-by-president-of-the-republic-of-indonesia-h-e-joko-widodo-at-the-general-debateof-the-75th-session-of-the-united-nations-general-assembly-new-york-22-september-2020 | 2021-01-23T13:48:11 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-04/segments/1610703538082.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20210123125715-20210123155715-00707.warc.gz | 0.9123 | 1,249 | CC-MAIN-2021-04 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-04__0__258993806 | en | His Excellency President of the UN General Assembly,
His Excellency UN Secretary General,
Distinguished Leaders of the Member Countries of the United Nations,
This year…marks the 75thAnniversary of the United Nations. 75 years ago…the UN was born so that a great war….the
Second World War …will not happen again.
75 years ago…the UN was also established to create a world that is more peaceful, stable, and prosperous.
Because war will benefit no one.
There is no point of celebrating victory among ruins.
There is no point of becoming the largest economic power in the midst of a sinking world.
In this 75th anniversary of the UN…. We must ask ourselves …have we succeeded in creating the world that we dreamed of?
I believe all of us will have the same answer…not yet..
Conflicts are still happening all over the world.
Poverty and even hunger are still suffered by many.
The principles of the UN Charter and international law are often neglected… including the respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity.
All of us are concerned with this situation…
Our concern grew even deeper…in the midst of the Covid-19 Pandemic.
At a time when we ought to unite… and work together to tackle the pandemic….what we see, instead, is one of deep division….and growing rivalries.
Whereas in fact…we must unite and always promote a winwin approach in building relations among state that is mutually beneficial.
We all understand the negative impacts of the pandemic are tremendous… both on health … and the social economy.
We are also aware that… the virus knows no boundaries across nations…
No one is safe until everyone is…
If division and rivalries continue to persist… then I am concerned that the pillars of stability and sustainable peace will crumble… or even destroyed.
A world of peace…stable and prosperous becomes more and more difficult to attain.
This year, Indonesia also celebrates the 75th anniversary of its independence.
It has always been our commitment… Indonesia will continuously contribute to world peace…as mandated by our constitution.
Indonesia will continue to play a role as bridgebuilder… as part of the solution…
Consistently, this commitment is continuously upheld… including throughout Indonesia’s membership at the UN Security Council.
The spirit of cooperation will continue to be promoted by Indonesia … the spirit which provides mutual benefits to all parties…and leave no country behind.
No one…no country should be left behind.
The respect for equality… was also emphasized by Indonesia’s founding father… Soekarno… Bung Karno during the Asia-Africa Conference in Bandung in 1955… that gave birth to the Bandung Principles.
Until now…the Bandung Principles are still relevant…including in peaceful settlement of disputes... promotion of cooperation… and respect for international law.
Palestine becomes the only country… attending the Bandung Conference…that until present has not enjoyed its independence.
Indonesia consistently supports Palestine... to gain its rights.
In our region, along with other ASEAN member countries, Indonesia continues to maintain South East Asia… as a peaceful, stable, and prosperous region.
On its 53rd anniversary… on 8th of August 2020, ASEAN reaffirmed its commitment to continue maintaining peace and stability in the region.
The same spirit of cooperation and peace was put forward by Indonesia to a wider region… the Indo-Pacific region…through the ASEAN Outlook on the Indo-Pacific.
Against this current global situation…allow me to convey a few thoughts.
First… the UN should continue to improve itself… through reforms, revitalization…and efficiency.
The UN needs to prove that multilateralism delivers…especially during the time of crisis...
The UN needs to be more responsive and effective… in tackling global challenges.
And all of us bear the responsibility to further strengthen the UN…
So that the UN remains relevant and contributive… in keeping with the challenges of time.
The UN is not a mere building in the city of New York... rather it represents an ideal and shared commitment of all nations… to realize world peace and prosperity for our future generations.
Indonesia has an unwavering faith in the United Nations and multilateralism.
Multilateralism is the only way that could guarantee equality.
Second… collective global leadership has to be strengthened.
We are all aware…that when it comes to relations among countries… in international relations… every country always protects their national interests.
However, we must not forget … that all of us have the responsibility to contribute… to be part of the solution…for peace, stability, and prosperity of the world..
This is where the UN should play a role… to strengthen collective global leadership.
The world needs the spirit of collaboration and a stronger global leadership… to create a better world.
Third, cooperation in tackling COVID-19 must be strengthened…in terms of the health aspects…as well as the socio-economic effects…
Vaccine will be the game changer in the war against pandemic.
We need to work together to ensure… that all countries have equal access to a safe vaccine…with affordable price...
In the long term…the management of resilient global health system needs to be further improved.
The resilience of global health system.... which is based on the national health resilience…will determine the future of our world.
From the economic perspective…. revitalization of economic activities gradually needs to start …by tackling the limits of our global supply chain today.
Revitalization of economy must prioritize the health of all citizens of the world…
A healthy world…A productive world…needs to be our priority.
All of these will only be achieved if all of us continue.. to work together…work together…and work together.
Let us solidify our commitment and consistently carry out our commitment to work together.
That is all from me.
I thank you. | sociology |
http://plowsharesinstitute.org/ | 2015-10-07T12:23:01 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-40/segments/1443737864605.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20151001221744-00009-ip-10-137-6-227.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.930953 | 850 | CC-MAIN-2015-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2015-40__0__43578790 | en | Join Plowshares Institute in Romania
7th Annual Mediators Beyond Borders Congress 2015
High School Seminars to South Africa
November 2014 seminar to South Africa with two Connecticut high schools, The Ethel Walker School, a private girls’ school, and The Metropolitan Learning Center, a co-ed public magnet school. This will be similar to the South Africa seminar that both schools and Plowshares’ staff partnered to pilot in November of 2012 for 15 students and four faculty. The group, led by Phoebe Milliken, met with local and national leaders and spent time with peers from South Africa and migrants from other African countries. The experience was well received by students, whose feedback demonstrated significant changes in world view. Upon return, Devin Pafumi from Ethel Walkers wrote, “Because of this trip, I am now certain that success and happiness will not come from my personal gain, but will come from stepping outside myself and recognizing the needs of others.” Both schools started to apply the ideas of transformative travel modeled in the South Africa seminar to other global education experiences. For more information see the Spring 2013 newsletter.
Read the trip BLOG
March 2014 Workshop in Northeast India
The Peace Coalition of Northeast India (PCNI), Plowshares, and Jakarta Theological Seminary’s Center for Conflict Transformation and Reconciliation are collaborating to equip local leaders in India’s northeast region with conflict transformation skills. Northeast India is riven by multiple conflicts and insurgencies springing from ethnic, religious, economic, political and nationalist tensions. The northeast region of India is the most violent in South Asia, with riots, blockades, assassinations, political and economic oppression. PCNI trained mediators in the states of Nagaland, Assam and Manipur with participants from other states, bringing new hope for reconciliation and peace. Plowshares has been working in the region, in concert with local and international partners, since 2010. For more, see the following newsletters: Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Fall 2012 and Spring 2013.
Recent Programs 2013-2014
Conclusion of China Risk Management Program
After more than four and half years, Plowshares has completed its formal role in the Risk Management for a Harmonious Society program in mainland China. We thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to work with Chinese social workers, non-profit organizations, Religious Affairs Bureaus, city and provincial government officials, academics, anti-domestic violence campaigners, first responders, jurists, and women’s federations. Our dedicated Chinese partners have shown their skills of interest based- resolution and commitment to equip others with conflict transformation skills. It is with great confidence that we leave the future of the program in their hands. [See the
newsletter for more information on the conclusion of Plowshares’ role in this program.]
Nagel Seminars to South Africa and Brazil
In concert with the Nagel Institute for World Christianity and the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities, Plowshares designed and organized two back-to-back seminars in 2013. These are the fourth and fifth seminars Plowshares has developed with Nagel. Like that the others, these two seminars focused on pairing scholars from North American Christian colleges and universities with counterparts in the global South. Hence, artists and professors of art from North America joined with artists from southern Africa to explore the relationship between art and faith in the new South Africa in June. In July North American professors from many disciplines joined a similar interdisciplinary group of Brazilians to explore social change and the roles of current evangelical Christianity. Plowshares also consulted with a seminar to Japan in August.
For a short video on the South Africa seminar, click here.
For a short video on the Brazil seminar, click here.
Independent Workshops in South Africa
Plowshares responded to requests from South African partners in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban to address a variety of issues. These included building skills for constructive intervention in conflicts in congregations and moving from research on human rights violations to action for migrants. Articles for these will be featured in our Spring 2014 Newsletter. | sociology |
http://redcrossdallas.blogspot.com/2013/05/may-tornadoes-DFW.html | 2017-04-28T16:07:58 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917122996.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031202-00279-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.983896 | 678 | CC-MAIN-2017-17 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-17__0__80100820 | en | By Tonya Solis-Mosby, volunteer contributor
|Hope soars in the disaster field following Wednesday evening's F4 tornado in Granbury as the Gamez family is reunited with their dog, Piolin.|
They waited with anticipation for two days for permission to return home after fleeing the F4 tornado that ripped through their Rancho Brazos neighborhood, leaving a swath of death and destruction in its path. But on this day, Beatrice Gamez’s emotions are mixed – with eagerness, sadness and hope - as her and other Granbury residents are allowed to finally go home and see what is left of their lives and memories.
“I saw pictures and I saw what was here on TV,” says Gamez. “We are just glad to come back.”
Gamez along with several other family members said that since the first night when they went to the American Red Cross shelter, they’ve waited anxiously to return home to see what, if anything, was left. They are also filled with great hope that their two Chihuahuas, both of which they had to leave behind, somehow found safety and will be found alive and doing well.
“When we got out [of the truck],” Mrs. Gamez said while rubbing her Chihuahua, called Piolin, “she came out of the bushes. We were so happy. My girls will be so happy.”
Gamez said she didn’t know where the whereabouts of their other Chihuahua but she hoped that it too will be found safe.
The Gamez family was excited about reconnecting with one of their dogs, but were saddened that they could retrieve very few of their belongings from the house they had lived in for more than 20 years.
Other families throughout the ravaged neighborhood shared similar stories to the Gamez family. Their belongings were now nothing more than cracked fragments lying amid splintered rubble. But under the coordination of volunteer firefighters from several cities, including the Granbury Volunteer Fire Department, there were many helpers on hand to help the families begin the process of rebuilding their lives. American Red Cross volunteers offered water, food, and tools such as rakes, shovels and gloves to stay hydrated and protected through work that is both physically and emotionally challenging. Volunteers from several other organizations combed the neighborhood to offer help to residents as they sifted through what was left of their homes.
Back in the city of Granbury, more volunteers manned assistance stations in a Disaster Resource Center established by the American Red Cross. The Disaster Resource Center will serve as a hub in Hood County for tornado victims to come and learn more about all the organizations and people eager to help them begin rebuilding their lives after this sudden and deadly disaster.
Clean-up efforts in all of the areas affected by this tornado outbreak will continue for many days. You can help by making a financial donation to the American Red Cross, and there are several ways to do it. Among them, you can call 1-800-REDCROSS or you can text “REDCROSS” to 90999. The text donation of $10 will be automatically applied to your phone bill. To make a gift online or learn how you can volunteer, visit redcross.org. | sociology |
http://www.thefiskfiles.com/2017/01/online-friends.html | 2017-04-30T05:00:42 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917124299.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031204-00620-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.990017 | 787 | CC-MAIN-2017-17 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-17__0__322173927 | en | A few weeks ago, I received these precious booties for our little boy. When I opened the letter that accompanied them, tears filled my eyes. They were from a friend. Not one whom I'd ever had a long conversation with. Not one whom I had hugged or even met...instead, an online friend.
The note was simple but heartfelt. Months earlier, when I was trying to promote my Etsy shop, a dear friend (another online friend who I have actually met) hosted a giveaway of one of my prints. In order to gain an entry into the contest, one needed to comment with what print was their favorite and why.
The friend who sent me the booties commented that a photo I had taken of a nursing cow and her brand new baby calf had really resonated with her due to the fact that she had recently discovered she was pregnant, but at the time she was writing, she had just lost her precious baby. I was in the same position, but I hadn't lost mine.
So, then came this package...days before my due date. And, in the note she said she had been praying for me throughout the pregnancy and wanted my baby to have these little booties, perhaps a set she had hoped for her own. Right now they are in my hospital bag, and they are something I'll cherish forever, knowing that even in her immense pain, she thought to share a token of love for my time of joy.
Which made me think...this online community has become such a treasure to me. When I first started blogging, I found it really odd to be sharing my heart with a world of people I had never met, and still so many I never will. Sometimes if I think about it too much, it makes me want to stop. But, instead of that today, I want to say thank you.
Thank you for being a group of friends and support that I never really knew I needed. We don't always live in places where we can get together with friends in the same phase of life with the same ups and downs. We are not always surrounded by people with shared views and values. And, sometimes that can get lonely. But, I've found that here. And, even though it isn't a date over coffee or a glass of wine, sharing the joys and struggles of our daily lives, a quick comment, email or even chat can serve almost the same purpose.
I've met women who have encouraged me in different walks of motherhood when I've felt alone. I've read others stories and have been inspired by the way they have chosen to face and carry their crosses. I've been reassured time and time again that I'm never alone in my frustrations, day-to-day glitches or concerns about parenting. I've also been so happily assured that others are sharing in my joys as well. And the best part...some of these online women have become friends I now know personally, whose hugs I've received and whose laughter I've witnessed.
And, while this isn't the way friendships were formed decades ago, I am thankful for this community today. A professor of mine in graduate school was so very adamant about never using the term "real life" - as if any part of our lives wasn't "real" - so I don't use that term today. Instead, I'll say that some might not consider these online relationships to be true relationships, lacking a face-to-face connection. However, after having been a part of so very many blessings stemming from my little piece of the internet, I'd have to sorely disagree.
Sweet internet friend, these little booties mean just as much to me as if you'd handed them to me at the close of a lunch date. Thank you. Thank you for your love, your prayers and your friendship. I will forever cherish it. | sociology |
https://livingheritage.lincoln.ac.nz/nodes/view/73451 | 2023-12-04T23:51:33 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100535.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20231204214708-20231205004708-00400.warc.gz | 0.932024 | 304 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__256328657 | en | On Sunday, 11 October, the Lincoln University Future Leader Scholars will be co-hosting the "Walk with a Purpose" a 10km walk along Banks Peninsula to fundraise and raise awareness for the Fountain of Peace Children's Foundation NZ.
With schools still closed in Uganda due to the COVID-19 crisis, the Fountain of Peace feeding programme at the Rwenjaza Hillside School is not permitted to restart.
Families in this very impoverished rural area totally relied on the feeding programme to provide for their children and are now struggling to survive.
Money raised through Walk with a Purpose will go towards relief packs for these families as part of the Lincoln Future Leaders Scholars "Lend a Hand" project. The goal is to raise $2750 which will provide 50 families with much needed food for survival.
