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https://richmond.givepulse.com/group/239077-SOAR365-formerly-The-Greater-Richmond-ARC | 2022-06-29T13:35:21 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-27/segments/1656103639050.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20220629115352-20220629145352-00232.warc.gz | 0.942554 | 158 | CC-MAIN-2022-27 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-27__0__36659450 | en | OAR365 is a non-profit organization that creates life-fulfilling opportunities for people with disabilities. We do this by providing four sets of core services: Business Solutions (formerly Employment Services); Day Programs (formerly Adult Day Support and After School); Pediatric Therapy (formerly Infant and Child Development Services); and Residential Services (Respite and Summer Camps). Our wide range of programs is designed to serve individuals no matter what stage of the life cycle they are in, and to support families who are coping with the daily “real world” challenges of living with a disability. We have a profound impact on the 1,300 individuals and families we serve each year.
3 People | 25 Impacts | 83 Hours | sociology |
https://stanfordresidences.com/post/110-en | 2023-12-01T20:41:34 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100304.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20231201183432-20231201213432-00527.warc.gz | 0.930296 | 615 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__186854848 | en | May 31st 2021 is the 34th World No Tobacco Day. And this year's theme is "Commit to Quit".
Nearly 6 million people die from smoking every year! If you knew that around 600,000 are non-smokers that die from secondhand smoke, would you be
shocked? If you knew that nearly all 600,000 innocent lives are relatives of smokers, would you think of your family and quit smoking?
With the popularization of health knowledge, the awareness of the dangers of smoking is growing. But for smokers who are addicted to cigarettes, it is not
so easy to quit. How can you keep your promise to quit smoking?
The Obstacle To Quit Smoking
Most smokers want to replace cigarettes with e-cigarettes, but don’t know that they come with three major hazards.According to the "3.15 Program" of
CCTV in 2019
1.Most e-cigarettes still contain nicotine like normal cigarettes, some with even high levels than normal cigarettes.
2.E-cigarettes contain harmful aerosols. These aerosols contain chemicals and heavy metals that are harmful to your health.
3.If an e-cigarette malfunctions, they can easily cause poisoning caused by inhaling the smoke into the intestines.
Quiting smoking is an internal battle. Only with strong self-control can you succeed in quiting smoking.
Ways to Fight a Smoking Addiction
We present 9 tips to help you quit smoking.
1.When you have the urge to smoke, tell yourself to wait another 10 minutes to distract yourself.
2.Don’t compromise your addiction with the “just one cigarette” mentality, this self-deception will inevitably lead to failure.
3.Half an hour of moderate intensity exercise can efficiently curb a smoking addiction, such as walking, jogging, squatting, etc.
4.Write down the benefits of quitting smoking one by one and read them aloud.
5.If you use smoking as a stress reliever, try some other activities to relax, such as deep breathing and yoga.
6.Participate in an online smoking cessation program, read about ex-smokers quitting journey, or write about the experience of quitting to help other smokers.
7.Ask family, friends or others to supervise your smoking cessation
8.Places where you used to smoke a lot are prone to induce smoking addiction. Try to avoid these places.
9.Find your motivation to quit smoking, and all difficulties can be overcome.
About 1,000 minors become addicted to smoking every day and poor adult behavior negatively affects minors.
Since smoking at a young age is a trend, acommitment to quit smoking is not only for your own benefit, but also protection for your children.
As we endorse a socialist material civilization and raise socialist cultural-ethical standards, a smoke free environment is becoming a demand for the
development of an environmentally friendly society. Let’s stay away from tobacco together! | sociology |
https://www.people-studio.com/ | 2024-02-27T19:31:40 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474686.54/warc/CC-MAIN-20240227184934-20240227214934-00899.warc.gz | 0.959816 | 469 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__54048225 | en | We are a network of creative people who come together to deliver human-centered projects with social impact.
We think creativity and culture are the keys to building an equitable and thriving society.
We also believe people need to be at the heart of this work.
Founding members of People Studio – Gabriela
& Magdalena conceived and established Language Labs at the Librería bookshop in Brick Lane. Language Labs utilised the bookshop whilst it was closed on Mondays and partnered with education body ELATT to support Tower Hamlets migrants looking to gain English literacy skills. The project ran for 3 years and encouraged community cohesion between different demographics in the Brick Lane area through language classes and other ad-hoc events.
More info can be found here.
Founding member of People Studio, Rafaela was commissioned by Notting Hill Genesis and Berkeley homes to found and co-design Woodberry Down-based youth organisation STAY with its members. To support this work People Studio commissioned a collaborative photography project between STAY and a local photographer to capture both its members and the essence of Woodberry Down, past, present and future.
The partnership has delivered community events for young people including a football tournament supported by Arsenal in The Community.
Artonomy was an independent student arts collective founded by Magdalena Moursy, whilst studying at Leeds University, in 2014. It was dedicated to nurturing the careers of emerging artists and creative professionals by providing opportunities to exhibit, perform, sell work and develop event management skills.
Over the course of four years Artonomy hosted a number of fine art and live music showcases in support of charity and was organised, under Magdalena’s guidance, by new cohorts of students each year.
Celebrating the influence of Jamaican bass line and sound system culture on London’s vibrant music scene.
A series of interviews with some of our city’s most celebrated artists, uncovering the cultural lineage of London’s most iconic sounds – from Jungle and D&B to Dubstep and Grime. The interviews were hosted by prolific music journalist Lloyd Bradley. In partnership with Time Out, Bass in the City was a cultural festival that explored the relationship between urban spaces, communities and identities, championing London as a place of inclusivity and diversity. | sociology |
https://yourweddingyourway.com/groom-wore-white/ | 2024-04-16T11:18:13 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817081.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20240416093441-20240416123441-00504.warc.gz | 0.960005 | 457 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__204718777 | en | Wearing white is not just for the bride anymore. Grooms in white dinner jackets are giving the traditional black tuxedo a run for the money. Although most attention is usually focused on the dress of the bride, more grooms today want to express their own personal style reflected in what they wear when they walk down the aisle. Grooms are focusing more on fashion than ever before. Some grooms today don’t want to look the same as every other marrying man , and if they’re having a black-tie wedding, they don’t want to look like every other male guest. As you start to veer away from a black tuxedo, there are a few alternatives that are referred to nowadays as creative black tie.
More grooms today are choosing alternatives outside the conventional rules for men’s formal attire. Popular choices are the gray or midnight blue tuxedo and the white dinner jacket. Formal attire rules have historically been on the narrow side. Male dressing is more about fitting in and wearing what everyone else is wearing, while female dressing is about standing out and being decorative. In a room where everyone is wearing traditional formal dress, all the men are wearing exactly the same thing. They stand out by their faces, their actions and what they say. The women stand out for their decoration.
As New Jersey wedding officiants for 30 years, we have seen the rules for formal men’s attire indeed change. There’s been an uptick in grooms wearing white dinner jackets. It gives the wedding a formal look but it also gives it a bit more glamour because it’s not the usual. It’s not what people are expecting. Today both brides and grooms can pull off wearing white.
Technically speaking the dinner jacket usually isn’t white but a shade of ivory or cream. You don’t want a bright white jacket on a guy when the bride’s dress is usually off white. This will prevent the groom from clashing with or detracting from his bride-to-be. You won’ t have to worry about taking anything away from the bride. The bride is still the bride. The dress is still the dress. | sociology |
http://www.mesothelioma-legal-blog.com/ | 2015-03-27T17:15:44 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-14/segments/1427131296587.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20150323172136-00266-ip-10-168-14-71.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.964459 | 157 | CC-MAIN-2015-14 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2015-14__0__121858835 | en | People generally understand the dangers of asbestos. Unfortunately, too many parties fail to extend this knowledge to others who could get seriously ill if exposed. Employers fail to tell employees that they will be working with asbestos; product manufacturers fail to inform consumers that their products contain the hazardous fiber; property owners fail to tell tenants or visitors that asbestos is present on site.
Sadly, even parties who are hired to handle and remove asbestos because of how dangerous it is fail to appreciate the damage asbestos can do to other people's health. They cut corners or break the law in the interest of making a profit, and this can come at the expense of other people's lives. It is important to understand that these people can also be held accountable if their actions result in the death of a loved one. | sociology |
https://pivot-pr.com/supporting-your-local-community-how-artpop-is-stepping-up-and-showing-out-for-local-artists/ | 2024-02-29T11:14:40 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474808.39/warc/CC-MAIN-20240229103115-20240229133115-00491.warc.gz | 0.968181 | 403 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__71780878 | en | Even during a pandemic, ArtPop Street Gallery has continued to serve local artists and the communities of four cities across the country. Although COVID-19 delayed their annual event celebrating 2020’s juried in artists, ArtPop didn’t let that stop them from filling city streets with color.
Working with local artists in Charlotte, the Triad, Atlanta and Columbus, OH, ArtPop has installed billboards across these cities and their surrounding areas displaying the work of local artists. Varying in medium from photography, oil on canvas, watercolor and everything in between, all works are original works of art. Navigating the stress and uncertainty of COVID-19 has been difficult for many, but communities are turning to the arts as a method of relief and escape during these unprecedented times. This exposure for artists has resulted in support and sales, allowing the artists to continue creating.
ArtPop has not only maintained their community efforts and artist support throughout the pandemic, but has grown their program in two cities. This year, ArtPop introduced their program to Atlanta and juried in 30 local artists to its inaugural class of 2020 — more than ArtPop’s typical classes of 20 artists. In the Triad, Artpop grew their class of five artists to six, making an impact in yet another local artist’s career.
PIVOT PR is thankful to work with a wonderful organization such as ArtPop Street Gallery and is proud to sponsor three Charlotte artists: Nancy Jo Sauser, Luis Ardila, Nick McOwen. You can check out their artwork installed on static and digital billboards around the city.
Thanks to their media partners and community support, ArtPop has promoted over 400 artists on over 20 million dollars of media space, as well as awarded scholarships to high school artists pursuing a degree in art. If you are interested in donating to the efforts of ArtPop, please visit https://charity.gofundme.com/artpopstreetgallery | sociology |
http://www.totallyprepared.info/90--unprepared.html | 2020-01-24T04:14:00 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-05/segments/1579250615407.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20200124040939-20200124065939-00051.warc.gz | 0.957986 | 695 | CC-MAIN-2020-05 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-05__0__134140643 | en | National Survey Shows Nearly 90% of Americans are Unprepared for an Emergency, Disaster or Catastrophe
In spite of the recent natural disasters, corresponding media attention and government recommendations, nearly half of Americans report no change in their level of concern about how a disaster might affect them. Americans are still not taking action to prepare themselves for an emergency.
A national, independent survey from American Family Safety was commissioned to determine how Americans have changed their attitudes toward disaster readiness after recent natural disasters. The survey found that though 85 percent of Americans are concerned about family members in an emergency disaster situation, only 13 percent have an emergency kit with essential supplies.
"The natural disasters that have occurred this year have shown us that everyone is vulnerable. Thinking ahead increases the chances of surviving an emergency," said Morley Ivers, president of American Family Safety. "There are basic steps that Americans still need to take to increase chances of survival during an emergency, such as assembling or purchasing a disaster readiness kit."
American Family Safety provides emergency preparedness products and information. Their Ready Kit™ was designed to meet all the requirements as specified by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The American Family Safety Web site,www.americanfamilysafety.com, provides Americans with access to timely emergency preparedness information.
The survey results showed that many people still do not recognize the threat of natural disasters and the steps they can take to protect themselves.
Less than half of Americans are more concerned about how they would be affected should a natural disaster occur. The survey found that since the recent occurrences of hurricanes, tornados and other disasters, women (57 percent) are significantly more likely than men (38 percent) to be concerned about how a disaster will affect them as are people who have children in their homes (54 percent compared to 44 percent of those without children living at home).
Though many Americans surveyed have individual items in their homes such as flashlights and canned food, they do not meet the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) standards of emergency preparedness. For instance, nearly 40 percent lacked enough drinking water that specifically has a 5-year, long-term shelf life. The best chance of increasing survival during an emergency is to have a complete disaster readiness kit including all of the items listed by DHS.
About the Survey
The survey was conducted November 3-6, 2005 by Opinion Research Corporation among 1,027 adults 18 and older in the continental United States. The margin of error is plus or minus 3 percentage points for results based on the entire sample. The data was weighted to ensure the results reflect a representative U.S. population in terms of age, gender, geographic region, and ethnicity.
About American Family Safety
American Family Safety is an international corporation that distributes Emergency Preparedness education materials and supplies. The company markets a 72-hour family emergency preparedness product called the Ready Kit™. American Family Safety was created to further the goals of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to equip Americans with the tools and knowledge needed in case of a disaster or emergency.
The #1 item recommended by FEMA , Red Cross and HomeLand Security is a means of purifying water. Second would be food storage; however. a person can easily live weeks without food, they cannot survive much more than three days without water. They recommend non-electric water distillers over filters. | sociology |
http://www.aubrees.com/?q=comm_grant | 2015-05-04T00:54:42 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-18/segments/1430452285957.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20150501035125-00095-ip-10-235-10-82.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.924215 | 216 | CC-MAIN-2015-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2015-18__0__11124234 | en | Aubree's Pizzeria & Grill is sponsoring a community grant program worth $1,000. This program is set up to help raise money for groups or organizations directly related to the local school districts. Examples of qualified groups would be the band program, math department or local sports teams. The Aubree's Community Grant Program will be brought to each community that we call home.
The Community Grant Program application for Northville Public Schools should be submitted to [email protected] by May 6, 2013. The first twelve qualified applicants will be featured on the Aubree's Facebook page for voting. Voting will begin on May 9 and end on May 19, 2013 at 11:59pm EST. The winner will be decided by the group or organization with the most votes received on our Facebook page.
Good luck to all of the Lincoln groups and organizations! We look forward to handing one of you a check for $1,000.
Click here for Aubree's Community Grant Program Application
Click here for Aubree's Community Grant Program Criteria | sociology |
https://www.bgcokc.org/midfirst-bank-donates-1-million-to-local-boys-girls-clubs-to-help-create-opportunities-for-youth/ | 2023-12-01T10:48:35 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100286.10/warc/CC-MAIN-20231201084429-20231201114429-00668.warc.gz | 0.949533 | 716 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__229886520 | en | Oklahoma City –MidFirst Bank has pledged $1 million to local Boys & Girls Clubs in Oklahoma City, Phoenix, Los Angeles, Denver, Tulsa and Dallas to help kids and teens overcome challenges they are facing due to economic and racial injustices, as well as from the effects of the global pandemic.
“We believe that everyone in our community should have equitable opportunities and that racism of any kind cannot be tolerated,” said Jeff Records, CEO of MidFirst Bank. “The youth in our community deserve to have safer, brighter futures, and they need all of us to keep working for social justice. Many in the communities we serve are facing hunger, learning disruption, and racial injustice. Boys & Girls Clubs are addressing these important issues in a positive way through mentoring, academic enrichment, college and career prep, mental health programs, inclusion and diversity programs, leadership, healthy lifestyles and meal distribution. The future of our nation rests in the hands of our youth, and they need us now more than ever.”
MidFirst Bank is committed to supporting organizations that are adapting to address critical needs in their local communities. Like Boys & Girls Clubs, MidFirst Bank is devoted to supporting social justice and helping bridge the racial inequality gap.
“Boys & Girls Clubs all across the country are responding to the needs of young people and their families during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as to the social justice movement. We have the incredible honor of serving the youth in Oklahoma County, and it is our responsibility to do whatever it takes to address any issues that stand in the way of their success,” said Boys & Girls Clubs of Oklahoma County President and CEO Teena Belcik. “BGCOKC gives kids and teens access to experiences and opportunities many wouldn’t otherwise have, while simultaneously promoting inclusion and diversity. MidFirst Bank’s incredible gift allows our Club and the Clubs of other cities to continue to inspire all youth, especially those who needs us most, during this difficult time.”
About MidFirst Bank
With $24.3 billion in assets, Oklahoma City-based MidFirst Bank is the largest privately owned bank in the country. MidFirst Bank has banking centers in Oklahoma, Arizona, Colorado and Texas and provides commercial lending, wealth management, private banking and mortgage servicing nationally. MidFirst Bank also operates 1st Century Bank as a division of MidFirst Bank in the Los Angeles, California market.
About Boys & Girls Clubs of Oklahoma County
Boys & Girls Clubs of Oklahoma County is a member of Boys & Girls Clubs of America. BGCOKC’s mission is “to inspire and enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, responsible and caring citizens.” BGCOKC offers evidence-based national programs in the areas of academics, the arts, college and career planning, athletics, health and nutrition, anti-bullying, drug and alcohol prevention, inclusion and diversity, and leadership. These programs contribute toward achieving our three Priority Outcomes of Academic Success, Healthy Lifestyles, and Strong Character & Citizenship. For additional information, please see www.bgcokc.org.
Boys & Girls Clubs Media Contact: Carly Johnson, [email protected]; 405-602-5712
MidFirst Bank Media Contact: Grant Griswold, [email protected]; 405-767-7459 | sociology |
https://theplatoproject.com/polished-man-ygap-leader-elliot-costello-talks-about-contributing-to-change/ | 2020-02-22T10:21:12 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-10/segments/1581875145657.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20200222085018-20200222115018-00278.warc.gz | 0.955099 | 1,226 | CC-MAIN-2020-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-10__0__6715583 | en | In October, Polished Man is asking men to paint one fingernail to raise awareness and funds to prevent violence against children. The campaign is just one of those supported by YGAP. Olivia Gibson investigates.
For some people, their idea of an entrepreneur might be a Silicon Valley hopeful, touting a grand tech-age plan, with a proposed global reach and a promise to bring in huge revenue. For Melbourne-based organisation YGAP, an impact entrepreneur could look more like a Kenyan woman encouraging children to stay at school with the promise of a nutritious lunch. Or a Soweto-raised man with an innovative method of helping informal street rubbish collectors formalise their role and increase their income by selling advertising space on their bins.
It is these types of impact entrepreneurs, or “local leaders” as YGAP likes to call them – people with ideas that seek to improve the lives of others in their community – that are at the core of YGAP’s mission to deliver localised improvement to the lives of those living in poverty.
“We need to be running our own ventures, so we’re not just a bunch of altruistic people trying to back entrepreneurs.”
“We exist to find emerging leaders with big ideas to end poverty,” YGAP co-founder and CEO Elliot Costello says.
Elliot is the son of Tim Costello, the always prominent, occasionally outspoken CEO of World Vision Australia, who will transition to the role of “chief advocate” at the organisation in November 2016.
International development was in his blood, Elliot says. “I grew up in a family that had a significant interest and involvement in philanthropic endeavours… I always wanted to contribute to change,” he says.
Running as a non-profit organisation, YGAP uses funds raised through campaigns and, crucially, its own social entrepreneurial endeavours to mentor and assist local leaders such as Sifiso Ngobese from Soweto, and Wawira Njiru in Ruiru, Kenya, and ultimately scale their impact.
In 2015 YGAP merged with Spark International, meaning YGAP now has its very own impact model mobilising impact entrepreneurs with ventures aimed at improving access to education or healthcare, creating jobs or building safer homes.
To do this, YGAP, in conjunction with Spark, run a four-step program to support local impact ventures. Beginning by finding early stage entrepreneurs with an idea geared at improving the lives of people in their community, YGAP then “accelerates” these ventures before providing ongoing support with strategic advice, mentoring, impact monitoring and website and graphic design. Finally, YGAP funds the growth of the best ventures with impact entrepreneurs able to access grants of up to $25,000 alongside continued advice and support.
YGAP is novel in its fundraising approaching and achieves this through various streams including international philanthropic campaigns such as Polished Man, where men are encouraged to paint one nail to represent the 1 in 5 children who are a victim physical and/or sexual violence and raise funds and awareness. They also run the 5cent campaign, where participants collect and donate their small change to drive big change. They also run social enterprises, such as Feast of Merit restaurant and bar in Richmond, of which 100 per cent of profits go toward supporting YGAP’s work in the field.
“When we talk about impact it’s not giving a child a water bottle, and wishing them a good day at school.”
Elliot says it is important his team are able to connect with local leaders through mutual experience.
“We need to be in the trenches, validating our own experience to help early stage ventures,” says Costello. “We need to be running our own ventures, so we’re not just a bunch of altruistic people trying to back entrepreneurs.”
Since 2011, YGAP has assisted in growing 240 emerging ventures that have gone on to measurably impact the lives of 180,000 people living in poverty across Kenya, South Africa, Australia and Bangladesh.
Its specific measure of impact is something that Costello says YGAP is particularly proud of.
“When we talk about impact it’s not giving a child a water bottle and wishing them a good day at school,” he says. “For us it’s very different. It’s about giving someone access to a job or giving someone full primary and secondary education – that is one life impacted. The question for us is, how do we actually get people onto the economic ladder and socially mobilise them?”
YGAP uses the international IRIS metrics for performance measurement to stringently measure the impact of its ventures.
“You do see a lot of impact measurement tools that fly around, but we’re very strict that giving one person access to a job, or giving one person access to secondary education, is one life impacted.”
In an impact outcomes report published on the YGAP website it says that 90 per cent of the ventures it has supported since 2011 have each gone on to improve the lives of more than 50 people in developing-nation communities.
“It’s really just someone that is living in a community and they see a social problem and they want to respond to it.”
While the statistic of “more than 50 people” may seem like a small ripple of impact, it reflects the intimacy of the YGAP model. This is a small-scale response to a community-specific issue that may then incrementally lead to greater social change.
“It really is just someone that is living in a community and they see a social problem and they want to respond to it,” says Costello. “That is at the heart of what we do.” | sociology |
https://www.dropinwithkeda.com/event-details/dance-with-purpose-family-dance-showcase | 2022-05-19T11:34:45 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662527626.15/warc/CC-MAIN-20220519105247-20220519135247-00056.warc.gz | 0.934 | 175 | CC-MAIN-2022-21 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-21__0__281411807 | en | Sun, Oct 04|
City Center Circle
Dance with Purpose ~ Family Dance Showcase
Purpose Performing Arts Foundation is bringing together the dance community for a family performance in the park!
Time & Location
Oct 04, 2020, 2:00 PM
City Center Circle, City Center Cir, Port Orange, FL 32129, USA
About the event
Every year, the local dance studios get together at the Port Orange Family Days festival to perform and kick off the dance season with local dance family. This year sadly it was cancelled due to COVID. Purpose Performing Arts Foundation has decided to host a small dance showcase in place of this event to keep this dance tradition going and provide a peformance opportunity for these kids that have missed so much in the past few months. Come join us for some family fun and dance with Purpose and our Community! | sociology |
https://www.eibparis.com/en/news-events/news/news-details/~board/news-en/post/international-day-eib-grenelle | 2022-11-29T15:25:47 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-49/segments/1669446710698.62/warc/CC-MAIN-20221129132340-20221129162340-00756.warc.gz | 0.965922 | 254 | CC-MAIN-2022-49 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-49__0__263729954 | en | On Friday October 14th, pupils at EIB Grenelle celebrated their first International Day. The objective of the day? Discover the various countries our community comes from!
The event was organised throughout the whole day: 7 countries were presented in the morning (Switzerland, Ireland, Poland, Egypt, Canada, Russia, UK) and 14 in the afternoon (Italy, Tunisia, USA, Australia, Brazil, France, China, Japan, Belgium, Spain, Romania, Lebanon, Iran, Morocco).
Each workshop represented a nationality and highlighted its culture and traditions through activities, the discovery of traditional dishes and flavors, etc. For example, Japan organized an origami workshop and matcha cookie tasting, Belgium offered a waffle tasting, Spain had a fan making workshop, etc.
Moreover, each pupil was given a ‘passport’ which was stamped whenever they 'entered’ a new country. They also carried a bag in which they brought back souvenirs from each of their 'trips'.
A very successful event during which the children learned a lot about the different cultures of the school community! At EIB Grenelle, there are more than 26 nationalities. Children from around the world gather every day in a caring and open environment. | sociology |
https://newsnigeria.com.ng/2023/02/14/valentines-day-a-moment-of-reflection-on-love/ | 2023-03-20T10:11:24 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296943471.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20230320083513-20230320113513-00385.warc.gz | 0.949331 | 732 | CC-MAIN-2023-14 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-14__0__151711715 | en | Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive.- Dalai Lama
Chocolate, teddy bears, cards, flowers, and cakes, are common items you would see on Valentine’s Day as an expression of love and romance. However, I believe that our world would certainly be a better place if we all expressed agape love every day to everyone we meet because love restores our humanity and cuts across culture, religion, race, gender, and profession. Love is surely not how it is painted in films, social media, romantic songs, and novels. It requires constant pursuit, it cannot be measured by that chocolate, iPhone, cars, Houses, or flower that you received, love demands much more than that. It’s a constant desire to do better for your partner and society as a whole. It is not a spike of affection on a particular day of the year, rather, I last forever I until the next circle of valentine’s day.
As a bit of a sucker for all things relating to love and romance, I have absolutely no objections whatsoever about the celebration of Valentine’s day, as long as it is not taken as a do-or-die affair, and no one is breaking the bank to satisfy their partner. My only concern regarding the hype around Valentine’s Day is that, in this era of social media, people tend to be more concerned about outdoing the other person rather than simply showing love most genuinely and truthfully. Do not try to Follow the trend of social media and creating unnecessary pressure to your partner. It’s a thing of what you can willingly afford. Once it came from the innermost part of your heart. Certain people will display pictures of gifts on their social media profiles, not to appreciate the giver, but to make “some people” green with envy. As a matter of fact, there is unhealthy pressure from couples on social media to post about each other, otherwise, some people may begin to insinuate that there’s trouble in paradise. Do not be pushed to castigate your partner because of what you watch on show biz. Be that romantic woman that your partner will forever desire to have in his life or her life. It’s never a one side journey but the voyage of two specially enclosed heart. If you cannot afford the luxury of Life, make his or her special delicacy and bless him with all the best kisses in this world.
I also agree with the school of thought that believes we do not need a specific date to be set aside to acknowledge any important anniversary at all. Couples do not need to reach a milestone of five or ten years to appreciate their love for each other and the journey they have shared so far. The same logic should apply to Valentine’s day celebration.
In the end, it is the intention that counts, but one must make conscious efforts to love others the way they would like to be loved. Love should be an everyday habit. It should be about loving our neighbours, caring for our environment, helping the needy, expressing appreciation and showing kindness to people amongst others. In the words of the late Michael Jackson, with love, we can heal the world and make it a better place for the entire human race.
There is no person that love cannot heal; there is no soul that love cannot save.- Carlos Santana.
make sure that you Represent a sign of happiness to someone in your life irrespective of who the person is. If we believe in love, I think we will have a better country. | sociology |
https://www.vannoppen.co/news/congratulations-mount-airy/ | 2023-12-01T17:22:09 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100290.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20231201151933-20231201181933-00379.warc.gz | 0.959059 | 141 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__205363056 | en | Congratulations to our clients and friends in Mount Airy for winning the People's Choice Best Main Street in North Carolina Contest.
The contest was part of the "Great Places in North Carolina" initiative sponsored by the North Carolina Chapter of the American Planning Association to celebrate great communities throughout the state. The award was announced earlier this week.
All of the main streets recognized are walkable, interesting, and alive. They are places where residents and visitors come together for special events, and also central gathering places in the everyday life of their community. Through this program, we celebrate their vitality and the local partnerships that have made them a focal point for community life.
Our 2012 Great Places in North Carolina include: | sociology |
https://www.diversityhero.com/blog/all-that-we-share-tv2 | 2023-03-25T01:51:05 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296945292.83/warc/CC-MAIN-20230325002113-20230325032113-00544.warc.gz | 0.957302 | 405 | CC-MAIN-2023-14 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-14__0__234733048 | en | In a world where differences often create divides, the video "All That We Share" from TV2 Denmark serves as a powerful reminder of our commonalities as human beings. With over 17 million views on YouTube, the video has struck a chord with people worldwide and become a viral sensation. Through its message of unity and empathy, the video has become a shining example of humanity at its best.
At its core, "All That We Share" challenges the viewer to question their preconceptions and prejudices. The video features a group of people standing in a large, empty room divided into different sections. Each section represents a different label that people often use to identify themselves, such as "The High Earners," "The Religious," and "The Lonely." The participants are then asked to step into the center of the room if they have something in common with someone from another section.
As the video unfolds, it becomes clear that despite their differences, the participants share much in common. A woman in a hijab steps into the center of the room with a man in a leather jacket. An elderly man stands next to a young child. People from different social classes, ethnicities, and ages find common ground in their shared experiences and emotions.
