The document summarizes a workshop on creating a livable community for all ages in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Several speakers discuss the aging population trends and their impact. They emphasize the need for communities to plan housing, transportation, healthcare and other services to allow residents to age in place. The workshop aims to raise awareness, initiate collaboration and define next steps to make Chattanooga a more livable community for people of all ages.
This document is a PowerPoint presentation created by Sam and Nikhil that aims to provide journalists and others a more balanced view of young people. It notes that while the media often focuses on negative stories about gangs, crime and unemployment, young people are achieving good exam results, participating in sports, and helping their communities. The presentation urges journalists to access the authors' blog to read positive stories, contact young people directly rather than make assumptions, and consider how their words impact youth. It also suggests ways for young people to share more of their stories through social media.
Why Citizenship Matters - Lessons for Self-Directed SupportCitizen Network
Simon Duffy gave this talk on the importance of citizenship as an ideal and as a practical way of rethinking the purpose of social policy. This talk was given at the Achieving Full Citizenship 2015 Conference in Vancouver.
Homeboy Industries provides employment, training, education and social services to at-risk and formerly gang-involved youth in Los Angeles to help them become contributing members of society. Their services include job placement, education, legal assistance, counseling, and tattoo removal. They aim to help redirect lives through hope and opportunity. The organization was founded to address the growing gang problem and help those wanting to leave that lifestyle.
This slide takes care of some civic duties that many seem to have overlooked. When you flip through, you will see how you can be more engaged in your locality and country as a whole
Social media can help build relationships and prevent loneliness by allowing people to stay connected with friends and family through various online and mobile platforms. However, some argue that excessive social media use can replace real-world interactions and cause people to lose touch with those closest to them. While social media enables ongoing connections, it may also promote superficial relationships and false portrayals of personality. Overall, social media seems to have both benefits and risks depending on how it is used and balanced with in-person social interaction.
Isai villa students against destructive decisionsisaiv3
SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions) was founded 30 years ago to help teens say no to drinking and driving and has since expanded to address other issues like drug use, risky behavior, and violence. It provides prevention programs and resources to schools and communities to help students make safe choices and find positive ways to spend their time other than destructive activities. Statistics show high rates of substance use, fighting, and other dangerous behaviors among teens that SADD works to address through assemblies, counseling, and activities to educate youth on the consequences of their actions.
The document summarizes a workshop on creating a livable community for all ages in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Several speakers discuss the aging population trends and their impact. They emphasize the need for communities to plan housing, transportation, healthcare and other services to allow residents to age in place. The workshop aims to raise awareness, initiate collaboration and define next steps to make Chattanooga a more livable community for people of all ages.
This document is a PowerPoint presentation created by Sam and Nikhil that aims to provide journalists and others a more balanced view of young people. It notes that while the media often focuses on negative stories about gangs, crime and unemployment, young people are achieving good exam results, participating in sports, and helping their communities. The presentation urges journalists to access the authors' blog to read positive stories, contact young people directly rather than make assumptions, and consider how their words impact youth. It also suggests ways for young people to share more of their stories through social media.
Why Citizenship Matters - Lessons for Self-Directed SupportCitizen Network
Simon Duffy gave this talk on the importance of citizenship as an ideal and as a practical way of rethinking the purpose of social policy. This talk was given at the Achieving Full Citizenship 2015 Conference in Vancouver.
Homeboy Industries provides employment, training, education and social services to at-risk and formerly gang-involved youth in Los Angeles to help them become contributing members of society. Their services include job placement, education, legal assistance, counseling, and tattoo removal. They aim to help redirect lives through hope and opportunity. The organization was founded to address the growing gang problem and help those wanting to leave that lifestyle.
This slide takes care of some civic duties that many seem to have overlooked. When you flip through, you will see how you can be more engaged in your locality and country as a whole
Social media can help build relationships and prevent loneliness by allowing people to stay connected with friends and family through various online and mobile platforms. However, some argue that excessive social media use can replace real-world interactions and cause people to lose touch with those closest to them. While social media enables ongoing connections, it may also promote superficial relationships and false portrayals of personality. Overall, social media seems to have both benefits and risks depending on how it is used and balanced with in-person social interaction.