The scholars are inviting people to join in on the day and show their support for Walk with a Purpose by registering at register athttps://bit.ly/3jJB7GJ
You can also help support the Future Leaders and this cause through a donation via the Give-a-Little page https://givealittle.co.nz/fundraiser/university-students-walk-with-a-purpose
You can find out more about Future Leader Scholars, and the great work they do in the community, here https://www.lincoln.ac.nz/Apply/Scholarships/future-leader-scholarship/?sti=1 | sociology |
https://www.glorious-food-glossary.com/cms/glossary/39-glossary-f/12850-food-trivia-drinking-in-chad-africa.html | 2023-12-01T17:36:53 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100290.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20231201151933-20231201181933-00524.warc.gz | 0.962996 | 146 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__316849064 | en | Food Trivia: Drinking in Chad, Africa
- Food Trivia: Drinking in Chad, Africa : For religious reasons, Muslims inhabitants of Chad do not drink alcohol. In the south of Chad, however, people enjoy beer brewed made from millet. This brewed beer is called Billi-Billi when it is made from red millet and Coshate when it is made from white millet. Spirits made from distilled millet alcohol are known as Arki. Gala Beer is also manufactured in Chad. Chad is a resource-poor, landlocked country, bordered by Sudan, the Central African Republic, Cameroon, Nigeria, Niger, and Libya. It is one of the poorest countries on the African continent. | sociology |
https://pisab.networkforgood.com/events/31657-northeast-sept-24-26-regional-workshop | 2024-04-12T14:17:21 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296816024.45/warc/CC-MAIN-20240412132154-20240412162154-00883.warc.gz | 0.878137 | 381 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__48042870 | en | Northeast Sept. 24-26 Regional Workshop
September 24, 2021 @ 10:00AM — September 26, 2021 @ 4:00PM Eastern Time (US & Canada)
The People's Institute for Survival and Beyond Undoing Racism Workshop.
The People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond (PISAB), is a national and international collective of anti-racist, multicultural community organizers and educators dedicated to building an effective movement for social transformation. The People’s Institute believes that racism is the primary barrier preventing communities from building effective coalitions and overcoming institutionalized oppression and inequities. Over the last 40 years, we have provided training, consultation, and leadership development to more than 1,000,000,000 people nationally and internationally. Through Undoing Racism®/Community Organizing Workshops, technical assistance and consultations, The People’s Institute helps individuals, communities, organizations and institutions move beyond addressing the symptoms of racism to undoing the root causes of racism so as to create a more just and equitable society. Through dialogue, reflection, role-playing, strategic planning and presentations, this intensive process challenges participants to analyze the structures of power and privilege that hinder social equity and prepares them to be effective organizers for justice.
All participants are required to attend on devices that are camera and microphone enabled. We would like everyone to be viewed and heard throughout this workshop. As a reminder, please remember to mute yourself if you are not speaking.
THIS IS A PRE-REGISTRATION LINK. DUE TO LIMITED SPACE WE WILL SEND YOU AN OFFICIAL CONFIRMATION LINK. IF YOU ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THIS WORKSHOP, THERE WILL BE MORE COMING UP SOON!
SEPTEMBER 24-26 (FRIDAY TO SUNDAY)
10:00 AM TO 4:00 PM EACH DAY (EST) | sociology |
https://svamitva.com/help-for-challenged/ | 2024-02-21T18:02:58 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947473524.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20240221170215-20240221200215-00325.warc.gz | 0.964303 | 295 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__196840086 | en | Svamitva strongly believes that a company should play a positive role in the community. We believe that an Organization should not just consider the environmental and social impact of business decisions but should also actively contribute to the betterment of society. It is with this ethos, that svamitva has always embarked on various initiatives that bolster society as a whole and aid the less fortunate
Help for Challenged
Corporate Social Responsibility
The group has been especially involved with the upliftment and aid of physically handicapped people since the last 20 years. A number of camps were conducted in Jaipur to provide the disabled and polio-ridden people with foot callipers. The strength of the camp resulted in nearly a thousand people making use of the foot callipers and stand proudly on their own feet. Some of the physically challenged people were also provided hand prosthetics.
Every person in this world has the right to live their life in a proud and dignified manner. Carrying forth this belief in social activities, Svamitva Group established the Apang Ekta Sanghatana (United Organisation of the Handicapped). Through this organisation, the physically challenged are empowered by helping them in developing skills in varied sectors like computer education. Training is also provided in other trades and crafts so that they may pursue normal lives just like everybody else. In order to aid them in their movement and transportation, Svamitva have even distributed various forms of tricycles. | sociology |
https://www.thevaluesbookshelf.com/post/pass-it-on-by-sophy-henn | 2022-05-29T09:25:20 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652663048462.97/warc/CC-MAIN-20220529072915-20220529102915-00763.warc.gz | 0.965497 | 306 | CC-MAIN-2022-21 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-21__0__115425716 | en | Values: Positivity, Community, Friendship.
Pass It On will be an assembly-classic in years to come, I believe. It is a simple yet effective picture book about passing on joy and happiness to others.
The concept is very easy - it encourages children to look for positivity and give the same to others. It may be a smile, a giggle, something fun to do! Even when days are grey and rainy, there is fun to be had and memories to make. I love the simplicity of the book showing children making others happy. It reminds me of the Random Acts of Kindness movement, which many children love to be a part of. This book is empowering as the message is that we all have the opportunity to make our own happiness and we all have the ability to pass that joy on to others.
Maybe at home or in school, you could discuss what brings the children joy and happiness. We have this conversation often in my class and it sometimes surprises you what the answers can be (once you get past 'getting a new Xbox'). Some children love sitting and reading their book quietly, others like playing with a friend, some children like everyone singing to them on their birthday, others like making a cake for everyone in the class. When we learn to appreciate that everyone's 'happiness' looks different, we can learn to work as a community to spread joy in different ways.
Use the hashtags to identify my reviews of books on this blog that also contain these Values: | sociology |
https://thegrowingroompreschool.com/kindness-matters/ | 2023-03-24T06:15:40 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296945248.28/warc/CC-MAIN-20230324051147-20230324081147-00337.warc.gz | 0.945443 | 720 | CC-MAIN-2023-14 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-14__0__78528321 | en | Our Golden Rule:
TREAT EVERYONE WITH KINDNESS & RESPECT
At TGR, we believe that the most important thing we can help instill in a child is the idea that Kindness is a foundation for all motivations. We carefully encourage and foster our preschoolers natural instincts to show others kindness and respect! It becomes a part of our daily dialogue about how to treat others and ourselves. This can be seen through multiple community service projects, our annual Kindness March and daily life! Because… Kindness Matters!
TGR Community Service!
The Kindness March!
In February 2018, The Growing Room Preschool and it’s families took part in a wonderful event in downtown Cincinnati! We met in Fountain Square and marched through the city spreading kindness to everyone we met along the way. It was a beautiful day!!
Project Night, Night!
In December 2018, The Growing Room Preschool worked with an area organization, “Project Night, Night”, to collect clothing, books, toiletries and toys for area families! We even got to deliver our bags in person!
Cakes for Friends!
In November 2019, Our teachers gathered to bake and decorate cakes to be donated to “Our Daily Bread” downtown. This organization freezes birthday cakes and pulls them out when someone visits their soup kitchen who is having a birthday. We also delivered generous donations from our parent of toiletries, socks, hats and gloves!
Adopt a family!
In December 2019, Families from each location of The Growing Room Preschool chose “ornaments” from a tree and purchased items such as clothing, books, and toys to make the holiday special for members of our community! We were able to fill 3 cars with the donations from our generous families!
COVID food Drive!
Flowers for Seniors!
In November 2020 our teachers gathered together to make flower arrangements for area Seniors! Through the generous donations of our TGR families our teachers were able to deliver 200 flower arrangements to brighten the day of area seniors who may be feeling lonely this time of year!
Click the link for photos from the day!
The Love Grows Project!
After years of dreaming and planning the founder and owner of The Growing Room Preschool, Missy Griffin was able to start a non-profit, scholarship foundation for students who will attend The Growing Room Preschool. Through it’s scholarship program, The Love Grows Project aims to make the Growing Room Preschool model more accessible through a tuition-free school for children ages 3-5. Focusing on children’s academic, social, and emotional needs, The Growing Room and The Love Grows Project provide a quality, licensed education, in an inclusive, safe environment. Additionally, a resource pantry and family support services are available for every family we serve. We are committed to fostering a love of learning and a community of support.
Backpack School Supply Drive
In December 2020 The Growing Room Preschool collected backpacks and school supplies through parent and community donations at several of our locations. Through this drive we were able to fill our resource room for our new non-profit scholarship organization, The Love Grows Project!
Project Warm Hugs!
In December 2020 The Growing Room Preschool collected coats and socks through parent and community donations at several of our locations. Through this drive we were able to fill our resource room for our new non-profit scholarship organization, The Love Grows Project! | sociology |
https://jhsnowboarder.com/inside-the-mag/issue-13/ | 2024-03-02T05:59:12 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947475757.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20240302052634-20240302082634-00506.warc.gz | 0.893338 | 249 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__100087999 | en | In the midst of global challenges, the Jackson Hole Travel and Tourism Board delivers a poignant message through a promotional video featuring an unexpected narrator, Charlie Chaplin. The video contrasts serene mountain vistas with Chaplin’s timeless voice, reminding us of humanity’s need for kindness and connection. Chaplin’s speech, originally from his film “The Great Dictator,” resonates with today’s uncertainties, drawing parallels between the past and our current struggles. While the video can be interpreted in diverse ways, its essence, captured in the slogan “Stay Wild,” urges the preservation of Jackson Hole’s natural beauty. The campaign, though a call to protect wild places, is also a strategic marketing effort to attract visitors and revenue. This issue embraces narratives of change and activism within the outdoor community, highlighting those who address pressing issues like climate change and gender equality. It conveys a message that counterculture must evolve to influence systemic change, echoing Chaplin’s call for unity and action against oppressive forces. In a world beset by challenges, the magazine propels us forward, reminding us that our collective agency and shared commitment can shape a wilder, better future. | sociology |
https://mcdonaldinstitute.ca/capss/code-of-conduct/ | 2023-09-26T06:34:19 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233510149.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20230926043538-20230926073538-00254.warc.gz | 0.889486 | 625 | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__246377524 | en | All students must adhere to the CAPSS Code of Conduct during their participation at CAPSS:
The Canadian Astroparticle Physics Summer School (CAPSS) is dedicated to providing a harassment-free event experience for all participants, regardless of age, gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, nationality, race, religion, language, or accent. We expect all participants to contribute to a professional and respectful atmosphere. All students, presenters, facilitators, and organizers are required to comply with the CAPSS Code of Conduct throughout CAPSS activities, and on CAPSS official communication channels. Organizers will enforce this code throughout the program to ensure a safe, inclusive, and welcoming environment for everyone.
All participants, including students, presenters, facilitators, and organizers, are expected to:
- Treat each other with respect and consideration, valuing a diversity of views and opinions.
- Behave in a professional manner.
- Communicate openly.
- Be kind to others.
- Be polite and respectful both verbally and in online chats.
- Ask for explicit consent from speakers and participants before publishing any images, videos, or content taken from the CAPSS program.
Inappropriate behaviour and harassment of CAPSS participants in any form will not be tolerated. This includes, but is not limited to:
- Offensive verbal comments related to age, gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, nationality, race, religion, language, or accent.
- Use of sexual language, nudity, and/or sexual images in virtual video platforms.
- Deliberate intimidation, stalking, following, bullying, discrimination, photography or recording without consent.
- Sustained disruption of talks, labs, break-out sessions, socials, etc.
- Unwanted sexual attention.
- Sharing connection information to the platform with non-invited individuals. When connecting to any platform, participants should use their own name, and not attempt to misrepresent themselves in any way.
- Copying, redistributing, or using data from the CAPSS content without permission from the creators.
Participants asked to stop any inappropriate behaviour are expected to comply immediately. Anyone violating this code of conduct may receive a written warning, or be asked to leave the CAPSS program at the sole discretion of the organizers without a refund of the deposit. Appropriate legal action will be taken against violators where applicable. We expect participants to follow the code of conduct at all events, virtual or in person, relating to the CAPSS program.
If you are being harassed, notice that someone else is being harassed, or have other concerns, you may report a violation of this code of conduct to either Mark Richardson ([email protected]), Education & Outreach Officer at the McDonald Institute, and/or Kristine Spekkens ([email protected]), Professor at Queen’s University and the Royal Military College of Canada. | sociology |
https://duchesshospital.com/news-center/international-nurses-day-2023/ | 2024-04-16T23:49:11 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817112.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20240416222403-20240417012403-00742.warc.gz | 0.956468 | 318 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__46188353 | en | International Nurses Day is a day to celebrate the contributions and dedication of nurses worldwide. This year’s theme, “Our Nurses, Our Future,” is a reminder of the vital role that nurses play in our healthcare system and the importance of investing in their professional development.
At Duchess Hospital, we recognise the invaluable contributions that nurses make to our patients and our community. As part of our commitment to delivering exceptional care, we believe in investing in our nurses to help them gain the skills that are relevant in the future.
We also understand the essential role that nurses play in providing quality healthcare to patients. That is why we recognise the importance of protecting, respecting, and valuing our nurses as essential members of our healthcare team. Our nurses are not only on the front lines of care but also on the front lines of change, and we believe that their contributions to society are immeasurable.
To that end, we have implemented policies and procedures to ensure that our nurses are provided with a safe and supportive work environment. We believe this is crucial in enabling our nurses to deliver the best possible care to our patients, and we are committed to upholding these standards. Without our nurses, we cannot provide the high-quality care that our patients deserve.
Our nurses are our future. They are the backbone of our healthcare system, and we owe it to them to provide a supportive and empowering work environment. Together, we can ensure that our nurses continue to lead the way in providing compassionate, evidence-based care to our patients.
Happy International Nurses Day | sociology |
http://insightyv.com/standing-out-from-the-crowd-by-enhancing-physical-appearances/ | 2017-06-26T20:52:12 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320865.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20170626203042-20170626223042-00677.warc.gz | 0.97932 | 569 | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-26__0__201597358 | en | In the modern society, it is important to be able to stand out from the crowd. The world today is in a situation where there is high competition for any profitable opening. This is due to several factors including the fact that the population has grown to its zenith and therefore many people are pursuing the very limited opportunities.
People are today much more educated and trained in the vital skills. The majority of people in the world start getting education when very young and their parents or guardians ensure that they get the very best skills. As such, when it comes to qualifying individuals for job positions, many times the job providers look at other qualities apart from academic and practical skills.
One of the qualities that is usually looked at by job providers and interviewers includes the physical appearances of the job seekers. Usually, job providers will want people who are attractive to fill their vacant positions. This is not only due to the fact that attractive people are likely to have better results, especially in jobs that include social interaction, but also because human beings subconsciously like attractive persons.
Due to the fact that the beautiful people are likely to enjoy more favors in a social setting, people are always trying to ensure that they are as good looking as possible.
Men and women try to enhance their looks by dressing appropriately. Dressing is very crucial in determining the final appearance of an individual. There are particular clothes that will give someone an edge in different scenarios. For example, suits are known to give one an upper hand in the corporate environment.
The face is also a very important feature in determining the final image that one will portray. The face is the basic feature that is used to identify different individuals. Having an attractive face will therefore give one a great advantage. Makeup is one of the ways that is used to enhance facial beauty.
The hair is also a very important feature in one’s appearance. Beautiful hair is generally adored by people and people go to great lengths to get beautiful hair. People spend a lot of time and money visiting barbers and hairs stylists while others even buy vitamins to help enhance the beauty of their hair.
In trying to achieve that attractive look, one of the greatest things that people are today striving to do is to have a trim body. Being overweight is a big issue in the world today with more and more people becoming overweight. An overweight person is generally deemed as being unattractive.
To loose and maintain weight, many people are taking up physical exercise. Some of the activities that people take up include swimming, running, aerobics, and yoga. Other ways of working out include the use of home appliances such as the home rowing machine.