The message of the video is simple yet profound: despite our differences, we are all connected as human beings. The video challenges viewers to see beyond the labels and stereotypes that too often divide us and recognize the humanity in others. By emphasizing our commonalities, "All That We Share" encourages empathy and understanding, promoting a more compassionate and inclusive society.
In a world that often seems increasingly divided, "All That We Share" is a refreshing reminder of our shared humanity. By challenging us to see beyond our differences and recognize our commonalities, the video has become a viral sensation and a powerful example of humanity at its best. As we navigate the challenges of the 21st century, the message of empathy and understanding that "All That We Share" promotes is more important than ever. | sociology |
http://girlfriendsgetorganized.com/ | 2016-06-25T06:48:11 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392159.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00011-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.956397 | 153 | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2016-26__0__111704720 | en | Women are powerful, resourceful, smart, and supportive creatures. Yet many women, especially moms, feel overwhelmed, alone, or embarrassed about what they can and cannot get done each day. Friends and family are not always the best choices to help get a project done and keep your sanity in check, so who can a gal turn to?
That’s where Girlfriends Get Organized comes in! It is a fun, supportive community of women helping women get their lives under control AND get their projects completed! It’s a YOUR place to: find inspiration to get started, get motivation to keep going, celebrate your success and share your results, and completing the cycle of organizing. That is what Girlfriends Get Organized is about! | sociology |
https://woundsinternational.com/journal-articles/new-normal/ | 2024-04-13T08:52:21 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296816587.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20240413083102-20240413113102-00845.warc.gz | 0.976169 | 148 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__20816298 | en | It is no understatement to claim that the world has dramatically changed since my last editorial. As COVID-19 spread across the globe like wildfire, words like “lockdown”, “social distancing” and “furlough” all entered the lexicon.
Although pandemics are not a new phenomenon — from the Bubonic Plague that killed 200mn people between 1347 and 1351 to the Spanish Flu that had a death toll of between 40mn and 50mn at a time when the world was reeling from the First World War – mass lockdowns certainly are. As of April 3 2020, half of humanity was on lockdown. “Unprecedented” became the adjective of choice. | sociology |
https://www.theaylmernews.com/male-charged-with-sexual-offences/ | 2022-05-19T01:22:06 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662522741.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20220519010618-20220519040618-00198.warc.gz | 0.927097 | 181 | CC-MAIN-2022-21 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-21__0__215233 | en | On 10th of July 2020, Aylmer Police received a complaint of a historic sexual assault reported by a female from Aylmer. Investigation revealed that in 2012, a 67 year-old male from Aylmer sexually assaulted female minor at a residence in Aylmer. The accused and the victim are known to each other. As a result of the investigation, male has been charged with;
- One count of Sexual Assault on a Person Under 16 years, contrary to s. 271 of the Criminal Code
- One count of Sexual Interference contrary to s. 151 of the Criminal Code of Canada,
- One count of Sexual Exploitation – touch, contrary to s. 153(1)(a) of the Criminal Code of Canada and
- One count of Sexual Exploitation – counsel, contrary to s. 153(1)(b) of the Criminal Code of Canada. | sociology |
https://www.lararforbundet.se/artiklar/the-structure-of-lararforbundet-d9a2bbd7-6932-4d3a-980d-c99fca90a18a | 2019-10-21T20:51:09 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-43/segments/1570987787444.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20191021194506-20191021222006-00187.warc.gz | 0.950023 | 513 | CC-MAIN-2019-43 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-43__0__100977954 | en | Lärarförbundet, the Swedish Teachers' Union, is Sweden’s largest professional trade union for every category of teacher, study and careers advisors, school heads and student teachers. This is how our organization works.
Lärarförbundet is active in every municipality in Sweden. Most workplaces where we have members also have a representative who works as a teacher at the school. There is also a central organization for national negotiations, influencing politicians at national level and coordinating the union’s activities.
At national level
The National Executive Board is responsible for Lärarförbundet’s activities at national level. The Board has 14 members and it is they who lead Lärarförbundet’s work. The union’s president is Johanna Jaara Åstrand. The National Executive Board is elected at Lärarförbundet’s Congress, which is held every four years. Our national organization focuses on national negotiations, influencing politicians at national level and coordinating the union’s activities.
Local branches in 300 locations
Lärarförbundet has a local branch in every municipality plus national branches for private-sector and public-sector employees. There are also a small number of regional branches. A key job for the local branches is to negotiate with the employer and conclude local collective agreements. The local executive board also monitors developments in the workplace, conducts lobbying work, organizes training for union reps and so on. As a Lärarförbundet member, (regardless of employer,) you belong to the branch in the municipality in which you work, or to a national branch.
The most important activities emanates from members in the workplace, with an elected representative as a coordinating force. It is here that members discuss their situation, set out their requirements in collaboration with the employer. It is also here that professional development work takes place and the foundations are laid for salary progression. As a member, you should turn to your workplace representative in the first instance with any questions about your employment or the situation at your workplace.
Health and safety safety officer
The task of the health and safety officer is to monitor the physical and psychosocial working environment, ensuring that work is safe, that the working environment is not disturbing or harmful and that the workplace is not a source of stress, conflict or discrimination. The health and safety officer and the workplace representative are often one and the same person. | sociology |
http://www.pmnc.org.au/index.php/activities/carnival | 2017-04-28T08:10:12 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917122886.86/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031202-00417-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.929482 | 489 | CC-MAIN-2017-17 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-17__0__80666635 | en | Port Melbourne Neighbourhood Centre will be holding its biggest event of the year - the Port Melbourne Community Carnival 2017 which will take place on Saturday 18th March from 12 to 4 pm, on Liardet St, between Lalor and Nott Sts.
The theme for this year is Port Melbourne Unmasked - Uncovering the Heart of Port Melbourne, which aims to explore and celebrate the essence of this resilient community. People who are coming to the carnival will have the opportunity to be involved in a series of drop-in style workshops. These are always highly popular with children and families. This year the main workshop will be creating masks using recycled materials. The masks will then be worn in the 'Port Melbourne Unmasked Parade', allowing the artwork and creators to be cheered by the crowd.
Heart of the Port Awards
Is there someone in the community who you feel sums up the heart of Port Melbourne? We will be providing locals the opportunity to nominate community members of all ages in the lead up to the event through our "Heart of the Port Awards". Stay tuned for information on how to nominate. Award winners will be annunced at the Carnival.
Lots of other free attractions on the day include art and craft workshops, live music, face painting, balloons, jumping castle, animal nursery, and much more. The Dig In Community Garden will host a low cost and gourmet sausage sizzle.
The Port Melbourne Community Carnival is funded by City of Port Phillip Local Festivals Fund and has been running for the last 11 years. Every year it’s bigger and more popular. We call it “an outdoor mini-festival in the heart of Port Melbourne”, accessible to the whole community, no matter what age, ability or income.
The Port Melbourne Community Carnival promotes creativity, active participation, citizenship, and environmental sustainability.
Port Melbourne Neighbourhood Centre organises its Carnival in partnership with many local organisations and performers, and promotes a range of activities including family & children’s activities, arts & crafts, movement, dance, live music and theatre.
Port Melbourne Neighbourhood Centre is a local non-profit, community-based organisation offering a wide variety of courses, activities and volunteering opportunities for the residents of the City of Port Phillip, and other areas.
Please contact us if you are interested in volunteering or helping with Port Melbourne Community Carnival 2017 organization. | sociology |
https://www.enimarketing.com/relationship-building-social-media-marketing/ | 2019-11-14T04:04:44 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-47/segments/1573496667945.28/warc/CC-MAIN-20191114030315-20191114054315-00271.warc.gz | 0.967184 | 702 | CC-MAIN-2019-47 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-47__0__6188162 | en | 6 Steps for Successful Relationship Marketing
The power of communication is the main force by which we have tamed the natural world. Even from the early days of the cavemen, the ability to achieve our goals as a group…was perhaps our most important trait. As times have changed and we have moved into an age of digital marketing – our communication methods have changed drastically and so have the ways in which we build relationships.
Here are some tips on how to reach your customers in this modern and technology-driven world:
1. Go Personal
Whatever it is you are trying to market you should always try the old-fashioned way first. Try and contact your local community. Having a good understanding of your surroundings makes for a quality business strategy and solid personal relationships which are the main foundations of good networking. Personal relationships can solidify and help you with your further marketing efforts. Try to connect with people in the vicinity of your business. Attending charities and conferences can also help people to get to know you and in turn, they’ll start recommending you to their friends and acquaintances.
2. Social Media Marketing
In the past decade or so, social networks have radically changed our communication. Conveying a message is now faster and easier than ever. Successful businesses have been using this to their advantage since the dawn of social networks. Take Facebook for example: whatever you are selling there must be a group or a page of fans of a particular product. The only thing you have to do is participate in those groups and communicate with their members to achieve the most basic level of networking.
3. Social Networks as Feedback
It is important to note that you shouldn’t use social network platforms just for advertising purposes. Maintaining a human and respectful communication is the most important thing for enhancing your online position. Building online communities around your business are absolutely meaningless unless you show people that they can participate in the making of your product or service. Show them you care for them by talking to your customers and incorporating their demands thus making them happier and more loyal.
4. Other Community Hubs
There are many community hubs that are not necessarily present on social networks. Blogs, for example, are becoming more and more popular with customers who are enquiring about a specific product. Forums are also very popular as people are more prone to trusting peers from their community. You can keep in touch with bloggers and other people of influence as they will then have a more positive picture about your business and recommend it further.
People like to feel important and what better way to achieve it than asking for their opinion. By doing this you are making them feel validated and cared for while also getting a good and honest feedback about your product or service. Whether it is personal or online, take that extra moment to ask them about their opinion.
6. Nurturing a Brand
Although it’s a long-term commitment, making a brand out of your product or service is the most effective way of marketing it. Your product or service should be connected to your personal motto or ideology. Convince customers that there is a story behind what you’re selling and that by buying it they are making a statement.
A good and successful business is more dependent on their customers than the product or service, so go ahead and make that effort by reaching out to other people. What you’ll get is not only a trusting and loyal community base but also great feedback. | sociology |
https://www.felicitas.org.ar/who-are-we | 2024-03-02T07:00:14 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947475757.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20240302052634-20240302082634-00569.warc.gz | 0.885677 | 214 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__47901398 | en | The Association FELICITAS for the Comprehensive Development of Childhood is a civil association, registration number 39,620 granted by the Dirección Provincial de Personas Jurídicas in the Province os Buenos Aires.
It was established on November 3rd, 2012 with the objective of “providing solidary help to children and adolescents that are at risk and are defenseless without family and/or social help; promoting the comprehensive development of children and adolescents and the restitution of their rights, providing them emotional support and care based on love and Christian values (ART. 1).”
To that end, the association could carry out different activities, such as: the creation and admministration of a Home for Children, finding alternative homes or Foster homes, the establishment of soup kitchens, workshops, day care centers, and other places that would bring support and training to children and adolescents (Art. 1).
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Diseñado por nosotros con Wix | sociology |
https://inkanddagger.net/2015/03/12/lets-keep-talking-riot-grrrl-and-the-present/ | 2018-08-20T16:30:44 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-34/segments/1534221216718.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20180820160510-20180820180510-00079.warc.gz | 0.977927 | 1,887 | CC-MAIN-2018-34 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-34__0__35507488 | en | WORDS & PICTURES Julia Scheele
I first heard about Riot Grrrl when I was 16. That was 2000: a decade on from the movement’s beginnings and a few years after the Spice Girls “invented” Girl Power. We’d recently got an Internet dial-up connection and I spent a LOT of time online. I was looking for people with similar interests to me – the punks and goths I’d seen in comics and films who I felt would “get me”, but who were absent at the small conservative school I went to. I started in particular to search for more women in music, spurred on by my already-strong teen love of Gwen Stefani and Shirley Manson. I found Sleater-Kinney. Then Le Tigre. Then Bikini Kill and a lifetime love for Kathleen Hanna.
I’d never seen anyone like her before – a woman who was so unapologetically in-your-face angry about gender inequality and violence against women, a woman who used that massive amount of angry energy to make music that just tears through you and empowers you in a way I’d never felt before. It’s not surprising to me that Kathleen Hanna gets mentioned a lot in Double Dare Ya, the anthology about Riot Grrrl I co-edited with Sarah Broadhurst: especially after The Punk Singer, a documentary about Hanna, came out this year. I watched it and it made me feel as excited about punk rock feminism as I did when I was a teenager. I felt pumped. Like, fuck you pumped. Like, “I want to make art about this” right now.
This time around though, I noticed something I wouldn’t have noticed as a teenager. I watched The Punk Singer and I was left with the impression that Riot Grrrl was made up of a sea of white faces. Riot Grrrl was, after all, a very white and middle-class movement (something that Rhian E. Jones can talk about much more eloquently than I can, in her essay “From Olympia To The Valleys: What Riot Grrrl Did And Didn’t Do For Me”). Teenage girls wanted a voice, they were angry about abuse and sexism, they were angry about the Patriarchy, they were angry about the world and they were angry enough to believe that they could change it if they grouped together. But how exactly did the movement manage to completely exclude women of colour?
In Girls to the Front, Sara Marcus writes about the failures as well as the accomplishments of Riot Grrrl. She writes about women of colour being invited to meetings but not feeling welcome.
In Girls to the Front, Sara Marcus writes about the failures as well as the accomplishments of Riot Grrrl. She writes about women of colour being invited to meetings but not feeling welcome. She writes about women of colour being shouted down when they talked about privilege and previously unexamined racism. She paints a picture of Riot Grrrl chapters trying, but embarrassingly and monumentally failing at being inclusive. Laina Dawes writes in “Why I Was Never A Riot Grrrl”, an essay about The Punk Singer for Bitch Magazine:
“Now I remember why I never felt interested in being part of the riot grrrl scene. The film shows snippets of footage of young white women in that era, saying that the riot grrrl was a scene in which they didn’t have to fight in the mosh pit, or have men sexualize them for being at a show. For me, I was in the mosh pit, getting bruised and punched because as an individual, not as a woman, I wanted to be where the action was and even back then I knew that allies, regardless of gender, were few and far between. So I was just me. I also remembered being more fearful of being assaulted because I was black than because I was a young woman. I would have almost begged to be seen as a woman back then, but my ethnicity trumped my gender. (…) I distinctly remember the white women within the punk scene were capable of being just as exclusionary and bigoted as the men were, and among the white women I knew who identified as feminists, there was a strong sense that there was little to no concern as to how ethnicity made my experiences as a woman different than theirs. There was no knowledge, and more importantly no interest to know…well outside of Rebecca Walker, who was the right age, of the right class and most importantly, not ‘too angry’ to alienate them or challenge their naïve idealized notions about how the world works. If my ideas differed from them, guess who was wrong and who was right?”
It’s important to look at those failings now, especially in a time of resurgence for Riot Grrrl in the wake of popular media like the Punk Singer and Gone Home. It’s dangerous to look at it through eyes of pure nostalgia, and even more dangerous to look at it purely as a style, sweeping its discontents under the carpet and domesticating it as a Top Shop t-shirt.
Why the resurgence now anyway, apart from all the 90s nostalgia? To me it makes sense: with the way social media weaves through the minutiae of all of our lives, we’re more connected to everyone in the world, and all of their opinions as well, whether they’re progressive or painfully old-fashioned. We might surround ourselves with friends and family who think similar to us, but over the last ten years, I’ve seen women I admire, women I count as friends and allies, be forced to face swathes of online abuse that ranges from creepy overstepping of boundaries and dumb-as-shit “well-meaning” stereotypes, to outright death and rape threats. It’s now part of the life of every woman who gets exposure and is vocal on the internet – from the Men’s Rights Movement to Pick Up Artists, from Not All Men and Mansplaining and Gamer Gate, to how much people will, to this day, resist listening – REALLY LISTENING – to any woman who has faced abuse and mistreatment.
Kathleen Hanna talks about her mental breakdown in The Punk Singer, when she had to distance herself from Bikini Kill and the scene because she was constantly being bombarded with abusive misogynist hate mail and threatened by confrontational and even physically violent men at gigs. Over the Internet, this sort of abuse can now be directed at ANY woman with an opinion. Just look at the recent swamp of humanity that constitutes “Gamer Gate”: a direct and organised misogynist hate campaign aimed at female games journalists, weakly disguised as a crusade for “ethics” in journalism – that has, to this date, managed to chase three women and their families out of their homes with targeted death threats.
Yet in its own way, social media today can work even better than the zines of the 90s did. To me, zines are really the most engaging part of Riot Grrrl – angry, raw, confrontational, visual, cheap to produce, connecting girls who thought they were alone with their alienation and their anger across states, countries and oceans. The Internet is a way for teenage girls to channel their anger at being excluded and being made to feel “other”, which – in theory at least – is a beautiful thing. Of course, just as with Riot Grrrl zines, it has its shortcomings. From high tempers to absolutism and immaturity, I see good points forever lost in a sea of infighting and nitpicking. But you know what, that’s fine. People grow up, gather more life experiences, become more responsible and take more things into account. Everyone’s just cutting their teeth.
For the optimist still somewhere in me, I’m happy that we’re talking about this at all. We’re making the people who are willing to think do just that – think about their attitude to life, about privilege, about race, gender, and how the world is changing. Voicing our anger. Telling our stories. Demanding to be heard. Showing that we’re up for the fight.
Let’s connect. Let’s discuss and disagree and even fight, but let’s not contribute to the dumb abuse we’re already facing.
Riot Grrrl is so, so imperfect. It was wonderful, but Christ, it was hella shitty, too. Let’s not look at it as gospel, let’s not even try to revive it as a movement. But let’s listen to our rage and channel it into making something better, into learning and understanding. Let’s connect. Let’s discuss and disagree and even fight, but let’s not contribute to the dumb abuse we’re already facing. Let’s keep talking. | sociology |
https://leblob.fr/en/une-population-vieillissante | 2023-09-25T07:12:48 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233506686.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20230925051501-20230925081501-00824.warc.gz | 0.952335 | 2,264 | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__303911388 | en | The world’s population is ageing as a result of the combined effect of declining mortality and lower birth rates. As a result, by 2100, 1 in 4 human beings will be over 65.
While 1 in 20 people in the world were over 65 in 1950, the proportion has now doubled to 1 in 10. And it will be nearly one in 6 by 2050, according to the latest UN forecasts. This is the inexorable continuation of the demographic transition that began two centuries ago in Western Europe with economic, social and health development and the modernisation of lifestyles. On the one hand, mortality continues to decline, including at older ages, so that global life expectancy at birth, which was 64 in 1990, reached almost 73 in 2019 and is expected to exceed 77 in 2050. On the other hand, fertility is declining as infant mortality declines and family aspirations change. As a result, two-thirds of the world’s population now live in a country where fertility is below 2.1 children per woman, the replacement level. And while fertility remains high in countries that have not yet completed their demographic transition, they are all following the same trajectory, albeit with different timetables and rates. The evolution of the world median age—which divides the population into two equal groups, here schematically “young” and “old”—sums up the situation: from 24 in 1990, it is now 31 and is expected to reach 42 in 2100, according to the UN. By that time, the global ratio between young and old will be reversed: those under 20 will represent only 22% of the world total, compared with 33% today. Meanwhile, the over-65s will account for 24% of the world’s population in 2100, compared with 10% today.
Birth policies with little effect
Faced with a rapidly ageing population, the Chinese government abolished the one-child policy in 2015 and has since sought to boost the birth rate, authorising up to three children per family since 2021. A 180° turn, with no effect for the moment, as Chinese fertility has never been so low - 1.2 children per woman in 2022. The reason: when education progresses and living conditions improve, in China as elsewhere, fertility drops because families want to have fewer children. Today’s world fertility rate is 2.3 children per woman, and is expected to decline to 2.1 by 2050 and 1.8 by 2100.
Accelerated ageing in the south
Developing countries, which began their demographic transition later, will face very rapid ageing.
Because of economic growth and access to medical progress in developed countries, the countries of the south have seen—or will see—their infant mortality and fertility rates fall very rapidly. North African countries, Iran, Syria, Vietnam and Brazil will thus experience accelerated ageing. While it took France 114 years for the proportion of people over 65 to double in its population, and 71 years in the United States, it took Thailand 22 and Tunisia 20 years to experience the same trend. 10 Sub-Saharan Africa will age later, in the second half of the century. With a fertility rate of 4.2 children per woman on average, its population remains very young, with the proportion of people over 65 varying from 2% to 5%. Whether it is in the making or underway, this sudden ageing will be a major challenge in the countries of the South, where the elderly have long been left out of public policies. Health services are not adapted: in sub-Saharan Africa, access to care is difficult—gerontology services are non-existent or limited to the capital cities—and the pathologies of old age are poorly addressed or not treated at all. As for social protection, while some countries, like Brazil, have an embryonic pension system, no developing country has a general system. Not to mention the fact that family solidarity, which used to provide care for the elderly, is gradually being eroded with the modernisation of lifestyles and the emigration of young people. The countries of the South therefore face a major challenge.
The inequalities of ageing
We are not equal in the face of ageing: rich and poor, men and women, are not exposed to the same risks.
Unsurprisingly, life expectancy varies according to the socio-professional category. In France, a 35- year-old man can expect to live another 47 years if he is a manager, and only 41 years if he is a worker. The gap is 13 years between the richest 5% and the poorest 5%. Male and female workers therefore live shorter lives, but also longer in poor health. This is due to overexposure to serious illnesses (cancers, cardiovascular diseases, etc.) and disabling illnesses (musculoskeletal and anxiety disorders); poorer living conditions, access to and use of health care; and more frequent risky practices (alcohol, smoking, etc.). Women live longer than men (85.6 years compared to 79.7 years in 2019 in France), but with proportionally more years of dependence. The link between family and professional life exposes them to greater precariousness, with interrupted careers, and to anxiety or depressive syndromes. However, men are gradually abandoning risky behaviour. Meanwhile, recent female generations are more exposed to cardiovascular and cancerous diseases (smoking, sedentary lifestyle, etc.). At present, life expectancy between the sexes is therefore tending to converge. The gap would be only three years in 2070 (93 years of life expectancy with women, 90.1 years for men), compared with six years today, according to INSEE forecasts.
Living to a ripe old age, but in what state of health?
Some of the years of life “gained” are accompanied by functional or disabling limitations (mobility, memory, sight, hearing, etc.). But the years of dependence should remain stable, at around 3 to 5 years of total life expectancy, because health policies will make it possible to more effectively identify and prevent loss of independence. As for neurodegenerative diseases, they will undoubtedly be more visible since there will be more very old people, but their prevalence may decrease. This is already the case with Alzheimer’s disease, which has been declining for 20 years in several countries thanks to higher levels of education and the fight against vascular risk factors.
Life expectancy is still increasing
Life expectancy continues to rise as a result of major advances in healthcare, but at a slower pace, and unevenly across countries.
In 2019, life expectancy in Africa averaged 63, compared with 79 in Europe. Its evolution is the result of successive waves of progress, or “health transitions”, which follow different timetables around the world. The first is the fight against infectious diseases, which began in Europe at the end of the 18th century and spread to the rest of the world. However, this transition is not complete in countries with fragile economies, such as sub-Saharan Africa, which was hit hard by AIDS. The industrial countries then learned to manage cardiovascular diseases and then the so-called “societal“ diseases: violent deaths, smoking- and alcohol-related illnesses, etc., with sometimes uncertain success, since in the United States the opiate pandemic and obesity have caused male life expectancy to fall since 2014. Finally, some developed countries, such as France and Japan, are now taking action to combat the pathologies of old age. Beyond a certain age, of course, life expectancy increases less rapidly. But gains are still expected in the fight against cancer (screening and treatment) and neurodegenerative diseases (health policies and innovations): a life expectancy of 100 years is not out of reach. The countries of the South, for their part, will undoubtedly have to make these different transitions simultaneously.
Will everyone be old tomorrow?
Social issues to be anticipated
Societies will have to adapt to the new balance between generations, with a growing number of elderly and often dependent people.
In France, the proportion of people aged over 85 will almost double by 2050, rising from 3.5% to almost 7% of the total population. This will have consequences for the health system, housing, social ties, etc., and in the long term will undoubtedly lead to profound social reorganisation. To cope with the growing number of dependent people, there are several avenues to explore: improving prevention and eradicating or limiting the pathologies of old age by supporting research—which is highly active on neurodegenerative diseases. In addition, adapting the domestic environment can compensate for functional limitations and thus delay the loss of autonomy: development of home automation; facilitating mobility through safe paths, the installation of benches, etc. But it will also be necessary to upgrade the jobs of assistance to the elderly and to rethink the possible end of life, so that the choice is not limited to an alternative between a nursing home and home help: solutions for intermediate housing, for example, would make it possible to pool services. And of course, we need to rethink social protection systems: develop dependency insurance, adapt the contributory pension system, etc. At present, 20% of the costs of independent living assistance are borne by families, with the rest covered by the community, compared with 8% in health expenditure.
New intergenerational solidarity
Intergenerational exchanges could increase within families. Children and grandchildren would take care of their parents or grandparents who have become dependent; the latter would participate in the life of the household in the form of financial support, housing, help with childcare, etc. As inheritance comes later, monetary transfers prior to the death of the ascendants would also make it possible to help young adults. On the whole, intergenerational solidarity will undoubtedly have to be rethought, with greater proximity between close generations, who benefit from exchanging, rather than between the very young and the very old.
Disrupted life paths
A longer life disrupts life paths; this is a phenomenon that has already begun. The average age at which people receive an inheritance is now over 50, according to INSEE. Although still rare, late separations are on the increase, sometimes heralding new relationships: in 2016, according to INED, divorces of people over 60 represented 12% of all divorces for men (8% for women), compared with only 3% to 4% twenty years earlier. In short, representations will also have to change: there is not one way of ageing, but many.
The fantasy of extinction
Will the decline in births lead to the extinction of the human species? The answer depends on the data chosen at the outset. Assuming that the whole world is subject to the current European fertility rate and life expectancy (1.5 children per woman and 80 years) and maintains this indefinitely, the world population would be divided by 10 every 200 years, falling to 1 billion in 2,250 and . . . 100 people in 3,650! But this is a theoretical scenario and purely demographic extinction seems unlikely. If there is a risk, it lies rather with climate change, the erosion of biodiversity and the depletion of resources. | sociology |
https://jwakibia.medium.com/government-should-regulate-the-industry-and-hold-producers-responsible-262b0beafe08 | 2023-09-24T04:15:00 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233506559.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20230924023050-20230924053050-00184.warc.gz | 0.961295 | 1,614 | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__93103116 | en | ‘Government should regulate the industry and hold producers responsible for the products they produce’ Davina Ngei
Interview with Davina Ngei, Communications Volunteer, The FlipFlopi Project
Who is Davina Ngei?
Haha…that’s a loaded question.
I’m a Kenyan and an East African, concerned with the state of my country and my region.
Over the last few years, I’ve grown an interest in pollution — the what, why, and how of it. Most of my attention has been drawn to plastic pollution in particular. I think it’s because it’s highly visible, you can’t go a day without passing by a heap of plastic waste.
To me, it’s been a massive learning curve, shifting my thought process from “we need to clean this up”, to “we need to clean this up and then stop producing it”.
You successfully sailed the world’s first ever boat made from recycled plastic across three East African Countries; Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, last year. It must have been a great experience. Tell me, what were your overall expectations and achievements at the end of the expedition?
It was definitely a great experience.
I first came across Flipflopi a couple of years ago, when I first started exploring the world of plastic pollution and the different organizations involved within this space.
While the Flipflopi sailed from Lamu to Zanzibar in 2019, highlighting the state of our oceans, the Lake Victoria expedition in 2021 meant to bring similar awareness and attention to how plastic pollution is affecting the most important freshwater body in our region — Lake Victoria. I spent one month as part of the team that led this expedition across three countries.
Meeting communities around the lake, seeing how they had self-organised and come up with different ways to tackle plastic pollution, and sharing a bit of what I know, was a remarkable experience.
I know that while change does not happen overnight, there is hope, because so many people are fighting to save the lake from pollution.
How was this expedition important to you?
Being able to take part in community events and activities was a good reminder that I’m part of a bigger movement. Being able to speak to community leaders, artists, and youth activists, reminded me that there is still so much to learn.
And sailing on this beautiful lake of ours, seeing just how much life it supports, was humbling to say the least.
Most people are not so conscious about the impact of plastic pollution in our water bodies. Given your experience having sailed through and seen the impact firsthand, how would you describe it?
During a clean up in Tanzania, I was talking to one of the volunteers who regularly takes part in clean ups around Dar es Salaam and swapping experiences on the plastic pollution problem.