Isai villa students against destructive decisionsisaiv3
SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions) was founded 30 years ago to help teens say no to drinking and driving and has since expanded to address other issues like drug use, risky behavior, and violence. It provides prevention programs and resources to schools and communities to help students make safe choices and find positive ways to spend their time other than destructive activities. Statistics show high rates of substance use, fighting, and other dangerous behaviors among teens that SADD works to address through assemblies, counseling, and activities to educate youth on the consequences of their actions.
workshop delivered at SMART event
please note this presentation was delivered as speaker support material and is intended for reference by attendees not for use as a stand-alone resource
Annual Report for Runaway and Homeless Youth Organization The National Runawa...National Runaway Safeline
Annual report containing statistics and financial information on activities performed by runaway and homeless youth crisis call center the National Runaway Safeline.
Top 5 reasons that motivates people to charityAnusha Tawakley
The document outlines 5 reasons that motivate people to donate to charity: 1) Changing lifestyles are making people more attentive to leading ethical lives and caring for others; 2) Changing societal perspectives are making people more accepting of inequality and wanting to enact change; 3) Increased societal awareness is reducing self-centeredness and motivating people to help those in need; 4) Attachment to charitable organizations provides a sense of purpose and satisfaction that encourages continued support; 5) Donating solves the purpose of life by allowing people to help others and feel fulfilled. The document promotes donating to Lok Kalyan Samiti by providing their donation link.
Christa Dowling - Cross-cultural activities within strategic alliancesSignitt
Do you want to know who you are? Don’t ask.
Act! Action will delineate you and define you.
- Thomas Jefferson
‘Yes, talk to me but also look into my eyes…then listen carefully!’ These are often said words and often not followed.
Signitt
Monica Heynes addresses the summit on gender based violence prevention strategies. In 3 sentences: She advocates for partnership between civil society and local government to comprehensively combat gender based violence; stresses that preventing gender based violence requires addressing the social climate and root causes, not just incidents of violence; and calls for sustained commitment from organizations and leadership to change long-held attitudes through grassroots efforts and equitable laws.
This document outlines the legal duties and civic responsibilities of citizens, including obeying laws, paying taxes, military service, jury duty, and school attendance. It also discusses civic responsibilities like being informed, voting, respecting others' rights and diversity, and contributing to the common good. Finally, it describes how citizens volunteer and donate to their communities through organizations like the Peace Corps, AmeriCorps, and Senior Corps.
The document discusses the importance of youth work in communities. It argues that young people and communities are often seen as separate, but they should be brought together. Good youth and community work can help develop pride in local areas and create inclusive communities where young people are valued. The challenges include demonstrating how youth work contributes to key issues like employment, health, and crime prevention. Youth work must also listen to young people and communities to understand local needs. Framing youth work outcomes can show it is worth investing in.
This document discusses the importance of educating young people about domestic violence. It outlines programs that will be implemented at the school to address this issue, including the You the Man theater-based program and the Building Respectful Relationships curriculum. Letters will be sent to parents and students to inform them about the programs and address any concerns. The goal is to educate students to reduce the impact of domestic violence by promoting respectful relationships and empowering youth to recognize signs and seek help. Feedback from other schools has been positive about the ability of these programs to engage students on this important topic.
The document examines issues facing youth in communities and provides recommendations to help address problems. It finds that bringing together schools, community members, students and volunteers to create opportunities for teens, such as activities, clubs and safe spaces, could help keep teens engaged in school and deter involvement in drugs, gangs and crime. The report recommends that city councils and community organizations work to establish a designated youth center run by trained staff to occupy and positively influence teens.
Accessible Questions for Candidates - Version No. 2Citizen Network
These slides suggest possible questions to ask parliamentary candidates in the May 2015 General Election. This set use Photosymbols images and accessible written English.