In enhancing physical appearances, some people are taking extreme measures including taking up plastic surgery where people change their facial and body features through surgery. | sociology |
https://www.abbiekamin.com/issues/sb22 | 2019-10-20T08:55:05 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-43/segments/1570986705411.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20191020081806-20191020105306-00542.warc.gz | 0.956063 | 659 | CC-MAIN-2019-43 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-43__0__101577075 | en | Taking a Stand on Women’s Health
Fighting back after Senate Bill 22
This month marked a new low in the war on women’s health being waged by Republicans in the Texas Legislature.
Governor Abbott signed Senate Bill 22 into law, banning any political subdivision of the state from contracting with Planned Parenthood – an organization that provides lifesaving breast and cancer screenings for women, assists with family planning, and provides an array of services many may not be aware of.
Previously, the state had already cut all state funding and programs for family planning services from Planned Parenthood – even ending patients’ access to HIV testing and the Breast & Cervical Cancer Services program, and slashing programs for affordable birth control at Planned Parenthood clinics. And that’s while five million Texas are living without health insurance.
Now, SB 22 is ending local control over public health decisions. That’s flat out absurd.
Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast is the second-largest safety net provider in Houston.
In 2018, it provided 69,000 tests for STI & HIV in the greater Houston metro area, a 19% increase over 2017.
During Harvey, Planned Parenthood stepped in to assist those who were heavily impacted by the storm, distributing no-cost vouchers for free care, along with personal care kits in neighborhoods, and those in temporary housing. It also created the Harvey Patient Relief Fund to provide specific specialized services, such as dysplasia services, that the city could not provide (dysplasia services are treatments for abnormal pap tests and cervical cancer prevention).
The City of Houston itself has family planning clinics, but they have a limited capacity and are only open a few times a week. Planned Parenthood is a safety net provider that helps step in and ensure all families are cared for when the city has limited resources.
When there were concerns about the Zika virus, Planned Parenthood worked with our city to make sure pregnant women were able to be tested, and distributed Zika prevention kits.
Planned Parenthood also partners the city and others to ensure vulnerable communities are receiving educational services, from sex education to parenting education.
The list goes on.
Public health and safety are any city’s first order of business.
Any law that prohibits the City of Houston from coordinating with one of the region’s highest quality health care providers is downright dangerous. SB 22 is a public health menace – not just with respect to natural disasters like the next big hurricane, but also to day-to-day lives of Houstonians and their families.
Abbie Kamin will never stop fighting for women’s health
Abbie will stand up to state overreach – whether by supporting action in the courts or working to replace legislators who have such utter disregard and contempt for women’s health – and fight to make sure Houston continues to be a place where women and their families have access to the critical services that they deserve.
Even though the state has won the latest battle, we can still win the war. One way to help is to get involved with Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast and work to realize our common value: that everyone – no matter who you are, where you live, or how much money you make – deserves access to health care. | sociology |
https://www3.monash.edu/pubs/2018handbooks/units/EDF5040.html | 2024-03-04T22:31:07 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947476532.70/warc/CC-MAIN-20240304200958-20240304230958-00734.warc.gz | 0.937102 | 533 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__141404479 | en | 6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL
Postgraduate - Unit
Refer to the specific census and withdrawal dates for the semester(s) in which this unit is offered.
- First semester 2018 (On-campus)
As a key role and responsibility of educators is to prepare students for post-school futures, this unit aims to develop a critical appreciation of the challenges and opportunities facing young people in an era of rapid and uncertain change. Global trends, local contexts and changing patterns of youth participation in employment, education and civic life are examined. The role of mainstream schooling in youth transitions is examined, educational alternatives are considered, and implications for schools, teachers and their professional practice are evaluated. Students are given the opportunity to review relevant policy and research, and to develop an educational program around issues facing young people. The aim is to enhance understanding of the complex nature of young people's transitions through post-compulsory education and training, and how their learning, identities and well-being are affected. This unit will extend the professional learning of students by developing their skills to access and critique relevant research and design targeted educational programs to address the diverse needs of young people.
Upon successful completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- recognise how global trends and local contexts affect young people's learning, work, identities and well-being in school and beyond
- appreciate the challenges and issues facing young people as they navigate complex transitions from school to work, tertiary education and adulthood
- access and critically evaluate relevant policy and research relating to youth transitions through post-compulsory education and training, including pathways, employability and lifelong learning
- consider the diverse needs and identities of young people in transition and assess implications for the purposes and priorities of schools, and the professional roles and practices of teachers
- design targeted educational programs that address issues facing young people, and support and enhance their transitions through post-compulsory education and training.
Critical review: Critical analysis of policy and research on a key issue affecting youth transitions (2000 words, 50%)
Program design: Design of an educational response to the issue examined in the critical review (2000 words, 50%)
Minimum total expected workload equals 144 hours per semester comprising:
- Contact hours for on-campus students:
- equivalent to 24 hours engagement in online, face-to-face or blended platforms
- Contact hours for off-campus students:
- equivalent to 24 hours engagement in online or blended platforms
- Additional requirements (all students)
- independent study to make up the minimum required hours per semester
See also Unit timetable information | sociology |
https://dentainment.com/memorial-day-what-you-should-know/ | 2024-02-21T06:17:39 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947473370.18/warc/CC-MAIN-20240221034447-20240221064447-00622.warc.gz | 0.975203 | 320 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__96290467 | en | Memorial Day What You Should Know
Before you tuck into that plate of ribs this Memorial Day, take a moment to remember why Americans all over the United States celebrate this special day.
Originally known as Decoration Day, Memorial Day began as a way to remember and honor the men and women who died during military service; however, there are some other things that you may not be aware of.
Decoration Day was meant to honor military members who died during America’s Civil war between 1861 and 1865. The deadliest war on American soil to date, 620,000 Americans lost their lives with 645,000 Americans passing in all other conflicts put together.
Although thousands of communities all across the United States celebrated Decoration Day, it wasn’t until May 5 1855 that the federal government declared it an official holiday. May 30 was the day that Memorial Day was celebrated with congress officially establishing it on the last Monday in May in 1971.
On December 28, 2000, President Bill Clinton designated 3:00 pm local time as the National Moment of Remembrance when he signed the National Moment of Remembrance Act.
Red poppies are traditional and given as a symbol of remembrance every Memorial Day.
Memorial Day was originally started as a way to honor the Union Soldiers who fell during the Civil war.
The first Decoration Day was held in 1866 at the Arlington National Cemetery with more than 5000 people in attendance.
This Memorial Day take a moment for the National Moment of Remembrance at 3:00 pm and have a safe and happy holiday. | sociology |
http://www.allindiatraveltours.org/fairs-festivals/gangaur-festival-jaipur.html | 2019-04-21T01:05:00 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-18/segments/1555578530100.28/warc/CC-MAIN-20190421000555-20190421022555-00131.warc.gz | 0.951084 | 396 | CC-MAIN-2019-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-18__0__162407782 | en | Gangaur is a vibrant festival celebrated in Jaipur, the pink city of Rajasthan, apart from some other parts of India. The festival is dedicated to Goddess Parvati, wife of the Hindu god Shiva. On this day, women folk, both married and unmarried, get dressed in red traditional attires to please the deity. As Goddess Parvati represents connubial love, women of Rajasthan worship her with all the love and dedication. While married women pray for the long life of their husbands, unmarried girls pray for good life partners.
This flamboyant festival lasts for 18 days filled with cultures and traditions. Women enjoy this festival by applying heena on their hands and feet which is an integral part of Indian traditions. Thereafter, they sing religious songs and visit door to door with earthen pots in which they collect sweet, ghee, and jaggery. It continues till the last day when girls finally break this pot and carry the destroyed pots into a well.
Gangaur Festival beautifully brings out the faith and religious beliefs of Rajasthani people. Fasting is also an important part of the festival wherein women eat only one meal a day for 18 days. As the festival reaches to its conclusion, idols of Gauri and Isar are adorned with new attires and are taken out for a procession which starts from the City Palace and ends at the Talkatora.
Gangaur Festival is a beautiful celebration which underlines the vibrancy of Rajasthani cultures and traditions. Partaking in this festival is a must if you wish to cherish the royalty of Rajasthan closely.
By Air: The Jaipur airport is the primary airport serving the city.
By Rail: The city has great rail connectivity too.
By Road: Numerous buses are available from Jaipur to all parts of India. A self drive road trip to Jaipur is a lot of fun. | sociology |
http://scripturejourney.blogspot.com/2007/04/joy-of-being-priest.html | 2018-07-22T14:32:48 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-30/segments/1531676593302.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20180722135607-20180722155607-00430.warc.gz | 0.981496 | 793 | CC-MAIN-2018-30 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-30__0__250571043 | en | Fourth Sunday of Easter 2007
World Day for Vocations
Acts 13:14, 43-52
Revelation 7:9, 14b-17
Today we not only continue our celebration of Easter but we also take time to talk about vocations in the Church. Today we call attention to vocations to the priesthood, diaconate and religious life.
To be a servant of God is to be happy! Nothing can bring more peace and satisfaction than to be about God's work. All of us are called to be Jesus' disciples. All of us are a part of Jesus' Great Commission to go forth and proclaim the good news of Salvation. All of us are called.
Some are called to take a different path. For some, service to God means dedicating one's life to full time service, to be married to the Church. Priesthood and religious life are a lifetime marriage to God and his Church. The diaconate is also crucial for it is an office in which married men can serve in an ordained role. Deacons are very, very important to the life of the Church and as a priest I can attest to the great service they give and their help to me.
We often hear the doom and gloom folk who lament the lack of vocations in the Church. Most of these folk will cite reasons why there is a lack of vocations and their reasons almost always reflect their personal agenda. If the Church only did things the way he/she wants them to be done then everything would be right and perfect. Uh, yeah. Right. Sorry. Don't think so.
Vocations in the Church face a number of obstacles. Most parents want their kids to make money, have a family, a big house. I remember my mom going through a whole list of things that she thought I would be giving up in order to be a priest. I remember her great fear that I would be lonely. Let me say that yes, there are days when I am a bit lonely. BUT! After seven years as a priest I have to say that some of the loneliest people I have met have been folk who are married and have families. You can be in a house full of people and still be lonely.
My mom worried that I would be unhappy. Is everyday just a day of sunshine and joy? No. But then again, no one has everyday be perfect. Happiness is a choice. No one or no thing can be the source of one's happiness. Happiness comes from being at peace with who we are and what we do. So yes, I am very happy with my life. I am happy being a priest and I look forward to the years to come.
When did a life of service cease to be a viable option? I have heard on more than one occasion how some families become angry when their children turn to service in the Church instead of what many deem to be a life of prestige and money. Last time I checked, money was a rather fluid resource and can be lost quickly. I even had a young woman ask me for prayer as she was getting ready to enter religious life and her parents were furious because they wanted her to be a doctor. Imagine being angry at your child for wanting to serve God by serving other people as a nun. I was truly upset by this young woman's situation. I pray that she is happy and that her family has come to respect and support her decision. We need more people who are willing to follow God's call instead of society's call.
To serve God is to be happy. To serve God's people is to have joy. I can think of nothing else that could give me the great joy I have. Being a priest means everything to me and I invite any and all who may want to discern if he/she has a vocation to feel free to contact me.
God's Peace to you all! | sociology |
https://www.rosalieweiglehomes.com/properties/locations/sausalito | 2023-12-02T22:05:37 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100452.79/warc/CC-MAIN-20231202203800-20231202233800-00235.warc.gz | 0.969168 | 269 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__238213574 | en | The remarkable transformation of Sausalito from a tranquil village, to the epitome of present day luxury, involves many characters. Shaped as much by the residents that have called this town home, as by the bay waters lapping at its shores, Sausalito’s evolution is now complete; it is one of the most sought after destinations in the world.
Coast Miwok, the earliest inhabitants, were eventually displaced by a Mexican land grant and the subsequent European settlers. The Spanish explorers christened the land Sauzalito, meaning “small willow grove” in Spanish. Much later, with the advent of the ferry service to San Francisco, the town became a Victorian village escape for San Franciscans. When the North Pacific Coast Railroad lay down its tracks, and later when the auto ferry was introduced, Sausalito became a transit hub and the population expanded. African American ship builders, Italian fishermen, Chinese shopkeepers, rail yard workers, ferry crewmen, and dairy ranchers all called Sausalito home during this period of time. The town continued to change. Painters, dancers, writers, musicians, bohemians, hippies, and house-boaters then contributed to the culture of Sausalito. The people and events of Sausalito have developed its identity. | sociology |
http://casinclude.org.uk/our-mission/aims/ | 2017-04-24T19:04:33 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917119782.43/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031159-00165-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.951865 | 138 | CC-MAIN-2017-17 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-17__0__60889316 | en | Our aims as a group are:
- To help teachers seeking to promote inclusion in Computing and ICT lessons, focusing on the issues of gender, ethnicity, SEN, disability and socio-economic group
- To run high quality events for teachers seeking to promote inclusion and for students who may not otherwise have an opportunity to experience Computer Science
- To provide access to high quality classroom resources that will help promote diversity and inclusion
- To act as a point of contact between teachers and industry so that we can work together to achieve these goals
If you would like to help us to achieve our aims then we would love to have you on board. Please get in touch via our contact form. | sociology |
http://www.elginrecycling.com/environmental/community-involvement/ | 2015-09-04T05:44:42 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-35/segments/1440645338295.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20150827031538-00194-ip-10-171-96-226.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.960406 | 155 | CC-MAIN-2015-35 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2015-35__0__104578110 | en | At Elgin Recycling we are committed to giving back to the communities in which we work and live. Elgin Recycling understands the importance of giving, volunteering, and sponsoring organizations that help improve and enrich the lives of people and their families in our community. We have volunteered our time and resources to help organizations such as Cal’s Angels, the Special Olympics, The Community Crisis Center of Elgin, Clearbrook. We have also done educational seminars with schools and facility tours for Cub Scout Troops and other associations.
If you are part of a charitable organization or looking for educational seminars or recycling tours at one of our facilities, please call us at 847-741-4100 and ask to speak to one of our community involvement team members. | sociology |
https://lifeexcellenceinsights.blogspot.com/2015/07/be-grateful-for-what-you-got.html | 2019-04-25T02:49:10 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-18/segments/1555578678807.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20190425014322-20190425040322-00439.warc.gz | 0.960332 | 266 | CC-MAIN-2019-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-18__0__12174047 | en | “Develop an attitude of gratitude for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation.” --Brian Tracy
There are two kinds of people looking at the life in different ways.The first set of people looks at the life with the achievements they did so far, being grateful, happy and look for next level growth.The Second set of people always looks for what they missed out irrespective of their achievement, becoming skeptical about themselves and lose the sight of future prospects.
One of the studies in sport reveals that, the person who won the bronze medal use to be happier than the person who won the silver medal. The reason is that silver won person kept thinking about how he missed out the gold medal, forgetting the gift of being achieved silver, whereas the bronze won person kept feeling that he got into the medal winners list and be proud of achieving.
The point is that aiming for high is good, but not at the cost of forgetting the current achievement and celebration. It is our mindset, how we look into the life, feeling either happy about current achievement despite challenges or cribbing about what we lost.