He said something that stood out to me, “when the symptoms are the same, the disease is one.”
Across three countries and multiple communities, the stories were the same — health issues, reduced fish catch, decreased livelihoods, and destroyed ecosystems. The culprit, the disease, is one — pollution!
Two things in particular stand out to me — just how quickly an area gets polluted once you’ve cleaned it, and just how much pollution is lying beneath the surface.
The plastic pollution problem is more pervasive than we know. We can only make assumptions about the impact plastics have had on the lake, and in turn the people that are part of this ecosystem. But there’s much more that we don’t understand, which is a bit frightening.
Now is the time to make sure this problem doesn’t become worse than it already is.
How about in terms of creating awareness and sensitization about marine plastic pollution?
I think many people living along the lake already understand that plastic pollution is having a negative impact on the environment. Perhaps what is less understood is the extent of the damage that can be attributed to pollution.
Part of what we did during the expedition was awareness and sensitization on the known impacts of plastic pollution, but this can only go so far.
As concerned as communities are about the impact of pollution on their health and livelihoods, they are still faced with the reality of non-existent waste management systems and a lack of accessible alternatives.
You recently published a sustainable plastic waste business toolkit, can you tell me about it?
Over the last few years, Flipflopi has supported and established different community-based organizations focused on tackling waste management and raising awareness on plastic pollution.
Along the way, there have been many lessons learned (often the hard way) — how to deal with licensing, how to gain community support, where to raise funding, how to work with different types of plastic etc.
This toolkit is a summary of the most important lessons. The hope is to make the path easier for other community-based organizations looking to collect, repurpose and/or recycle plastic waste in their communities.
If you haven’t read it, you can download it here.
Plastic recycling has been at the center of controversy. Producers of consumer products that rely on plastic, particularly for bottles and other packaging, stress recycling. Recycling companies, whose industry is in upheaval because of China’s ban on imported plastic waste, advocate building additional domestic facilities and urge consumers carefully follow recycling rules, environmentalists say the best solution is to stop producing so much plastic. What is your opinion on this?
We cannot recycle our way out of this plastic pollution mess, not with the technologies available, not with the cost of recycling, and not with the quality and quantity of plastics produced and discarded on a daily basis.
I do think recycling has a place in helping us get rid of existing plastic pollution, but if we are aiming for a long-term solution, we need to stop producing so much single-use plastic.
While we as consumers have a role to play in fighting plastic pollution, our actions can only go so far.
Producers have to step up because at the end of the day, plastic is not demanded, it is supplied.
Every single day so much single use plastic is being produced and most ends up in the environment, causing massive pollution. What roles should; governments, industries, consumers, take to reverse the situation?
Governments play the most important part. They can ban the importation of plastic waste from other countries. They can ban the production of unrecyclable, unnecessary, single-use plastics, just as they did with plastic bags. They can regulate the industry and hold producers responsible for the products they produce. Most importantly, they can establish functioning waste management systems, which do not rely on the exploitation of waste pickers, as our current systems do.
Industries simply need to stop. I know this statement might seem overly simplistic — there are a lot of factors (mostly monetary) to consider — but at the end of the day someone has to pay the price. It is either industries who will need to invest in the shift towards better alternatives or us as Kenyans who pay the price of living in polluted communities. I believe the onus should be on industries.
Lastly, consumers can stop littering, avoid single-use plastic where they can, recycle when possible and most importantly, hold governments and industry accountable for the mess being created.
Having been involved in the fight against plastic pollution, is there hope that this fight will someday be won?
With all the innovation, ingenuity, and fight I see every day from people around the world who can see a different, a better, future, I have no choice but to believe this fight will someday be won.
Edited by Benard Ogembo | sociology |
https://walshbaysydney.com/latest-news/447-planning-for-sydney-2050-have-your-say | 2021-12-08T06:45:00 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-49/segments/1637964363445.41/warc/CC-MAIN-20211208053135-20211208083135-00552.warc.gz | 0.934421 | 187 | CC-MAIN-2021-49 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-49__0__40101117 | en | While 2050 may seem a long time away, we need to plan now if we are to meet the ongoing and future needs of our communities.
That’s why City of Sydney is reviewing our community strategic plan, Sustainable Sydney 2030. The updated plan will guide the work we do to 2050.
When we talk about Sydney we mean all the suburbs that make up the City of Sydney local area.
Every day 1.3 million people live, work, study, do business, shop and go out in our local area. All of these people have an interest in the future of Sydney and can have their say on this plan.
We'd love to hear your ideas about what Sydney could be like by 2050 and how we should get there.
At COS's website you will also find a number of interactive presentations and thought provoking data stories and interactive maps to help you think about what the city might be like in 2050 | sociology |
https://columbiaumc.org/united-methodist-women | 2022-05-20T17:20:23 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662533972.17/warc/CC-MAIN-20220520160139-20220520190139-00208.warc.gz | 0.934504 | 602 | CC-MAIN-2022-21 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-21__0__227552489 | en | What is the Purpose of the United Methodist Women
The organized unit of the United Methodist Women (UMW) shall be a community of women whose purpose is to know God and to experience freedom as whole persons through Jesus Christ; to develop a creative, supportive fellowship; and to expand concepts of mission through participation in the global ministries of the church.
Who can Join the United Methodist Women?
Any women who commits herself to the Purpose ( above) of the United Methodist Women and to engage in mission study, personal growth and social action can join. You don’t have to be United Methodist or meet an age requirement to be a member.
Why should I join?
United Methodist Women is a community of women committed to mission. As a member you can take advantage of many opportunities, including the following:
Prayer, Bible studies and spiritual retreats.
Hands-on mission in local communities.
Mission education experiences.
Leadership development and training opportunities.
Supporting work with women, children, and youth.
Partnership with women in mission in the country and around the world.
Advocacy for social justice issues, including those pertaining to the environment domestic violence, immigration and many other concerns that impact the lives of women, children and youth.
Engagement in racial justice issues.
What does the United Methodist Women Do?
Our members nurture one another in community and support U.S. and international projects and partners improving the lives of women,children and youth with their prayers,volunteer work and advocacy efforts and financial gifts.
In the United Methodist Women in Columbia United Methodist Church, we are very active in fund raising and reaching our to those in need. During this past year we held our annual Ash Wednesday Service and brunch. We collected socks and donate them to the Veterans in Lorain county at Christmas time. We collect used glasses and ship them to third world countries who can reuse them. We donate offering collections to the Columbia Food Bank, donate to the World Thank Offerings, and support our own Methodist Youth on their mission trip each year. We have donated funds to South Sudan, Haiti, and West Side Community House in Cleveland, and the Genesis House in Lorain County. Each year is slightly different but these are good examples of monetary distributions.
We meet the first Wednesday of each month,( with a few exceptions) from 10 AM until 12 noon. We are always open to new members. We do not meet in July, and August. Our current officers for 2018-2019 are:
Sally Stone President e-mail [email protected]
Pam Andrews Vice President
Thelma Ball Secretary
Joyce Jenkins Treasurer
Thank you for reading our new webpage!
If you have any questions or I can be of any assistance,please feel free to contact me at [email protected].
Web Person [email protected] | sociology |
https://www.rehadat-hilfsmittel.de/en/ablauf-finanzierung/barrierefreies-bauen/barrierefreies-wohnen/ | 2021-09-22T20:49:45 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-39/segments/1631780057388.12/warc/CC-MAIN-20210922193630-20210922223630-00357.warc.gz | 0.963587 | 184 | CC-MAIN-2021-39 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-39__0__239445159 | en | People in need of care or people with disabilities who have care needs can receive grants which are not earnings-related for measures to improve their living environment from the care insurance fund. A subsidy of up to 4,000 euros per measure is possible. If several people in need of care live together, the subsidy increases to a maximum of 16,000 euros.
The subsidy is granted when home care enables or significantly improves or if an independent way of life is restored for the person in need of care (§ 40, paragraph 4 SGB XI).
However, a measure is only funded once, even if it benefits several people in need of care and the construction measures occur at different times. If the state of health deteriorates considerably or the level of care increases, a new measure can be applied for.
Individual aids such as folding support handles, bathtub lifts or toilet seat lifts may be covered by health insurance. | sociology |
https://en.ytk.fi/topical/news-archive/local-government-pilots-on-employment-to-begin-in-march | 2023-09-28T00:38:09 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233510334.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20230927235044-20230928025044-00877.warc.gz | 0.730512 | 1,264 | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__281700962 | en | Local government pilots on employment to begin in March
In the local government pilots, part of the TE Office's customers will be transferred to municipalities. The experiment will examine whether the services for jobseekers can be improved by arranging the services for jobseekers through municipalities. The aim of the development of services is to achieve faster employment. The local government pilot project is ongoing from 1 March 2021 to 30 June 2023.
The municipality participating in the local government pilot is responsible for providing services to jobseekers. The pilot municipalities issue statements on the right to benefit to the payers of the unemployment benefits.
Do I have access to a local government pilot?
Not all jobseekers will be transferred to a local government pilot. However, you don't have to find out for yourself whether you can participate in a local government pilot or not. If your customer account is transferred from the TE Office to the local government pilot, you will be informed of it either by letter or electronically through the TE Office's online services. In addition, you will be contacted about the local government pilot in your area.
If your customer account remains at the TE Office, you will not receive a separate notification and there will be no changes to the interactions.
When you register as a jobseeker during the pilot, you will be informed of where your account belongs.
The basic matters remain the same
- Register as an unemployed jobseeker with the TE Office on the first day of the unemployment or lay-off at the latest.
- When you register as a jobseeker during the pilot, you will be informed in your acknowledgement of receipt of where your account belongs.
- If you are covered by the pilot, the municipality will take care of employment-related services.
- Attend meetings organised by the municipality and follow the plans drawn up with the municipality. Failure to comply with the municipality's instructions may result in a fixed period during which no benefit is paid, i.e. a suspension period.
- Apply for earnings-related daily allowance from the unemployment fund normally.
- The TE Office's online service is still at your disposal. Your messages and information will be directed to the municipality.
- You will receive personal advice on employment and job search from the municipality.
Pilot areas and municipalities
- Espoo local government pilot: Espoo
- South Ostrobothnia region local government pilot: Alavus, Isojoki, Karijoki, Kurikka, Kauhajoki, Teuva and Soini
- Helsinki local government pilot: Helsinki
- Hämeenlinna region local government pilot: Hämeenlinna, Hattula, Janakkala
- Joensuu region local government pilot: Joensuu, Outokumpu, Liperi, Polvijärvi, Kontiolahti
- Jyväskylä region local government pilot: Jyväskylä, Laukaa, Muurame, Äänekoski
- Jämsä-Keuruu-Saarijärvi local government pilot: Jämsä, Keuruu, Saarijärvi
- Kainuu region local government pilot: Hyrynsalmi, Kajaani, Kuhmo, Sotkamo, Suomusalmi, Paltamo, Ristijärvi
- Kokkola region local government pilot: Kokkola, Kannus, Perho, Kaustinen, Veteli, Halsua, Toholampi, Lestijärvi
- Kuopio region local government pilot: Kuopio, Iisalmi, Lapinlahti, Siilinjärvi, Sonkajärvi, Vieremä
- Lahti region local government pilot: Lahti, Hollola, Asikkala, Kärkölä, Orimattila
- Mikkeli region local government pilot: Mikkeli, Juva, Hirvensalmi, Mäntyharju, Kangasniemi, Puumala, Pertunmaa
- Oulu region local government pilot: Oulu, Hailuoto, Ii, Kempele, Liminka, Lumijoki, Tyrnävä, Muhos
- Pirkanmaa local government pilot: Tampere, Akaa, Hämeenkyrö, Ikaalinen, Juupajoki, Kangasala, Kihniö, Lempäälä, Mänttä-Vilppula, Nokia, Orivesi, Parkano, Pirkkala, Punkalaidun, Pälkäne, Ruovesi, Sastamala, Urjala, Valkeakoski, Vesilahti, Virrat, Ylöjärvi
- Pori region local government pilot: Pori, Kokemäki, Ulvila
- Porvoo local government pilot: Porvoo
- Raahe region local government pilot: Raahe, Pyhäjoki, Siikajoki
- Raasepori and Hanko local government pilot: Raasepori, Hanko
- Rovaniemi region local government pilot: Rovaniemi, Tornio, Kemijärvi, Sodankylä
- Salo region local government pilot: Salo, Marttila, Koski Tl
- Savonlinna local government pilot: Savonlinna
- Seinäjoki and Ilmajoki local government pilot: Seinäjoki, Ilmajoki
- Turku region local government pilot: Turku, Laitila, Paimio, Sauvo, Uusikaupunki
- Vantaa and Kerava local government pilot: Vantaa, Kerava
- Ylivieska region local government pilot: Ylivieska, Alavieska, Kalajoki, Merijärvi, Oulainen | sociology |
https://www.dubcityderbygirls.com/misson | 2021-09-18T14:45:34 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-39/segments/1631780056476.66/warc/CC-MAIN-20210918123546-20210918153546-00051.warc.gz | 0.945719 | 318 | CC-MAIN-2021-39 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-39__0__194636002 | en | Dub City is West Palm Beach's only Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA) team.
Founded in 2010, Dub City is a skater-operated 501(c)3 organization. Skaters strive to foster community outreach by supporting local charities through fundraising and volunteer services. Through our dedicated actions, we hope to inspire our team mates and members of our community.
Our mission is to further the sport of women's flat track roller derby, as well as the personal growth and development of our fellow derby sisters by fostering community, sportswomanship and athleticism.
We strive to instill a sense of sisterhood, loyalty, hard work and competitiveness, and to foster empowerment of women of all races, colors, national origins, ages, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, and body types by providing positive athletic role models.
Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA)
Founded in 2005, the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA) promotes and fosters the sport of women's flat track roller derby by facilitating the development of athletic ability, sportswomanship, and goodwill among member leagues.
The governing philosophy if the WFTDA is "by the skaters, for the skaters." Female skaters are primary owners, managers, and/or operators of each member league and of the association. Operational tasks include setting standards for rules, seasons, and safety, and determining guidelines for the national and international athletic competitions of member leagues. All WFTDA member leagues have a voice in the decision-making process. | sociology |
https://www.partnershipagainstcancer.ca/news-events/news/article/dr-naheed-dosani/ | 2024-04-21T10:28:22 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817765.59/warc/CC-MAIN-20240421101951-20240421131951-00590.warc.gz | 0.976721 | 1,901 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__88134320 | en | On March 1, 2023, Healthcare Excellence Canada (HEC) and the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer (the Partnership) announced the first 10 communities to receive support through a new program called Improving Equity in Access to Palliative Care. This initiative, launched in 2022, is a partnership between HEC and the Partnership that focuses on improving access to palliative approaches to care with and for people who are experiencing homelessness or vulnerable housing in Canada.
The first cohort was selected in fall of last year and will participate in the program until 2026. The cohort spans seven provinces across Canada and includes urban, rural and remote settings. Each project will receive funding of up to $100,000 over four years.
A second cohort is planned to start in 2024. In total, up to 20 communities will be part of the program.
Dr. Naheed Dosani, a palliative care physician based in Toronto, is the co-chair of the Steering Committee for the program. He is also a health equity expert advisor at the Partnership. We spoke with Dr. Dosani to learn about this new program, why equity matters in palliative care, and what drives him in this work. The interview was conducted in late February 2023.
As a co-chair of Steering Committee for this program and a health equity advisor at the Partnership, how are you involved in this initiative?
Through my role as a health equity advisor, I have been working with colleagues to make palliative care more accessible for structurally vulnerable populations. In this role, I am using my experience as an advocate, health system leader and front-line clinician to support, mentor and guide communities across the country who are trying to inspire and effect local change in their communities. It’s important to remember that this initiative is not just about funding new programs. It’s about learning. It’s about building a community of practice through networking opportunities with peers and experts.
Ultimately, this program will provide the opportunity for teams across Canada to co-design, implement, measure and evaluate equity-informed palliative care approaches. It’s about building a better system.
Why is equity important in palliative care, particularly for people who experience homelessness?
A lot of our community-based palliative care systems have been built in a way that structurally exclude people who do not have access to the social determinants of health that many of us often take for granted, like having a home. Our healthcare and social care systems often make assumptions that a person will have a stable roof over their head, money in their bank account, a phone, a network of family members or caregivers. Yet, many people who experience poverty and homelessness don’t actually have those things. So, what it means is that as people who are on the streets and in shelters get older and they start to progress through their illnesses, like cancer for example, they don’t always get access to the community-based care supports that they need and are typically available to other people. The result is devastating. Unhoused people live a life expectancy of around 34 to 47 years. They often experience significant symptoms. And worst of all, many face these circumstances alone, in isolation. This is exactly why we must urgently do all we can to improve our palliative care systems so that we are able to meet people where they’re at. A firm understanding of what health equity exactly is, is vital in achieving that.
Is cancer prevalent in the populations experiencing vulnerable housing?
People experiencing homelessness are four times more likely to have cancer compared to the rest of Canada. Personally speaking, as someone who’s provided palliative care for unhoused people on the streets for many years, I’ve come across so many people who are suffering due to cancer. And so, to me, it really makes a lot of sense that HEC and the Partnership would come together to share their expertise and perspectives to help communities make measurable improvement in access to palliative care for vulnerably housed people.
Both organizations have a set of ethos that are anchored in social accountability, and I think this project really brings that to the forefront.
What are some of the barriers experienced by people who are unhoused when it comes to accessing palliative care?
I think the first barrier is that the system we’ve designed, such as home care, structurally exclude people who do not have homes. For instance, if someone does not have a fixed address they cannot access home care services, and this means that a multitude of community services are unavailable to them. The second thing is that our palliative care systems often lack the specific supports that some people who experience homelessness need, like integrated mental health care and substance use supports. People who experience homelessness often feel that they are not welcome in typical mainstream healthcare settings, particularly because during their lives, some of them have experienced significant trauma while interacting with the medical system. And so, in their most vulnerable moments, they do not feel like they are welcome or included in hospital-based palliative care units or community-based hospices. As a consequence, people often deal with their medical illnesses and care issues on their own, in their street-based communities and with their street family.
While there is a resilience that exists in these communities, what it means is that many people don’t get access to the resources, supports and care that they need. The result? Many suffer as they approach end of life.
In the years that you’ve been involved in palliative care, have these issues gotten worse?
Certainly. What we’ve seen over the last few years is a widening gap between the haves and the have-nots, coupled with the COVID-19 pandemic. People experiencing homelessness in Canada have been hanging by a thread, and that thread has snapped. We’re seeing more people living on the streets and in shelters than ever before. More people who are sleeping rough and in encampment communities. This is all super imposed on a weakening social safety net that is impacting health care, social services and other sectors as well. The result is that many more people are falling through the cracks.
As a physician, what drew you to palliative care?
I always knew that health care could be a powerful conduit for social change. While working as a trainee in my residency program over a decade ago, I ended up working at a local shelter in Toronto where I cared for a young man who had a widespread head and neck cancer. He presented to our shelter in pain and crisis, and unfortunately, due to his mental illness and marginalization, was not able to follow up for his cancer care. What he needed was palliative care, but he could not access it. He eventually died due to an opioid overdose. This incident stuck with me and still to this day, quite frankly, haunts me that in a country as advanced and wealthy as Canada, we still have people who lack equitable access to end-of-life care. Palliative care is a fundamental human right that everyone should have access to.
I fell in love with palliative care because it is person-centered and because, fundamentally, it is a grassroots movement that was originally led by patients and caregivers who wanted a different approach to how their diseases were being dealt with. Now my colleagues and I are pivoting that grassroots advocacy towards a health equity approach to palliative care for society’s most vulnerable people.
The guiding principles of palliative care are based on dignity and compassion. How do you centre those values for the ones who are among the most marginalized in our communities?
The first way we approach that is to always meet people where they are at. That can mean in a geographical sense – conducting a visit for a client in an alleyway or a park or a shelter – but also in an emotional sense. Sometimes we are very quick in health care to apply a medical model of care and that doesn’t always work for some people. Some people want to be just heard, or want to focus on their finances or housing, or help with forms that need to be filled out. Some just need a bit of company to feel welcome and included.
We also have to recognize that many of the people we care for have faced significant trauma at the hands of health care, in clinics or hospitals. As a result, they may not actually be comfortable meeting a healthcare worker in a clinic or a hospital. But if we apply a trauma-informed care lens, often, we find that we are able to build trust, a connection and rapport, that can develop into a therapeutic relationship.
The Improving Equity in Access to Palliative Care initiative is a trauma-informed, macro-level policy response to the fact it is unacceptable that structurally vulnerable people are suffering as they approach end of life in this country.
I think this is something to be very proud of and it’s something that we need to continue to build on in our healthcare systems.
I feel very honoured to be a part of this program and an organization that isn’t just talking the talk when it comes to equity, but is walking the walk too. | sociology |
https://abbotsfordhealthyaging.com/board-of-directors/ | 2023-12-01T14:13:51 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100287.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20231201120231-20231201150231-00178.warc.gz | 0.970158 | 1,161 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__195087801 | en | BOARD OF DIRECTORS
STU SIMPSON – Board Chair
I have been a resident of Abbotsford for the past ten years. I started my career in the grocery industry where I spent thirty years. When I left due to changes in the industry, I returned to school and received diplomas in life skills, counseling, and relationship training. After graduation, I taught at Life skills College and then on to work with challenged youth and adults in residential and day programs teaching what I had learned at Life Skills College. In 2015 I retired as a Handi-Dart bus driver based in Surrey.
BOBBY THOMPSON – Treasurer
Coming Soon …
DIANE DANCHUK – Director
I have been the volunteer bookkeeper/treasurer for the past year for Abbotsford Healthy Aging. I am also involved with Volunteer Abbotsford, another not-for-profit organization in Abbotsford. We provide volunteers at the Abbotsford Entertainment Centre and contribute our funds to the Food Bank. I also enjoy contributing time to the Social Committee in the complex where I live.
BARBARA SIMPSON – Director
Barbara Simson has just retired from owning Day’s Home Care for over 10 years which provided various services to seniors in their homes throughout the Fraser Valley. We were passionate in keeping seniors comfortable in their homes
Over the years Barbara has volunteered with seniors including on several City of Abbotsford committees representing seniors in Abbotsford.
CAROLYN KJERSEM – Director
I learned about Abbotsford Association for Healthy Aging as a participant in the weekly Seniors Social Cafe. I became a board member because I felt that I could act as a liaison between Administration and clients – to promote communication and involvement. I have a background in education and a Masters Degree Degree in Special Education. I have worked as a teacher, school principal, and psychologist. I was a sister of a younger brother with Down Syndrome, who was also a senior! In his memory, there is the James Patty “Special Needs” Fund with the Mission Community Foundation. My wish is to further his legacy by supporting the development, with the Abbotsford Association for Healthy Aging, of an inclusive environment for aging people with developmental disabilities.
NANCY DEBA – Director
I am retired and live in Abbotsford. I have a BA from UFV and a TESOL diploma from Vancouver Career College. I was an employee in the Seniors Department of Archway Community Services for 17 years. There I supervised and coordinated many programs and events including, Meals on Wheels, Lunch with the Bunch, Chat and Chai, Immigrant Seniors Introduction to Abbotsford, Annual Seniors Christmas Luncheon, Christmas Bazaar and Picnic in the Park. In collaboration with the Food Bank a hot meal and hamper program was created, for vulnerable seniors, the Slushies for Seniors project and celebrating Seniors Day. Special events included bus trips, attending local concerts, live theatre productions, and Canada Day celebrations. I have been an active participant and volunteer in the community for many years. This includes Girl Guides of Canada, Bike to Work Week, Run for Water, Vancouver Sun Run, Terry Fox Run, Book clubs, and the Vancouver 2010 Olympics. Volunteering with Abbotsford Association for Healthy Aging at the Social Cafe, the holiday breakfast projects and Concerts has been a wonderful experience and a way for me to continue connecting our seniors to our community.
JACK BAILLIE – Director
I was born in Morden, Manitoba in 1947 and got married in Brandon, Manitoba in 1969. My wife Gerri and I were blessed with 2 children and 3 grandchildren. My jobs in Advertising and Marketing for National Homes, Beaver Lumber, and Home Hardware allowed us to live in Winnipeg, MN, Abbotsford, BC, Barrie, ON, Waterloo, ON and visit every province and territory in our beautiful Canada. I retired a few years ago and Gerri and I moved back to our favourite place, Abbotsford, in 2015. I love working as a volunteer with Abbotsford Association for Healthy Aging and enjoy it almost as much as walking our dog, Howie.
KEVIN LARSEN – Director
moved to Abbotsford from Alberta. I am semi-retired as I work part-time at the golf course. I am also currently volunteering at Abbotsford Centre. I wanted to do some volunteering in the community as a way of giving back to Abbotsford. I saw an ad in the “Coffee News” leaflet about Friendly Visiting and have been visiting with a gentleman ever since. We talk about many things when we meet, play cribbage and enjoy watching many different types of sports. I get a lot out of these visits and come away fulfilled. I have been able to meet more people in the community through volunteering than I would not have otherwise. I plan on volunteering more as time permits as there are many charitable organizations around to seek out.
CHRISTINA RAGNEBORG – Executive Director
I have worked in the community social services sector for 40 years with seniors. The primary goal is to enhance the lives of our senior community and ensure that senior individuals can retain their dignity and independence during the latter stages of life. Growing up I did not have an opportunity to have a relationship with my grandparents and felt I missed out on a valuable connection. Embarking on a career with seniors led me to build a human experience with individuals that have lived full, fascinating and adventurous lives. They have shared with me a great wealth of knowledge and stories that are invaluable. | sociology |
https://www.trinityhanceville.com/the-transition-from-german-to-english | 2024-04-23T20:47:45 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296818740.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20240423192952-20240423222952-00881.warc.gz | 0.989655 | 219 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__92602898 | en | Old customs and traditions are difficult to change and so it was with the German language at Trinity. It was no easy decision to change to English, but without this change, the church would have lost more and more of the younger people, especially when English became their primary language. It would have also severely hindered Trinity’s mission of spreading the Gospel if noone could understand what was being said.
A meeting was held after church one Sunday to discuss the matter. An old German man accused the congregation of “throwing the old folks in the oven.” The Pastor at the time replied, “No, we don’t want to through the old folks in the oven, but neither do we want to throw the younger members into the fire.” The pastor promised that German services would be available to the Germans as long as they lived and the pastor’s promise was kept by the congregation. From 1904 through 1944 there was a slow transition from mostly German to mostly English services. The last German service was a Communion Service held on Christmas day 1944. | sociology |
https://spotoninsurance.com/podcast/soi/battling-opioid-epidemic-workers-compensation/ | 2021-03-01T01:17:27 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-10/segments/1614178361808.18/warc/CC-MAIN-20210228235852-20210301025852-00171.warc.gz | 0.923405 | 398 | CC-MAIN-2021-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-10__0__36103412 | en | Ep. 119: Battling the Opioid Epidemic – What Workers’ Comp Insurers are Doing to Help
Kevin Bingham is the Chief Results Officer at Chesapeake Employers Insurance Company, and President and CEO of their wholly owned corporate venture capital subsidiary iCubed Ventures, LLC. He is a renowned public speaker and has published more than 80 articles on important trends impacting the insurance industry. He has published nine articles on the Opioid Epidemic.
Kevin joins us today to share how workers’ compensation insurers are making a difference in helping prevent opioid dependency and addiction. He provides some background on the history of the opioid epidemic, where leaders have helped to change the perception around opioid use, what some workers’ compensation insurers are doing to drive positive change, the impact of addiction on employers and employees, and some helpful hints to leverage in your daily efforts to help injured workers, friends and loved ones beat this epidemic.
“America currently has 5% of the world’s population but we consume about 80% of the Opioid supply, and if you go to some of the more carved out drugs we consume about 99% ” – Kevin Bingham
What you’ll learn:
- Kevin’s background and how he developed a passion for winning the war against opioid addiction and dependency.
- The difference between stimulants, opiates and tranquilizers, and how that fits into the Federal Controlled Substances Act (Schedule I – IV).
- Impactful stories of how opioids have impacted people all around us – positive and not so positive.
- The history of the five vital signs and how the 5th vital sign of pain came about.
- How workers’ compensation insurers are addressing the opioid epidemic to significantly lower opioid usage and medical spend.
- The impact of opioid addiction on employers and the struggles they are facing hiring drug-free workers.