This document summarizes views shared by 50 youth ages 16-29 from the Jane-Finch community in Toronto about issues like violence, well-being, opportunities, and family/community. The youth participated in a "Mobile Speakers' Corner" project run by ACT for Youth, a community-university partnership focused on developing a youth strategy. Key themes that emerged from the youths' views included discrimination, negative perceptions of the community, critiques of police, mixed views on "turf", concerns about health, community services, employment, housing, the importance of families and role models, and a strong sense of community pride despite challenges.
Accessible Questions for Candidates - Version No. 1Citizen Network
These slides suggest possible questions to ask parliamentary candidates in the May 2015 General Election. This set use Boardmaker images and accessible written English.
The document discusses various social and political problems affecting society. It argues that while many blame politicians and the government for problems, individuals are also responsible as active citizens of their communities. The document suggests that if citizens were to work together toward common goals and think of others besides themselves, they could enact positive change and improve quality of life for all members of society rather than a select few.
The social action project focused on youth crime. Various research methods were used, including primary sources like surveys and secondary sources to obtain crime statistics. The audience was youth aged 13-21 who are affected by or involved in crime. Feedback from the audience found the information on escaping crime and support resources to be useful and surprising. Though fully stopping youth crime will take time, the project helped raise awareness and was therefore successful in its goals. Continued efforts are needed to help more at-risk youth.
July 2017 EdgeTalks - A new mandate to support community actionNHS Horizons
This document discusses the importance of "people powered" or asset-based approaches to health and wellbeing. It notes that while modern medicine is powerful, many still live with long-term conditions, so these approaches are important. Evidence shows that approaches like shared decision making, personalized care planning, and peer support can improve outcomes. The presenter argues that health professionals should partner with people and communities, focus on what matters to them, and promote individual wellbeing through practices like better conversations and collaboration. Embracing these approaches in their own work could make a big difference.
Semantic Similarity and Selection of Resources Published According to Linked ...Riccardo Albertoni
The position paper aims at discussing the potential of exploiting linked data best practice to provide metadata documenting domain specific resources created through verbose acquisition-processing pipelines. It argues that resource selection, namely the process engaged to choose a set of resources suitable for a given analysis/design purpose, must be supported by a deep comparison of their metadata. The semantic similarity proposed in our previous works is discussed for this purpose and the main issues to make it scale up to the web of data are introduced. Discussed issues contribute beyond the re-engineering of our similarity since they largely apply to every tool which is going to exploit information made available as linked data. A research plan and an exploratory phase facing the presented issues are described remarking the lessons we have learnt so far.
This document describes SSONDE, a framework for calculating semantic similarity between linked data entities. It provides instructions on downloading and installing SSONDE, crawling data from data.cnr.it to use as an example, configuring SSONDE, running it to calculate similarities, and visualizing the results. The document also discusses potential optimizations and extensions to SSONDE. It concludes by asking the reader to consider how SSONDE could be useful for their research and whether they would be interested in contributing.
An ontology driven module for accessing chronic pathology literature- CHRONIO...Riccardo Albertoni
An ontology driven module was developed for accessing chronic pathology literature as part of the CHRONIOUS project. It uses medical terminology like MeSH and disease-specific ontologies for COPD and CKD mapped to MeSH. Documents are processed using NLP and annotated with concepts from the ontologies. Users can search by concept or text to retrieve documents. The system was shown to retrieve relevant documents compared to PubMed and supports ontology evolution and multiple languages. Future work includes notifications for ontology changes and incremental re-indexing of documents.
This document provides guidance on classroom management for teachers. It includes:
1. A 23-point classroom management code teachers should follow to establish order and structure.
2. Notes explaining certain points of the code in more detail.
3. Additional guidance on stopping misbehavior, using praise effectively, and practical tips for handling classroom issues. The guidance emphasizes preventing problems, using positive reinforcement, being consistent, and engaging students in learning.
This document proposes quality measures for assessing linkset quality in linked data. It defines quality indicators, scoring functions, and aggregate metrics for evaluating linksets. Quality indicators examine aspects like entity types and counts. Scoring functions measure type coverage, completeness, and entity coverage within linksets. Interpretation tables help users understand scoring results and determine next steps. The measures specifically address linkset completeness for complementing datasets. The work contributes a first formalization and prototype for linkset quality assessment.
workshop delivered at SMART event
please note this presentation was delivered as speaker support material and is intended for reference by attendees not for use as a stand-alone resource
Annual Report for Runaway and Homeless Youth Organization The National Runawa...National Runaway Safeline
Annual report containing statistics and financial information on activities performed by runaway and homeless youth crisis call center the National Runaway Safeline.