Let us celebrate the current achievement, feel grateful, and aim high. With this awareness, you attract the good things in life! | sociology |
http://www.adamslove.org/en-d.php?id=169 | 2018-01-19T21:04:56 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-05/segments/1516084888135.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20180119204427-20180119224427-00348.warc.gz | 0.935132 | 1,038 | CC-MAIN-2018-05 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-05__0__254574814 | en | Who are MSM?
The term men who have sex with men or MSM is meant to address all men who have sex with men, regardless of their sexual identities. It is used because only a minority of men involve in same sex behaviour self-define as gay, bisexual or homosexual but may more aptly self-identify using local social and sexual identities and behaviours. They do not consider their sexual encounters with other men in terms of sexual identity or orientation. Many men who have sex with men self-identify as heterosexual rather than homosexual or bisexual, especially if they also have sex with women, are married, only take the penetrative role in anal sex, and/or have sex with men for money or convenience.
MSM includes various categories of men who may be distinguished according to the interplay of variables
• their sexual identities, regardless of sexual behaviour (gay, homosexual, heterosexual, bisexual, and transgender, or their equivalents, and other identities);
• their acceptance of- and openness about- their non-mainstream sexual identities (open or closeted);
• their sexual partners (male, female, and/or transgender);
• their reasons for having these sexual partners (natural preference, coercion or pressure, commercial motivation, convenience or recreation, and/or being in an all-male environment);
• their roles in specific sexual practices (penetrative, receptive, or both); and
• their gender-related identities, roles and behaviour (male or female, masculine or
feminine/effeminate, cross-dressing or gender-concordant dressing).
Men who have sex with men (abbreviated as MSM, also known as males who have sex with males) are male persons who engage in sexual activity with members of the same sex. The term was created in the 1990s by epidemiologists in order to study the spread of disease among men who have sex with men, regardless of identity. MSM is often used in medical literature and social research to describe such men as a group for research studies without considering issues of self-identification.
According to the latest AEM for Thailand,2010, there are an estimated 560 000 MSM and 10 000 male sex workers (MSWs) in Thailand and nearly 3 out of 10 MSM in Bangkok are infected with HIV . The MSM and TG populations are neglected in terms of HIV prevention efforts in Thailand; they have high STI rates and HIV prevalence is rapidly increasing among them. However, MSM have started to be recognized as one of target populations for HIV prevention in the current National AIDS Strategic Plan, covering the years 2007–2011. The current evidence shows that HIV infections will not remain contained within this specific male subpopulation, and may spread through regular and casual sexual partners, sexual contact with female and male sex workers, and wives of married MSM. It has been suggested that a consequence of the lack of good HIV prevention efforts targeted towards MSM will result in almost 3500 MSM becoming HIV infected every year in the foreseeable future.
By this reasons, we have different movements for MSM, MSW and TG to strengthen the community in both MSM and HIV related issues, such as Rainbow Sky Association of Thailand, Bangkok Rainbow Organization, MPlus Thailand, Thai Queer Resources Centre, as well as the television media for MSM i.e. G Space and Pink Mango, recently, GMM Grammy just bought and published Attitude Magazine from UK into Thai editorial. Moreover, MSM/HIV related organizations are Men's Health Clinic by the Thai Red Cross AIDS Research Centre, Silom Clinic, Wednesday Friends' Club and The POZ. Website Adam's Love is a new campaign organized by the Thai Red Cross AIDS Research Centre aiming at raising the awareness of Thai MSM community and beyond about HIV/AIDS protection as well as men's health.
MSM Awareness Handbook Thailand
- Men's Health Clinic
- Treatment as Prevention (PrEP and PEP)
- 3 Simple Steps of HIV Testing
SOURCE: The Thai Red Cross AIDS Research Centre, WHO, wikipedia
- Family Health International (FHI), and Bureau of AIDS, TB, STI, Department of Disease Control, Ministry of Public Health Thailand. The Asian epidemic model: projections of HIV/AIDS in Thailand
2005–2025. Bangkok, FHI, Ministry of Public Health, 2008. Available at: http://www.fhi.org/en/ HIVAIDS/pub/res_AEM_2005-2025.
- Beyrer C et al. Same-sex behavior, sexually-transmitted diseases and HIV risks among young northern Thai men. AIDS, 1995, 9:171–176.
- Sittitrai W et al. Thai sexual behavior and risk of HIV infection. Bangkok, Thai Red Cross
-van Griensven F et al. The prevalence of bisexual and homosexual orientation and related health risks
among adolescents in northern Thailand. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 2004, 33:137–147.
- Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook: Thailand. 2009. Available at: https://www.cia.gov/ | sociology |
http://www.tamanjurong.sg/ourmuseum | 2017-04-27T10:47:53 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917122159.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031202-00427-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.954275 | 220 | CC-MAIN-2017-17 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-17__0__223961560 | en | Our Museum @ Taman Jurong is a project by the National Heritage Board (NHB) in partnership with Taman Jurong Citizens’ Consultative Committee (TJCCC) , Taman Jurong Community Arts and Culture Club (TJCACC) and People’s Association (PA). Since its opening as on 12 Jan 2013, Our Museum has been receiving generous municipal as well as public support for its efforts to engage the local community in appreciating the neighbourhood’s distinct heritage and take ownership over it. The quarterly refreshment of Our Museum exhibition offer opportunities for residents and volunteers to work with local artists to co-create artworks for the museum. In view of residents feedbacks, Our Museum has also include galleries which focus on the community’s history and heritage; by the residents, for the residents.
Located at Taman Jurong Community Club, 1 Yung Sheng Road. Opening Hours: 3pm to 9pm (Mon - Fri); 10am - 9pm (Sat); 10am - 6pm (Sun); Closed on Public Holidays. | sociology |
https://www.votedavies.co.uk/community-safety-survey-to-help-set-crime-reduction-priorities/ | 2024-04-20T12:39:59 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817650.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20240420122043-20240420152043-00341.warc.gz | 0.919988 | 466 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__105113899 | en | The Lincolnshire Community Safety Partnership (LCSP) want to know what you think the priorities should be to improve community safety and tackle crime in your area.
The partnership will use the results of this year’s survey to help determine where resources and activity should be targeted, as organisations work together to keep people safe.
Cllr Barry Young, Executive Councillor for Community Safety at the county council, said:
“Crime rates in Lincolnshire are generally low, but feeling safe in your community is important too. Every year the partnership reviews what it should focus on, and your views can help decide what should be done at a local level in towns and districts in Lincolnshire.”
In previous years, feedback from residents has led to projects such as:
– the Activate programme in South Holland to engage 8 – 19 year olds in positive activities;
– the Street Smart programme in Boston to rejuvenate areas that have been blighted by graffiti and litter, working with local young people;
– tackling street drinking with Operation Dakota.
The survey is available at https://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/lincolnshire-community-safety-partnership and closes on 11 November 2016.
About the partnership
The Lincolnshire Community Safety Partnership (LCSP) is a statutory body which brings together a number of organisations with the aim of reducing crime, disorder and anti-social behaviour in the county. These agencies work jointly to improve the safety of residents and visitors by information sharing and partnership activity.
The LCSP works to tackle issues of crime and disorder and improve the quality of life for people living, working or visiting the area.
The partnership is made up of the following organisations:
– Boston Borough Council, Lincoln City Council and East Lindsey, North Kesteven, South Kesteven, South Holland and West Lindsey District Councils
– Lincolnshire County Council
– Lincolnshire Police
– Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue
– Humberside, Lincolnshire and North Yorkshire Community Rehabilitation Company Ltd (HLNYCR)
– National Probation Service
– Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs)
– Police and Crime Commissioner for Lincolnshire
In addition, many non-statutory partners attend the LCSP and its sub-groups. | sociology |
https://www.renfrewtown.co.uk/2019/05/renfrew-wfi-launch-group-with-event-featuring-dr-phillipa-whitford-mp/ | 2019-07-20T20:55:14 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-30/segments/1563195526670.1/warc/CC-MAIN-20190720194009-20190720220009-00544.warc.gz | 0.977171 | 482 | CC-MAIN-2019-30 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-30__0__64059868 | en | Renfrew Women for Independence will officially launch their group on Saturday 18th May at the Methodist Central Halls, with an event featuring Dr Phillipa Whitford MP.
‘Brexit and the NHS’ will look at the impact Brexit is going to have on the NHS, and the alternatives to this. Dr Whitford will speak from her vast experience both as a surgeon and as an MP, and there will be opportunity to ask questions about the topic as well as about Scottish Independence.
Renfrew WFI’s Caroline McDonald said “We are proud to have Dr Phillipa Whitford MP speaking at our first event. Brexit is a worrying prospect for many and there has been no real information on the significant impact it will have on public services like the NHS, which we all rely on. Dr Phillipa Whitford MP’s passion and knowledge are hugely respected and we are sure people will enjoy hearing from her and being able to ask her questions. We are delighted also to have support from our Paisley WFI sisters as we launch!
Renfrew WFI are a new group and are keen to interact with as many women in Renfrew and the surrounding areas as possible. We have been holding street stalls across the area which have been well received, and we are planning future events that allow women to engage with politics is a safe and relaxed environment.”
Paisley WFI said “Brexit is going to have a profound impact on the NHS and this event will provide a platform for women from all political persuasions to discuss and learn about what – and how these changes are going to affect their lives. Although Paisley WFI are a diverse bunch, we all believe in a healthcare system based on need, rather than the ability to pay for it. Brexit – and how its going to impact the NHS, challenges that belief. We hope this event will give us some more answers.”
‘Brexit and the NHS with Dr Phillipa Whitford’ is a women only event, which takes place at 11am on Saturday 18th May at Paisley’s Methodist Central Halls. Refreshments will be provided and the event is free of charge. Children are welcome, and Renfrew and Paisley WFI groups are looking forward to seeing many new faces!
Tickets can be booked on Eventbrite | sociology |
https://gardengroverotary.org/club-projects/ | 2023-09-27T17:56:49 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233510319.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20230927171156-20230927201156-00512.warc.gz | 0.957069 | 1,182 | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__230422399 | en | Rotary Club Public Access to Automatic External Defibrillators (AED) and CPR Training
In 2009, at the Garden Grove High School’s first football game of the season, a player collapsed and died on the field. There was no Automatic External Defibrillator (AED) available. California Law only requires health clubs to have one on premises. The Garden Grove Rotary Club has taken on the project of supplying AEDs to places in the community where there is high potential for use.
The Garden Grove Rotary Club established a local Public Access to Defibrillators Program (PAD) in 2009 and have been acquiring and placing these life life-saving devices at over 20 various locations throughout the community. They have been working with local community groups and organizations in order to facilitate the placement of the devices in public places, with citizens and employees trained to use them. Eleven of them have been placed into service at the Louis Lake Senior Citizen Center, the Garden Grove Community Gym, the Acacia Adult Day Center, both Boys and Girls Club campuses, the Gem Theatre, the Festival Amphitheatre, Kiwanisland, all three Little League Fields, and the Elk’s Lodge (2/17). In the Summer of 2014, the club donated nine (9) AEDs to the Garden Grove Unified School District for each of its nine (9) high school campuses.
In June 2016, a Bolsa Grande High School tennis player collapsed on the court. The high school Physical Education staff used the newly donated AED to regain the student’s breathing and heartbeat until the paramedics arrived to transport the student to the emergency room, where they recovered.
Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) not only occurs to the seniors in our community, but also to young student athletes on the playing field. It is important that those community members at risk receive resuscitation via an AED as soon as possible. Every minute counts to help save lives before the paramedics arrive.
The Club’s plan is to continue to place as many of these units into operation as our ongoing funding will allow. The Rotary Club will provide the AED, and the recipient organization maintains it. The Public Access to Defibrillators program also helped with the installation of the units and having people trained in both CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) and AED (automated external defibrillation).
In the Spring of 2017, the list of all these Community AEDs have been provided to both the City’s Police and Fire Departments to help assist in emergency responses.
Your contribution can help make the difference in a life or death situation. Please join the Garden Grove Rotary Club in this important effort now. For additional information regarding AED’s or to donate to the campaign, please contact Rotary’s AED campaign chair, Scott Weimer at 714-534-0992.
Family Food Distributions
The club has received funds for the past three years from the District Designated Matching Funds to provide for a series of food distributions at two family resource centers in the city. The Rotary Club members participate with the community volunteers to bag and distribute food to needy families in the city. There were food drops during the last three years, serving over 2000 families. Funding was also used to create one new and restock the “Emergency Food Pantries” at these two neighborhood centers (Buena Clinton Family Resource Center & Magnolia Park Family Resource Center).
Park Clean-Up Day (Rotarians at Work Day)
The Rotary club and one of its Interact clubs (Bolsa Grande High) spent Saturdays scrapping and repainting railings and other equipment in order to get it ready for its 50th anniversary. The pond was also cleaned and repainted by Rotary club members. Many of the club members and Interact club members remember playing there as children. It holds special memories for these members and many thousands of youngsters in the community over the last 50 years.
The park is a special park created for younger kids and their parents around a nautical theme. Adults must be accompanied by a small child to be allowed in the park. This family park can be rented to hold birthday parties and other special kid events.
Annual Toy Drive for Disadvantaged Children
The Christmas season can be a depressing time for children who have little. Working with the Garden Grove Community Foundation, the Rotary Club of Garden Grove each year strives to see to it that at least 300 disadvantaged families in Garden Grove will have toys under the tree for their children. Every year the Garden Grove Community Services Department and the Garden Grove Foundation sponsor a Toys-for-Tots program to insure that children who would otherwise share a bleak Christmas have something to bring a smile. For the past few years, our club has joined the program by contributing funds for this annual project.
High School Interact Club
Over the years, the Club has sponsored high school service clubs (Interact Clubs) at Bolsa Grande High School, Garden Grove High School and Pacifica High School. These clubs provide high school students with an opportunity to give back to their community through school service projects and learn about leadership roles and responsibilities in running their campus organization.
Miss Garden Grove Scholarship Pageant
The Club has sponsored participants in the pageant for over 50 years. The 2011 participant, Leah Cecil (Tibbitts), and the 2012 participant, Bree Morse, became both Miss Garden Grove and Miss California. Recent sponsored participants have become Miss Garden Grove: 2014 – Jessica Tont, while others had the opportunity to participate in the talent and educational program.
Miss Garden Grove Scholarship Pageant: Club sponsors winners. Click here to see the results. | sociology |
https://1616sodan.com/639/the-celebration-of-life-begins-with-lunch.html | 2021-06-21T21:32:32 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-25/segments/1623488504838.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20210621212241-20210622002241-00609.warc.gz | 0.983962 | 382 | CC-MAIN-2021-25 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-25__0__78213120 | en | They come for lunch every Friday with parents and realtors, mortgage brokers and physician assistants, life coaches and flower shop staff from all walks of life. Many have represented their own start-up ventures such as jewelry making, business coaching, and spas and health clubs. No matter where they came from, they were there for each other and spent an hour supporting and socializing.
This weekly luncheon is held in five other cities and is sponsored by the Women Celebrations organization and attended by both men and women. According to founder Sheryl Lynn, each luncheon has a theme that suggests the independence and success that everyone aspires to. Topics were as varied as “magnificence”, “confidence” and “work”. At the “Applause” themed meeting, each attendee explained why the group deserved applause.
Members spoke of moving out of state and changing careers, business successes and personal joys. Each speaker received heartfelt applause as they took their time to “stand on their own.” It was Lin’s expression that people can find success and power within themselves.
What inspired Lynn to create Women Celebrations was the need to celebrate everyday things. Despite her success as a mother of three and an entrepreneur, she felt tired and discouraged at the end of the day.