- Tips for fighting the opioid epidemic | sociology |
http://www.philwallproductions.com/saha-global-in-ghana | 2019-03-24T19:08:53 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-13/segments/1552912203491.1/warc/CC-MAIN-20190324190033-20190324212033-00078.warc.gz | 0.969619 | 147 | CC-MAIN-2019-13 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-13__0__69153265 | en | Saha Global (formerly known as Community Water Solutions) empowers women in rural communities to solve their village’s need for clean water and electricity by providing business opportunities. They bring leaders from around the world to Ghana through a Global Leadership Program where they train local women to launch profitable social enterprises. All of the revenue from these businesses stays in the community and is managed by the women entrepreneurs. To date, Saha Global has launched 71 clean water businesses and 5 solar electricity businesses, which empower 164 women entrepreneurswho serve 38,108 people. 100% of these businesses are still in operation today.
I spent 3.5 weeks in rural Ghana with the Saha Global team to help their re-branding and marketing efforts. | sociology |
http://www.calambamisocc.gov.ph/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=227&Itemid=2 | 2015-04-25T01:48:57 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-18/segments/1429246645606.86/warc/CC-MAIN-20150417045725-00097-ip-10-235-10-82.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.938833 | 1,518 | CC-MAIN-2015-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2015-18__0__46298213 | en | The Local Government Unit of Calamba, Misamis Occidental commemorates the nationwide celebration of Women’s Month on March 17, 2008 held at Mateo Matunog Gymnasium with this year’s local theme “KAKUGI SA KABABAYEN-AN ALANG SA KALAMBUAN”. The celebration of the Women’s Month is promulgated under Proclamation No. 224, law declaring first week of March of every year as Women's Week and March as the Women’s Month. For the whole month of March the celebration of the Women’s Month is being observed every year. Furthermore, the celebration of the Women’s Month not just only in the country but also globally.
The observance of Women’s Month in the municipality started with a civic parade, thousands of women from different sectors marched from the Municipal Plaza towards the streets of Barangay Southwestern Poblacion, Don Bernardo A. Neri, Solinog and Northern Poblacion at 8 o’clock in the morning and which were participated by women from all sectors like Women in Government Service (WINGS) from the Local Government Unit of Calamba, Misamis Occidental and Calamba District Hospital, Organized Women from the 19 Barangays of Calamba, Rural Improvement Club (RIC), Local Council of Women (LCW). Then a proper program and coronation of Mutya ng Kababaihan 2008 follows.
After the parade a dance contest was held and which was participated by members of Women’s Organization from the different barangays. The dance contest was formally started with an opening salvo from the Federated Women headed by Committee Chairman on Women and Sangguniang Bayan Member JUDELYN E. BOLOTAOLO. The crowds were cheering of their favorite dance groups.
Mutya ng Kababaihan 2008 Coronation is one of the highlights of the celebration that also add color to the occasion. Mrs. ANGELINA C. BUENO of Barangay Solinog was crown as Mutya ng Kababaihan 2008
The ceremonies were attended by the Municipal Officials headed by the Municipal Mayor Dr. Luisito B. Villanueva, Jr., MNSA, Municipal Vice Mayor Jesus C. Enerio, members of the Sangguniang Bayan and Board Member Edelma C. Bulawin as guest speaker.
Hon. Edelma C. Bulawin Board Member of the 1st District of Misamis Occidental graced the occasion and in her message she tackled the importance and contribution of women in the family, community and the country. Women are partners in the development of their respective barangay and through Women’s Organization women contribute ideas that were very useful to the community. Women play an important role in their husband’s life and family especially in raising the children to be a good citizen in the community and guiding the children to have a better future. Women bring light, happiness and inspiration to the family. Women are models in their own family and barangays so she should set as a good example. Aside from that she also tackled the Republic Act 9262. REPUBLIC ACT 9262 - an act defining violence against women and their children, providing for protective measures for victims, prescribing penalties therefore, and for other purposes. She also added that we should organize programs that will enhance the women not only in the government service but also women from all walks of life.
The event likewise is the place where women from all walks of life were gathered together to celebrate the special day. Lots of dance and song presentations. Members of the Women’s Organization from the 19 Barangays of Calamba were present that day.
According to Municipal Mayor Dr. Luisito B. Villanueva one of the guests and in his message he said that women play an important role in the government and one of the proof is our President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. Most of the employees of private and government agencies are women. Women also contributes to the growth of our economy were most of the OFW were women and part of the labor force. Furthermore, Mayor Villanueva also talked the purpose of promoting women’s empowerment.
The success of the occasion through the efforts of the Local Government Unit of Calamba, Misamis Occidental spearheaded by the Office of the Municipal Social Welfare and Development.
| Drum Corp of Calamba Comprehensive High School||SWP Women’s Association|
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|Women Welfare Association from Langub, Calamba, Misamis Occidental||Don Bernardo A. Neri Women’s Association (DBANWA)|
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|Rural Improvement Club (RIC)||Women in Government Service (WINGS) from Calamba District Hospital|
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|(From Left to Right) Municipal Vice Mayor Jesus C. Enerio, Brgy. Captain Laganson and ABC Pres. Ezel T. Villanueva||Brgy. Women Presidents with Committee Chairman on Women and SB Member Judelyn E. Bolotaolo (Center)|
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|DON BERNARDO A. NERI WOMEN’S ASSOCIATION |
1st Prize winner of dance contest Poblacion Category
|NORTHERN POBLACION WOMEN’S ASSOCIATION |
2nd Prize winner of dance contest Poblacion Category
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|SOLINOG WOMEN’S ASSOCIATION |
3rd Prize winner of dance contest Poblacion Category
|SALVADOR WOMEN’S ASSOCIATION |
1st Prize winner of dance contest Barangay Category
|LANGUB POBLACION WOMEN’S ASSOCIATION |
2nd Prize winner of dance contest Barangay Category
|CALARAN POBLACION WOMEN’S ASSOCIATION |
3rd Prize winner of dance contest Barangay Category
CORONATION OF MUTYA NG KABABAIHAN 2008
| Municipal Mayor Dr. Luisito B. Villanueva, Jr., MNSA and Board Member Edelma C. Bulawin crowned the Mutya ng Kababaihan 2008||Municipal Vice Mayor Jesus C. Enerio and Engr. Ezel T. Villanueva donned the cape of Mutya ng Kababaihan 2008|
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|Turn-over of scepter from Ms. Liezel M. Gaspin (Mutya ng Kababaihan 2007) to Mrs. Angelina E. Bueno (Mutya ng Kababaihan 2008)||Board Member Edelma C. Bulawin|
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|Women in Government Service (WINGS) from Calamba District Hospital||Municipal Mayor Dr. Luisito B. Villanueva, Jr., MNSA|
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|Women in Government Service (WINGS) from LGU-Calamba, Misamis Occidental||Awarding of dance contest winners with ABC Pres. Ezel T. Villanueva| | sociology |
http://communityjusticecoalition.org/ | 2019-02-16T21:28:03 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247481122.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20190216210606-20190216232606-00442.warc.gz | 0.930664 | 177 | CC-MAIN-2019-09 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-09__0__82128136 | en | Pre-Election Justice Forum 2019
NSW Justice System
Where: Mitchell Theatre, Sydney Mechanics’ School of Arts, 280 Pitt St, Sydney
When: Monday, 25th February 2019, 6pm – 8:30pm.
All political parties have been sent a Questionnaire created by a team of interdisciplinary experts.
Their responses have been documented and will be discussed at the forum.
The Government, Opposition, Greens and other parties on the panel can be questioned by the audience and media.
“Parties’ responses will provide a unique opportunity to inform future collaboration and communication between political parties and community stakeholders. Bipartisanship has proven itself as an effective tool for achieving positive reform,” said the former Chief Justice of the Family Court of Australia the Hon Elizabeth Evatt AC.
A donation at the door would be appreciated. | sociology |
https://blog.usa.pwm.com/blog | 2021-01-18T04:36:06 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-04/segments/1610703514121.8/warc/CC-MAIN-20210118030549-20210118060549-00255.warc.gz | 0.975317 | 129 | CC-MAIN-2021-04 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-04__0__152109020 | en | *Disclaimer: This article is not intended to serve as legal advice or to support or oppose COVID-19 related lawsuits.
Millions of Americans have seen their lives and businesses upended by the COVID-19 pandemic. The disruption includes shelter-in-place orders, social distancing, and an unemployment rate that is currently clawing its way back to pre-pandemic numbers. At the same time, employers across the country are facing a wave of lawsuits by employees claiming they contracted COVID-19 because of gross negligence. This trend has led lawmakers to propose legislation that would provide businesses liability protections during the pandemic. | sociology |
https://keubanksphoto.blogspot.com/2011/10/green-grounds-la-garden-project.html | 2023-11-29T12:38:36 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100081.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20231129105306-20231129135306-00246.warc.gz | 0.971686 | 365 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__65583646 | en | Last Sunday I built a garden in South Central Los Angeles with a friend and the nonprofit group LA Green Grounds. I found out about this group via a Master Gardner Workshop at The Natural History Museum, taught by Florence Nishida. A huge advocate of sustainability through our community and gardening, Florence believes that hands on participation is as important as the information she teaches. The Green Grounds project is about building edible and sustainable gardens in an area where healthy, affordable food options are hard to come by. This was a great experience as a gardener in training and also in building and understanding our communities in Los Angeles. We often feel very disconnected as Angelenos as we are blessed and cursed living in a sprawling urban city of diverse communities. Events like this help to remind me that we can always do something and be involved in our own local communities and even the community at large. In an era of global politics and economics through technology, it can be hard to stay connected to one another on a basic level even though we are virtually "connected" all the time. Sometimes it is about getting down and dirty with fellow citizens, putting our hands in the soil and actually sowing the seeds for hope and change together. We then come to realize how much we really can accomplish as a collective community and as human beings. I feel so grateful for this experience and all the inspiring people I have met along the way. I hope to translate the practical knowledge I have gained into starting my own garden with my neighbors. Now I know that staying involved in my community and really participating is the only way to really promote growth and change for a better future. LA Green Grounds is a real grass roots program and anyone can join. So check out their website and maybe I'll see you at the next dig in! Below are some photos from our exhilarating day! | sociology |
https://bayelsatimes.com/massob-suspects-wives-call-for-release-of-their-husbands/ | 2022-12-08T19:44:31 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-49/segments/1669446711360.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20221208183130-20221208213130-00396.warc.gz | 0.988514 | 392 | CC-MAIN-2022-49 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-49__0__222031662 | en | The Cross River Police Command had on Thursday last week arrested 23 persons suspected to be members of MASSOB.
The arrest took place in Ikom Local Government Area of the State when the Police swooped on some of them at a watch repairer’s workshop, while others were picked from their homes located within and around the town.
Wives of six of the arrested persons said that they have not been allowed access to their husbands since Thursday last week when the arrest took place.
Mrs Beatrice Ikechukwu Ani, the wife of Ikechukwu Ani who led five other women, told our Correspondent that their husbands have been without food since their arrest.
“Here with me are the wives of Nnamdi Okafor, John Ibe, Ebere Chukwu, Celestine Ndibe, Emmanuel Nachi and we call on the Police to release our husbands immediately.”
She said that their husbands were at a watch repairing workshop when the police came and took them to the Ikom Police station and from there to Calabar.
“When they were at Ikom they did not allow us to see or take food to them and from there they brought them to an anti-cultism unit, not even State CID for detention.”
Mrs Ani said that their husbands are not cultists or criminals, adding that detaining them among cultists and criminals without food was unjust.
According to her, the police took them to their houses to search and did not find anything incriminating but insisted on detaining them.
The police when contacted, DSP Irene Ugbo, the Cross River Police Command spokesman said that she was not aware of the arrests, but a source at the Anti-Cultism Unit says the AIG Zone Six and the State Police Commissioner have a function at the unit so nobody would be allowed access to the suspects. | sociology |
https://d15glrls1wioo9.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/communities-land-and-environment | 2020-08-09T22:29:19 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-34/segments/1596439738595.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20200809222112-20200810012112-00234.warc.gz | 0.900693 | 115 | CC-MAIN-2020-34 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-34__0__59658521 | en | The Department of Communities, Land and Environment takes action to safeguard the environment; protect land and water resources; and foster strong communities and local government. The department engages Islanders in initiatives that strengthen communities and achieve environmental stewardship goals.
Some of the priorities in this mandate are to:
Lead the effort, through public consultation, on a new Water Act to protect water resources
Continue to implement the recommendations of the Carver Report on the Lands Protection Act
Take proactive action to address climate change
Work with the Department of Finance on a new funding system for municipalities in PEI | sociology |
https://casadoschicascafe.com/blogs/news/closing-the-gender-gap-a-cup-at-a-time | 2024-03-04T14:57:45 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947476452.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20240304133241-20240304163241-00337.warc.gz | 0.951501 | 585 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__25031171 | en | Closing the gender gap a cup at a time
Posted on September 23 2021,
Most new ventures start with the desire to make a change or fill a gap. And the best business ideas are usually those that fill an unmet need.
When we started Casa Dos Chicas Café, we were excited to talk about coffee roasting profiles, pour over ratios and the benefits of brewing coffee without a filter. And we will be talking about those subjects from time to time!
But what really got us excited was finding a way to help meet the needs of the coffee growers — many of whom are women — by helping to close the gender gap.
What does the coffee gender gap look like?
The gender gap in the coffee industry is wide, and it negatively affects not only the women who farm the coffee, but also their families, communities and even the industry itself. In its report, “Gender Equality and Coffee: Minimizing the Gender Gap in Agriculture,” the Specialty Coffee Association identifies four areas where gaps are especially prevalent:
- Distribution of labor. Female farmers typically work longer days since their responsibilities don’t end with farming activities but include running households and raising children.
- Women generally work for lower wages than men. And when men control the actual transport and selling of coffee (which is typical), women have less control of the proceeds.
- Women comprise between 3 and 20 percent of landowners in the developing world — yet they make up between 20 and 50 percent of the agricultural labor force.
- Leadership and decision-making. When women don’t own land, they are less likely to be involved in farming cooperatives, hold leadership roles in associations, or manage farms — and therefore have less of a voice in decisions that can directly impact their welfare.
How mindful coffee purchasing helps close the gap
Clearly, many barriers to equity still exist. But there are many solutions as well. We are off to a great start and are excited to expand our participation as part of the solution.
Our mission is to support, empower and bring equity to women coffee growers in Latin America by taking a mindful approach to every step of the global supply chain. As we consider sources for the coffees we sell, we prioritize suppliers that are actively addressing the gender gap — by meeting and exceeding Fair Trade standards for wages, directing profits toward the betterment of local farming communities and schools, improving social welfare, and focusing on economic growth in remote regions.
The opportunity is enormous. Coffee is the second largest commodity in the world, with as many as 100 million agricultural producers worldwide depending on coffee production for their livelihoods. As we build the Casa Dos Chicas Café community — of which you are a part — we join a global movement to close the gender gap in these agricultural communities.
Learn more about our coffees and the regions we support here. | sociology |
https://www.inclusivecatholics.com/ | 2024-04-20T03:28:00 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817474.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20240420025340-20240420055340-00311.warc.gz | 0.929073 | 130 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__200620836 | en | The Independent Catholic Christian Church stands in solidarity with the trans community. We baptize trans people, we welcome trans people to the table to receive the Body and Blood of Christ, we ordain trans people, we marry trans people. Trans people baptize us, trans priests celebrate the Eucharist for us, trans bishops ordain us, trans priests absolve our sins and anoint us for the healing of our sickness. We are enriched by the gifts of those who are trans. We call on other parts of society to join us in this welcome, and call those who exclude trans people to repent of their sin of hatred and exclusion. | sociology |
https://whbvpoa.com/ | 2024-02-23T07:46:59 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474361.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20240223053503-20240223083503-00031.warc.gz | 0.925536 | 266 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__32085889 | en | The mission of BVPOA is to enhance property values and build a sense of community spirit through member activities and involvement by:
- Working toward having a majority of the over 400 homes in our neighborhood join BVPOA
- Welcoming new residents to the neighborhood by the Welcoming Committee
- Keeping members and residents informed, via the Internet, of town activities which may affect our neighborhood
- Maintaining the unique custom-made street signs that beautify our streets
- Offering an array of seasonal activities to foster neighborhood spirit
Buena Vista has a rich history and wonderful amenities nearby for folks of all ages, including our community tennis courts and garden. The Art League Gallery as well as the Buena Vista Golf Course, Cornerstone Aquatics Center and Veterans Memorial Ice Skating Rink are right around the corner, providing an abundance of fun activities for people of all ages! Buena Vista’s location is secluded, yet close to West Hartford Center, Blue Back Square, Route 9, Interstate 84, Westfarms Mall, movie theaters, shops and fabulous restaurants.
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Farmington Avenue to the North Common Drive and Buena Vista Golf Course to the East Tunxis Road to the South Farmington town-line to the West. | sociology |
http://nwkare.org/kare_kgg/ | 2020-02-25T05:28:03 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-10/segments/1581875146033.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20200225045438-20200225075438-00500.warc.gz | 0.906851 | 101 | CC-MAIN-2020-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-10__0__29031518 | en | KARE is participating in the Kitsap Great Give on May 5, 2015. The Kitsap Great Give is a 24-hour, online giving event organized by the Kitsap Community Foundation to grow philanthropy in Kitsap County and surrounding areas.
Every dollar you donate will be proportionally matched by the event sponsors so KARE will actually get more money than you donate!
Help us raise funds for our future rehabilitation center!
Thank you Kitsap Community Foundation and United Way of Kitsap County! | sociology |
https://fempowermovement.com/stories-of-change-shan-bibi-says-early-age-marriages-must-be-end/ | 2023-01-29T02:16:16 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-06/segments/1674764499697.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20230129012420-20230129042420-00128.warc.gz | 0.989424 | 893 | CC-MAIN-2023-06 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-06__0__89368811 | en | Posted on August 29, 2019
Forty-five-year-old Shan Bibi belongs to Ghora Khela village of district Swat in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. She got married at a very young age. According to the customs of the area, it was not an unusual thing to happen.
Her husband was not very welcoming towards her and treated her badly. She tried her best to make things better but nothing worked. Finally, she decided to take divorce from him and came back to her parents’ house.
After a few months, her father got her married to an old man who was already married to someone and also had children.
Shan Bibi gave birth to six of his children. This marriage also did not last long. After her sons got married, her husband divorced her on a minor dispute.
Bibi is now living with her children. She is an active member of the community. She raises awareness about girls education and stops people from getting their daughters married at an early age.
She does awareness sessions with young girls and parents in which she tells them how early age marriage affect the physical and mental health of girls and the whole family.
She has been working with Shirkat Gah – Women’s Resource Centre for the past few years. She, voluntarily, gave two rooms of her house to Shirkat Gah to conduct awareness sessions under one of its projects ‘Women Acting for Change’.
Women Acting for Change (WAC) is supported by Royal Norwegian Embassy (RNE). It aims to make women and girls better informed about their rights with a focus on girls having greater bodily integrity and better access to rights and services. Under this project, four Women Friendly Spaces (WFS) were established in four districts across Pakistan. These WFS provide women a safe space to discuss their problems and make it easier for them to access rights and services through referral networks, such as Local Support Groups and Referral pathways.
Bibi is always the first person in her area who raises her voice against any injustice happening to any girl in the area.
She especially raises her voice against early age marriage of girls. If she gets to hear of any early age marriage happening in her surroundings, she goes there and tries her best to stop it. She talks to the parents of the girls and the girl herself. She goes with her allies from the community to talk with the family.
She has stopped at least fifteen early age marriages till date which is a huge number keeping in view the restrictive culture of the valley.
She also has the credit for mobilizing women in Swat valley to stand against odds and demand their rights. Dozens of women in her leadership did protest against the shortage of gas supply in the area. It was the first women’s protest in the history of Swat.
Once her grandson fell sick in the middle of the night. She took him to Saidu hospital. There was no doctor in the emergency to attend patients. She found the doctor sleeping in the adjacent room. She woke him up and asked him to see her grandson. The doctor got furious and told her to leave.
She told the doctor to resign from his position if he cannot do his duty. Afterward, she called a Member of Parliament Assembly, Fazal Karim, and narrated him the whole incident. Shortly, Mr. Karim was there. He confronted the doctor for his behavior and told him to submit a report.
Besides that, she has taken several trainings on sexual and reproductive health conducted by Shirkat Gah in Swat. She replicates trainings in the community to the local people. Through her efforts, the local people are now more sensitize towards their daughters.
A few days ago, she stopped a forced early age marriage of a young girl in Koshitan. Her neighbor told her about the case. She went to a girls college in Kohistan. She told girls about this brutal custom and asked them to join her in the protest in front of the court. Hundreds of girls joined her after which the decision was taken back.
She is an icon of resistance and hope for hundreds and thousands of women of Swat. She believes that if the right steps are taken at the right time and girls are given liberty to take their decisions, no one can hold them back. | sociology |
http://deweymedia.com/project/riverdale-country-school-zawadi-by-youth-india-trip/ | 2019-06-20T09:23:17 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-26/segments/1560627999200.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20190620085246-20190620111246-00123.warc.gz | 0.957506 | 112 | CC-MAIN-2019-26 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-26__0__143080225 | en | Riverdale Country School – Zawadi By Youth India Trip
The school sponsored and student generated micro finance group went to India to see first hand how the groups they wanted to underwrite functioned and worked on the ground. The video documents the impact the trip had on the students and the Riverdale Country School leaders.
The group has done work all over the world, from Haiti to Africa to India. Micro finance originated in India, and the video tells the story of the students and their path to learn about both India and the history of micro finance. | sociology |
http://www.brightonrecovery.org/why-brighton-hospital/testimonials/gale-t/ | 2015-06-30T14:26:49 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-27/segments/1435375093974.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20150627031813-00301-ip-10-179-60-89.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.983295 | 294 | CC-MAIN-2015-27 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2015-27__0__168760029 | en | “My daughter was a heroin addict. When she first entered Brighton Center for Recovery, things were pretty grim. We became involved in the family sessions at Brighton. Like any disease, when it first enters your life, you need to be educated. The Brighton staff helped us understand what we were doing and what choices we had to make. We learned how to be supportive without some of the destructive behaviors that can make recovery more difficult.”
“Today my daughter is happy, healthy and productive. Before her treatment it was impossible for us to look toward the future. Day-to-day survival was the best we could do. Now our future is filled with endless possibilities. I’m grateful to Brighton Center for Recovery for the education I received as a parent. It was the foundation for our recovery as a family.”
As with any addiction, the more you know, the better chance you have to overcome it. Education is key and the foundation for success in the fight against substance abuse. With the help of Brighton’s addiction treatment programs, Gale’s daughter fought to overcome her heroin addiction and Gale was right there with her through it all. Because drug addiction does not just affect the user, Gale’s story is so important for others to hear. If they are suffering from the substance abuse of a loved one, they can see that it can get better and their loved one can get the help they need. | sociology |
https://bonnieoldre.blog/2022/08/29/cost-of-college-a-historical-perspective/ | 2023-06-08T22:22:47 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224655143.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20230608204017-20230608234017-00396.warc.gz | 0.974918 | 864 | CC-MAIN-2023-23 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-23__0__299392875 | en | Change is in the air. The state fair is in full swing. Students and teachers are heading back to the classrooms. Even those of us who have been out of the classroom for some time have an urge to shop for back-to-school clothes. As usual, we are arguing about the effectiveness of K-12 education and the cost of college. A new twist, this year, is a debate about the Student Debt Relief Plan. Is it fair? Will it help?
Here’s a little background. The true cost of a college education has not increased, dramatically, over the past 70-80 years. But, the cost to the individual students has.
College used to be affordable only to the privileged few until the GI Bill, enacted after WWII. Then, eight million veterans flocked to get their degrees. With a booming postwar economy, tax money flowed to build and finance colleges, and as direct aid to students in the form of grants. With the cost of college low, the enrollment boom continued through the 1960s and into the 1970s.
That began to change in the 1970s, due to inflation, an oil embargo, and a sputtering economy. At the same time, expectations increased that if you wanted a good job you needed a college education. For many years, now, high school graduates haven’t been able to go into the workforce and get high-paying jobs. (With current low unemployment rates, that may be changing. Employers may now be more willing to pay top-dollar for entry level workers.)
As more of the cost of higher education reverted to individual students, they and their families have taken on more debt to finance higher education. While the cost of college increased, the value of the minimum wage decreased. Working for the minimum wage, in 1970, you could work in the summer and earn more than enough to put yourself through a year of school. Now, at the current minimum wage, you’d have to work full-time for most of the year to afford a year of college. See: https://www.intelligent.com/1970-v-2020-how-working-through-college-has-changed/
In my opinion, it’s always better to avoid debt, than to hope that it might be forgiven at some point in the future. Community college continues to be a bargain. I encourage anyone who wants a two-year degree, or who wants to do the first two years toward their bachelor degree at a more reasonable price, to consider community colleges.
I went the pay-as-you go route to getting a undergraduate degree. I got my A.A. degree from what was, then, Minneapolis Junior College. Then, after my kids were in school and I didn’t have to pay for a babysitter, I finished my B.A. at the U. of M. in the early 1980s. College was still relatively inexpensive, at that time. I went into debt for my advanced degree in the 1990s, which I have long-since paid off.
But, I have no regrets about not getting in on the current freebie. The cost of my undergraduate degree was lower than a current B.A. would be, because colleges were getting a higher portion of their operating expenses directly from tax dollars.
Overall, I think this student loan forgiveness is a good thing. Sure, some took on too much debt and partied through college. But, others borrowed only what they needed and, once their student loans are forgiven, they will be better able to get married, buy a home, have a family, and put their own kids through college. That’s good for all of us.
Long-term, rather than periodically forgiving some student loans, I believe we should return to directly aiding colleges and students.
A sentence from my dissertation helps explain the increase in a college education that you just wrote about. “From a peak funding calculation in 1980, the state of Minnesota reduced higher education allocations by 55.8% in 2011. According to Mortenson (2014), it is possible the state will be totally disinvested in higher education by 2037”. | sociology |
http://revolutionandbeer.com/tag/pow/ | 2019-11-19T09:06:11 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-47/segments/1573496670036.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20191119070311-20191119094311-00187.warc.gz | 0.964606 | 1,269 | CC-MAIN-2019-47 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-47__0__99237301 | en | The number of veterans who commit suicide daily in the US, according to the Veterans Administration is 22.
In November 2013 CNN reported that the figure might be low. The VA figure was based upon data from 21 states and did not take into account deaths from three of the five largest states, Illinois, California and Texas. Considering the VA figures take into account only 40% of the nation, the reality indicates a daily suicide number in excess of 50 veterans daily, or an annual figure of an astounding 18,ooo annually. By comparison there were 14.748 homicides of all types in the US in 2010, and yet the tragedy of suicides among the nation’s veterans has gone largely ignored.
In April 2007 Afghan veteran Levi Derby, haunted, according to his mother, by seeing an Afghan child blown apart by a landmine as he handed her a bottle of water hanged himself. According to CNN, Illinois does not send data on suicides, like Derby, to the VA. In September 2014, Iraq and Afghan Veterans Against the War, #IVAW activist, who had served three combat tours in Afghanistan Jacob David George committed suicide, the ultimate therapy for sufferers of the aftermath of combat, violence and trauma. George, who struggled with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD was critical of treatment by the VA, saying in an speech that the VA, “isn’t designed to address the depths of the wounds we have. They don’t really look at the soul and how the soul has been injured in war.”
The irony is that in a society which was relatively untouched by the war, and in which reporting on the war was filtered and sanitized, American veterans may be more susceptible to suicide than countries where warfare has occurred. A study titled, “Suicide in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the city of Sarajevo” found no significant increase in the number of suicides pre and post war (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24197489). Bosnia was involved in a bloody civil war, with its capital Sarajevo besieged, from April 1992 until April 1995. Bosnia’s overall official suicide is moderately low, according to worldlifeexpectancy.com. who takes its data from the World Health Organization, UNESCO and other databases (http://www.worldlifeexpectancy.com/cause-of-death/suicide/by-country/). While the numbers coming from Bosnia are suspect, the author’s experience in more than 20 years in the Balkans indicates a cultural ‘understanding” that indicates shared trauma on a community-wide scale. They all suffered through the war and now commiserate in its aftermath, even after more than 20 years. There is no such understanding on a national level in the US. As with Vietnam and Korea, veterans return to a nation with little or no understanding of the traumas and moral transgressions of war veterans must confront.