Top 5 reasons that motivates people to charityAnusha Tawakley
The document outlines 5 reasons that motivate people to donate to charity: 1) Changing lifestyles are making people more attentive to leading ethical lives and caring for others; 2) Changing societal perspectives are making people more accepting of inequality and wanting to enact change; 3) Increased societal awareness is reducing self-centeredness and motivating people to help those in need; 4) Attachment to charitable organizations provides a sense of purpose and satisfaction that encourages continued support; 5) Donating solves the purpose of life by allowing people to help others and feel fulfilled. The document promotes donating to Lok Kalyan Samiti by providing their donation link.
Christa Dowling - Cross-cultural activities within strategic alliancesSignitt
Do you want to know who you are? Don’t ask.
Act! Action will delineate you and define you.
- Thomas Jefferson
‘Yes, talk to me but also look into my eyes…then listen carefully!’ These are often said words and often not followed.
Signitt
Monica Heynes addresses the summit on gender based violence prevention strategies. In 3 sentences: She advocates for partnership between civil society and local government to comprehensively combat gender based violence; stresses that preventing gender based violence requires addressing the social climate and root causes, not just incidents of violence; and calls for sustained commitment from organizations and leadership to change long-held attitudes through grassroots efforts and equitable laws.
This document outlines the legal duties and civic responsibilities of citizens, including obeying laws, paying taxes, military service, jury duty, and school attendance. It also discusses civic responsibilities like being informed, voting, respecting others' rights and diversity, and contributing to the common good. Finally, it describes how citizens volunteer and donate to their communities through organizations like the Peace Corps, AmeriCorps, and Senior Corps.
The document discusses the importance of youth work in communities. It argues that young people and communities are often seen as separate, but they should be brought together. Good youth and community work can help develop pride in local areas and create inclusive communities where young people are valued. The challenges include demonstrating how youth work contributes to key issues like employment, health, and crime prevention. Youth work must also listen to young people and communities to understand local needs. Framing youth work outcomes can show it is worth investing in.
This document discusses the importance of educating young people about domestic violence. It outlines programs that will be implemented at the school to address this issue, including the You the Man theater-based program and the Building Respectful Relationships curriculum. Letters will be sent to parents and students to inform them about the programs and address any concerns. The goal is to educate students to reduce the impact of domestic violence by promoting respectful relationships and empowering youth to recognize signs and seek help. Feedback from other schools has been positive about the ability of these programs to engage students on this important topic.
The document examines issues facing youth in communities and provides recommendations to help address problems. It finds that bringing together schools, community members, students and volunteers to create opportunities for teens, such as activities, clubs and safe spaces, could help keep teens engaged in school and deter involvement in drugs, gangs and crime. The report recommends that city councils and community organizations work to establish a designated youth center run by trained staff to occupy and positively influence teens.
Accessible Questions for Candidates - Version No. 2Citizen Network
These slides suggest possible questions to ask parliamentary candidates in the May 2015 General Election. This set use Photosymbols images and accessible written English.
This document summarizes views shared by 50 youth ages 16-29 from the Jane-Finch community in Toronto about issues like violence, well-being, opportunities, and family/community. The youth participated in a "Mobile Speakers' Corner" project run by ACT for Youth, a community-university partnership focused on developing a youth strategy. Key themes that emerged from the youths' views included discrimination, negative perceptions of the community, critiques of police, mixed views on "turf", concerns about health, community services, employment, housing, the importance of families and role models, and a strong sense of community pride despite challenges.
Accessible Questions for Candidates - Version No. 1Citizen Network
These slides suggest possible questions to ask parliamentary candidates in the May 2015 General Election. This set use Boardmaker images and accessible written English.