“It wasn’t just banging on myself when these amazing things were over, and certainly no one else was there,” Lynn said.
Starting Women Celebrations, she created an environment where support and encouragement play a key role.
Today, Women Celebrations has a strong influence in northern Florida, with more chapters or “loops” appearing across the country. This organization is open to anyone who wants to celebrate their lives, share experiences with others and build a sense of community through positive interactions. | sociology |
https://www.netcanada.ca/news/vancouver-team-ministry-update-forming-relationships-one-step-at-a-time/ | 2022-09-30T18:56:36 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-40/segments/1664030335504.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20220930181143-20220930211143-00372.warc.gz | 0.980658 | 516 | CC-MAIN-2022-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-40__0__250101850 | en | We are just about a month into ministry here in Vancouver, and it is so evident that God is working in our midst. We minister to the youth of Archbishop Carney Regional Secondary School in Port Coquitlam and St. Thomas Aquinas Regional Secondary School in North Vancouver. This past month, we have been focusing on relational ministry. Simply put, this is establishing relationships with the students so that we can build trust.
At Archbishop Carney, we have been attending all of the religion classes. We sit in on the lessons, participate in discussions, in some cases lead small groups, and sit with the youth in the cafeteria during their lunch.
At St. Thomas Aquinas our ministry is similar, but we can choose which classes we go to. Our team has started leading small group sessions in grade nine religion classes, guided by the Alpha program. It is encouraging to see that these students have some very real, serious questions about life and God. We are looking forward to continuing those small groups and diving deeper with the youth through them. We invite students to come to the mass that is celebrated every week, attend Morning Prayer with the staff, and lead a prayer group for the youth before classes start. We also have our first retreat coming up for the grade eight class at the end of November, and are excited to see our Lord work through it!
Our main focus is just intentionally getting to know the students and really investing in them! Every person desires to be seen, known, and loved, and each student has their own story; things that they love and things that they struggle with. We want to know them and we hope that through building genuine relationships, we can help lead them to the ultimate good, which is Christ. Before class started in one grade eleven religion class, I was chatting with a girl who unexpectedly opened up to me about the struggles that she was going through and the pressure she was feeling from different sources in her life. I listened, asked questions, and asked if I could pray for her. Even though she is not Christian, she told me that I could.
A lot of the youth at these schools are under a tremendous amount of pressure; many just want someone to talk to, and to have that person really listen. That is what our ministry looks like right now; just being there for the youth. Some of the students have never known or trusted someone who is Catholic before, and so by building trust through relational ministry we are able to bring them one step closer to knowing Christ.
–Written by Jessica Taylor | sociology |
https://aucche.bar/article/despite-the-odds-the-women-s-movement-persists-in-iran | 2023-09-30T16:06:38 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233510697.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20230930145921-20230930175921-00191.warc.gz | 0.984613 | 2,701 | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__89634460 | en | One of the most significant and under-reported stories in Iran is the strength and character of its women's movement. Through politics, literature, religion and poetry, women's voices have sometimes been like roars and sometimes like whispers of dissent. Women continue to be targets of persecution and drivers of change, and for more than a decade, NPR's Davar Ardalan and Jacki Lyden have been tracking those changes. It started in 1995 when Jacki went to Iran at a time when there were not many female journalists there.
I remember thinking that no one would talk to me on the tape - that no one would be brave enough to question the 1979 revolution, which many women and Iranian students helped bring about. Few of these young students realized that while they may not have liked the Shah's autocracy, his pro-Western views included a view of women as equals. For decades, Iranian women were exposed, had the right to divorce and marry, had the right to choose their husband instead of him being chosen for them, and were very visible in public life. And then, almost overnight, it changed.
Guity Ganji, a beautiful woman in her 40s, took me hiking above Tehran's Albourz Mountains.
We hiked past the country's infamous political prison, Evin, which is incongruously set in a beautiful valley. Ganji was close to the Shah's minister for women's affairs. How out of place she feels now, she said, with this hike - her moment of freedom.
"I feel kind of alienated from these people," Ganji said. "I think a lot of people feel the way I do about what's going on. [It's] especially harder for women... because the way we're treated, the way they treat us. It's aggravating. And I look at professional people — just think of me being professional and working with men and the way they would treat you. And they don't look at you at all."
Return of the veil
It was a feeling that any Western woman can understand, especially one who tries to conduct interviews with headscarves and headphones on her ears. What was a bit more difficult to understand was how the Islamic Republic co-opted the revolution so that now women have to live in head-to-toe black headscarves and dresses.
In a real sense, the shah forced the traditionalists in Iran to modernity, causing a profound clash of cultures. By encouraging women, even his own wife, to go naked in public ceremonies, the shah presented the Shia clergy with an issue that any traditional Muslim elder could defend: women should be covered.
When the veil returned, for all these Iranian contemporary women - and there were hundreds of them in the professional classes - it was not so much about wearing a piece of cloth as it was about giving up the self. Perhaps no voice expressed it better than that of Azar Nafisi, an Iranian professor.
'Whispers Of Dissent'
I met her in 1995 in a university classroom in Tehran. Today, Nafisi is an internationally known writer and authorReading Lolita in Tehranand one of the most famous Iranian women in exile. As a teacher, she used Western writers like Nabokov as a way to challenge autocratic thinking.
Now living in Washington, D.C., Nafisi says that for her, women remain at the forefront of the cultural struggle within Iran even as her own dissent, and that of thousands like her, has been increasingly suppressed by the new regime since the revolution.
"It is very unrealistic to go back 30 years ago to the way these whispers of defense, these whispers of dissent, were articulated," said Nafisi. "I was one of the dissidents. I was very, very active in the student movement here. We demonstrated against the Shah... We sought the overthrow of the regime, and among ourselves — those who were, for example, religious, those who were Marxists, those who were nationalists - there was polarization."
Nafisi devoted most of her 20s in America to political movements dedicated to the abolition of the monarchy in Iran, which was seen as a puppet of the United States. She was typical of young students abroad, and Iran sent many young women abroad. Other young Iranian women were recruited to join communist and non-communist guerrilla groups. But a far greater number were uneducated, lower-class women who took part in street demonstrations in 1978 and 1979, responding to Ayatollah Khomeini's call to demonstrate against tyranny.
By 1979, the pro-Western shah was ill with cancer and on a plane to Egypt. Of all the groups that opposed him - women, nationalists, Marxists - no group won hearts and minds like the Islamists.
The new regime under Ayatollah Khomeini executed thousands of people. Women went from being judges and lawyers to non-entities, if they were lucky.
Repeal of the Family Protection Act
One of the women who never went home after the revolution was Mahnaz Afkhami, the Shah's former minister for women's affairs. Under the Shah, she stood up for women's rights and helped push through the Family Protection Act. This made her a post-revolutionary target. Returning to Iran meant death, but she never gave up working for women's rights in her homeland.
"People, some women, feel that they have to assert themselves as individuals," Afkhami said. "They need to have a role, they need to have a say, both in who they want to be and how they want to lead their lives, and how they want to relate to other members of their family and society. It's not necessarily the same answer for everyone."
The Family Protection Act was repealed in 1979. This meant that women, among other things, did not have the right to divorce. For a while, female voices were banned from radio and female singers from television. Family planning was abolished and the birth rate soared, straining the economy. But Iranian women have never come to terms with it. By 1997, almost 20 years after the revolution, women were demanding change.
'I will not be silent'
It was not only secular intellectuals who wanted reform. I met Azam Talehgani in 1997. The daughter of a prominent ayatollah, she was 58 years old and ran a settlement for poor women. Talehgani decided to run for president, even though she said she knew the Guardian Ruling Council would never have elected her - a woman.
"Let them be silent. I will not be silent," said Talehgani. "Even if I remain silent, women will not remain silent. I can't tell you how many phone calls I've received in the past few days from people thanking me for speaking up and demanding that this woman be considered a presidential candidate. And I tell them that our government officials have been notified and that our movement will continue."
Another woman who would not remain silent was Shahla Lahiji, a publisher who would eventually go to jail for her peaceful refusal. She wrote stories in which she sought equal rights for women. By the 1990s, the Iranian state had reversed itself - family planning clinics distributed contraception.
Ten years ago, we couldn't talk about women's rights as well as we can about this, Lahiji said. "Perhaps this is the result of our struggle, which was not violent, but everyday, like bees, like ants.
Women again became lawyers and investigating judges - women like Mehrangiz Kar. But she would also spend some time in prison.
"It used to be said that the laws in the books are like revelations from God and therefore not subject to change," Kar said. "But in the last year there has been more dialogue in every aspect of society about the need for change. We hope this will be a good sign towards greater moderation."
'Those who want to close them'
But of those who have tried to raise awareness of the plight of women trying to carve out a civic space for themselves in a theocracy, none has garnered as much attention as Shirin Ebadi.
Ebadi, a human rights lawyer, won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2003. At the ceremony in Oslo, Norway, she spoke not only about women's rights, but also about Iran's ancient human rights tradition.
"I am Iranian, a descendant of Cyrus the Great, the same emperor who, at the height of his power 2,500 years ago, declared that he would not rule the people if they did not want it," Ebadi said, "and promised that he would not force any person to change his religion or belief and guaranteed freedom for all."
In 2006, she published a book in English calledIranian Awakening.
"It is not religion that binds women, but the selective dictates of those who want to imprison them," she wrote. "That belief, along with the conviction that change in Iran must come peacefully and from within, underpinned my work."
Ebadi, whom I met during my trip to Iran in 1995, advocates moderation and the use of Islamic law to reform the Iranian system. She believes in peaceful, non-violent change from within. She had an increasingly educated class of young people to rely on - at the time her book came out, more than half of all students in Iran were women. In applied physics at Azad University, 70 percent were women. The post-revolutionary young woman was an educated young woman.
This belief in peaceful resistance was emphasized by the "One Million Signatures Campaign". The idea was for women and men from all walks of life to collect a million signatures to educate women about their rights and demand changes to laws that discriminate against them. When they demonstrated in Iran in June 2006, about 70 of them were arrested.
Perhaps because Ebadi had become such a powerful symbol, it was almost inevitable that the government would crack down on her. Ebadi experienced increased harassment. In December, her office dedicated to the defense of human rights was closed and her computers were confiscated.
Human Rights Watch says it fears for her life. With the rise of conservatives, especially after the election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in 2005, where is the Iranian women's movement today? For Azar Nafisi, it is simply a force that cannot be defeated, no matter who is in power in Iran.
"You see what no regime can do is take away from its people the past, the memory of what they have achieved," Nafisi said. "What Iranian women have achieved has become a weapon in the fight for rights that have been taken away from them. And that's why so many women go back in time.
"They talk about a women's organization that was created. They talk about writing books. These new women who are now participating in these regressive laws in Iran also write about women senators at the time. They talk about the minister of women's affairs at the time. They interview her on their website You know, I think the past makes the way for the future, and that's why women are so much in the foreground.
In 1983, five years after the revolution, the great Iranian poet Simin Behbehani, known as the "Iranian lioness", wroteTribute to the Being. The song advocates and celebrates the transcendence of three cultural fears: female visibility, female mobility and female voices. Translated by Farzaneh Milani and Kaveh Safa inThe cup of sin, Behbehani's poem reads:
Sing, Gypsy, sing.
In honor of existence you must sing.
Let the ears register your presence.
The eyes and throat burn from the smoke
which follows the monsters as they float in the sky.
Scream if you can from the terror of this night.
Every monster has a secret to its life
hidden in a bottle in the stomach of a red fish
swimming in waters you can't reach.
Each maid holds a monster's head in her lap
like a piece of firewood in silver.
In their rage for plunder, the monsters
they robbed beautiful girls
of silk and rubies of their lips and cheeks.
Gypsy, lupi legs.
Stamp your feet for your freedom.
To get the answer,
send a message at your own pace.
Your existence must have a purpose under heaven.
To draw a spark from these stones,
stomp your feet.
Ages dark and old
they pressed their weight on your body.
Break away from their embrace,
so that you don't remain just a trace in the fossil.
Gypsy, to stay alive, you have to kill the silence.
I mean, to pay tribute to existence, you have to sing
From then until now, I have no doubt that Iranian women will continue to sing, continue to shape the future, simply stay alive and resist. Always resisting.
Copyright 2022 NPR. For more information, visit https://www.npr.org. | sociology |
http://www.edrants.com/weekend-sightings-people-in-order/ | 2023-03-25T22:41:52 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296945376.29/warc/CC-MAIN-20230325222822-20230326012822-00693.warc.gz | 0.945637 | 210 | CC-MAIN-2023-14 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-14__0__184834795 | en | The question of whether life represents a parabolic arc is taken up by Lenka Clayton and James Price‘s short film “People in Order” — in which 100 people are edited together and proceed to beat on the same drum over the course of three minutes. It’s an inventive spin on the Michael Apted formula. The people here have been arranged by age, starting from the age of 1 and ending at 100. What’s particularly striking is the varying levels of enthusiasm, both in the people expressing their age and in their need to bang the drum. Some of the figures are happy at any age. Some are sad. Some seem to wonder what all the fuss is about.
To me it’s not necessarily enthusiasm that’s lacking… some seem more quizzical than others and some more happy in general… but there is either a sense of properly doing what is required (state age, one bang) or just doing your thing (extra words, multi-bangs). | sociology |
http://www.carolinainjuryfirm.com/Practice-Areas/Medical-Malpractice/Nursing-Home-Abuse.shtml | 2013-12-11T06:26:59 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-48/segments/1386164032243/warc/CC-MAIN-20131204133352-00082-ip-10-33-133-15.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.950356 | 520 | CC-MAIN-2013-48 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-48__0__82725847 | en | Protecting Vulnerable Elderly Clients and Their Families
At Asbill Stiles, LLC, we have been focusing 100 percent of our attention on helping injured clients for more than 24 combined years. Of all the North Carolina injury and wrongful death claims we handle, perhaps none is more upsetting than nursing home abuse.
When residents enter nursing homes, assisted living houses and other elderly care facilities, it is because they are vulnerable and no longer able to care for themselves or protect themselves as well. When medical professionals, staff and others take advantage of this vulnerability, the results can be tragic physically and emotionally for everyone involved. If you or someone you love has suffered nursing home abuse, contact us. Our Charlotte nursing home abuse lawyers can help you obtain compensation for your suffering.
Abuse of Vulnerable Elders in Nursing Homes
There is a wide range of abuse that elderly nursing home residents have had to endure, from physical and sexual abuse, to emotional abuse and financial abuse of the elderly. These violations would be much easier to stop if it was easier to determine who is generally responsible, but elder abuse comes at the hand of anyone who might have access to the elderly person:
- Medical professionals: Doctors and nurses often use their influence and privilege to take advantage of elderly patients.
- Nursing home staff: One of the most common mistakes that nursing home administrations make is not taking the proper care in screening their employees. People with criminal records can be found in many nursing homes, with almost unfettered access to elderly residents and their personal possessions.
- Family and friends: This is the most tragic abuse scenario, when close personal family members or friends commit abuse or coercion against elderly nursing home residents.
Nursing Home Neglect
Neglect often comes in the form of medical malpractice, surgical errors or lack of adequate care. Without proper nutrition and hydration, frequent movement, adequate sanitation and other forms of basic care being met, elderly residents can suffer serious injuries, illnesses, humiliation and even death.
Our attorneys help nursing home residents and their families fight back against negligent nursing homes and obtain full and fair compensation for the wrongs they have suffered.