It was only in the last several years that tens of thousands of veterans, dishonorably discharged for PTSD related behavior could apply to upgrade their discharge in order to receive VA benefits. The Pentagon did not formally recognize PTSD until 1980. Indeed, the culture of the military still is far behind in understanding, let alone dealing with PTSD. In 2012 Blue Star Families, an advocacy group for military family members, in a report s aid that inadequacies in treatment were to blame for the high number of suicides among veterans. They also pointed to the military culture as well, and a system of soft retribution for soldiers admitting to PTSD.
Congress has been painfully slow in action regarding the PTSD crisis. While there has been legislation regarding mental health care and quality of life issues for veterans facing lifelong disabilities, it has continued to ignore the unique characteristics of PTSD (http://mic.com/articles/3400/despite-combat-ptsd-act-congress-is-falling-short-in-providing-for-veterans-with-ptsd). For veterans the primary issue is one of trust in the therapy and the therapist. PTSD is unlike other mental illnesses, in that there are multiple dimensions to the disorder from a myriad of causes and is highly individual in its nature. Compounding the disorder is the social nature of PTSD as family, friends and coworkers feed and become part of the disorder for a returning veteran. PTSD becomes community. True lasting an substantive therapy should combine individual psychological and physical therapy with family therapy as well. America must become part of its war making process and be a full agent in its aftermath. Currently it is not. Uncertainty, such as Joblessness and the economy factor greatly in the long term recovery of soldiers and civilians suffering PTSD. Insolated, isolated from warfare and its horrors, propagandized by a burgeoning and greed-centered defense industry and harboring jingoistic notions of war and violence, the nation has created a climate encouraging suicide rather than minimizing it.
Donald Trump did indeed call attention to veterans’ issues, though not in the way he believes. Trump, in assaulting and insulting the not just McCain, but all former American Prisoners of War, as well as veterans overall. What he did was to underscore the ultimate ignorance of the American government, the Pentagon, lawmakers and the American people regarding the plight of veterans, who are all but forgotten once they return home from war.
Trump is all but out of the race. Since his candidacy was far more about his ego than about the country, and based upon defiant comments to critics, and a refusal to back down at all over the McCain comments, Trump won’t leave quietly. Supporters flooded phone lines equally redoubling support for Trump as well as supporting his attacks on McCain’s service. Within that narrative is a glimpse into the direction the Tea Party and hardliners are taking the GOP. To observers it is no secret that support for veteran’s issues is a populist ploy to further corporate and power interests. To be accurate, the DNC has pandered here as well, both parties using the military as a gateway into the heartland while promoting policies that ultimately are anti-vet, anti-minority and anti-poor. | sociology |
http://www.eaglecouriers.co.uk/news/courier-firm-swoops-in-with-runners-donation/ | 2021-01-22T23:22:34 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-04/segments/1610703531429.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20210122210653-20210123000653-00292.warc.gz | 0.958898 | 664 | CC-MAIN-2021-04 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-04__0__59971786 | en | A LEADING Scottish courier firm is helping to make a difference after donating to one of the country’s largest sports clubs for the LGBT community.
Bathgate-based Eagle Couriers has donated £200 to Glasgow FrontRunners – an award-winning road-running group with strong links to Glasgow’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community.
Based at The Arc Sports Complex at Glasgow Caledonian University, the group runs three nights a week, with 30 to 50 runners of varying abilities taking part.
Jack Kelly, Mens Club Captain of Glasgow FrontRunners, said: “We are thrilled to receive the donation from Eagle Couriers. We met members of its staff at a Park Run event and hit it off from there.
“The cash will help us to continue to provide a group that not only focuses on the health benefits of running but also offers a social opportunity to build and create friendships – whether or not you are part of the LGBT+ community.
“We have many different types of people who take part in our runs of varying levels. Our group is all inclusive, anyone is welcome – we have everyone from serious runners to first timers and those who just want to run a weekly 5K.
“Our most recent challenge was the Isle of Skye Half Marathon. We had a team of over 20 runners attend and all the training really paid off.”
As well as the group recently taking on the Isle of Skye Half Marathon on Saturday 9th June, the Glasgow FrontRunners will also take part in OUTrun in Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow on Saturday 18th August.
OUTrun is a five-mile, timed event with a route that mixes flat paths and small hills. Organised by Glasgow FrontRunners, the event is an inclusive sporting event that is open to all and it aims to raise awareness of the lack of LGBT+ community involvement.
Jack added: “OUTrun is our big yearly event that attracts around 450 people.
“Usually the event falls at the same time as Glasgow Pride, but this year is a slight exception, taking place on Saturday 18th August.
“Our charity partner for OUTrun this year is the Scottish Association of Mental Health (SAMH) – a very fitting cause as mental health issues are more prominent in the LGBT+ community than any other.
“We are looking forward to hosting another successful event this year and welcome anyone who is interested in signing up and getting involved.”
Glasgow FrontRunners is part of a global organisation spanning North America and Europe. Glasgow’s group is the second biggest in the UK, promoting the visibility of LGBT people in sport.
Speaking of their donation to the group, Jerry Stewart, Co-Director of Eagle Couriers, said: “The work that Glasgow FrontRunners is doing to integrate LGBT people into sports communities is fantastic.
“We hope that our donation will help towards expanding the group further and raising awareness, while allowing those who may not have had the confidence before to join in and get running.”
Find out more about Glasgow FrontRunners at www.glasgowfrontrunners.org | sociology |
http://www.oar-inc.org/oar_services_residentialtreatment.html | 2016-10-28T06:15:24 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988721558.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183841-00439-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.959064 | 541 | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2016-44__0__193120406 | en | Substance addiction is a progressive disease that if left untreated, is fatal. It is also a family disease that will touch every member of the family. It is not uncommon in families for the addicted family member to attend residential treatment in order to find healing and recovery, while other family members receive treatment, support, and encouragement in an outpatient setting. The privacy of individuals receiving treatment for substance abuse is protected by Federal Law and HIPPA Regulations. To learn about confidentiality and treatment for substance abuse, click here.
Note: Priority placement is given to pregnant women, women with children and those with Child Protective Services involvement.
Residential treatment takes place in two phases; The first phase of treatment is 6 weeks in length and addresses the primary chemical dependency of the individual. Residents participate in lectures, groups, twelve-step programs, and individual therapy. They work through a variety of personal reflective assignments and participate in discussion groups and individual therapy.
Upon successfully completing phase one, residents enter phase two where the focus is on continued recovery, also known as sober living. Residents continue to participate in group activities. Their focus is on life skills and relevant transitional issues to prepare for their completion of treatment. Residents are expected to pursue employment or volunteer activity during this phase.
Privileges and restrictions during residential treatment are based upon a three-tier system that factors in: Time in treatment, attitude and progress toward individual treatment goals.
OAR offers gender specific residential treatment at two locations in Holland.
Harbor House provides full residential substance abuse treatment services for addicted women. The program will accept new mothers with infants up to 12 months old. The house, which was just recently renovated, was 100 years old in 2008.
Meet Abbie - The Harbor House Therapy Dog
Meet Abbie, the canine member of the Harbor House Clinical Staff. It has long been recognized that dogs have a calming and therapeutic effect on people. Abbie helps residents to cope with the emotional issues related to their addiction. She unconditionally loves everyone without any prejudice or rejection and is a regular participant in group and individual therapy.
Located in Holland’s Historic District, the Chester A. Ray Center offers full residential substance abuse treatment services for men.
Meet Serenity -
The Chester A. Ray "Therapy" Cat
Serenity visited the Chester A. Ray Center in 2007 and has remained ever since. While he does not directly participate in therapy, he regularly interacts with the residents.
OAR addresses recovery from addiction with a holistic approach. As part of this process residents are allowed access to the Holland Community Aquatic Center, at least once a week.
The Holland Community Aquatic Center | sociology |
http://slice.seriouseats.com/2007/03/update-on-shooter-at-demarcos.html | 2017-11-21T00:55:35 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-47/segments/1510934806309.83/warc/CC-MAIN-20171121002016-20171121022016-00588.warc.gz | 0.984744 | 245 | CC-MAIN-2017-47 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-47__0__124956347 | en | Looks like the gunman who killed a bartender at Greenwich Village pizzeria DeMarco's and then two auxiliary police officers was not a former employee of the pizzeria, as was previously postulated. The New York Times:
A neighborhood resident, Tina Lourenco, told reporters that she had seen the gunman and recognized him as a former employee of the pizzeria.
But Dominick De Marco Jr., whose sister, Margaret Mieles, is a part owner of the pizza parlor, said Mr. Garvin was probably not a former employee, but instead a former customer.
Also from the Times, speculation on the motive:
Mr. Garvin, who moved to the Village from the Bronx about two weeks ago, had patronized the pizzeria occasionally and had been ejected several times for unruly behavior, a manager told the police. Investigators said that Mr. Garvin was the friend of a cook who had been fired by the pizzeria last fall, and for reasons that were unclear may have blamed Mr. Romero for the dismissal.
Greenwich Village Gunfight Leaves Four Dead [New York Times]
In Heart of Village, 4 Lives Intersect in a Chain of Violence [New York Times] | sociology |
https://www.ceca.co.uk/fir-culture-survey-now-live | 2023-12-10T14:08:28 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679102469.83/warc/CC-MAIN-20231210123756-20231210153756-00675.warc.gz | 0.936792 | 214 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__91418623 | en | The 2023 FIR Culture Survey is now live!
This survey provides us with critical intel into the state of Fairness, Inclusion and Respect (FIR) in the sector, identifying areas where attention is most needed to influence change. The results help us shape the FIR Programme to positively influence workplace culture and deliver our shared vision of fairness, inclusion and respect across the built environment. For an example of the type of data captured, see the 2022 FIR Culture Report published following last year’s survey.
The Survey is open to everyone in the built environment sector – we are looking for individuals who are familiar with the FIR Programme as well as those who aren’t. It helps us to capture critical data for driving the programme forward and is a great introduction to FIR considerations for people and businesses at the start of their learning journey! Responses remain confidential as data is anonymised.
Full details in the image below, and accessible via this link:
We would be most grateful if you could please complete the survey yourself and encourage others to do the same. | sociology |
https://www.canfor.com/our-company/media-center/blog?id=c13f7f7d-de9d-68e6-8279-ff0000b4a60a | 2018-10-22T08:11:27 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-43/segments/1539583514879.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20181022071304-20181022092804-00343.warc.gz | 0.959706 | 257 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-43__0__90870334 | en | Giving back to the communities in which we operate is part of our culture at Canfor. This commitment includes Canfor’s long-standing tradition of supporting events and organizations – particularly those that benefit children and youth, including the BC Children’s Hospital Foundation.
This past weekend, as part of the 29th annual BC Children’s Hospital Miracle Weekend, a group of Canfor Kids presented our donation of $15,682. The donation, which consists of a corporate donation and funds raised by employee fundraising efforts, will help ensure that BC Children’s Hospital is able to provide the best care possible. While the hospital is located in Vancouver, it serves children from all around BC, including those who travel from the many BC communities where Canfor operates.
Canfor has been a proud supporter of the BC Children’s Hospital Foundation for nearly 30 years with this marking our 28th consecutive year of participation in this annual fundraising campaign.
This past weekend’s event raised a record-breaking $20,018,608 and Canfor takes great pride in helping contribute to the success of this key fundraising event. Congratulations to the BC Children’s Hospital Foundation and thank you to everyone who donated to support the BC Children’s Hospital. | sociology |
http://www.janellepayne.com.au/2019/03/05/human-rights-bill-mean/ | 2023-12-04T23:13:53 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100535.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20231204214708-20231205004708-00579.warc.gz | 0.913547 | 1,040 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__81339530 | en | The Human Rights Bill has passed in Queensland, to a shower of press releases and accolades. But what does it mean for you and your clients?
At a basic level, the Bill identifies 23 human rights, ranging from civil and political rights to economic, social and cultural rights. It introduces a number of systems and procedures to ensure that these rights are safeguarded.
The explicit human rights recognised are:
- Recognition and equality before the law
- Right to life
- Protection from torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
- Freedom from forced work
- Freedom of movement
- Freedom of thought, conscience, religion and belief
- Freedom of expression
- Peaceful assembly and freedom of association
- Taking part in public life
- Property rights
- Privacy and reputation
- Protection of families and children
- Cultural rights (generally)
- Cultural rights (Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islander peoples)
- Right to liberty and security of person
- Humane treatment when deprived of liberty
- Fair hearing
- Rights in criminal proceedings
- Children in the criminal process
- Right not to be tried or punished more than once
- Retrospective criminal laws
- Right to education
- Right to health services
The biggest impact will be on the Queensland Government itself, with a number of compatibility requirements for lawmakers and new obligations for public entities to be enforced by way of a robust human rights complaint system.
The immediate impact of the human rights regime on businesses may not be great: presently, businesses are not granted any rights under the Bill and are not made subject to any new obligations.
However, the Bill has clear potential impact for individual litigants and judicial processes.
The Bill enables parties in statutory interpretation cases to argue that provisions in existing Queensland legislation must, ‘to the extent possible that is consistent with their purpose’, be interpreted in a way that is compatible with the human rights named in the Bill (s 48). Such questions of interpretation may be referred to the Supreme Court (s 49), which may ultimately issue a ‘declaration of incompatibility’ to the Attorney-General (ss 53, 55). Notably, this declaration does not affect the validity of the provision or itself create any legal right or action (s 54), but it does oblige the State Government to consider the identified incompatibility and issue a response within six months (s 56).
Human Rights Commissioner and Human Rights Complaint System
Perhaps of greater benefit to the aggrieved individual — and of great impact to the public service — is the human rights complaints system set out in Part 4, Division 2 of the Bill. A ‘human rights complaint’ is a complaint about an alleged contravention of a public entity’s human rights obligations, brought against that public entity in relation to a particular act or decision (s 63).
In this context, a ‘public entity’ includes among other things public service employees, the Queensland Police Service, Ministers, and local government employees (see s 9). A complaint against these entities can be made to the Queensland Human Rights Commissioner where:
(1) a complaint has already been made to the public entity;
(2) at least 45 business days have elapsed since the complaint was made; and
(3) the person has received an inadequate response, or no response at all (s 65).
These pre-conditions are roughly analogous to those imposed at the international level as part of the United Nations Human Rights Council complaints procedure, which requires that domestic remedies must be exhausted first unless it appears that such remedies would be ineffective or unreasonably prolonged.
If the Commissioner ultimately decides to accept the complaint for resolution by the Human Rights Commission, the Commissioner may ask for submissions or information from the parties, make its own enquiries, or cause the complaint to be conciliated (s 77).
Conciliation (by way of a ‘conciliation conference’) is the primary means by which human rights complaints are to be resolved by the Commission. The conciliation procedure set out in the Bill is fairly informal — parties may be represented only with the Commissioner’s consent (s 83), the Commissioner is not bound by the rules of evidence (s 85(1)), and the conciliation conference is entirely private (s 85(2)).
Importantly, however, human rights complaints can only be brought by the individual (or individuals) the subject of the public entity’s alleged contravention, or otherwise the agent of the individual or a person authorised in writing by the Commissioner to make the complaint on the individual’s behalf (s 64). This reflects the position in s 11 of the Bill that only individuals — not corporations — have human rights.
Ultimately, the Human Rights Bill seeks to protect marginalised individuals and communities in Queensland, and to encourage awareness of human rights in lawmaking and public conduct. The impact of the new laws will only be truly revealed following the enactment of the legislation. As with all things, the protections and procedures it establishes will need to be used with wisdom and sensitivity. | sociology |
http://zestmag.com/online/politics-and-news-driving-more-people-to-escape-to-the-open-road-in-2018/ | 2020-07-15T12:03:30 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-29/segments/1593657167808.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20200715101742-20200715131742-00270.warc.gz | 0.957839 | 489 | CC-MAIN-2020-29 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-29__0__245051696 | en | Looking to get away in the coming year? You’re not alone. According to the Enterprise Annual Weekend Getaway Survey, 85 percent of respondents say they plan to escape on a weekend trip in 2018, up from 78 percent in 2017. When asked why they want to escape more in 2018 than 2017, the top reasons are stress (43 percent), news (39 percent), the current political climate (38 percent) and social media (24 percent).
This year’s survey also suggests that people are prepared to travel farther and spend more on the getaway. The percent of respondents who plan to spend $1,000 or more on a weekend getaway doubled in this year’s survey, and a quarter have their sights set on a beach vacation.
“Year-over-year we’ve seen a steady increase in both the number of (people) planning a weekend getaway and how much they anticipate spending on the trip, but this year we got more insight on what is driving them to get away,” said Steve Short, vice president at Enterprise. “In past years, respondents wanted to get away to relax. While that’s still important, many will be using the weekend trips as a way to get a break from politics, news and work. Weekends are meant to help people connect with their loved ones, discover new places and things, and just recharge, so it’s great to see that more Americans are planning to take full advantage of the weekend.”
Of those planning a getaway in 2018, 93 percent say they want at least one of their trips to be a true escape — one where they leave work and other stressors at home. For many respondents, a true escape means not reading news or email while they’re away, and one in four respondents say getting off social media enables them to truly get away.
Overall, the majority agrees that a true escape is more about what you leave behind rather than where you go. But they also have an appreciation for the journey that gets them to the destination. More than 70 percent of respondents agree the car ride is part of the trip to be enjoyed, and that a road trip offers more flexibility and spontaneity, potentially leading to seeing more places than with other modes of transportation. And a majority says that renting a vehicle can contribute to the overall experience of the getaway. | sociology |
https://rfsk.org.uk/community/rfsk-creative/ | 2021-01-23T04:37:14 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-04/segments/1610703533863.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20210123032629-20210123062629-00162.warc.gz | 0.9371 | 218 | CC-MAIN-2021-04 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-04__0__252735799 | en | Grace Notes is a collective of Christian artists and a fortnightly music event. Its aim is to provide an opportunity for musicians and artists of faith to meet and express themselves. This is an open event where everybody, whether of faith or not, are welcome and can find joy in the music.
London is filled with diverse culture and injections of music from all over the world. The London Jazz sound has come to prominence by celebrating this diversity and using inspiration from past great musicians to create a developed understanding and fresh expression of jazz. Through the use of improvisation, an element of original composition and a few well-known songs or hymns thrown in, the atmosphere created at Grace Notes is one in which people can express themselves how they wish, whether that is through dance, singing, playing an instrument or poetry/spoken word, or just sitting back and enjoying the atmosphere.
This celebration and fresh expression of worship reimagines how people of faith and all backgrounds can gather further beyond their immediate community in a joyful way, encouraging reflection, community cohesion, activism, love and Grace. | sociology |
https://cadedigital.com/2013/07/09/reddit-x-facebook/ | 2019-09-21T01:42:02 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-39/segments/1568514574159.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20190921001810-20190921023810-00175.warc.gz | 0.959666 | 397 | CC-MAIN-2019-39 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-39__0__109049530 | en | Reddit, which calls itself “The Front Page of the Internet,” is more influential in shaping Internet culture than its comparatively small reach would lead you to believe. Content featured on Reddit frequently “goes viral,” spreading to other websites, including Facebook.
[…] Because social networks like Facebook are all about who you know, they tend to be obsessed with authenticated identities.
[…] Reddit, by contrast, doesn’t care who you are or who you know offline. Reddit names are unconnected to real-world identities and it’s commonplace for users to create “throwaway” accounts to reveal sensitive information. In this sense, Reddit is more like the pre-social media Internet, when a New Yorker cartoonist could reasonably joke “On the Internet, no one knows you’re a dog.”
Identity isn’t the only way Reddit has learned from early Internet culture. While Facebook is organized around your friends, replicating your offline social network, Reddit is organized around topics. This is a model that parallels Usenet, the Internet’s ur-social network, a set of distributed message boards that served as a foundational influence on many builders of the contemporary commercial.
[…] Because Reddit connects strangers, it has certain advantages over Facebook, which connects friends. Ideas may spread more widely from Reddit than from Facebook despite a smaller pool of users. An idea shared between Facebook friends may peter out quickly as social networks reach saturation: an idea spread through friends who went to the same college may lose momentum when all alumni have heard about it. Reddit users are connected to many different communities, and an idea spread on Reddit’s front page may go on to spread in thousands of different groups of friends on Facebook. This power to disseminate ideas to many different social subnets may explain why Reddit memes often go viral and why Reddit has emerged as a key node in online activism. | sociology |
https://christthekingparish.com/matthew-25-fund/ | 2023-11-30T14:04:43 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100227.61/warc/CC-MAIN-20231130130218-20231130160218-00227.warc.gz | 0.968748 | 178 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__111183922 | en | Matthew 25 Fund
Care in the Name of Christ
Matthew 25 Fund Charitable Giving – our source of funding for the charitable works done through our parish.
“For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me.’ Matthew 25 Fund, caring for the poor by helping our neighbors in need.”
Matthew 25 supports the charitable efforts of our parish, along with the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, and the Knights of Columbus to feed the hungry through our weekly Food Pantry and to meet the basic needs of the poor in our local community. We do this without regard to creed, race or nationality.
Some give by doing, others do by giving.
Please give generously; the needs are great! | sociology |
https://pogopark.org/2014/01/mlk-day-2014/ | 2023-12-07T23:24:24 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100705.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20231207221604-20231208011604-00436.warc.gz | 0.947743 | 145 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__92199259 | en | January 20th, 2014
On Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Friends of the Richmond Greenway (FORG), a collaboration of over 20 community-based organizations in Richmond that includes Pogo Park, hosted an MLK Day of Service on the Richmond Greenway. From 9-2, the Greenway was abuzz with volunteer projects, healthy food, lively music, a children’s zone, and an MLK remembrance ceremony. 627 volunteers showed up to celebrate Dr. King’s legacy by dedicating their time to help develop the Greenway into a safe, green, and clean public space to better serve children and the local community.
Click here for more pictures from MLK day. | sociology |
https://www.arterialnetwork.org.za/resources | 2019-10-20T09:17:40 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-43/segments/1570986705411.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20191020081806-20191020105306-00146.warc.gz | 0.94679 | 687 | CC-MAIN-2019-43 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-43__0__21977562 | en | Arts advocacy toolkit
This Advocacy and Networking Toolkit provides information on what networking, advocacy and lobbying for the arts is actually all about, with examples (some drawn actual case studies and others created to illustrate the paint) of how collaboration can positively and professionally draw attention to these issues that concern artists and cultural workers. Information on how to structure a network and develop a campaign of action is supported with examples and tips for efficient planning and implementation. Samples of a constitution, a formal letter, a petition and a budget and action plan for launching a campaign are also provided.
ARTS MARKETING TOOLKIT
The aims of this arts marketing toolkit are two-fold:
1. To provide African artists, cultural NGOs, creative companies and arts events with tools, resources and strategies to market their work more effectively within their countries and regions, and
2. To facilitate networking among those active in the African creative sector, in order to regularly share successful arts marketing practices.
There are many arts marketing manuals and materials from other continents. This toolkit tries to take into account the highly varied conditions on the continent and to provide case studies of successful marketing strategies for the African creative sector.
Arts Fundraising Toolkit
This Arts Fundraising Toolkit is one of a series of three developed to offer practical tools towards strengthening resources in civil society arts organisations throughout Africa. The other two are concerned with Marketing for the Arts and Advocacy and Networking for the Arts.
Festivals Best Practice Toolkit
This Afrifestnet publication was conducted with the support of 28 African festivals directors who contributed their experiences and learnings to the research lead by Peter Rorvik, AN Secretary General. The project was funded by the British Council, and managed by the Afrifestnet Steering Committee. The objective with this first toolkit is to contribute to the strengthening and the planning of the organizational processes of festivals in Africa.
Project Management Toolkit
Project Management is a professional career for people who have the passion, personality type, drive and the expertise to thrive in the project management environment. It is also something that every person is confronted with at some stage of his or her life.
Everyone has to organise a birthday party or a function of some kind. Project management is more part of one's daily life than we realise or even think of. The basic principles of project management can be applied in organising Sunday Lunch for a family gathering, managing the school drama competition, organising a national arts festival and building a bridge! This toolkit contains the practical guidelines for a best practice of Project Management..
African cultural index framework
The process of measuring and monitoring whether or not the environment for arts and culture is conducive to the development of arts and culture in African countries is a major question on the continent. This paper presents a theoretical framework for an African Arts and Culture Index which will guide the formulation of various cultural indicators in an effort to tackle this question. This is done paying particular attention to the various realities that characterise the African continent, from political, economic and social situations. Drawing from literature on measuring arts and culture written by various scholars, it notes that the process of monitoring and measuring the development of arts and culture involves the use of various indicators that revolve around cultural policies, cultural rights and sustainability. It also reviews other indices and considers efforts aimed at measuring arts and culture across the world. | sociology |
http://helenagardens.org/2016/08/helena-food-collaborative-free-dinner/ | 2018-05-25T16:52:18 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-22/segments/1526794867140.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20180525160652-20180525180652-00431.warc.gz | 0.901993 | 173 | CC-MAIN-2018-22 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-22__0__63794819 | en | Helena Food Collaborative Free Dinner!
Join HCG and other organizations for a free community dinner, Sunday, September 25th from 4-6pm. Sponsored by The Helena Food Collaborative and hosted by Helena Food Share.
This Open House event is for all community members and will feature food made with locally grown produce prepared by high school chefs with help from Margaret at Benny’s Bistro.
Come enjoy live music along with information on community groups working to support the local food systems in and around Helena. The entire family is welcome! Please bring your own chair.
AERO – Alternative Energy Resources Organization
Helena Community Gardens
Kids Hunger Coalition
Helena Food Share
Helena’s North Valley Cooperative CSA
Lewis and Clark County Extension
United Way of the Lewis & Clark Area
Helena Food Collaborative | sociology |
http://www.alanevada.org/charter-schools.html | 2019-03-23T22:20:12 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-13/segments/1552912203093.63/warc/CC-MAIN-20190323221914-20190324003914-00168.warc.gz | 0.971569 | 551 | CC-MAIN-2019-13 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-13__0__130982418 | en | "Charter schools are unique public schools that are allowed the freedom to be more innovative while being held accountable for advancing student achievement. Because they are public schools, they are:
Open to all children;
Do not charge tuition; and
Do not have special entrance requirements.
Charter schools were created to help improve our nation’s public school system and offer parents another public school option to better meet their child’s specific needs. The core of the charter school model is the belief that public schools should be held accountable for student learning. In exchange for this accountability, school leaders should be given freedom to do whatever it takes to help students achieve and should share what works with the broader public school system so that all students benefit." (www.publiccharters.org)
First, just like traditional district schools, not all charter schools are created equal. Since charter schools have more latitude to create their own program of instruction, they vary widely in focus, quality, and outcomes. Parents and students should carefully review a charter school's mission, vision, and program of instruction before enrolling. Charter schools aren't made to be a one-size-fits-all solution, so a little research is required to make sure the school aligns with what you are searching for.
American Leadership Academy has the advantage of already being established in Arizona where is has been recognized as one of the top-performing charter school programs in the state as well as in the top 6% of all school districts in the state, both traditional and charter. American Leadership Academy - North Las Vegas will build upon the model established in Arizona to create a high-performing charter school network in Nevada.
Second, charter schools are accountable for results. Charter schools were created as a form of educational reform based on free-market principles. Charter schools are paid based on enrollment. If a charter school fails to provide a quality education to students, it is highly likely that students won't attend the school anymore. Without revenue, poor performing charter schools are forced to close.
Additionally, charter schools are required to demonstrate academic performance as a component of the State's Charter School Performance Framework. School's that fail to meet performance guidelines are subject to penalties and even closure. As such, charter school's are accountable for obtaining results.
Read through this website. If you agree with our mission and vision and want your child to receive a classical education in a moral and wholesome environment, then join us. If you feel that leadership development is important, then join us. If you want to be part of a movement to improve education across the nation, then join us.
777 E Ann Rd, North Las Vegas NV 89081 | 702.533.1896 | sociology |
https://www.mercedcollegebookstore.com/an-essay-about-soccer-how-to-write-properly/ | 2023-11-29T19:43:59 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100135.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20231129173017-20231129203017-00823.warc.gz | 0.942829 | 1,471 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__95479232 | en | Soccer, also known as football in many parts of the world, is a sport that has captivated the hearts of millions. It is a game of skill, teamwork, and passion that transcends borders and unites people from diverse backgrounds. In this essay https://www.seattleweekly.com/blog/best-do-my-paper-websites-for-your-next-writing-project/, we will explore the history, popularity, and significance of soccer, highlighting its impact on individuals, communities, and global culture.
The History of Soccer
The origins of soccer can be traced back thousands of years, with early versions of the game being played by various civilizations. However, the modern game we know today took shape in England during the 19th century. The establishment of standardized rules and the formation of football clubs laid the foundation for the sport’s growth and popularity.