The document discusses various social and political problems affecting society. It argues that while many blame politicians and the government for problems, individuals are also responsible as active citizens of their communities. The document suggests that if citizens were to work together toward common goals and think of others besides themselves, they could enact positive change and improve quality of life for all members of society rather than a select few.
The social action project focused on youth crime. Various research methods were used, including primary sources like surveys and secondary sources to obtain crime statistics. The audience was youth aged 13-21 who are affected by or involved in crime. Feedback from the audience found the information on escaping crime and support resources to be useful and surprising. Though fully stopping youth crime will take time, the project helped raise awareness and was therefore successful in its goals. Continued efforts are needed to help more at-risk youth.
July 2017 EdgeTalks - A new mandate to support community actionNHS Horizons
This document discusses the importance of "people powered" or asset-based approaches to health and wellbeing. It notes that while modern medicine is powerful, many still live with long-term conditions, so these approaches are important. Evidence shows that approaches like shared decision making, personalized care planning, and peer support can improve outcomes. The presenter argues that health professionals should partner with people and communities, focus on what matters to them, and promote individual wellbeing through practices like better conversations and collaboration. Embracing these approaches in their own work could make a big difference.
Semantic Similarity and Selection of Resources Published According to Linked ...Riccardo Albertoni
The position paper aims at discussing the potential of exploiting linked data best practice to provide metadata documenting domain specific resources created through verbose acquisition-processing pipelines. It argues that resource selection, namely the process engaged to choose a set of resources suitable for a given analysis/design purpose, must be supported by a deep comparison of their metadata. The semantic similarity proposed in our previous works is discussed for this purpose and the main issues to make it scale up to the web of data are introduced. Discussed issues contribute beyond the re-engineering of our similarity since they largely apply to every tool which is going to exploit information made available as linked data. A research plan and an exploratory phase facing the presented issues are described remarking the lessons we have learnt so far.
This document describes SSONDE, a framework for calculating semantic similarity between linked data entities. It provides instructions on downloading and installing SSONDE, crawling data from data.cnr.it to use as an example, configuring SSONDE, running it to calculate similarities, and visualizing the results. The document also discusses potential optimizations and extensions to SSONDE. It concludes by asking the reader to consider how SSONDE could be useful for their research and whether they would be interested in contributing.
An ontology driven module for accessing chronic pathology literature- CHRONIO...Riccardo Albertoni
An ontology driven module was developed for accessing chronic pathology literature as part of the CHRONIOUS project. It uses medical terminology like MeSH and disease-specific ontologies for COPD and CKD mapped to MeSH. Documents are processed using NLP and annotated with concepts from the ontologies. Users can search by concept or text to retrieve documents. The system was shown to retrieve relevant documents compared to PubMed and supports ontology evolution and multiple languages. Future work includes notifications for ontology changes and incremental re-indexing of documents.
This document provides guidance on classroom management for teachers. It includes:
1. A 23-point classroom management code teachers should follow to establish order and structure.
2. Notes explaining certain points of the code in more detail.
3. Additional guidance on stopping misbehavior, using praise effectively, and practical tips for handling classroom issues. The guidance emphasizes preventing problems, using positive reinforcement, being consistent, and engaging students in learning.
This document proposes quality measures for assessing linkset quality in linked data. It defines quality indicators, scoring functions, and aggregate metrics for evaluating linksets. Quality indicators examine aspects like entity types and counts. Scoring functions measure type coverage, completeness, and entity coverage within linksets. Interpretation tables help users understand scoring results and determine next steps. The measures specifically address linkset completeness for complementing datasets. The work contributes a first formalization and prototype for linkset quality assessment.
Environmental Thesauri Under the Lens of Reusability (EGOVIS 2014)Riccardo Albertoni
The development of a Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) at
European level is strategic to answer the needs of environmental management requested by the European, national and local policies. Several European projects and initiatives aim to share, integrate and make accessible large amount of environmental data in order to overcome cross-
border/language/cultural barriers. To this purpose, environmental thesauri are used as shared nomenclatures in metadata compilation and information discovery, and they are increasingly made available on the web.
This paper provides a methodological approach for creating a catalogue of the environmental thesauri available on the web and assessing their reusability with respect to domain independent criteria. It highlights critical issues providing some recommendations for improving thesauri reusability.