Contact a North Carolina Attorney | Asbill Stiles, LLC
We offer free initial consultations and we take all of our North Carolina medical malpractice cases on contingency, so you will not pay attorney fees until we are successful in your case. Call 704-266-1499 or 888-377-1388 toll free, or contact us online to schedule a free initial consultation with a lawyer from our firm. | sociology |
http://www.themountieshop.ca/category/RCMPF.html | 2018-01-23T17:42:59 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-05/segments/1516084892059.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20180123171440-20180123191440-00723.warc.gz | 0.943619 | 285 | CC-MAIN-2018-05 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-05__0__173363105 | en | YOUR PURCHASE WILL HELP CANADA’S YOUTH AT RISK!
The Mountie Shop exists to support the RCMP Foundation, a registered charitable organization committed to making a difference in the lives of young people across the country. By providing funding to community groups and programs across Canada, the RCMP Foundation assists RCMP members as they dedicate countless hours above and beyond their policing duties to give back to the communities in which they work.
Many of these communities are faced with socioeconomic problems such as unemployment, poverty, family breakdown, and a lack of available recreational and support services. As a result, the local youth often deal with significant issues such as bullying, gang violence and substance abuse.
From sports and recreation, to drug awareness and internet safety, the RCMP Foundation has donated over $3.5 million dollars to support more than 750 programs with a focus on helping Canadian youth at risk make positive life choices and steer clear of negative challenges confronting them.
Net proceeds from the sale of officially licensed RCMP products help fund these programs that create a better life for Canada’s youth at-risk. Programs which create awareness and prevention of drug and alcohol abuse, bullying, violence and suicide and are complemented by the development of like skills, self-esteem and confidence, all tools to help fulfill the desire for a better life for Canada's youth at-risk.
To learn more visit the RCMP Foundation website. | sociology |
https://mahapariksha.co.in/police-bharti-2020/ | 2020-06-03T11:16:55 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-24/segments/1590347432521.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20200603081823-20200603111823-00265.warc.gz | 0.945912 | 507 | CC-MAIN-2020-24 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-24__0__165832833 | en | पोलीस भरती २०२० – ८००० पदे
Police Bharti 2020: Unemployment problem across the country, the state government has taken a comforting decision on employment. The Home Department has decided to take up the mega recruitment and the Home Department is trying to fill the vacant posts in the police force.
राज्यात लवकरच सात ते आठ हजार पदांसाठी पोलीस भरती
Under this decision, the Home Department will soon recruit police for seven to eight thousand posts. This information was given by state Home Minister Anil Deshmukh. It is reported that the recruitment of these policemen will reduce the pressure on the police in the state to some extent. The late J.D. Home Minister Anil Deshmukh was speaking at a program organized at Smt. Kokilabai Gawande Women’s College in Daryapur on the occasion of the 8th death anniversary of Patil Upadhyay Babasaheb Sangaludkar.
Police Recruitment 2020
The state government will take steps to maintain law and order. Deshmukh said that measures will be taken to curb illegal lenders, naxalism. He also expressed the view that the youth of the rural areas should prepare for consistency in the study for various competition exams including police recruitment.
Maharashtra Police Bharti 2020
The government will take steps to curb women oppression in the state. Home Minister Deshmukh expressed concern over the increasing suicide of students. He urged parents not to impose unreasonable expectations on their children.
Sharad Tasare, former vice-president of the assembly was chaired by the program. MLA Balwant Wankhede, Zilla Parishad chairman Jayantrao Deshmukh, former minister Ranjit Deshmukh, ex-MLA Amar Kale, Sunil Vahde, Anand Mane and others were present on the occasion.
Source: Maharashtra Times
Other Related Link:
- Maharashtra Police Bharti
- SRPF Police Bharti | sociology |
https://embracewomenshealth.com.au/about-us/sexologist/ | 2024-04-24T03:11:26 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296818999.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20240424014618-20240424044618-00615.warc.gz | 0.927966 | 165 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__136517330 | en | Meg Callander (she/her)
BPH&HP (Hons), GradDipSexol, CertSexolBodywork
Meg is a warm and approachable sexologist who supports individuals and couples to navigate sexual issues and enjoy more fulfilling sexual experiences.
Determined to create an open and positive dialogue about sexuality, Meg provides a non-judgemental space for people to discuss their sexual concerns and desires. Her sessions are client-focused and she works collaboratively with clients to identify individual needs and strengths, and develop relevant and practical treatment options. Meg combines counselling, comprehensive sexuality education and somatic practices to help people enhance their sexual wellbeing. Her work is trauma-informed and inclusive of cultural, gender and sexual diversity. Meg is a current member of the Society of Australian Sexologists. | sociology |
https://en.babysits.nl/community-resources/2013/virtual-babysitting-a-globally-viable-option-for-parents-working-from-home/ | 2024-02-28T11:37:35 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474715.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20240228112121-20240228142121-00227.warc.gz | 0.970293 | 467 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__38057228 | en | New Babysits Function: Virtual Babysitting A Globally Viable Option
Babysitting platform supports parents working from home globally with virtual babysitting feature.
As of October 1st, there are over 61,000 babysitters and childcare providers on Babysits that are offering virtual babysitting services.
Babysits, an online platform connecting parents with child care providers, continues to help their community during these unprecedented times. As COVID-19 causes social distancing and self-isolation, over 51 million students across the United States have been affected. Not only have kids been dismissed from school, many parents are expected to work from home, making it difficult for some families to cope. Because of the government measures, the situation around the Coronavirus also leads to struggles in finding child care. Grandparents, who also make up a large proportion of childcare for many families, are being advised not to babysit in many cases because of the higher risk they have with regards to the virus.
With this in mind, Babysits is taking actions to support families and released a new feature to support remote babysitting.
“The whole Babysits team is currently working on adapting our services to the current situation and circumstances. All our resources are directed towards the development of useful new features and content to pursue our mission of empowering communities around child care - now also remotely.” - Peter Van Soldt, founder of Babysits
Huge increase in interest around virtual babysitting
According to Forbes, searches for virtual babysitting have jumped by 700% from March to April.
To help support parents and babysitter with this feature, Babysits has released several articles and guides with tips for how to have a successful virtual babysitting.
Babysits has also tested out virtual babysitting, having virtually babysat for parents in Singapore and Ireland, even while located in their headquarters in the Netherlands!
Having been tested, virtual babysitting empirically can be a valuable resource to provide support for some parents at this time, as many parents are still working from home with kids out of school. Even more, it can be a resource where people across the country and the globe even, can support each other by entertaining, helping educate, and looking after kids virtually. | sociology |
https://www.ocfamilyadvocacy.org/copy-of-programs | 2024-04-17T21:09:04 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817181.55/warc/CC-MAIN-20240417204934-20240417234934-00331.warc.gz | 0.96133 | 577 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__191474143 | en | Benefit from Our Programs
Ottawa County Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) was formed in 2008. This program recruits and trains volunteers to be the voice of children in the courtroom for cases of child abuse and neglect. CASA volunteers conduct independent investigations of the facts surrounding each case and make recommendations to the court. Our volunteers receive 30 hours of initial training and a minimum of 12 hours per year of ongoing training to remain qualified for service.
TNT Mentoring has existed in Ottawa County since 2012. Our mentoring program provides one-on-one mentors to students in the public schools in Ottawa County. Adult mentors are friends and allies to nominated children. This program is currently serving just over 300 students with individual mentors. Training and support are provided to volunteer mentors employing the principles of the 40 Developmental Assets from the Search Institute.
TICKET to Success is an independent living skills program in Port Clinton for youth aged 14-21. It began with funding assistance from the Juvenile Court in 2016. The program uses an assessment tool developed by the CASEY Foundation and then works on deficits in each child’s portfolio. TICKET coordinators meet with youth once per week after school to prepare meals and promote successful living by teaching useful life skills. TICKET also offers off-site programming to youth who are not able to attend at our building. This program is currently on hold due to little participation by the youth we were serving.
In 2018, OCFAC saw a need to advocate for and support grandparents and other family members raising children. As a result, our GrandLove program was created. A Grand Love advocate meets with families to determine specific needs, then makes referrals to the appropriate resources. To date 100 grand families have been contacted. This program uses a best practice Grandparent Café model for monthly meetings, weekly grandparent coffees and support groups for grandkids. Additionally, the program is now offering tutoring to those grandkids who have fallen behind due to the pandemic and the grandparents’ struggle with technology.
OCFAC took over the responsibility of the Ottawa County Summer Lunch program in 2019 which provided summer lunches and activities to children throughout Ottawa County. In 2020 it became our Summer Lunch/Weekend Bags program and now provides grab-and-go meals during the summer as well as throughout the school year during spring breaks and long weekends. Over 120,000 meals have been distributed over the last two summers.
Konnections, our newest program provides one-on-one mentoring and friendship to a senior citizen being identified as “at-risk.” These mentors make at least weekly contact to provide friendship and companionship to a senior that is isolated and lonely. These seniors are at high risk for exploitation and abuse and the program’s goal is to lessen that possibility. | sociology |
http://elizabethandrich.com/journal/german-society-of-pennsylvania-wedding | 2014-04-20T13:18:36 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-15/segments/1397609538787.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20140416005218-00227-ip-10-147-4-33.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.987057 | 144 | CC-MAIN-2014-15 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2014-15__0__34233541 | en | This beautiful wedding was one of the most personal and touching weddings we've ever witnessed. Lucy and Sam were beyond excited to be joining their lives in marriage and their friends and family were right there with them, sharing the day in laughter, tears of joy, and every moment in between. In so many ways, we could see how much they love each other and how special they are, individually and as a couple, to the people around them. Here's a little look into their wedding story:
All smiles for their 'first look' - they were so happy to see each other and spend some time alone before the ceremony. :)
A special performance by Sam ended the night beautifully! Congratulations to Lucy + Sam! | sociology |
https://www.sens.org/diversity-equity-inclusion/ | 2024-04-21T07:54:22 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817729.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20240421071342-20240421101342-00484.warc.gz | 0.93804 | 131 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__204725950 | en | SRF is proud to announce the formation of its Diversity Equity & Inclusion Subcommittee.
Mission Statement: We prioritize the topics of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belongingness within SRF and the longevity community as a whole as we pursue our mission to eliminate the diseases and debilities of aging for all human beings. The DEI Subcommittee will work to promote the true inclusion of all marginalized groups in longevity research, education, and outreach efforts at SRF, and encourage our partnering organizations to do the same by proposing policies, guidelines, educational resources, events, etc. to SRF’s leadership.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Subcommittee | sociology |
http://citizensurveys.net/ | 2018-04-21T11:34:09 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-17/segments/1524125945143.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20180421110245-20180421130245-00382.warc.gz | 0.912552 | 311 | CC-MAIN-2018-17 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-17__0__218708882 | en | Ordinary citizens are the customers of businesses, government and non-profit organisations. They buy brands, use public services, and are served by non-government organisations. Their needs, and how they think and behave, influence the effectiveness of strategy and decision-making.
We have visited over half-a-million households to discover the daily world experienced by our citizens – how they live, behave and think – and what they believe. This gives us insight into the social economic and political issues and trends in Southern Africa, and how these can inform strategy.
Over the past 21 years, we have implemented over 300 projects for a diverse range of clients including national and international brands, government departments, international donor and development agencies, national and international universities and non-profit organizations.
Most of our work comes from client referrals – testimony to the quality of our work and the value we provide our clients as their strategic partner.
Reach out with us.
Touch the people you need to know.
Dr Sarah M Brooks, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Ohio State University
Government Communication and Information System (GCIS)
Project: Public Perception Tracker (“GCIS Tracker”)
Methodology: Quantitative, household interviews, monthly tracking study
Sample: 72,000 interviews overall
The GCIS part of the Presidency. It is responsible for leading strategic communication in government. Its role is increasingly critical in the current social, economic, and political climate where the government needs to be responsive to the needs of South Africans. | sociology |
https://www.langportdaa.org.uk/post/a-big-thank-you | 2022-05-17T16:30:13 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662519037.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20220517162558-20220517192558-00131.warc.gz | 0.957062 | 445 | CC-MAIN-2022-21 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-21__0__204329802 | en | A Big THANK YOU!
Updated: Oct 24, 2020
Caring for a person with dementia at home already comes with challenges. Coronavirus has for many made things more difficult and added to an already stressful situation. At this time, be sure to look after yourself as well as the person you’re caring for. Everybody connected with the Langport Dementia Action Alliance offers our wholehearted support to carers, healthcare workers, supermarket staff and people living with dementia during this challenging time. It is important to continue to follow government advice on helping to avoid the spread of coronavirus.
Living with dementia at any time brings everyday challenges for the person and those around them. Coronavirus is making daily life much harder. Many may feel anxious, scared or lonely whilst the threat of coronavirus remains real and it may seem like that life will not fully return to normal any time soon remember you are not alone – help is available.
If you or anyone you know is in need of a little support then please do contact Langport Cares, a volunteer led community good neighbours scheme serving Langport and the surrounding villages. Langport Cares offers a service in their community for those in need of help and support. The people who may need support may be the elderly, disabled, single parents, young families, those temporarily in need through illness or anyone who may be isolated within the community - and at this time those who are isolating for whatever reason.
If you, a family member or someone you care for have been using services set up specifically for shielding or self-isolating individuals, and you would like ongoing Post shielding support then Langport Cares may enable to help.
Langport Cares is not here to replace the work done by Social Services and other professional care agencies. They operate and on a more personal level than many agency-led schemes, often starting as simple offers of help to an acquaintance in need.
If you would like a little help in things like getting shopping or a prescription to Letter-writing and form-filling then feel free to contact them: 01485 251881 or email [email protected]. | sociology |
https://www.breathebloomtherapy.com/ | 2023-06-03T03:39:40 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224649105.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20230603032950-20230603062950-00440.warc.gz | 0.929003 | 135 | CC-MAIN-2023-23 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-23__0__175744352 | en | Bee and Helen created Breathe & Bloom after each working as psychotherapists for several years, and noticing critical gaps in the mental healthcare system. They envisioned creating a space that recognizes the impact of privilege, power structures, and systemic oppression on mental health.
Our collective commitment is rooted in care that is accessible, affordable, community oriented, and compassionate. We honor the sacred connection within the therapeutic space; in doing so we value consent, witnessing another's highest good, and empowering one another towards growth and transformation. We are passionate about providing folks with the tools, support, and guidance they need to live the fulfilling life they've envisioned. | sociology |
https://christinaaros.com/tag/bullying/ | 2022-12-04T09:08:01 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-49/segments/1669446710968.29/warc/CC-MAIN-20221204072040-20221204102040-00102.warc.gz | 0.982255 | 327 | CC-MAIN-2022-49 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-49__0__56494377 | en | This little story came to my facebook today and inspired me to pass it forward because I believe this message is not only to teach children but to teach adults as well. So I encourage you to take a look at the way you treat yourself and others. Do you treat them/yourself with respect or do you bully them or yourself. Even if you do it in the name of FUN it can still hurt people and leave scars. Even if it is just one small word or judgment to yourself or others it can still leave scars.