Popularity and Global Reach
Soccer’s popularity has soared over the years, making it the most widely played and watched sport in the world. From local neighborhood matches to international tournaments like the FIFA World Cup, soccer captures the attention and passion of billions of fans worldwide. Its universal appeal can be attributed to several factors:
Accessibility: Soccer is a sport that requires minimal equipment and can be played in various settings, from professional stadiums to makeshift fields. Its simplicity makes it accessible to people of all ages and economic backgrounds.
Global Tournaments: International competitions like the FIFA World Cup and regional tournaments such as the UEFA Champions League and Copa America showcase the best teams and players from different countries. These events bring nations together, fostering a sense of camaraderie and cultural exchange.
Skill and Strategy: Soccer is a game that demands both individual skill and strategic teamwork. Players must exhibit technical proficiency, agility, and tactical awareness. The beauty of the game lies in the artistry and creativity displayed on the field.
Emotional Connection: Soccer evokes intense emotions and creates powerful connections between players and fans. The thrill of scoring a goal, the drama of a close match, and the loyalty to one’s team create a sense of belonging and unity.
Soccer’s Impact on Individuals and Communities
Soccer has a profound impact on individuals and communities, transcending its role as a mere sport. Here are some ways in which soccer influences and enriches lives:
Physical and Mental Health: Playing soccer provides numerous health benefits, including improved cardiovascular fitness, enhanced coordination, and increased endurance. Regular participation in the sport also promotes mental well-being, reducing stress and fostering a positive mindset.
Skill Development: Soccer nurtures a range of skills beyond athletic ability. Players learn the value of discipline, teamwork, and perseverance. They develop leadership qualities, problem-solving skills, and the ability to make quick decisions under pressure.
Social Cohesion: Soccer has the power to bring people together and bridge cultural and social divides. Whether it’s playing in a local community league or cheering for a national team, soccer fosters a sense of belonging and strengthens social bonds. It promotes inclusivity and breaks down barriers by uniting people under a common passion.
Educational Value: Soccer can be a valuable educational tool, teaching important life lessons such as fair play, sportsmanship, and respect for others. It instills values of discipline, commitment, and dedication that extend beyond the field and into various aspects of life.
The economic impact of soccer cannot be overstated. The sport generates billions of dollars in revenue worldwide and contributes to the growth of various industries. Here are some key aspects of soccer’s economic impact:
Job Creation: Soccer creates employment opportunities across multiple sectors. From professional players, coaches, and referees to stadium staff, marketing professionals, and media personnel, the sport supports a wide range of careers. Additionally, soccer-related industries such as sports apparel, broadcasting, and event management also provide employment opportunities.
Tourism and Hospitality: Major soccer events like the World Cup and continental championships attract hordes of fans from around the globe. Hosting such tournaments stimulates tourism, with visitors spending money on accommodations, transportation, dining, and entertainment. It also showcases the host country’s culture and attractions, leaving a lasting impact on its tourism industry.
Infrastructure Development: Hosting large-scale soccer events often requires the construction or renovation of stadiums, training facilities, and transportation infrastructure. These investments not only enhance the sports infrastructure but also create long-term benefits by boosting local economies, improving transportation networks, and attracting further development.
Sponsorships and Advertising: Soccer is a lucrative platform for sponsors and advertisers to promote their products and services. Companies invest significant sums in sponsoring teams, tournaments, and individual players, capitalizing on the massive global reach and fan base of the sport. This financial support plays a crucial role in the development and sustainability of soccer at various levels.
Merchandising: The sale of soccer-related merchandise, including jerseys, scarves, and other memorabilia, contributes substantially to the sport’s economic impact. Fans worldwide eagerly purchase team merchandise, generating substantial revenue for clubs, manufacturers, and retailers.
Soccer’s Influence on Social Movements
Soccer has frequently served as a catalyst for social change and has been intertwined with important social and political movements throughout history. The sport has been used as a platform to address various societal issues, including:
Equality and Inclusion: Soccer has played a significant role in promoting equality and inclusivity. Efforts have been made to eradicate racism, sexism, and discrimination from the sport, with campaigns and initiatives promoting tolerance, respect, and diversity. Players and organizations have used their platform to advocate for social justice and challenge inequalities.
Unity and Reconciliation: In countries recovering from conflict or political unrest, soccer has been instrumental in fostering unity and reconciliation. It has been used as a means to bridge divides, promote peace, and bring communities together. Matches and tournaments have served as symbols of solidarity and healing, emphasizing shared humanity and common goals.
Empowerment and Education: Soccer-based initiatives have been implemented worldwide to empower marginalized communities, especially youth. These programs use the sport as a tool for education, leadership development, and social integration. They provide opportunities for personal growth, build self-confidence, and impart essential life skills.
Inspiring Hope and Resilience: Soccer has the power to uplift spirits and inspire hope, particularly in challenging circumstances. In impoverished or disadvantaged communities, the sport offers an escape from adversity and a source of joy and optimism. It instills a sense of resilience, determination, and the belief that positive change is possible.
Soccer, the beautiful game, holds a special place in the hearts of millions worldwide. Its rich history, global popularity, and enduring impact make it more than just a sport. Soccer brings people together, encourages personal growth, and serves as a platform for social change. Whether played in professional stadiums or on makeshift fields, soccer transcends barriers and unites individuals from diverse backgrounds under a shared passion. It is a testament to the power of sport to inspire, entertain, and leave a lasting impression on communities and cultures around the world. | sociology |
https://www.imkemayer.com/post/user-toulouse/ | 2020-10-01T15:55:13 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600402131777.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20201001143636-20201001173636-00323.warc.gz | 0.955557 | 162 | CC-MAIN-2020-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-40__0__7527234 | en | As a member of the Forwards initiative I am happy to have been part of the Diversity committee who awarded the diversity scholarship to 25 great R community members from underrepresented or historically marginalized groups who may not have been able to attend the conference for financial reasons.
To meet and discuss with the diversity scholars and many other useR! newbies, with conference buddies and other Forwards members and to learn more about the Forwards initiative, stop by the Forwards session at useR! 2019 in Toulouse:
- Time: Monday, July 8th, 4pm-7pm.
- Location: Pierre Baudis Conference center, Cassiopée room (1st floor).
- Program: There will be a social time 4-6 pm, followed by an hour of short talks. | sociology |
https://mulberrypc.org/history/ | 2024-04-22T06:32:14 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296818081.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20240422051258-20240422081258-00627.warc.gz | 0.983164 | 534 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__65637646 | en | Serving West Charlotte for over 130 years.
In the years immediately following the Civil War, many travelers headed to Charlotte from Gaston County and points west used the old Tuckaseegee Road. Farmers gathered under a grove of Mulberry Trees on that road to spend the night to rest before going into Charlotte the next morning to sell their wares. On October 4, 1888, 34 Presbyterians in the area gathered at that location to organize Mulberry Presbyterian Church. Over 130 years later, people still come here for rest and renewal.
In January of 1889, a wooden church building was begun with volunteer labor under the supervision of Mr. Jacob Harkey on land donated by Mr. J. N. Rhyne. On May 1, 1889, the new church was dedicated, debt free. This wooden church served the people of Mulberry until a new red brick sanctuary was dedicated on March 17, 1929. Since then, Mulberry has continued to grow in its service to the community. In 1955, a west wing was added with twelve new classrooms, bathrooms and an office. In 1964, a spacious east wing was added giving a large fellowship hall, kitchen, parlor and additional classrooms.
It should be noted how the Women of the Church have served as Mulberry’s strong backbone throughout the years. Doing a large part of the fundraising with bake sales and an annual food booth at the county fair, they helped to pay the salaries and bought property across the street from the church where a manse was later built. They have organized mission work, local and global, that Mulberry has participated in over the years.
With a peak membership of over 500, Mulberry has been a long standing influence in its community. It had one of the longest running scout programs in the county from 1937 through the late 1990s. Three of Mulberry’s children have grown up to become Presbyterian ministers. Many of its members own businesses and are significant people in the community. With 17 pastors having served this congregation in its history, Mulberry is still seeking ways to be a faithful witness to God and serve this community in ways that are just as faithful, exciting, and influential as its past. Mulberry Presbyterian Church has been the focal point of Tuckaseegee Road and the surrounding communities for over 130 years. It is what it is today because of its dedicated, sacrificial people. Some of the great grandchildren of its charter members are still active, hardworking members of the church. Those who moved into the community later have added their dedication to the church. We look forward to another century of serving God in the Charlotte community. | sociology |
https://www.popconnect.net/200-members-and-growing/ | 2023-12-06T17:12:27 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100602.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20231206162528-20231206192528-00069.warc.gz | 0.986571 | 165 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__158217265 | en | We are delighted that after 3 and a half years we have recently welcomed our 200th member into Pop Connect.
It has been an amazing year so far and we are launching our 18th group at Southend in March and 19th in Potters Bar in April. Both these are mixed groups meaning we have nearly as many mixed groups as all women.
Pop Connect prides itself on holding friendly groups but the sound structure and strong social media means people are really engaged with each other between the meetings via our very busy members Facebook groups. We promote collaboration as well as each individual group being a lock out.
More members are joining additional groups after they see the benefits of becoming part of Pop Connect. Working alone doesn’t have to be lonely when you join a group and gain so much support and help. | sociology |
http://www.graysharbor.org/newsroom/business-retention-and-expansion-program.php | 2018-01-21T20:20:51 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-05/segments/1516084890874.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20180121195145-20180121215145-00042.warc.gz | 0.93992 | 430 | CC-MAIN-2018-05 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-05__0__209100084 | en | Greater Grays Harbor, Inc. Demonstrates a Commitment to Local Businesses with the Launch of Business Retention and Expansion Program
January 2016 - As part of an effort to retain and help expand companies in Grays Harbor County, Greater Grays Harbor, Inc. (GGHI) is launching a countywide Business Retention and Expansion (BRE) program. By enabling communities to better understand their local economies, BRE programs are a key resource for encouraging economic growth and play an essential role in the overall economic development strategy. Through the BRE process, communities are able to analyze the key drivers of their local economy, identify specific challenges and threats, and develop strategies and action plans designed to overcome these in order to encourage growth and expansion of local business and industry.
“Helping our existing companies grow is the primary objective of this program,” said Dru Garson, CEO of GGHI. “Reaching out to local companies and connecting them to business opportunities will help them continue to thrive and remain in the community, while helping us better understand the local climate for doing business.”
Research indicates that helping local companies grow, rather than courting companies to relocate from elsewhere, is one of the most effective ways to create new jobs. According to a Brookings-Rockefeller Foundation Study, more than 95 percent of job gains in the U.S. come from existing business expansion (nearly 42 percent) and new business creation (56 percent), while only 2 percent of job gains come from companies relocating to an area.
Over the coming months, GGHI will be meeting with local companies in Grays Harbor County to learn about their experience doing business here and current challenges they may be facing. “The success of BRE initiatives is based on developing ongoing relationships and connections with community businesses and building trust,” said Garson. “Maintaining strict confidentiality on all matters discussed is key to developing that trust.” The meetings will help connect local companies with resources to grow and expand, while providing local government officials with a better understanding of the area’s business climate. | sociology |
http://www.thedigeratilife.com/blog/index.php/2007/07/12/does-achieving-wealth-make-you-upper-class-facts-about-class/ | 2017-04-29T17:32:59 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917123549.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031203-00069-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.950794 | 1,606 | CC-MAIN-2017-17 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-17__0__38696231 | en | When you come across a belligerent person in a fur coat, waving bejeweled hands in the air, cussing out the person behind the counter and holding up the line — your line — you know there’s something wrong with the picture. It just means that money doesn’t necessarily equate automatically with breeding. What am I driving at? As I’ve heard it said often, “those rich #$@%^ ain’t got any class!” Unfortunately, many of those who acquire wealth tend to grow their ego in proportion to their riches. There’s nothing more unsightly than those who engage in power tripping as a sport. They dare declare themselves part of the “upper crust” and we normally don’t argue with that.
But when social scientists talk about economic or social class or standing in society, it’s not just all about the money, which clearly explains why some rich people can still behave like brutes. To explain this further, I dug up this cool piece from the New York Times expounding on the subject through an interactive tool. I decided I would deconstruct the tool and here’s what I found:
What Is Class? Some Facts And Figures
Class issues can be controversial. It means different things in different countries and is definitely much more emphasized in certain nations much more so than in others. I picked up some of these general facts from the Wikipedia and the New York Time polls.
Simpler and more primitive societies use physical power to determine pecking order while larger, more complex societies use economic power to determine “who rules”.
Our advanced (e.g. developed) societies therefore use the following components as the basis for class:
- Education and qualifications
- Income, personal, household and per capita
- Wealth or net worth, including the ownership of land, property, means of production, et cetera
Additionally, other factors that influence class distinctions include:
- Level of prestige
- Costume and grooming
- Manners and cultural refinement
- Political standing vis-à-vis the church, government, and/or social clubs, as well as the use of honorary titles
- Reputation of honor or disgrace
- Language, style of speaking
What is the class breakdown in America? Here’s one of the more detailed configurations I’ve seen.
o Upper-upper class; (ca. 1%) Old money stemming from inherited wealth. Persons in this class typically have an “Ivy league college degree.”
o Lower-upper class; (ca. 1%) This is the “Success elite” consisting of “Top professionals [and] senior corporate executives.” People in this class have degrees from “Good colleges.”
o Upper-middle class; (ca. 19%) Also called the “Professional and Managerial” class, it consists of “Middle professionals and managers” with a college and often graduate degrees.
o Middle-class; (ca. 31%) This class consists of “Lower-level managers; small-business owners; lower-status professionals (pharmacists, teachers); sales and clerical” workers. Middle class persons had a high school and some college education.
o Working class; (ca. 35%) This class consists of “Higher blue collar (craftsman, truck drivers); lowest-paid sales and clerical” workers. Younger individuals in 1978 who were members of this class had a high school education.
Lower Americans (ca. 13%)
o Semipoor; This class had a partial high school education and consisted of “Unskilled labor and service” workers.
o The bottom; Those who are “Often unemployed” or rely on welfare payments. These individuals typically lack a high school education.
Class Mobility: Getting Richer or Poorer By The Generation
Class mobility describes the movement or shifting across socio-economic classes. A comparison between the U.S. population in 1988 and 1989 showed that in the span of 10 years, some amount of class shifting went on. Class mobility, which is the core of the American Dream, reflects how households find themselves on the economic ladder. It looks like the top and bottom most classes tend to get stuck at their levels more so than those in the middle classes. For the top fifth and bottom fifth of society, a little over half remained at the same levels over the length of a decade. Goes to show that class mobility happens most easily for the folks in the middle 60% of the population.
Class mobility is “stickiest” when children are most like their parents and ancestors. The more similar you are to your kin, the less likely it is that things change for you in your generation. A typical poor family making around 20% of the average income can take up to 4 generations to reach the average income level.
Something I didn’t want to hear: we live at a time when class mobility may not be occurring as much as it used to. It looks to be slowing throughout the decades.
I was terribly surprised to find that in a study involving households in 5 developed nations followed through 4 generations: the United Kingdom, United States, France, Canada and Denmark — the U.S. scored almost the lowest in terms of class mobility. Though the U.K. had the lowest standing, its scores weren’t that far off from the U.S. This just means that it was easier to get out of poverty in France, Canada and Denmark than it was in the U.S. and the U.K.
Other Findings About Class
- Most respondents (most participants) to a recent Times poll believe that it takes an income of $100,000 – $299,999 to be recognized as wealthy in America. Sounds like it doesn’t take considerable wealth to be considered rich!
- Those with lower incomes have a greater tendency to recognize or admit that tension exists between the rich and the poor.
- More than half of respondents believe that the rich have too much power, but those who primarily think so have less money.
- More wealth means better or improved health. This makes total sense to me.
- Those with higher income spend more time with their family. This also makes a lot of sense since money can buy time.
- Respondents with less money portray a greater faith in God.
- Most people, regardless of their social class, think that they can achieve the American Dream in their lifetime, if they haven’t done so already. This just shows that hope springs eternal no matter what our financial situation happens to be.
All these findings I find tremendously interesting. Some things I already knew about, while other facts were news to me! These dispel some presumptions people make that wealth and becoming rich automatically gives you a free pass into the exclusive world of high class society since other factors such as reputation, manners, carriage, education and occupation are also components. More intriguing still is what happens when people become suddenly wealthy like when they win the lottery or receive a massive inheritance out of nowhere. What happens when their new situation inflates their ego and causes them to behave badly? They find themselves between two worlds — the world of old friends and family lost and estranged and the world of the elite who won’t give them the time of day because they just don’t fit in. So a message to all the “classless” rich… get a grip: with money comes tremendous responsibility (and not just power or influence) that we only hope you wield in positive ways.
Image Credit: The Ugly Duchess by Massys
Copyright © 2007 The Digerati Life. All Rights Reserved. | sociology |
https://www.technologyrecord.com/article/e-mail-attacks-are-hampering-it-productivity-in-emea-says-barracuda | 2024-04-23T07:15:12 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296818468.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20240423064231-20240423094231-00130.warc.gz | 0.970896 | 390 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__177449531 | en | Study shows that the region is lagging behind in its training and investment in the area
E-mail attacks are decreasing the productivity of IT employees in the EMEA region because they are not adequately trained to remediate them quickly, according to a recent study commissioned by Barracuda Networks.
The study showed that IT teams in EMEA organisations receive more suspicious e-mails than the global average, with 7% receiving over 50 per day and 32% receiving between 6 and 50 per day.
Although 44% of respondents reported that less than 10% of these actually turned out to fraudulent, it is the time taken to identify this that is causing issues. Over 80% of the respondents reported spending over 30 minutes remediating each e-mail attack.
These attacks and the time spent resolving them are causing further issues outside the workplace. Almost three-quarters of respondents reported experiencing higher stress levels, worrying about potential e-mail security when they’re at home, and being forced to work nights and weekends to address e-mail security issues.
This stress is being reinforced by a lack of faith in the organisation’s security. Over half (52%) of EMEA respondents believe that this is unlikely to have improved in the past year.
Barracuda’s report suggests that EMEA budgets seem to be a contributing factor to this waning productivity and heightened stress; they are increasing at a much slower rate than the rest of the world. Over half (54%) of EMEA organisations have not changed their spending over the past year, versus a global average of 45%, while only 39% have increased their spending (compared to 48% worldwide).
In addition, organisations are also lacking the correct security awareness training, with 23% of EMEA respondents reporting they had never received e-mail attack training, compared with the global average of 17%.
Read the full report. | sociology |
http://rockitscienceagency.com/news/rockit-science-agency-provides-branding-services-for-a-grief-camp-for-kids | 2018-12-10T03:13:00 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-51/segments/1544376823236.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20181210013115-20181210034615-00561.warc.gz | 0.963275 | 361 | CC-MAIN-2018-51 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-51__0__212241343 | en | As our community continues to rebuild after the Great Flood of 2016, devastating over 100,000 homes in the Baton Rouge region, we take note of the individuals, businesses, and organizations that give back to our community in unique and selfless ways.
Our client, The Hospice of Baton Rouge, received a grant to provide children affected by the great flood of 2016 with grief services. As the oldest and only nonprofit hospice organization in our city, The Hospice wanted to leverage its network of volunteers and donors to not only provide affected children the grief support they needed while rebuilding their homes, but also a haven for children to come and rebuild themselves.
With a partnership from Family Youth Service Center, generous donations from our community, and countless volunteer hours, Camp Conquer was born. The five-day bereavement camp will teach children grades 1st - 8th how to express and conquer their emotions by way of team building activities taking them through the five stages of grief.
The Hospice engaged Rockit Science Agency with a branding scope of work that included logo design and branded camp materials. When approaching the branding of this event, we channeled our inner child and ask ourselves, “What kind of camp would we want to go to?” The answer was a camp that promised adventure, growth, and—most importantly—fun. We took those characteristics and put them into the Camp Conquer logo mark. Bright colors were paired with a rough custom type to create a mark that looked lived in, but was still playful and inviting.
Camp Conquer is run by The Hospice of Baton Rouge and remains free for children through generous donations from our community. Consider donating today to make programs like Camp Conquer possible.
To make a donation, visit http://hospicebr.org/donations | sociology |
http://www.sainteliasny.com/index.php/the-antiochian-women | 2016-09-29T13:30:05 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-40/segments/1474738661833.70/warc/CC-MAIN-20160924173741-00282-ip-10-143-35-109.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.96388 | 279 | CC-MAIN-2016-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2016-40__0__193906814 | en | The Antiochian Orthodox Christian Women of North America was founded in 1973 through the vision of His Eminence Metropolitan PHILIP (Saliba) as an organization of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America.
The purposes of the Antiochian Women are (1) to develop among women throughout the Antiochian Archdiocese a spirit of Christian leadership, awareness and commitment as taught in the Holy Orthodox Church, (2) to foster among women throughout the Antiochian Archdiocese a genuine expression of love and service through works of charity, and (3) to instill among women throughout the Antiochian Archdiocese and the community at large a sense of fellowship and a deeper understanding of the heritage and traditions of the Antiochian Archdiocese and the Orthodox Church.
At Saint Elias:
The Antiochian Women's Organization is considered the driving force of our church. The Women are involved in many spiritual, and fund raising activities for the benefit of the church. This Organization is open to all women who are members of the parish At Saint Elias, the women raise funds for annual projects and work closely with the Can-Am Region Antiochian Women. They keep a focus on the religious as well as the business at their meetings. They are responsible for the annual Thanksgiving dinner, the Honorees Luncheon, cooking for the annual Saints Day Festival, and much, much more. | sociology |
https://www.geainc.com/2024/01/02/california-increases-minimum-wage-protections-for-fast-food-workers/ | 2024-04-23T02:36:02 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296818452.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20240423002028-20240423032028-00704.warc.gz | 0.953916 | 1,052 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__100979806 | en | WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: Beginning in April next year, California’s minimum wage for the state’s 500,000 fast-food workers will increase to $20 per hour – the average hourly wage for fast-food workers in 2022 was $16.21. Through the Fast Food Council, workers will have a stronger say in setting minimum wages and working conditions, including health and safety standards.
LOS ANGELES – Alongside fast-food workers, labor leaders, and legislators, Governor Gavin Newsom today signed legislation increasing the minimum wage for fast-food employees to $20 per hour, beginning April 1, 2024. The legislation, AB 1228 by Assembly member Chris R. Holden (D-Pasadena), authorizes the Fast Food Council to set fast-food restaurant standards for minimum wage, and develop proposals for other working conditions, including health and safety standards and training.
WHAT GOVERNOR NEWSOM SAID: “California is home to more than 500,000 fast-food workers who – for decades – have been fighting for higher wages and better working conditions. Today, we take one step closer to fairer wages, safer and healthier working conditions, and better training by giving hardworking fast-food workers a stronger voice and seat at the table.”
“Today, we witnessed the signing of one of the most impactful fast food wage laws that this country has ever seen,” said Assembly member Holden. “We did not just raise the minimum wage to $20 an hour for fast food workers. We helped a father or mother feed their children, we helped a student put gas in their car, and helped a grandparent get their grandchild a birthday gift. Last month, when we were knee deep in negotiations, hundreds of workers slept in their cars and missed pay days to come give their testimony in committee and defend their livelihood. Sacrifice, dedication, and the power of a government who serves its people is what got us to this moment. My goal for AB 1228 was to bring relief and solutions where they were needed and together with my colleagues and Governor Newsom, that is what we have done. Thank you to the SEIU and all who supported this important effort. We, as a state, should be proud.”
“After ten years of vibrant and courageous activism, which included raising the minimum wage for all workers in the state and bringing billions of dollars into working families’ pockets, fast food workers have now achieved something historic,” said David Huerta, President of SEIU California and SEIU USWW. “We extend our deepest gratitude to the Governor for his leadership in fighting poverty, empowering workers, and moving us toward a more just and equitable society.”
WHAT AB 1228 DOES
Repeals and replaces provisions of the statute creating the Fast Food Council within the Department of Industrial Relations, creating a process to develop minimum fast food restaurant employment standards, related to wages, working conditions, and training – upon the withdrawal of the AB 257 referendum:
Establishes a minimum wage of $20 per hour for fast-food workers beginning April 1, 2024 and allows the council to increase this wage annually.
The annual wage increase is capped at the lesser of 3.5% or the annual increase in the US-CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers.
Allows the Council to develop and propose other labor, health or safety standards for rule-making by the appropriate body.
Ensures consistency for a statewide industry wage by stating only the Council may set wages for fast food workers until January 1, 2029.
The Council and its authority sunset January 1, 2029.
“It’s time to get to work so we can bring real solutions shaped by real workers to the Fast Food Council. Today’s victory is just the beginning,” said Ingrid Vilorio, a California fast food worker and leader in the Fight for $15. “From day one of our movement, we have demanded a seat at the table so we could improve our pay and working conditions. This moment was built by every fast-food worker, both here in California and across the country, who has bravely gone on strike, exposed the issues in our industry and made bold demands of corporations that we knew could do better by their frontline workers. We now have the power to win transformational changes for every fast-food cook, cashier and barista in our state. We hope that what we win here shows workers in other industries and other states that when we fight, we win!” | sociology |
http://www.fnen.org/?q=node/25 | 2017-04-28T19:44:53 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917123048.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031203-00624-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.943701 | 677 | CC-MAIN-2017-17 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-17__0__28608867 | en | The First Nations Environmental Network has a history dating back to the early 1980's when issues regarding clearcutting, herbicides, dams, oil and gas exploration and other degrading environmental practices were impacting many First Nations communities to such an extent that sustainability and survival was becoming jeopardized and future generations would be severely impacted. In 1986 when First Nations representatives requested recognition nationally in the Canadian Environmental Network (CEN), this was not initially granted but through diligent efforts the First Nations Environmental Network was officially formed in 1992 after many unofficial meetings and was formally accepted as an affiliate of the CEN in 1995. During these years, many First Nations groups and individuals were active in forming support networks and opening up communication lines as concerns over environmental destruction of life supporting systems became more evident. (FNEN resigned its affiliation with the Canadian Environmental Network in 2002 due to process changes that diminished FNEN's representation and cultural identity.)
First Nations, individuals and groups took action as sacred sites, burial grounds, food resources, air quality, water quality and peoples health were compromised by development and resource extraction.
The actions of these initiatives has resulted in many positive changes across Canada with reverberations around the world as media attention and delegates focused on environmental problems.
Some of the issues FNEN representatives brought forward and were supported in are:
- Clayoquot protests over old growth logging and clear cutting (British Columbia)
- Lonefighters attempt to stop Old Man River Dam (Alberta)
- Temogami efforts to protect last Ontario old growth forests (Ontario)
- Pictou Landing chief Albert Denny to clean up pulp mill wastewater effluent (Nova Scotia)
- Elder Joe Iron Sr. held two year blockade to stop logging in his traditional territory (Canoe Lake, Saskatchewan)
- Innu Nation's efforts to stop low-level military flights and to protect their traditional lands.
- Ma-Komininsing Anishinabeg to stop metro Toronto garbage dump at Kirkland Lake (Ontario)
- Support for Nechako River salmon stocks against Alcan development
- Protection of Sacred Mountain in Mi'Kmaq Territory (Nova Scotia)
- Lubicon recognition and protection of traditional territory from oil, gas and forest extraction (Alberta)
- Opposition to nuclear waste dumping in Saskatchewan adjacent to or on Indian Reserves
- Actions in conjunction with Nuxalk Chiefs, House of Smayusta to stop logging at Ista, King Island, British Columbia
- Supported Bear Watch in efforts to stop trophy hunting and poaching of black bears and grizzlies for body parts
- Protection of Grizzly habitat and First Nations territory in Rocky Mountain foothills from strip mining, primarily by Cheviot Mines
- Protection of Haidu-Gwaii from clear cutting and old growth logging
- Maintaining integrity of Great Whale River from destruction of James Bay Hydro development
- Stopping eradication of buffalo and wolf populations in both Canada and United States
- Support for the Nuxalk House of Smayusta and other First Nations on Canada's West Coast to stop the environmentally destructive practices of Fish Farming
- Support for the people of Grassy Narrows First Nation in their long blockade to stop Abitibi from ongoing logging and herbicide use in their traditional territories
- Plus much more and the efforts continue . . . | sociology |
http://ozarkmountainlegacy.org/hollister-has-a-ribbon-cutting-ceremony-for-little-free-library/ | 2022-09-28T20:06:09 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-40/segments/1664030335276.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20220928180732-20220928210732-00250.warc.gz | 0.966768 | 936 | CC-MAIN-2022-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-40__0__58585408 | en | Hollister has a place that encourages reading and helps build family bonds through the love of reading together.
The grand opening and ribbon-cutting for the Little Free Library were it was canceled. While the Little Free Library has been open for more than a year, the ribbon-cutting celebration, sponsored by the Hollister Area Chamber of Commerce, took place on Tuesday, May 18 at the Chad Fuqua Memorial Park in Hollister.
According to an email from Hollister R-V School District Communications Director Kim Connell, the Little Free Library is important for Hollister, because many families do not have funds to buy books or resources to get books. Another reason it is important is that families in Hollister may not have transportation to Taneyhills Library in Branson or the funds to purchase a library car.
“The Little Free Library was started after a discussion at a Parents as Teachers Community Advisory Committee meeting discussing the importance of early literacy and how access to books can be improved in our community,” said Lead Parent Educator for Hollister School Districts Parents as Teachers Traci Canote.
Books create warm emotional bonds between adults and kids when they read books together. Books help kids develop basic language skills and profoundly expand their vocabulary, according to the email.
According to the Little Free Library website, LFL is a nonprofit that builds community, inspires readers, and expands book access for all through a global network of volunteer-led little libraries. LFL’s goal is to address the growing literacy crisis around the world.
Today in the United States, more than 30 million adults cannot read or write above a third-grade level. Studies have repeatedly shown that books in the hands of children have a meaningful impact on improving literacy. The more books in or near the home, the more likely a child will learn and love to read. But two out of three children living in poverty have no books to call their own, according to the website.
According to the website, the LFL has done a lot to fight the literacy crisis around the world including:
More than 165 million books have been shared through registered Little Free Libraries, profoundly increasing book access for readers of all ages and backgrounds. Thousands of neighbors have connected for the first time, building stronger and friendlier communities. The Impact Library Program, which began in 2016, has provided more than 1,000 Little Free Libraries at no cost to communities where they’re needed most.
The Native American Initiative has provided little libraries full of books to native communities in partnership with tribal leaders and organizations. The Action Book Club, which launched in 2017, has inspired thousands of participants to read books, spread kindness, and work together to improve their communities. The LFL has been awarded Guidestar’s respected Platinum Seal of Transparency, as well as recognition from the Library of Congress, the National Book Foundation, Library Journal, the Women’s National Book Association, and more. The Hollister LFL is located at the Chad Fuqua Memorial Park next to city hall, according to the email. “The location of Chad Fuqua Memorial Park was decided upon due to its proximity to downtown residents,” said Canote. “We wanted a central location that is accessible to families regardless of transportation.”
According to the website, LFL are book-sharing boxes that play an essential role by providing access to books and encouraging a love of reading in areas where books are scarce. At the Little Free Library nonprofit, they work to fill book deserts and grant libraries to underserved communities through our Impact Library Program and other initiatives.
In Hollister, the idea of a book-sharing library makes it easy for people to not only get books to read but to donate to the LFL as well, according to Canote. “Anyone can donate books. When an individual visits the library they are invited to take a book, leave a book, or both,” said Canote. “Our Little Free Library was created with young children (in) mind, however, the donated books have expanded to include books for all ages.” The benefit of the Hollister LFL has already been felt by the community, according to Canote.
“The benefits of having books available to a community is huge,” said Canote. “Our primary goal is that children will enjoy books with their parents and grow to love reading. We know that an early love of reading promotes success in school which is one of our program goals.”
For more information visit littlefreelibrary.org/. | sociology |
http://ufothetruthisoutthere.blogspot.com/2014/04/8-year-old-exorcist-saving-brazilian.html | 2018-07-18T12:44:12 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-30/segments/1531676590169.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20180718115544-20180718135544-00229.warc.gz | 0.981401 | 142 | CC-MAIN-2018-30 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-30__0__233447818 | en | The 8-year-old daughter of a pastor has been giving hope to some of Brazil's poorest people.
The slums of San Gonzalo on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro are rife with sickness and poverty, yet hope still exists for its people in the form of a young girl, Alani Santos, who many believe to be capable of curing the sick and performing exorcisms despite being only 8 years old.
"A lot of the time I touch people, sometimes I just pray and worship and the person is cured," she says. "It's the part when I pray and God performs miracles, my dad interviews people and they say they've been cured. That's very pleasing to see." | sociology |
https://ryanscoffeehouse.com/about-us | 2023-10-02T00:48:53 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233510942.97/warc/CC-MAIN-20231002001302-20231002031302-00837.warc.gz | 0.982739 | 201 | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__286682239 | en | Hi, my name is Ryan and I am the owner of Ryan's Coffee House. I started on this journey of opening a coffee shop a few years ago with one goal in mind. To give people an opportunity to have a conversation.
Coffee has always been about connecting with each other. Whether it is on my front porch, at work or at the local coffee shop. Coffee was always there when we would have our conversations. It gave us a reason to pause and relax while we talk and hang out.
I have always loved that about coffee. Something about cool early mornings and a hot cup of coffee always put me in a relaxed mood. Its the only way to truly start your day. Enjoying it with neighbors, friends and family just adds to the moment.
I am here to give everyone the opportunity to have those same moments of relaxation and conversation with the people they hold dear. That is why I wanted to start a coffee shop and that is what I am building towards. | sociology |
https://institut-st-bonifatius.de/en/Worldwide/Europe.php | 2022-08-15T16:04:57 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572192.79/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815145459-20220815175459-00103.warc.gz | 0.971231 | 355 | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-33__0__172303333 | en | 86 members (including members in the Centre of the Institute)
The countries of Europe have drawn closer together, but Europe's Christian heritage seems to be evaporating fast. The Europe of today is once again in need of missionaries. Even if, for many people, their economic situation has improved, increasingly, many others are falling out of our social security schemes. In this historic context, we try to regard all areas in which we live and work as parts of our mission. Members of the community are active in various countries and different milieus. Within Germany, there is the Centre of the Institute as well as individuals or small groups living in nine cities, and one group each in Great Britain (London) and Spain (Talavera de la Reina).
Our focus is on people who need our support, advice or help. Generally speaking, they are those who are easily marginalized and often materially and socially disadvantaged: Families, women, children or young people as well as the old and the sick. We try to be companions for them, to give them a voice and stand in for their needs, but also to offer them guidelines or support, e.g. in various projects and tasks:
- (higher) education and / or personal formation – especially for women and adolescents – to give them choices for their lives.
- making accessible our faith and the Church as realms of life – by accompanying people in their search for meaning, adults on their way to baptism, or groups from parishes ...
- offering spaces of encounter and communication to families, in order to encourage, strengthen and support them in passing on their faith.
- contact and attentiveness to sick, old and lonely people who easily get isolated in our surroundings and societies. | sociology |
https://autoriteitpersoonsgegevens.nl/en/current/dutch-data-protection-authority-to-investigate-tiktok | 2023-11-30T18:02:16 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100229.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20231130161920-20231130191920-00754.warc.gz | 0.935814 | 308 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__245720972 | en | Dutch Data Protection Authority to investigate TikTok
Every day millions of children and teenagers all over the world share countless creative videos on social media app TikTok. Some of these videos are viewed by millions of people worldwide. For many users this is an important way of staying in touch with friends and spending time together, particularly during the current coronavirus crisis. In the Netherlands many children now have TikTok on their phones. The rise of TikTok has led to growing concerns about privacy. In response, the Dutch Data Protection Authority (Dutch DPA) has launched an investigation.
Under Dutch law and under the EU General Data Protection Regulation, children are seen as particularly vulnerable because they are less aware of the consequences of their actions, especially when it comes to sharing personal data on social media. The Dutch DPA will examine whether TikTok adequately protects the privacy of Dutch children.
Collecting personal information
‘A huge number of Dutch children clearly love using TikTok,’ says Monique Verdier, deputy chairman of the Dutch DPA. ‘We investigate whether the app has a privacy-friendly design. We’ll also check whether the information TikTok provides when children install and use the app is easy to understand and adequately explains how their personal data is collected, processed and used. Lastly, we’ll look at whether parental consent is required for TikTok to collect, store and use children’s personal data.’
The Dutch DPA expects to publish its initial findings later this year. | sociology |
http://www.stpeterschooltilden.com/what-weve-been-doing/day-one-catholic-schools-week-pajama-day-for-pals | 2021-09-29T02:46:55 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-39/segments/1631780061350.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20210929004757-20210929034757-00396.warc.gz | 0.979846 | 157 | CC-MAIN-2021-39 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-39__0__233199418 | en | Monday, February 1, we were able to wear our PJ's to school! Each student donated two dollars to wear their pajamas. Why, you ask?m Our school wanted to donate this money to a local organization called Chippewa Pals. Budget cuts recently affected this organization. Our school looked into what they do for our community. Chippewa Pals takes place on one to two nights a month. They welcome people in our community with disabilities to have fun and be social! Meals and snacks are also provided for the people who come. Over 100 people attend this amazing event. Sometimes a local singer comes in for entertainment, and games with prizes are also sometimes included in this night of fun. Our goal is to help support others in our community! | sociology |
http://lafire.com/fire_chiefs/1996-WilliamBamattre/2006-1202_AP_LAFireChiefRetiresAmidFuror.htm | 2022-08-12T18:05:16 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571745.28/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812170436-20220812200436-00685.warc.gz | 0.967257 | 567 | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-33__0__200651253 | en | (AP) The city's fire chief, given his job a decade ago with a
mandate to stamp out racism and sexism, is leaving amid controversy over
a black firefighter's claim that his white colleagues served him
spaghetti with dog food.
Chief William Bamattre announced Friday that he will retire on Jan. 1.
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa praised Bamattre as a "class act" and
dedicated firefighter. But at the same time he indicated he had lost
confidence in the chief's leadership, calling Bamattre's departure a
Bamattre, 54, issued a statement saying he stands on his record with the
department, but is "a political realist."
"Over the past few days I have come to the appreciation that these
current issues have political implications beyond the scope of the Fire
Department. I have become the focus of the debate and that is to the
detriment of the LAFD," he said.
Bamattre, a firefighter for 31 years, was promoted to chief in 1995 when
predecessor Donald Manning suddenly resigned, citing "false allegations
and innuendoes" about claims of discrimination in the department.
On Friday, Bamattre quoted from his first communication to the
department 11 years ago in which he said: "Discrimination and/or
harassment of any type _ ethnic, gender, rank _ whether overt, subtle or
unintentional, will not be tolerated."
The race issue blew up last month after the City Council approved
payment of a $2.7 million settlement to firefighter Tennie Pierce, who
claimed racial discrimination after being fed the dog food pasta at a
firehouse meal in October 2004.
Pierce, 51, said he was victimized because of his race.
But others say the doctored dinner was part of the department's
well-documented culture of bawdy jokes and hazing. A department
investigation suggested the incident was intended to be a prank to
"humble" Pierce after he referred to himself as "the Big Dog" at a
The department disciplined two white captains and one Latino
The mayor vetoed the settlement after photos surfaced showing that
Pierce himself had engaged in crude firehouse hazing _ smearing mustard
and dumping water on restrained colleagues.
Pierce's lawsuit is headed to trial.
The department is 12 percent black, 29 percent Latino, 52 percent white
and Asians or others account for 7 percent, according to city
statistics. In 1994, it was 11 percent black, 24 percent Latino and 60
percent white, with Asians or others accounting for 5 percent. | sociology |
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We like to think of ourselves as a helping hand on the road to recovery. Your generous donations of gently used clothing and housewares are enriching lives and improving communities across the city. Together we are supporting the Oasis Addiction Recovery Society.
All donated items are either given to participants in the Oasis Addiction Recovery programs who cannot afford simple necessities or sold to partly fund the programs offered.
Currently over 800 individuals annually participate in the Oasis programs, many being reintegrated back into society with meaningful work. | sociology |
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For the past 25 years, Trudy and Sid Kleiner have taken on a host of awesome tasks in a quest to render succor and support to the thousands of Jewish men and women who must, unfortunately, call a prison cell or dormitory their home away from home. The Kleiners have been recognized for their editorial, journalistic and publishing skills, but they are just as attentive and dedicated when it comes to keeping Beth Tikvah viable and solvent through cautious, conservative money-management. Through the years, Beth Tikvah has become respected and recognized for its unswerving and relentless advocacy efforts in behalf of Jewish offenders in the region. Hundreds of Jewish inmates have come to depend on Beth Tikvah for a wide variety of Judaic material as well as spiritual and advocacy support.
Trudy and Sid have served as pen pal coordinators, volunteer chaplains, video librarians, book and Judaica distributors, and website creators and maintainers. Further, they are treasured as a resource and advice center, rendering assistance to their fellow activists and advocates as well as to those who must live their lives behind the wire and walls. For over twenty years, they have visited countless prisons in the South and have made a positive difference in the lives of more confused and lost souls than they shall ever begin to count. Prison chaplains warmly welcome the duo into their facilities. It has been said that a visit with Trudy and Sid is like a bright ray of sunshine and hope to lonely, forgotten and overlooked Jewish prisoners.
Nearly twenty-two years into this challenging spiritual and life-changing adventure, the Kleiners have narrowed their outreach efforts so their mission is noteworthy, realizable and focused. Congregation Beth Tikvah Jewish Prisoner Outreach’s primary target is the several-hundred Jews in Florida who are housed in county, state and federal jails, prisons and treatment facilities. The organization is dedicated to reaching out to our lonely, forgotten and overlooked brethren, assuring them that they are “still in the Judaic family,” and we do care about them. Our track record proves that we have effectively built a spiritual bridge between those who are serving time and those who spend their time serving them. Our ongoing mission is to remain on the path we launched so many years ago. We dedicate ourselves to working in harmony with prison officials, chaplains, and other corrections personnel for the good of all concerned. While we surely do not possess all the answers, we remain on call to guide and steer chaplains and other staff members through the complexities that abound in the Jewish faith. Ours has been, is, and will continue to be a team approach to assist our wayward brethren in making a long-lasting and productive return to society.
Beth Tikvah literally means “house of hope.” While we share words and deeds of hope with those who have been isolated from their families and society, we hope you will join hands with us and make a positive difference in the lives of incarcerated Jewish men and women. We welcome your support, participation, comments, thoughts and observations. We gratefully thank you for all you have so graciously done in the past.
In peace, harmony, fellowship and brotherhood,
Trudy & Sid Kleiner | sociology |
http://libya-al-mostakbal.org/news/clicked/13188 | 2016-06-28T18:43:52 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396959.83/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00189-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.966288 | 4,236 | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2016-26__0__97742200 | en | Reconciling the Ideologies of Pan-Arabism, Pan-Islamism and Pan-Secularism
The almost simultaneous popular uprisings in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Yemen to oust entrenched authoritarian regimes have led to frenzy among Arab and non-Arab intellectuals to identify common denominators between these uprisings as well as future uprisings in the Arab world. However the majority of them, due to their education and orientation as well as their inability to “think outside the box” so to speak, are unable, when asked to identify the nature of these uprisings, to go beyond the familiar labels of “Pan-Arabism and Pan-Islamism”. In other words they are still in denial regarding the novelty and manifestations of these revolutionary movements which are initiated and orchestrated by Arab youths. Any objective observer would most likely arrive at the conclusion that the two dimensions of these youths’ movements are traditions be they Arabic or Islamic and secularism. While the movements’ leaderships have consistently expressed appreciation for their Arab and Islamic heritage however based on their demands to implement democracy, justice and freedom it becomes clear that even though they would not pursue a clean break from the past, they would instead pursue reformed cultural and religious traditions which would in turn homogenize with the secular traditions they aspire to integrate in new sociopolitical orders. On this note I would like to trace the origins and evolution of the ideologies of Pan-Arabism and Pan-Islamism just to see whether they, in their present forms are compatible with the expressed visions of Arab youths or that changes are necessary to accommodate the creation of new states and societies built on the universal pillars of rights enshrined in the 1948 United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
The interplay between Pan-Arabism and Pan-Islamism has been a recurring phenomenon in Arabic heritage since the advent of Islam in the seventh century. Even though Pan-Arabism predated Pan-Islamism the two ideologies that initially complemented each other under the guidance of Prophet Muhammad eventually turned rivals competing for the loyalties of Arab and non-Arab masses by engaging in a process of acculturation and assimilation among people of other ethnicities and cultures including but not limited to Berber (Amazigh, Shluh) , Africans, Kurds, Iranians and Turks as well as among people of diverse religious affiliation including Christians, Jews, Zoroastrians, Hindus and Buddhists and even indigenous religions practiced in parts of Africa and Asia. Contrary to common belief Pan-Islamism was not the creation of Jamal al-Din al-Afghani (1839-1897) and Muhammad Abduh (1849-1905) but was initially inspired by the Qur’an (Islam’s holy book) and Prophet Muhammad and later promulgated by his immediate successors (caliphs) including Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman and Ali. On the other hand Pan-Arabism was neither a new secular phenomenon employed by Sharif Husayn (1853-1931), who was the governor of Mecca and Medina in the eighteenth century in order to rally Arab masses against the hegemony of the Pan-Islamic Ottoman Empire and later redefined by the Arab-Christian Michel Aflaq (1910-1989) and the Arab-Muslim Salah al-Din al-Bitar (1912-1980) to serve as a bulwark against Western imperialism. Nor was it the recreated ideology championed by the Egyptian President Jamal Abd al-Nasser (1918-1970) so that Arabs could unite under the banner of Arab nationalism rather than Islamism. Pan-Arabism actually predated Islam by many centuries. As a matter of fact pre-Islamic Arabs qualify as a nation whether in terms of ethnicity hence claiming lineage either through Shem, Prophet Noah’s son or through Ishmael, Prophet Abraham’s son, or in terms of common Semitic language being the classical Arabic language and common Arabic culture or heritage despite some regional variations. Pre-Islamic Arabs also shared similar history along with inhabiting the same geographical location hence the Arabian Peninsula.
The advent of Pan-Islamism as of the seventh century temporarily eclipsed Pan-Arabism due to its inclusive message of common world community (Ummah) and ideology of monotheism and humanism which in turn prevailed over all other considerations including ethnicity, language, culture, nationality and even color of skin. However by the time of the Umayyad Dynasty (661-750) Pan-Arabism was back in force thus reversing some of Islam’s and Prophet Muhammad’s stances regarding the rejection of tribalism, ethnicity and nationalism for the sake of a universal community in accordance with the Quranic proclamation “O mankind! We created you from a single (pair) of a male and a female, and made you into nations and tribes, that ye may know each other (not that ye may despise (each other). Verily the most honoured of you in the sight of God is (he who is) the most righteous of you. And God has full knowledge and is well acquainted (with all things)” (Quran ch. 49, verse 13. Yusuf Ali, trs). During and following the Umayyad Dynasty people of Arab descent claimed superiority over people of other ethnicities, religions and cultures.
We all remember that during the heydays of Arab Nationalism the ideology was constantly seen particularly by its ideologues and advocates as perfectly suited to all Arab states regardless of the makeup of their populations. Accordingly challenges to the ideology could only come from the outside and not from the inside regardless of the diversities and contradictions that existed within individual Arab societies. Along with being seen as the solution to problems plaguing Arab states from the Atlantic Ocean to the Arabian (Persian) Gulf, it was seen as the magic wand that could in the hands of true Arab nationalists bring unity, progress and strength to Arab states still reeling from years of occupation and exploitation along with layers upon layers of demographic changes and cultural accumulations. Due to this outlook internal divisions and problems were ignored for the sake of loftier ideals and visions. Overlooking internal imperfections in the majority of Arab societies, including changes over the years, eventually eroded the initial and overwhelming support for the ideology and gradually reduced its capacity to contend with hard social, economic and political realities on the ground inside most the Arab States. The question remains have Pan-Islamism and Pan-Arabism run their course and are no longer suited for modern times or that their tenants can still be resurrected to affect changes to the better in the Arab and the Muslim worlds?
In my opinion the pitfalls of both Pan-Arabism and Pan-Islamism was devoting so much energy and focus on external challenges and threats and in the process ignoring or at least bypassing the more serious internal contradictions within individual Arab and Muslim states. While the principles of the two ideologies outwardly appeal to Arab and Muslim masses alike however the implementation of these principles exposed inner contradictions that could not be easily overcome. The impressive success of Pan-Arabism and Pan-Islamism when they were first introduced was due to their novelty and their appeal as well as the neutralization of worthwhile adversaries or challengers in the immediate vicinity and beyond. Most scholars and historians past or present are in agreement that Pan-Arabism and Pan-Islamism were well received by most populations surrounding the Arab Peninsula who were eager to be emancipated from their dire conditions under the Christian Byzantine Empire or the Persian Zoroastrian (Sassanid) Empire. The two movements at the time were able to overlook internal contradictions within the societies that they came to dominate since they did not pose serious threats to the vibrant and tolerant sociopolitical systems that they helped create and preserve.
If you have been wondering as to where I am going with this please bear with me. To begin with it is obvious that the modern reincarnation of both ideologies still, at the core, harbor similar contradictions which previously characterized their inception and maturation way back when. Back then, both ideologies overtly and explicitly expressed their inclusive nature and their aversion to discrimination and favoritism but covertly that was not the case particularly following the conclusion of the period known as the era of the Rightly Guided Caliphs or successors to Prophet Muhammad which lasted from his death in the year 632 to the assassination of the fourth caliph and the Prophet’s cousin and son in law Ali ibn Abi Talib in the year 661. Consequently known members of the Umayyad clan, who wrestled control of the Muslim state including Caliph Muawiya and his son Yazid, were credited for promoting Pan-Arabism over Pan-Islamism. The Umayyads were accused by their rivals, particularly by the Shi’a (Partisans of Ali) of having turned a blind eye to the ensuing discrimination between various groups making up the Muslim community.
During the reign of the Umayyads (661-750) People of Arab origins were considered superior to other groups within the Muslim Ummah who were given unflattering labels so as to designate their status in the state’s social hierarchy. While Christians and Jews became known as (dhimmis) or protected groups instead of the more appealing designation of (Ahl al-Kitab) or people of the book which means that the two communities possess holy books similar to that of the Muslim’s Holy Quran, non-Arab Muslims particularly those of Persian or Hindu extracts became known as (Mawalis) who were looked upon more or less as second class citizens. Even those Muslims or non-Muslims who spoke languages other than Arabic were labeled (Ajams) or incoherent individuals hence a reference to the languages they spoke. Accordingly both the intransient Pan-Arabism and the transcendent Pan-Islamism came short in relation to peoples’ expectations both in the past and in the present. As a matter of fact the Abbasid revolution beginning in the year 750 was supported by a number of factions including the above mentioned dhimmis, mawalis and ajams who revolted against the Umayyads precisely because of the clan’s failure to fulfill the promises of either ideology to bring about equality, liberty and justice among all citizens of the state or should we say empire.
Nowadays advocates of both ideologies are reiterating the ideals of the past as if Pan-Arabism and Pan-Islamism had already demonstrated their full potential and fulfilled their promises as success stories and created egalitarian and just societies which could readily be duplicated today. When responding to criticisms such as the ones above advocates of both ideologies blame their short comings on external forces and not inner and irreconcilable contradictions. The principle culprits accused of putting a damper on their programs to promote liberty, equality and justice include the so-called reactionaries in their midst and hostile antagonists and detractors particularly in the West. Following the independence of Arab and Muslim countries, leaders and advocates of Pan-Arabism and Pan-Islamism promised their masses freedom, democracy and justice for all yet in order to maintain their hold on power proceeded in the opposite direction. Accordingly the authoritarianism of the Umayyads was resurrected in toto by Arab leaders be they monarchs or presidents who also justify their iron grip on power by appropriating and misinterpreted commandments pertaining to the reciprocal relationship between the rulers and the ruled such “Obey those who ruled over you” which in the hands of despots such as Gathafi turned into an instrument for instilling blind obedience and exercising coercion and intimidation with impunity.
In terms of Pan-Arabism, the self-proclaimed secular Arab nationalist and Western liberal president Habib Bourguiba of Tunisia who was credited for securing his country’s independence from France in 1957 once responded to his peoples demands for democratic reforms by holding a general presidential election which he single handedly won and not only that he was elected “President for life” thereby shelving the whole process of holding election for the top post in the country. Bourguiba actually fulfilled the wishes of the electorate and remained president till the year 1987 and only his senility caused his ouster in a palace cope which brought President Zain al-Abidin Ben Ali to power. As you all know President Ben Ali has recently been ousted by popular youth uprising which forced him to seek refuge in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The late Iraqi president Saddam Husayn (1937-2006) who rarely missed an opportunity to reiterate his visions of liberty, socialism and unity had never allowed his people whether Sunna, Shi’a or Kurds the means to implement such visions but instead turned Iraq into a nightmarish police state based on “Cruelty and Silence” as in the title of the book written by Kanan Makiya describing the regime’s reign of terror. Even the recently deposed Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak (1928 - ) who began his career reiterating the trinity of Pan-Arab Nationalism according to his predecessor and the founder of Modern Arab Nationalism Jamal Abd al-Nasser including liberty, social justice and unity has instead veered off course and created an authoritarian regime with all the trappings such as an ill-reputed uniformed and uniformed police force and a cult of personality to complement that. He in keeping with the strategy of his predecessor Anwar al-Sadat exploited the existing rivalry and antagonism between advocates of Pan-Islamism and advocates of a secular Pan-Arabism to create a fluid socio-political situation thereby securing his and his government’s positions in accordance with the motto “divide and conquer”. The master manipulator Gathafi exploited the tenets of Pan-Arabism and Pan-Islamism in order to further his own ambitions. He even added Pan-Africanism to the mix only to serve his own ends.
The Republic of the Sudan is the prototype of a modern Pan-Islamic order. What happened and is still happening in the Sudan ironically gives credence to a statement made by Charles Gordon (1833-1885), the British general who once controlled the Sudan and who purportedly said something to the effect that “Islam with democracy is no Islam at all”. He in other words claimed that Islam can never be compatible with the Western secular democracies or that Islam is inherently authoritarian therefore undemocratic. Let us for the sake of looking closely at Pa-Islamism in action put aside the fact that the transfer of power that toppled the democratically elected government of president Sadiq al-Mahdi in 1989 and swept Brigadier General Omar al-Bashir to power, was in reality a military cope inspired by his mentor the Islamist Dr. Hasan al-Turabi . Soon after the takeover relations between the military junta and Hasan al-Turabi’s NIF (National Islamic Front) became strained to the point that al-Turabi himself was placed under house and later imprisoned. The Pan-Islamic program advanced and supported by the government gradually led to alienation among segments of the population instead of promoting healing and reconciliation. As soon as the government hinted at imposing Shari’a (Islamic law codes) on all of Sudan, Christian and animists in the south were up in arms and demanding session which is exactly what happened following the referendum sponsored by the United Nations.
Instead of practicing what they preach and create an egalitarian society, the Sudanese leaders reverted back to coercion to subdue any type of opposition or resurrection. They even ignored the fact that Pan-Islamism just like any ideology consists of two integral aspects and these are precedence and prediction. Precedence in an ideology means an aspect of a particular heritage that is worthy of resurrection and prediction means an ideal expressed in an ideology that is expected to become reality at some point in the future. Accordingly all the Sudanese officials’ needed to do to overcome the crisis that existed between north and south is resurrect a known precedence in the Islamic heritage. When Prophet Muhammad became the leader of Medina he immediately created a federated state inclusive of Muslims and Jews. Along with exercising complete autonomy over their territories the Jews of Medina were allowed to worship freely and govern according to their Jewish laws. The same rights were extended to the Christian communities inside and outside of the Arabian Peninsula. Although such amicable arrangements ended up being victims to the break out of hostilities between the Muslim and the Judeo-Christian communities, they should nonetheless serve as examples worthy of emulation. What I hope transpire from this survey is that the short comings of Pan-Arabism and Pan-Islamism are related to the ideologies themselves as well as their applications. Pan-Arabism and most importantly Pan-Islamism have been introduced as perfect solutions to age old problems as in the case of some Salafists (followers of pious predecessors) and Arab nationalists, without the benefit of creating internal mechanisms to adapt to existing as well as new realities and challenges on the ground.