Sorry is a fantastic word and sometimes we don’t do things to hurt people deliberately. I just suggest that you consider your actions and behaviour towards yourself and others 🙂
Here’s the story:
A teacher in New York was teaching her class about bullying and gave them the following exercise to perform. She had the children take a piece of paper and told them to crumple it up, stamp on it and really mess it up but do not rip it. Then she had them unfold the paper, smooth it out and look at how scarred and dirty is was. She then told them to tell it they’re sorry. Now even though they said they were sorry and tried to fix the paper, she pointed out all the scars they left behind. And that those scars will never go away no matter how hard they tried to fix it. That is what happens when a child bully’s another child, they may say they’re sorry but the scars are there forever. The looks on the faces of the children in the classroom told her the message hit home | sociology |
http://www.chinavision.info/2019/03/31/meet-the-blind-youtubers-making-the-internet-more-accessible/ | 2019-04-21T12:21:12 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-18/segments/1555578531462.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20190421120136-20190421142136-00398.warc.gz | 0.958005 | 439 | CC-MAIN-2019-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-18__0__109518922 | en | 22nd January 2019
Meet the Blind YouTubers Making the Internet More Accessible
To be blind on the internet, at its worst, is to be told that you are a liar. “Every time I say I’m visually impaired,” says Casey Greer. “someone will try to shut me down, saying ‘Well then how did you type this comment?!’ It feels silly that in 2019, I always have to explain that blind people use and love the internet just as much as anybody else.” The antidote? YouTube’s thriving community of blind creators, which includes Greer.
These creators have become voices for a poorly understood and often overlooked group of people, who, apparently unbeknownst to many sighted people, share digital space with them every single day. If you are sighted, visual impairment YouTube answers questions you likely never thought to ask: How do blind people keep houseplants? Do blind people understand concepts like “translucent” or “reflective”? How do they use Instagram? And how do their Tinder matches react when they find out they’re blind? In offering a window into their lives, not only have these YouTubers become de facto educators for the general public, but also they’ve become rallying points for the broader visually impaired community—a place to share stories and tips about navigating the world, online and off.
On first examination, YouTube doesn’t seem like the most natural fit for visually impaired people. Along with Instagram, it’s the social platform that relies least on things that can easily be spoken aloud by your screen reader. But for some blind YouTubers, like Tommy Edison, that’s exactly why they got into the game. “I went to see Tropic Thunder and all the resolution was visual,” Edison says. “I’d spent two hours with these characters, and in the end, I had no idea what the heck had happened to them.” He turned that frustrating experience into a YouTube channel: the Blind Film Critic. | sociology |
https://generalbeadle.rcas.org/about/ | 2021-07-26T20:56:19 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-31/segments/1627046152144.92/warc/CC-MAIN-20210726183622-20210726213622-00353.warc.gz | 0.965281 | 196 | CC-MAIN-2021-31 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-31__0__207139058 | en | I would like to extend a warm welcome to all families and students attending General Beadle Elementary School this year. I am prepared to assist in the learning process of every child at our school and I truly do believe it takes strong cooperation between school, families and the community to educate the whole child.
The faculty and staff at General Beadle Elementary believe that all children have a right to the best possible education. We also believe that education among young people certainly consists of teaching the basic subject areas, but also must include the ideals of friendship, self-respect, and respect for others.
The time you spend at General Beadle is important. Opportunities exist to find talents and interest, make new friends, improve skills and knowledge, and develop an awareness of yourself and others. In partnership with staff, families, and neighborhood, we provide each child an opportunity to reach his/her potential and become a contributing member of the community.
Sincerely, Cary Davis | sociology |
https://www.kimberleyprocess.com/en/press-releases-behalf-civil-society-coalition-following-kimberley-process-intersessional-meeting | 2020-06-04T00:25:44 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-24/segments/1590347436828.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20200604001115-20200604031115-00128.warc.gz | 0.898337 | 226 | CC-MAIN-2020-24 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-24__0__141184823 | en | This week saw the end of the 2019 intersessional meeting of the Kimberley Process (KP) chaired by India. The week-long conference was the scene of discussions among delegates on the possibility of expanding the Kimberley Process’ scope to ensure that the scheme addresses modern day conceptions of what consumer see to be “blood diamonds”.
In his closing speech to delegates in Mumbai, Shamiso Mtisi, coordinator of the KP civil society coalition, commended the keen efforts of the EU Chair to progress debate on the expansion of the KP’s scope in the sub-team on that issue. Numerous Participants and Observers, he highlighted, had contributed ideas, concerns and expectations for expanding the mechanism’s scope. This, it was hoped, might ground an emerging consensus on the need for the KP to adapt to the evolving nature of conflicts affecting diamonds.
Shamiso Mtisi, KP Civil Society Coalition coordinator (ZELA), +263 7 742 169 56
Hans Merket, KP Civil Society Coalition delegate in Mumbai (IPIS), +32 474 34 20 14 | sociology |
http://indypendent.org/2011/11/15/whole-world-reclaim-first-thoughts-eviction-liberty-squarezuccotti-park | 2013-05-19T20:59:36 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368698080772/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095440-00017-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.954218 | 695 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-20__0__139107069 | en | I woke up early this morning to learn that Liberty Square/Zuccotti Park had been evicted under cover of darkness by hundreds of NYPD riot cops and that scores of people had been arrested. This is outrageous. How we respond will be crucial.
The first thing to remember is that the real struggle is not for a particular piece of public space but a political one for the hearts and minds of tens of millions of people in this country. Being able to occupy public spaces is important but should be seen as a means not an end unto itself. The end game – fundamental system change through creating participatory democratic structures at all levels of society that will someday empower millions to come out into the streets to confront the oligarchs who rule this country – hasn't changed one bit. We should always ask ourselves if our immediate actions are moving us toward our larger goals. For example, engaging in petty property destruction won't get us there.
To the extent we can channel our anger and frustration over this eviction and others like it across the country into powerful, non-violent actions that articulate a hopeful vision while underscoring the illegitimacy of the “1%” and their plutocratic rule, the more powerful our movement will become.
Here in New York, there will be plenty of opportunities.
A day of protest was already in the works for Thursday from an attempt to shut down the opening of the New York Stock Exchange to a 5 pm labor union-led mass rally and march from Foley Square across the Brooklyn Bridge that labor and community groups have thrown their support behind. Large turnouts to jam up the Financial District in the morning and fill Foley Square and march across the Brooklyn Bridge in the early evening will highlight the collective power of the 99% and help to dispel the notion that the movement has been demobilized. The contrast between (tens of) thousands of people rallying in lower Manhattan to demand economic justice and the police lockdown at Liberty Park will be striking to anyone who has had their eyes opened by Occupy Wall Street.
OWS organizers in New York have also been quietly planning next stages for the movement. Ideas abound from assisting with takeovers of foreclosed homes to supporting neighborhood-based Occupy movements that have begun to take root in the past two months in communities across the city, many of which have been in economic crisis for decades. The alliances that are built through this kind of patient, on-the-ground organizing will lay the foundation for future mass mobilizations of the 99%.
Evicting Occupy encampments does nothing to address the underlying conditions that sparked this movement. It simply reflects the corruption and the lack of imagination of our ruling elites. Hence, more protest is inevitable especially next spring and summer as the weather warms up and the system's inability to respond to the economic crisis becomes more starkly evident.
At this moment I feel both angry and incredibly hopeful. The struggle to take back Liberty Square in the coming days will dramatize the gulf between the powerful and the powerless in our society. Whether we are ultimately able to reclaim that one particular park is secondary. We have a whole world to reclaim. The battle cry of “We Are the 99%!” is not going to be muzzled and the demands implicit in those five words are not going to go away either.
John Tarleton has been a member of the Indypendent collective since 2001. For more, click here. | sociology |
https://huronwaves.ca/huron-waves-receives-grant-from-the-south-huron-vitality-fund/ | 2024-04-20T07:15:13 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817491.77/warc/CC-MAIN-20240420060257-20240420090257-00518.warc.gz | 0.953165 | 220 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__111932464 | en | GRAND BEND – Though many events have seen their plans come to an end with the COVID-19 pandemic, the Huron Waves Music Festival is pushing forward with the help of the South Huron Vitality Fund, according to an article by Dan Rolph in The Pincher Creek Echo .
The festival received a $6,500 grant from the Vitality Fund, which is part of the South Huron Community Fund in partnership with the Grand Bend Community Foundation. The fund is meant to offer assistance to programs and activities in the community which “enhance the quality of life for South Huron residents”, reported a press release in The Pincher Creek Echo.
The festival was originally planned to take place May 2020, but the COVID-19 pandemic put a sudden end to the hopes of hosting the festival in the spring. But when organizers learned of the opportunity to bring the Kingdom Choir to the area in December, they decided to postpone the festival until late 2020.
To read the full article, visit The Pincher Creek Echo online. | sociology |
https://www.aimcoalition.org/our-vision | 2019-09-18T07:28:02 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-39/segments/1568514573258.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20190918065330-20190918091330-00138.warc.gz | 0.922753 | 234 | CC-MAIN-2019-39 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-39__0__165290844 | en | WE AIM TO CONNECT:
Our mission is to change the media landscape by breaking down barriers and supporting people by giving them a community that lets them know they are not alone.
Together, we hope to create safe spaces for everyone and share in intimate discussions around the topic of representation belonging, equity in the workplace and in the content we create.
We focus on all media, but are especially interested in digital. What we are trying to do is change the conversation around inclusion in the industry.
BUILD COMMUNITY - Building safe spaces where people can come together and feel supported.
CULTIVATE CONVERSATIONS - Facilitate candid conversations around inclusion and diversity in the workplace, help members navigate the industry through open dialogue, and encourage people to share useful information based on professional experience.
CREATE CONNECTIONS - Help members connect with others in the industry to access jobs, mentorship, resources and creative ideas.
BRING ABOUT CHANGE - Working together to change the media landscape by implementing a variety of ideas, pushing diverse leadership, championing mentorship and deconstructing archaic ideas of representation through data, research and community building. | sociology |
https://lillarugs.com/blogs/news/guest-blog-refugee-action | 2023-12-04T00:18:54 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100518.73/warc/CC-MAIN-20231203225036-20231204015036-00631.warc.gz | 0.97269 | 1,074 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__268507774 | en | As you may have seen, £10 of every online Lilla Rugs order is donated to Refugee Action. We are a young brand, but have big hearts, and we hope that in that we can make even the tiniest bit of difference to the lives of those in need. We thought it would be helpful to tell you all a little bit more about Refugee Action, to help you understand what it is that you are contributing towards and the incredible change your donations are making to peoples lives.
We are so delighted that Lilla Rugs have chosen to support Refugee Action. Their ongoing generosity and passion for the cause plays an important role in helping us fund our vital work supporting vulnerable refugees and people seeking asylum to access justice, escape poverty and rebuild their lives in the UK. We are really excited to be working together. A huge thank you to Camilla and everyone at Lilla Rugs.
So why is it that Refugee Action exist as a charity?
We are in the midst of the worst refugee crisis since WWII. Desperate people have no choice but to flee everything they know and undertake harrowing journeys to find safety.
The people Refugee Action see once they arrive in the UK have lost everything. Their vision is that they will be welcomed, they will get justice, live free of poverty and be able to successfully rebuild their lives.
Through appointments, group activities and outreach work to ensure the most vulnerable people are given the support they need, Refugee Action’s dedicated staff and volunteers enable their understanding of UK systems, advocate fiercely on their behalf to ensure they access their rights, and empower them to rebuild their lives.
Refugee Action has been supporting refugees since 1981, fighting to ensure that refugees and people seeking asylum are safe, far from the horror they have fled. Their work has changed the way the UK treats people seeking asylum and refugees for years to come.
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Some key facts & answers to questions that come up a lot -
What is a refugee?
According to the UN Refugee Convention, the definition of a refugee is someone who…
‘Owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group, or political opinion, is outside the country of his nationality, and is unable to or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to avail himself of the protection of that country’ (Article 1, 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees)
What is an asylum seeker?
The definition of an asylum seeker is someone who has arrived in a country and asked for asylum. Until they receive a decision as to whether or not they are a refugee, they are known as an asylum seeker. In the UK, this means they do not have the same rights as a refugee or a British citizen would. For example, asylum seekers aren’t allowed to work.
The right to seek asylum is a legal right we all share. It isn’t illegal to seek asylum, because seeking asylum is a legal process. It also isn’t illegal to be refused asylum – it just means you haven’t been able to meet the very strict criteria to prove your need for protection as a refugee.
Are there many refugees and asylum seekers in the UK?
No. According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), by the end of 2017 there were 121,837 refugees, 40,365 pending asylum cases and 97 stateless persons in the UK. That’s around one quarter of a percent (0.25%) of the UK’s total population.
Read more FAQ's here.
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What are some examples of how Refugee Action have helped specific people? In other words, what exactly is it that your contributions are doing?
Let's look at two cases Refugee Action have so kindly shared:
Fatima fled Iraq with her two daughters, aged 3 and 7, after receiving death threats and witnessing unimaginable atrocities. The horror of what they experienced, and their journey to the UK left her eldest child, Sara, completely mute. Desperate, Fatima arrived in the UK where she dreamt they would be safe. Instead with no support and no advice, they were street homeless, destitute and alone. Thanks to supporters like you, Refugee Action was able to secure her housing, help with her asylum claim and get immediate therapeutic support for her daughters. When asked what she thought about Refugee Action, Fatima replied “I can never thank you enough, you know how to make my life brighter, you always so helpful, you make the world nicer place for me.”
Ali, aged 14, was found lost and frightened in a refugee camp before being reunited with his brother, Hussain, in the UK. Sadly his brother had also fled horrific war, violence and persecution and was struggling to survive himself. Our projects supported the brothers to have access to healthcare, schooling, financial support and therapy so they could begin to rebuild their lives safely. “Thank you – no one else has done anything for me, thank you”, Ali.
If you'd like to contribute without buying a rug, or even to give more than our designated £10, please do so here. | sociology |
http://www.bl.gov.cn/art/2022/1/11/art_1229020860_59044289.html | 2022-05-18T09:05:45 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662521883.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20220518083841-20220518113841-00591.warc.gz | 0.975611 | 797 | CC-MAIN-2022-21 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-21__0__208678233 | en | “Thinks! Ask the community for help at a crucial moment. Thanks for your hard work!” On January 10, Xiang Yihong, a senior three candidate, accompanied by his family, came to the Party-Mass Service Center, Mingyuehu Community, Chunxiao Subdistrict with a banner that reads “true love is given to candidates for college entrance examination during epidemic” to express his appreciation to the community volunteer who sent him to the examination room before this year’s college entrance examination.
“My son is studying in Tongji Middle School in Yinzhou. He returned home on the eve of New Year’s Day, when the epidemic occurred, his father was in other places and could not get back and I can’t drive. I was so worried since the college entrance examination began the next day.” Xiang’s mother said. On January 5, the day before the college entrance examination, she went to the Party-Mass Service Center, Mingyuehu Community for help.
After knowing the fact, Jia Yingchun, Secretary of Party General Branch of the community, immediately sent the demand in the community epidemic prevention pioneer group. The community volunteer Brother Hui called instantly and volunteered to send the student to the examination room.
“I also live in this community. I can’t help much during the epidemic, but I can do what I can.” Brother Hui’s name is Chen Minghui, who lives in Wannian Lexiangcheng Community. He has been a Party member for 11 years and a volunteer for 12 years. Since the epidemic began, he has led volunteers to constantly and actively cooperate with community departments in the fight against the epidemic.
To ensure the student could be sent smoothly to the examination room, Brother Hui drove the “Direct Bus for Examination Room” and waited downstairs in the community at 6:00 on January 6, and sent Xiang safely to the examination room in Beilun Middle School at 7:30. Then he took a picture of Xiang’s back and sent it to Xiang’s mother to reassure her.