The leadership of the Pan-Islamic Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt in a 2005 Electoral Program provided another example of not practicing what is being preached. While leaders of the organization have been expressing their endorsement of democratic reforms including the promotion of human rights and equal opportunities among all Egyptians, they followed that by a statement saying that Coptic Christians and women should not be allowed to run for the post of president of Egypt let alone becoming one. Despite efforts at damage control by Brotherhood luminaries such as the former parliamentarian and head of the movement’s political bureau, Essam el-Erian, who described the controversial statement as a mere speculation or draft that does not necessarily express the collective will of all members, the movement was on the defensive due to backlashes spearheaded by women and human rights organizations inside and outside of Egypt. Is it any wonder that the majority of Arab and Muslim regimes continue to exercise authority according to the age old double standards therefore talking the talk but not walking the walk. Even Ayatollah Ruhallah Khomeini who single handedly established the Islamic Republic of Iran and whose book or should I say manifesto “Government of the Muslim Jurists” promised a society built on the Islamic principles of justice and equality was unable or unwilling to fully extend the benefits of these principles to religious and ethnic minorities inside Iran including but not limited to Baha’is and Arabs inhabiting the region of Ahwaz or Ahvaz.
The most important feature of Western democracies and particularly American democracy is having an inner feature or capacity designed to adapt to new situations which showed flexibility and creativity time and time again. The civil rights African American leader Martin Luther King, Jr. understood that and utilized it to his advantage in order to persuade the US government to grant African Americans their full civil rights in accordance with the declaration of independence which confirms that “All men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness” (The Declaration of Independence, US. constitution online). Along with essentially accepting the validity of the American constitution and American democracy he simply asked the American government and the American people to live up to the ideals of their democracy or as he put it to “rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed” (The I Have a Dream Speech, US. constitution on Line). Most importantly the Prophet of Islam himself clearly alluded, fourteen centuries ago, to this integral aspect of the Pan-Islamic ideology that would insure its survival, renewal and continuity in one of his Hadiths (sayings) in which he predicted that “Allah (God) will send to this umma (the Muslim community) at the head of each century those who will renew its faith for it” or in layman’s terms God will send visionary leaders who will conform certain Islamic ideals into realities. Both Pan-Arabism and Pan-Islamism could develop the capacity to turn ideals into realities which include granting all citizens their full rights in the case of Pan-Arabism and realizing the full potential of egalitarianism in the case of Pan-Islamism. Otherwise the promises and ideals of Pan-Arabism and Pan-Islamism would remain just that with no real hope of becoming actualities in the Arab and Muslim worlds. Therefore the way forward for Arab youth’s revolutions is to join hands with the traditional and national organizations in order construct new Arab societies based on the original and accommodating tenets of Pan-Arabism, Pan-Islamism and Pan-Secularism. In such societies democracy and human rights would undoubtedly reign supreme.
Professor Fathi El-Shihibi
Department of Philosophy & Religion
Boston, MA 02115 USA | sociology |
http://neiltubb.blogspot.com/2017/08/ | 2018-07-19T09:09:51 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-30/segments/1531676590794.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20180719090301-20180719110301-00242.warc.gz | 0.970783 | 331 | CC-MAIN-2018-30 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-30__0__149619346 | en | For Clarity after last week's sharing ....
Intimacy is the result of a sharing and caring friendship built between people. It is the feeling in a relationship that promotes closeness, ‘bondedness’ and ‘connectedness' without enmeshment.
For someone who has spent their life struggling in enmeshed relationships intimacy is difficult to recognize.
Intimacy is not the focusing on each other, or having sex or fighting with each other. Rather it is a growing - side by side - facing the same direction, facing the problems life has thrown in the way, sharing the world within and sharing the world without, and most importantly, it is the building of a history of experience, one on top of the other and allowing that sharing to cause or create an awareness - together.
The key word in the whole process is with.
With a sponsor, with a friend, with my spouse, with someone who actually cares for me, not just for who they need me to be, but for who I am, and me returning that thought by caring for them just as they are, and not as I need them to be. Oh yes, there is instant sex, instant relationship, instant hot chocolate, but rarely instant intimacy.
Intimacy comes when we are pointed in a healthy direction, when we have a clear identity of who we think we are and are happy with that thought, when we endeavor to live a life of balance, when we are open to trust, and when we are willing to experience our own pain and fears and ultimately when we know, love and accept self. | sociology |
http://www.parksfestevansville.com/about/ | 2018-02-19T23:39:57 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-09/segments/1518891812855.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20180219231024-20180220011024-00704.warc.gz | 0.963322 | 281 | CC-MAIN-2018-09 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-09__0__78097343 | en | ParksFest is a free, all-day, music festival in Evansville’s Garvin Park. The festival is focused around engaging the community and bringing awareness to the city parks as well as giving the community a fun thing to do for the day. ParksFest is an environment for anyone to come and have a great time no matter their age or background.
On Saturday September 13th 2014, ParksFest brought roughly 4,000 people to Garvin Park for a day of music and community. ParksFest 2014 operated from 11:00 AM to 11:00 PM and featured 14 music performances, children’s workshops, bounce houses, face paintings, Zorb Balls, food vendors, art vendors, a beer garden and more.
In 2015 ParksFest grew as expected. On September 19th 2015, ParksFest brought 8,000-10,000 people to Garvin Park to enjoy a full day of music, food, and family fun. We had an excellent lineup of local talent and ended the night with nationally touring acts such as Willie Watson, Davina and the Vagabonds, and Shooter Jennings.
ParksFest 2016 was September 10th. We entertained over 10,000 people with our best ParksFest yet! The festival included a full day of music, food trucks, art vendors, family fun activities, children’s workshops, and a beer garden. | sociology |
https://www.stnicholas.ny.goarch.org/about-us/parish-history | 2023-12-05T02:33:59 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100540.62/warc/CC-MAIN-20231205010358-20231205040358-00282.warc.gz | 0.972398 | 263 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__163534043 | en | With the arrival of the first Greek immigrants in Newburgh in the early 1900s, the first Greek Orthodox Church in Newburgh, St. Nicholas, was established in 1924 at 27 Chambers Street. In November 1934, the current church building at the corner of Fullerton Avenue and Van Ness Street was acquired.
For many years St. Nicholas served not only communicants from the greater Newburgh area but also those who traveled from Rockland, Sullivan and Ulster Counties until the establishment of Greek Orthodox churches in Middletown, Kingston and West Nyack. With the construction of the Newburgh-Beacon Bridge in the 1960s, families from Dutchess County joined the St. Nicholas community.
The first priest assigned to St. Nicholas was Father Petropoulos who served the community until the late 1930s when he was succeeded by Father Evstratios Spyropoulos. In more recent times, Father Phillip Sakellson served as St. Nicholas' priest for approximately 30 years, retiring in 1999. Subsequently, Father Charles Joanides was assigned as St. Nicholas' pastor, and after serving for 10 years, was succeeded by Father John Angel. Upon Father John's retirement in July 2022, Father Ioannikios Gregoriades became the current priest of St. Nicholas. | sociology |
http://www.menshealthclinicindia.in/services/pre_marital | 2021-06-21T15:23:05 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-25/segments/1623488286726.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20210621151134-20210621181134-00049.warc.gz | 0.968614 | 160 | CC-MAIN-2021-25 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-25__0__53191025 | en | Pre-marital counseling is helpful for many couples who want an overview of challenges that face them once they marry. They want to establish the best possible relationship patterns to serve them for years to come. Other couples have specific issues they are stuck on, and they would like to examine and move ahead on these issues before they marry. Many couples enjoy the opportunity to uncover the many expectations, spoken and unspoken, they have about each other in preparation for marriage.
Post-Divorce counseling can help couples and/or their children that have conflict over family issues post-divorce. There may be tension involving financial issues, parenting schedules, new relationships or new or unanticipated circumstances such as new health or educational needs for a child. The family can minimize conflict and resolve these issues with family mediation. | sociology |
https://www.southamptonhospital.org/services/mental-health/default.aspx | 2017-03-27T00:42:26 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-13/segments/1490218189316.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20170322212949-00371-ip-10-233-31-227.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.929909 | 355 | CC-MAIN-2017-13 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-13__0__107378187 | en | One in four Americans suffer from a mental health-related disorder. Sustained emotional distress and a life that is out of balance can trigger changes in brain chemistry that result in mood disorders. The good news is that with the right treatment and support, a meaningful recovery is reachable.
Southampton Hospital is now the home of The East End Mood Disorders Support Group. This Peer Group Support, led by a trained peer professional, is a key to recovering from mental health-related disorders. These weekly groups provide an empowering, confidential and
recovery-oriented setting for both individuals who suffer from depression,
anxiety and bipolar disorders, as well as for their loved ones.
The groups are led by Tory Masters, CPRP, CPS, a recovered mental health sufferer herself and a trained Peer Specialist and Psychiatric Rehabilitation Practitioner. Peer Group Support is based on the shared experiences among sufferers. It dispels stigma and the feeling of aloneness, while providing trust and a deep belief in the recovery process. Participants learn more about mood disorders, proper diagnoses and effective, medical, psychiatric and holistic treatment strategies. Peer support inspires and motivates participants to find a personal recovery path that works.
Southampton Hospital is pleased to support this endeavor as part of its Community Service Plan, which partners with local mental health practitioners, elected officials, school administrators and social service organizations who are concerned with the well-being of our population.
East End Mood Disorders Support Group
Thursdays, 6:30 p.m.
* Separate, confidential groups are available for sufferers and loved ones.
The Ed & Phyllis Davis Wellness Institute
Southampton Hospital, Third Floor
240 Meeting House Lane
Southampton, New York | sociology |
https://www.candygourlay.co.uk/letter-from-candy-bone-talk | 2024-04-20T23:36:30 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817688.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20240420214757-20240421004757-00349.warc.gz | 0.984077 | 222 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__43526375 | en | My characters and the village they live in are entirely my own creation. But I have set their story during a very real moment in Philippine history: the American invasion of 1899.
The people of the Cordillera were never conquered by Spanish colonizers. People say that this was because of their isolation … but highlanders had always engaged with the lowlander communities surrounding the mountains. The fact was: Cordillera people were so independent that they fiercely spurned all attempts to conquer them by both foreign and Filipino outsiders.
That is, until the arrival of the Americans in 1899.
Throughout their 300 years of colonial rule, the Spanish did much to erase the indigenous culture of the native Filipinos. I was thrilled to realize that the peoples of the Cordillera may well have preserved aspects of our pre-colonial culture that we thought were lost to time.
We read not just to seek answers but to ask questions … and in Bone Talk are many questions, not just about our nation’s history but about our identity as a people. | sociology |
http://knownorthgeorgia.com/wordpress/?paged=355&cat=8 | 2018-08-15T10:50:51 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-34/segments/1534221210058.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20180815102653-20180815122653-00452.warc.gz | 0.97254 | 502 | CC-MAIN-2018-34 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-34__0__57455185 | en | Secretary of State Brian Kemp launched the Secretary of State’s Ambassador Program for high school students today at the State Capitol. The Ambassador Program is a leadership training program for high school students that encourages civic participation and voter registration.
“As the father of two high school students, I know firsthand how important it is for young adults to participate in leadership activities so they will become invested citizens in their communities,” said Secretary Kemp. “This program is the first of its kind in Georgia, and will provide a unique and meaningful experience for participating students.”
The program’s launch includes 14 high schools from across the state with over 150 students serving as Ambassadors. This initial group will serve as a pilot program during the spring semester of 2016 with the program opening state-wide in the fall for the 2016-17 academic year.
Students who serve as Ambassadors promote civic engagement, voter registration, and volunteerism in their schools by speaking to classes and assemblies, hosting voter registration drives, and volunteering in their communities. The goal of these activities is to educate high school students about the government and show them how to become engaged through voter registration or volunteer opportunities.
The program prepares Ambassadors for this work by providing students with training materials and guidance for public speaking, working in a team environment, time management, problem solving, and professionalism. Students will have the opportunity to develop these skills as they participate in the program.
“In addition to the work these students will undertake as Ambassadors, it is my hope they will learn self-confidence and leadership abilities that will help them in their careers ahead. I am also excited about getting the next generation of Georgians engaged as voters at a young age,” said Kemp.
The inaugural class of Student Ambassadors represents the following Georgia schools: Baldwin High School, Carrollton High School, Eastside High School, Fannin County High School, George Walton Comprehensive High School, Habersham Central High School, Hebron Christian Academy, Luella High School, Mount Zion High School, North Hall High School, Parkview High School, Roswell High School, The King’s Academy, and Wilkinson County High School.
Brian Kemp has been Secretary of State since January 2010. Among the office’s wide-ranging responsibilities, the Secretary of State is charged with conducting secure, accessible, and fair elections, the registration of corporations, and the regulation of securities, charities, and professional license holders. | sociology |
https://xsportsbook.com/sportsbook-news/the-history-of-sports-betting-in-the-united-states/ | 2024-04-18T00:11:26 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817184.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20240417235906-20240418025906-00225.warc.gz | 0.920322 | 642 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__79430451 | en | The History of Sports Betting in the United States – Last 100 Years
Early Roots and Legalization Efforts
Sports betting in the United States traces its roots back to the early 20th century when Nevada became the first state to legalize gambling, including sports betting, in 1931. For decades, Nevada remained the sole jurisdiction where individuals could legally place bets on sports events. The federal government’s involvement in regulating sports betting intensified with the passage of the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA) in 1992, which effectively banned sports gambling in most states.
Supreme Court Ruling and State-by-State Legalization
The landscape of sports betting underwent a seismic shift in 2018 when the U.S. Supreme Court struck down PASPA, opening the door for states to legalize and regulate sports wagering within their borders. This landmark decision empowered individual states to craft their own laws governing sports betting, leading to a wave of legislative activity across the country. By 2022, 30 states and the District of Columbia had legalized sports gambling, with several more states poised to join this growing trend.
Technological Advancements and Online Betting
The advent of online sports betting platforms revolutionized the industry, providing bettors with convenient access to a wide range of betting options from their computers and mobile devices. Online sportsbooks like DraftKings and FanDuel quickly gained popularity, offering users a seamless and interactive betting experience. The proliferation of mobile betting apps has transformed how individuals engage with sports wagering, contributing to the industry’s rapid expansion.
Tribal Partnerships and Regulatory Challenges
In many states, tribal gaming compacts have played a crucial role in shaping the legal framework for sports betting. Tribal casinos have entered into agreements with state governments to offer sports wagering services on their lands, contributing to economic growth and job creation within tribal communities. However, navigating regulatory challenges and ensuring compliance with state laws have presented ongoing complexities for both tribal operators and state regulators.
Public Perception and Responsible Gambling
Public attitudes towards sports betting have evolved over time, reflecting changing societal norms and perceptions around gambling. While many Americans support legalizing sports wagering as a form of entertainment and potential revenue source, concerns about problem gambling and addiction persist. Promoting responsible gambling practices and providing resources for individuals struggling with addiction are essential components of a sustainable and ethical sports betting industry.
Economic Impact and Future Trends
The economic impact of legalized sports betting extends beyond revenue generation for states and operators. Legalized gambling has the potential to create jobs, stimulate tourism, and bolster local economies through increased consumer spending. Looking ahead, emerging trends such as live betting, esports wagering, and blockchain-based platforms are poised to shape the future of sports betting in the United States, offering new opportunities for innovation and growth.In conclusion, the history of sports betting in the United States is a dynamic narrative characterized by legal milestones, technological advancements, regulatory challenges, and shifting public attitudes. As states continue to embrace legalized gambling as a means of generating revenue and enhancing consumer experiences, it is essential to prioritize responsible gambling practices and ethical oversight to ensure a sustainable and equitable industry for all stakeholders involved. | sociology |
http://edcetera.rafter.com/how-much-do-students-rely-on-wifi-access-on-campus-infographic/ | 2016-05-26T10:34:26 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-22/segments/1464049275835.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20160524002115-00183-ip-10-185-217-139.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.948212 | 291 | CC-MAIN-2016-22 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2016-22__0__5988175 | en | This recent infographic from OnlineColleges.com features interesting stats regarding student dependence on Internet access on campus. According to OnlineColleges, a survey by the Wi-Fi Alliance and Wakefield Research found “an overwhelming majority of college students — 90 percent! — view Wi-Fi as essential to their educational success, on par with classrooms and computers. In fact, they’d rather abstain from beer or wear their school rival team’s colors than go without wireless access, and most wouldn’t even consider attending a college that didn’t offer free and fast Wi-Fi.”
OnlineColleges.com goes on to say:
As schools today compete fiercely to attract and retain students, there’s a major push to deploy high-speed Wi-Fi networks. In fact, it is occurring faster in universities than in all other markets, and higher education is poised to be the No. 1 customer for these networks in the coming decade, according to a new business analysis. There’s additional pressure on American universities because if academic communities in other countries have access to more advanced networks and tools, the U.S. will lose its preeminence in research internationally. Such a decline could have profound implications for the American economy and society. In a climate of greater international competitiveness and constrained public investment, U.S. leadership requires new approaches if it is to be sustained. | sociology |
http://npchurch.org/ministries/women | 2017-04-25T16:23:09 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917120694.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031200-00059-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.947629 | 449 | CC-MAIN-2017-17 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-17__0__319122954 | en | Opportunities to Connect
Caffeine and Chaos
Come connect with other moms and/or dads and let the kids (5 and under) burn off some energy. All are welcome.
Meeting Place: Multipurpose Room
Time: Tuesday from 9:30am - 11am
Questions?: Contact our Church Office.
Titus 2 Discipleship [ T2D ]
T2D is committed to Gospel imperatives and the strategies God has given to His church to pass the legacy of biblical womanhood to the next generation. There are women who long for a spiritual mother to guide them, and others who do not even realize the gift of having such a gospel friendship. At the same time, there are many women among us willing to be equipped to meet this need. This ministry will connect these women. Groups of approximately 8-10 women meet monthly to share, pray and learn. Signup for a T2D group today!
Meeting Place: Multiple T2D groups available with various locations
Time: Groups from Monday - Saturday available with multiple times
Childcare Provided: No
Questions?: Email our T2D Coordinator to find your group!
Care, Mercy, Service
The Women's Ministry Care Team serves individuals and families in our church family in times of need. The crisis may be a sudden or long term illness, a new baby in the family, job loss or food insecurity.
We ask the women of NPC to sign up to be providers of hot meals, give someone a ride, babysit, make a friendly visit, help clean a house or help prepare freezer meals. When asked to serve they can always say "Not this time". We are partnering with the NPC deacons to complement their ministry. Sign up to serve here.
We have been caring for and ministering to a family where the wife has suffered multiple medical setbacks. NPC women have provided meals, visited with the wife, cleaned their house and provided frozen meals. The deacons have provided some home improvements to help care for this lady. The family is so grateful for all the care. The husband uses it in his testimony to tell his friends, co-workers and family about the gospel. | sociology |
https://stjohn23school.org/select-8th-grade-students-visit-center-for-holocaust-and-humanity-education-meet-dr-bettina-love/ | 2020-09-28T12:39:22 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600401600771.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20200928104328-20200928134328-00409.warc.gz | 0.936635 | 248 | CC-MAIN-2020-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-40__0__204978784 | en | In February, a select group of 8th grade leaders attended the “Bystander to Upstander” Youth Leadership Summit at the Center for Holocaust and Humanity Education in Cincinnati. The aim of this annual summit is to empower youth to stand up in the face of injustice – to become “upstanders” – those who work for positive change in their communities.
These 8th graders had the pleasure of meeting and being inspired by Dr. Bettina Love, award- winning author and professor of Educational Theory and Practice at the University of Georgia. Dr. Love is a Nasir Jones Fellow at the W.E.B. Du Bois Research Center at Harvard University, where she will be developing a multimedia hip-hop civics curriculum for middle to high school students. She is also the founder of “Real Talk: Hip Hop Education for Social Justice”, an after school initiative aimed at teaching elementary students social justice through project-based learning.
Learn more about Dr. Love at http://www.bettinalove.com/
Learn more about the Center for Holocaust and Humanity Education at http://www.holocaustandhumanity.org/
Students with Dr. Bettina Love | sociology |
https://monitoringreport2016.fairtrade.net/en/africa-middle-east/ | 2019-11-18T02:19:57 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-47/segments/1573496669422.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20191118002911-20191118030911-00422.warc.gz | 0.967165 | 529 | CC-MAIN-2019-47 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-47__0__142139293 | en | More than two-thirds of all Fairtrade farmers and workers live in Africa and the Middle East – the majority of them in the coffee, tea, flowers and cocoa sectors. This brings hope, nourishes dreams and enables positive change in the lives of Fairtrade producers in Africa. This is the case of Esther Ngina, a worker at a Fairtrade certified flower farm in Kenya, who was able to transform her life thanks to the training and education opportunities she received at the plantation. She now represents a source of inspiration for many women in Africa.
By the end of 2015 there were 375 Fairtrade-certified producer organizations in 32 countries throughout the region. Of these, 268 were small producer organizations, and 107 were hired labour organizations. There was a slight decrease in the number of certified small producer organizations compared to 2014. The outstanding increase in the number of small producer organizations in East Africa was not followed by the corresponding increase in Fairtrade sales in the region which leaded the number of producer organizations to its previous level.
The number of farmers and workers remained stable in comparison with last year. By the end of 2014 there were more than one million Fairtrade farmers and hired workers in Africa and the Middle East.
The region represents 64 percent of all farmers and workers in Fairtrade. However, many of these farmers are members of larger producer organizations which are not yet selling a high proportion of their certified crops as Fairtrade.
The amount of Fairtrade Premium earned by producers in Africa and the Middle East totalled an estimated €27 million in 2014-15. This accounted for 23 percent of the Fairtrade Premium paid out globally.
Thirty-eight percent of reported Fairtrade Premium revenue in Africa and the Middle East was earned by producers in Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire. This reflects the continued importance of West African cocoa in Fairtrade, but also the growing sales of Fairtrade bananas from Ghana.
Forty-three percent of all Fairtrade plantation workers are based in Africa and the Middle East.
Seventy-nine percent of Fairtrade hired labourers here work on tea plantations and flower farms.
African plantations receive 45 percent of all Fairtrade Premium revenues earned by plantations globally.
In 2015, 363 producer organizations benefitted from training on topics ranging from good agricultural practices, market access, governance, climate change and Fairtrade awareness among other issues.
The Fairtrade Africa (FTA) producer network facilitated participation by producer organizations in 29 events at national, regional and international level. This year also saw FTA mark its 10th anniversary with a variety of activities throughout the region. | sociology |
http://susanfreinkel.com/site/2011/07/will-bag-bans-take-off-in-california/ | 2024-04-15T13:00:01 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296816977.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20240415111434-20240415141434-00190.warc.gz | 0.963839 | 1,077 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__764606 | en | If I were a betting person, I’d wager we’ll see a wave of plastic bag prohibitions coming out of California communities over the next year. And I’m guessing that unlike the first round of bag measures that were inspired by San Francisco’s landmark bag ban, these will be better crafted and restrict not only plastic bags, but paper ones as well. I’m envisioning — okay, maybe just hoping — that cities will finally focus on the root problem represented at check-out stands: our reliance on single-use bags and that they will enact laws that really encourage people to switch to reusables.
Anti-plastic bag activists have already been moving in that direction. For instance, the state-wide bag bill proposed in 2010, (and backed by an amazingly broad coalition including environmentalists, grocers, unions and even free-marketeers like former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger), took aim at both plastic and paper bags, with a ban on the former and a fee for the latter. Oregon followed the same tack with its bag bill earlier this year. Big chain grocers like Safeway would prefer to see statewide measures rather than a patchwork of local ordinances. But the resounding defeat of each of those bills suggested that for now, at least, any action on bags is going to have come out of local arenas.
And now California communities have gotten another nudge: the state Supreme Court’s decision upholding a bag ban passed by the small southern California town of Manhattan Beach. That 2008 measure barred retailers from giving out plastic bags; city officials said they were motivated by concerns about litter and plastic bags’ effect on the beach and ocean wildlife. They said they would later come back and pass a measure aimed at limiting paper bags. But no sooner had the ink dried on the new law then a group of bag makers, represented by San Francisco attorney Steve Joseph, sued. Joseph argued — and two lower courts agreed — that the city should have done an environmental impact review (EIR) before passing the ban because it would lead to greater use of paper bags, which also have environmental impacts. Similar suits had already successfully blocked bag bans enacted in Oakland and the small Marin community of Fairfax. And Joseph’s threat to sue any other city that tried to restrict plastic bags led many towns and local activists to shelve plans for bag bans. Few were willing to brave a lawsuit or front the $50,000 to $235,000 it takes to conduct an environmental impact study.
But now the Supreme Court has said that a bag ban may not require an environmental review. In its unanimous ruling Thursday, the court said that “substantial evidence and common sense” supported the city’s position that banning plastic bags in favor of paper bags would not harm the environment.
The ruling makes it easier for many communities to enact some kind of bag restriction. The advocacy group Environment California told the Los Angles Times that there are at least 20 towns with bag laws in the works. Nine communities have already approved plastic bag bans, including San Francisco, Long Beach, Malibu, Santa Monica, Marin County, San Jose and Calabasas, Manhattan Beach and Los Angeles County.
James Moose, attorney for Californians Against Waste, predicted the ruling will change the kind of fight the bag industry has been mounting in local town halls. He told the Times the industry will no longer be able to simply cite generic studies that show the environmental perils of paper bags but have little to do with the community imposing the prohibition on plastic.
The court ruling doesn’t let all towns off the hook, especially bigger cities contemplating bans on plastic bags. The court said the legal “analysis would be different for a ban on plastic bags by a larger governmental body, which might precipitate a significant increase in paper bag consumption.” This suggests the most lawsuit-proof policies are ones that aim to restrict consumption of both plastic and paper bags.
It also means some larger communities may be required to do environmental reviews, attorney Moose told the Times. But “each case turns on its own facts,” he said. “This decision makes it more difficult for people in the industry to thwart environmentally benign regulations adopted by communities in California.”
Joseph is not giving up the fight, however. And a story in Plastics News suggests the legal strategy he plans to use in continuing to press his fight on behalf of the Save the Plastic Bag Coaltion.
Joseph argues the decision is specifc only to Manhattan Beach and leaves room to take small, as well as larger cities to court over bag ban proposals. “The court cleared the path to require cities other than Manhattan Beach to do EIRs – under two circumstances,” he told Plastics News. Certainly larger cities have to do EIRs, and he maintains even smaller smaller cities may have to do EIRs because of the build-up of critical mass of smaller and larger cities with plastic bag bans since 2008. He plans to press ahead with suits now pending against Marin County and Long Beach. “This decision is good for the plastics industry and it’s good for the environment. We are delighted and will continue to demand EIRs,” Joseph said. | sociology |
https://www.nmdcc.org/listening-session-febuary-2-2015-2.html | 2020-07-16T02:35:45 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-29/segments/1593657181335.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20200716021527-20200716051527-00260.warc.gz | 0.85867 | 205 | CC-MAIN-2020-29 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-29__0__134070875 | en | Do you serve as a caregiver to someone?
The Coalition wants to hear from you on issues such as:
Education for Caregivers
Training and Credentialing
Respect and Recognition of Caregivers
We’re seeking input from self-advocates and caregivers of persons with disabilities on issues that affect and support New Mexico’s caregivers.
Monday, February 2, 2015
Courtyard Marriott 3347 Cerrillos Rd. Santa Fe, NM 87507
Call 505-867-6046 to rsvp for Listening Session
This Listening Session is in collaboration with the National Alliance for Caregiving’s Working Family Caregiver Champions initiative, with generous support from Pfizer
A special thank you to our community partners and sponsors:
The Arc of New Mexico and Disability Rights New Mexico.
To register for the entire 2 day conference visit The Arc of New Mexico Website www.arcnm.org/drad-registration/ | sociology |
https://arts.stanford.edu/event/91444/ | 2021-06-12T20:35:22 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-25/segments/1623487586390.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20210612193058-20210612223058-00632.warc.gz | 0.931517 | 248 | CC-MAIN-2021-25 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-25__0__54469995 | en | - This event has passed.
Celebrating Asian Grandmothers
May 20 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
In another senseless act of Anti-Asian violence, a white man in San Francisco attacked Xiao Zhen Xie, a 75-year-old Asian grandmother. Ms. Xiao used a wooden board to fight back against her attacker after being punched. Her attacker was bloodied and left on a stretcher while Ms. Xiao walked away. Ms. Xiao is donating almost $1 million dollars, collected from a GoFundMe set up by her grandson, to charities combating hate against Asian Americans.
Please join us in celebrating the power and grace of Asian grandmothers like Ms. Xiao, with videos and performances from grandmothers and their grandchildren. The performances will be followed by a discussion panel on the experiences of generations of Asian American Women.
The virtual event will be taking place on May 20th from 5:30-7:30 PT and is organized by the Stanford Center for Asian Health Research and Education (CARE) and the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics Medicine & the Muse Program.
Please register in advance for the Stuck@Home Concert Series at tinyurl.com/asiangrandmother | sociology |
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