Seeing Xiang entering the examination room successfully, Brother Hui immediately returned to Chunxiao Subdistrict to continue his volunteer work in epidemic prevention and control. At 11:00, Brother Hui was waiting outside the examination room on time and sent Xiang home safely. “The community was understaffed in the first two days, and it was a waste of time waiting outside, so I might as well come back to help.” Brother Hui sent Xiang for three days during the three-day college entrance examination.
It is worth mentioning that in addition to be the driver of Xiang, the warm-hearted Brother Hui also gave him a box of “lucky” pens before they went: “I hope you can successfully pass the examination!”
“The college entrance examination is a great event for a child. Thanks to your escort, my son can successfully complete the examination. Thank you very much.” Xiang’s mother sent a banner to the community and expressed her gratitude personally, which was just the beginning of this article.
This volunteer activity is only a microcosm of the community to do practical things for the masses. “I’ve been living here for half a year. The community is taking care of us very well in daily life. If you have a problem, just go to the community.” Xiang’s mother said with smile.
“We were very happy and excited when the student sent us a banner. We hope we can infect more people to devote their love.” Jia said.
(REPORTER Cheng Baige; CORRESPONDENTS Ruan Xiao, Su Weiwei) | sociology |
https://us.scanlantheodore.com/blogs/real-role-models/liz-bernich | 2024-02-21T09:03:23 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947473401.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20240221070402-20240221100402-00836.warc.gz | 0.971389 | 152 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__18149531 | en | "Liz has raised thousands of dollars, in partnership with a woman in a neighboring town, and started FLAG (Front Line Appreciation Group). Within a few weeks, they have raised over $100k for our local group alone, have funneled thousands of dollars back to local restaurants, and launched a website with instructions for forming local FLAG groups across the country. There are now over 80 FLAG groups across the country. In addition to providing food, the group has sewn and provided over 3,000 masks to medical workers. Liz has a fulltime, big career, and two children, and is doing this all in her spare (?) time. She is truly a selfless role model who is always professional, kind, and supportive." | sociology |
https://www.oliviasnelson.com/periods-happen | 2019-09-21T19:49:28 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-39/segments/1568514574662.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20190921190812-20190921212812-00306.warc.gz | 0.952794 | 734 | CC-MAIN-2019-39 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-39__0__21043065 | en | Periods Happen Campaign
For my Graphic Design 2 class, we were tasked with designing a campaign based on a social issue we are passionate about. As someone who gets her period once a month and feels the shame, embarrassment that shrouds a normal bodily function, I focused my campaign on the stigma of periods. To disrupt the toxic stigma surrounding menstruation, I devised a complete brand system including a public ad campaign, installation pieces, and an interactive website.
When creating the brand, I wanted to create something that was bold, fun, engaging, inclusive, and direct. In the collateral media, I paired forthright language with vibrant action lines, bold colors, and illustrations that captured the diversity of women impacted by the issue to create an outspoken campaign that was authentic unapologetic and visually engaging.
Collateral for empowerment
For the first portion of my campaign, I wanted to create assets that begin with a woman’s perception of her period as the starting point to break down the period taboo. The objects are designed to make women question why periods are condemned in our society. I devised a set of stickers that openly display menstrual products like Diva Cups, tampons, pads. Each sticker presents a statement that directly questions the period stigma.
Another product that was designed was a “Period Product Pouch” which is a little bag that holds all the product a woman might need while on her period. Often times these bags are discreet to hide that the woman carrying it is menstruating. I decided to design one to empower women to publicly embrace that they are on their period.
By showcasing this imagery and the use of bold language, these products empower women to discard the shame around menstruation and to instead be proud of it.
From Private to PUblic
In the second portion of my campaign, I wanted to transform public spaces to place menstruation in the spotlight. The conversation and our actions about periods often happen in private. Societally we are told not to bring attention to ourselves when we are on our periods, because culturally menstruation is seen as dirty. For this portion of my campaign, I wanted to create a new environment that would transform a private conversation to become a public one.
I decided to move the menstrual product dispensary from inside the women’s bathroom to a public space. In the new space the dispensary and the wall both received new decal designs to make it eye catching, unapologetic, and bold. By moving the dispensary out of the bathroom, and boldly proclaiming its purpose with design decals, women can embrace their periods in public.
For this portion of the campaign, I created a series of posters for display in T-stations in Boston or other cities to raise awareness about the menstrual stigma. This poster series displays how women are taught to conceal period conversations by using slang, and physical gestures like whispering. By pointing out the language we use when describing periods, the posters raise awareness about women’s micro-behaviors that perpetuate the period taboo. In this series, I want to encourage women to engage in more open dialogues about their periods
Breaking the taboo
I created a website for women to share their menstruation stories openly for the final section of the campaign. The site promotes positive conversations among all women who have or had their periods. The site contains numerous stories from women who have large platforms and have openly talked about their periods as well as a section for women to add their own personal stories. With the filter and browse features users can search the site to find specific experiences. This site embodies what our conversations about periods should be. | sociology |
http://www.commfirstbridgend.com/consultation | 2017-06-28T00:07:03 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128321961.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20170627235941-20170628015941-00138.warc.gz | 0.937298 | 544 | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-26__0__19706708 | en | Public Service Board - Better Bridgend survey
Bridgend Public Services Board Assessment of Local Well-being Consultation Draft
Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015
In 2015, the Well-Being of Future Generations (Wales) Act was introduced to ensure that Public Service Boards (PSBs) across the nation do all they can to improve economical, environmental, social and cultural well-being of people and communities. The PSB is a partnership of 15 public service providers who work together to improve local services.
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The PSB for Bridgend has put of all its evidence together into a draft assessment of well-being. The assessment was created to gain a better understanding of positive aspects within our communities, what matters to people, and how the PSB can work together now, and in the future, to plan and deliver services. The PSB want to know if you agree with the information gathered and what well-being factors are most important to you.
How to respond:
This consultation period will begin on the 15 February 2017 and close the 19 March 2017. You can respond or ask further questions in the following ways:
T: 01656 643 664
Online: Click here
Post: Communications, Marketing and Engagement, Bridgend County Borough Council, Raven’s Court, Wing 3, Brewery Lane, Bridgend, CF31 4AP.
Alternative formats are also available upon request.
WCADA need your views for their DOMINO Project potential participant consultation
The current WCADA DOMINO Therapeutic Recreation Diversionary Activities Project aims to help people affected by alcohol and drug problems lead healthier, active lives. They engage individuals affected by substance misuse in a range of diversionary activities that enhance and sustain recovery treatment engagement, provide daily structure and build new positive relationships. The project gives people opportunities to learn or re-learn skills, progress towards volunteering and share what they have learned with their families, friends and their communities to reduce the stigma associated with substance misuse.
This is a Big Lottery Funded Project and WCADA are in the process of applying again to the Big Lottery Fund to ensure they can continue to deliver this valuable service beyond the end of October, 2017.
The focus on the new project will be on substance misuse and mental health and they are seeking the views of people affected by substance misuse and mental health who have not been involved in the project to understand what your needs are and if you would be interested in engaging in the project either now, or in the future?
This survey is completely confidential. Your views are important to them.
Download survey here >>> | sociology |
https://www.mcdowellgroup.net/areas-of-expertise/health-social-services/ | 2023-02-05T17:01:09 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-06/segments/1674764500273.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20230205161658-20230205191658-00780.warc.gz | 0.900202 | 144 | CC-MAIN-2023-06 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-06__0__116535389 | en | McKinley Research specializes in research and data analysis that produces actionable information for health care and social services providers.
We work with communities, non-profit organizations, and government agencies to understand the health needs of Alaskans and improve health care services. Our studies include broad community health needs assessments, applied data and epidemiologic analysis, economic impact evaluations, health prevention coalition and program evaluation, health care utilization analysis, and population-level health policy and planning.
Our comprehensive approach draws upon health care utilization and claims data, socioeconomic data, and stakeholder outreach and engagement. Our health team has formal education in public health and epidemiology and prior experience in clinical settings and Alaska’s Tribal Health System. | sociology |
https://tectonicstudiesgroup.org/tsg-2021-agm-diversity-survey-summary/ | 2023-12-05T21:32:50 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100568.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20231205204654-20231205234654-00645.warc.gz | 0.956097 | 1,928 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__291679619 | en | In 2021, the TSG Annual Meeting was held online due to the coronavirus pandemic. To build on our 2019 gender diversity report, we wanted to begin gathering diversity data proactively and anonymously. The 2019 report gathered historic binary gender data based on personal contact, webpages and/or social media accounts – this was a good starting point to understand historic gender diversity. However, this approach is damaging for people of marginalised genders and cannot be used to capture other indicators of diversity. We had hoped to proactively gather diversity data at the point of abstract submission, but this was unfortunately not possible. Therefore, we ran an anonymous survey of the presenters and session chairs in March 2021, using Google Forms. The data in this post is based on the 73 out of 115 (63% response rate) responses we received, therefore the data presented here is not a complete picture.
The survey was designed to specifically gather data on gender (i.e. man/woman/non-binary), and not sex (i.e. male/female/intersex). Additionally, the survey captured a broader sense of diversity than the previous survey which considered gender alone. This survey collected data on career stage, sexuality, disability, ethnicity and geography. The impacts of different identities are experienced intersectionally (e.g. the experiences of Black women are not the same as the experiences of white women in our society). However, we have chosen to present the answers from the different questions of our survey independently to avoid identifying individuals in our small community.
We also summarise the responses to the free text question of “Do you have any suggestions for how we can improve equality, diversity and inclusion across TSG?”. We also look back at the recommendations made in the 2019 report to determine whether there has been progress and suggest recommendations for future TSG conferences and organisers.
The gender data collected builds on the data previously gathered in the 2019 report. Figure 1 shows the gender of presenters normalised to total presentations. Figure 2 and Figure 3 show the gender of oral and poster presenters normalised to the proportion of female/male attendees. Overall, 63% responders identified as men, 36% as women and 1% as non-binary.
The gender data of presenters and session chairs can be summarised as follows:
- 40% of oral presenters (including invited speakers) were women
- 26% of poster presenters were women, and 3% were non-binary
Additionally, the organising committee (who were the session chairs) were balanced between men and women, and from a range of career stages.
The survey question focussed on gender and allowed multiple options to be selected, e.g. a transgender woman could have selected “transgender” and “woman”. One respondent commented on this question as being unclear – we made a mistake when designing the survey that it wasn’t clear that multiple options could be selected and we will improve this in the future.
- 45% of the responders were PhD or undergraduate/Masters students, and 48% of the oral presentations were given by these groups
- 33% of the responders were ECR’s (defined as <7 years since PhD completion), and 36% of the oral presentations were given by ECR’s
TSG has always tried to actively promote engagement with PhD and ECRs and allow these groups the opportunity to present their research in a supportive environment. The data above shows that the majority (78%) of the respondents are students or ECRs, and these groups make up a similar proportion of the oral presentations.
7% of the respondents consider themselves to be disabled or neurodivergent (autism/ADHD/dyslexia/dyspraxia). For comparison, in the UK 5% of academic staff (HESA) and 19% of working age adults (Scope), are classed as disabled. One respondent commented on improving accessibility, this year many aspects of conference organisation were delayed beyond the control of the committee. But in the future we will aim to allow more time for organisation and ensure that conference information is communicated in a clear and concise manner.
There were no comments/suggestions that related to sexuality. One responder answered “normal”, we cannot interpret what this means because “normality” is unique to individual cultures, society and individuals.
The ethnicity question was structured following guidance from the Office for National Statistics on the ethnicity options given, as TSG is a predominantly UK-based organisation. Multiple selections were allowed and there was the option for people to fill in their own description (as 7 responders did).
Usually TSG meetings are mostly made up of UK-based researchers, and it was noted this year that the online meeting format benefitted researchers from further afield to participate which enhanced the meeting. This came up twice in the comments from responders that the online format enabled wider global participations and this would be a benefit for future conferences. The committee were pleased with the online conference (and it seemed that many of the participants agreed) and we will certainly consider online/virtual formats for future conferences.
How are we doing and how can we improve?
The majority of responders think that we are doing about the right amount for promoting equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI).
This year, the committee organised the annual conference and therefore we were able to take the opportunity to self-audit again the recommendations from the 2019 report (Bubeck and Farrell, 2019).
Committee action points
Code of conduct: share the CoC on the registration site
- The code of conduct was not displayed on the Geological Society registration site. It was mentioned in the Chair’s opening welcome to the meeting.
Future action – display a link to the code of conduct at the point of abstract submission or registration. Include the code of conduct within the abstract volume/conference handbook. The code of conduct should also be verbally referenced by the convenors at the beginning of each day of the conference.
Prizes: encourage nominations for women and highlight that anyone can nominate for the Ramsay medal when being advertised. Organise a diverse (gender and career stage) group of judges
NB we did not collect gender data specifically on the prize winners or the judging panels, therefore we don’t report any specific data here. In the future we will collect this data.
Future data collection: proactive collection of diversity data and determine dataset storage policies
- We collected anonymous data after the meeting using Google Forms, but only received 63% response rate, therefore the data presented here may be incomplete.
Future action – explore methods to proactively collect and anonymise diversity data (e.g. at the point of abstract submission) and investigate GDPR compliance.
Advertising of vacant committee positions (a suggestion from 2019 AGM)
NB – Secretary, 2 x Postgrad reps and 2x ECR reps replaced in at 2021 AGM
- This was questioned during the 2021 AGM
- Advertised via the GeoTectonics mailing list on 9th November 2020
- Posted on the TSG website on 6th November 2020
- No advertising via Twitter
Future actions – advertise the available roles on the conference website and/or as part of the registration process. Develop infographics for roles to use on social media to promote engagement. More regular advertisements leading up to the conference through Geo-tectonics mailing list and social media. Enable people to express an interest in committee positions through a form on the TSG website.
Recommendations to Organisers
Presentation schedule: produce a diverse group of potential speakers
- The gender balance of oral presentations given by women/non-binary was good (43%)
Session chairs and organizing committee: male/female session chairs should be approximately equal, allow ECR’s to convene sessions
- The meeting was convened by the TSG committee which has a good balance of men/women and career stage.
Keynote speakers: invite diverse (gender and career stage) speakers
NB- The keynote speakers were part of the session to remember Patience Cowie
- 2 of 5 keynote speakers were women
- 2 of 5 keynote speakers were ECR’s
Childcare facilities: provide facilities and advertise in advance of submission deadline
- Not applicable to an online conference
- However we note that there were slightly less women presenting (normalised to total presenters) which may be due to the impacts of COVID (“Women took on the bulk of children during lockdown” The Guardian)
Future action – we could investigate the option of recording talks and making presentations available via a TSG Youtube channel. This would make the presentations more accessible to those who struggle to attend the live meeting, whether due to caring responsibilities or time zone differences. We could also have pre-recorded talks or remote presentations at future in-person to give additional flexibility.
Single day registration:
- The cost of the conference was £10 (free for PhD students) for all four afternoons of the conference. No single day registration offered, but the low cost is unlikely to have discouraged people from attending.
Data compilation and write-up by Dr Zoë Mildon, Dr Dave McCarthy and Chris McMahon. Thanks to Dr Eleanor Armstrong, Dr Nuzhat Tabassum and Anna Hicks for their input on survey design and presenting the results. | sociology |
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