The document discusses what makes a strong team and provides examples of both positive and negative leadership behaviors. Some keys to strong teams include quality leadership, treating individuals fairly, recognizing achievements, dealing with problems affecting the team, and involving staff in decision-making. Good leaders act as role models, demonstrate commitment, encourage new responsibilities, praise achievements, and provide explanations for decisions. Poor leaders do not communicate, make inaccurate assumptions, and fail to recognize contributions or deal with issues that impact the team. Staff suggest leaders get to know team members, recognize contributions, celebrate achievements, be fair, and involve staff in decisions.
Semantic Similarity Assessment to Browse Resources exposed as Linked Data: an...Riccardo Albertoni
This document discusses using semantic similarity to browse linked habitat and species datasets. It presents two contexts for assessing semantic similarity: 1) a habitat-species based similarity comparing habitats by their hosted species, and 2) a taxonomy-based similarity comparing positions in the taxonomic hierarchy. Examples are given comparing habitat instances based on their species compositions. The semantic similarity is designed to work with linked data, following links between datasets without a centralized ontology. It can refine keyword searches and provide personalized browsing suggestions to discover related resources across data sources.
This document discusses assessing the quality of linksets for complementing third party datasets. It defines key concepts for evaluating linkset quality, such as quality indicators, scoring functions, and aggregate metrics. Quality indicators measure aspects of the datasets and linksets, such as the types of entities and the number of entities of each type. Scoring functions evaluate the quality indicators, and aggregate metrics combine the scores. The goal is to help publishers and consumers of linked data understand how suitable a linkset is for complementing or extending another dataset.
SSONDE is a framework for calculating semantic similarity between ontology instances represented as linked data. It provides an asymmetric similarity score that emphasizes containment relationships between instances. SSONDE operates at the application layer and assumes integration steps like ontology alignment have already occurred. It has been applied to compare researchers based on publications and interests, and habitats based on hosted species. The framework supports configurable similarity contexts and caching to optimize performance on large linked datasets.
Very limited attention has been dedicated to the quality of linksets, the connections of information belonging to distinct datasets, that might be as important as dataset's quality when consuming Linked Data.
In this paper, we present a rst linkset quality measure proposing a function able to estimate the new information gained through linksets among SKOS thesauri. A scoring function, the linkset importing is provided focusing on the multilingual gain, in terms of the new translated labels, obtained by complementing a SKOS thesaurus through skos:exactMatch links. We finally discuss how the linkset importing can be signicantly used in the context of the EU project eENVplus.
SKOS and semantic web best practice to access terminological resources: Natur...Riccardo Albertoni
The document discusses using SKOS and semantic web best practices to access terminological resources from two European projects - NatureSDIPlus and CHRONIOUS. For NatureSDIPlus, a common thesaurus framework was developed using SKOS and RDF to integrate existing nature conservation thesauri. This allowed for modularity, openness, interlinking of terms, and exploitability of the thesauri. For CHRONIOUS, SKOS and OWL ontologies were used to develop a thesaurus-ontology module to support literature search for chronic diseases.
LusTRE is a linked thesaurus framework that enables the joint exploitation of multiple knowledge organization systems (KOS) related to the environment domain. It encodes thesauri using SKOS and publishes them as linked data. LusTRE includes several environmental thesauri like AGROVOC, EARTh, GEMET, and links concepts between them. It aims to improve data sharing across terminology resources while keeping each KOS separate. LusTRE is available as a SPARQL endpoint and web browser for exploring and linking across included thesauri.
This document discusses using positive questions and Appreciative Inquiry to solve problems and drive change. Appreciative Inquiry focuses on what is working rather than finding faults. The document provides examples of positive questions about communication, cooperation, customer satisfaction, positive energy, and shared vision that can be used in team meetings to highlight strengths and best practices. It also describes how to use positive questions to transform complaints into possibilities and review projects to celebrate achievements.
The document discusses lessons designed to better engage boys in learning. It notes that boys often struggle with focus, self-esteem, and understanding expectations. Lessons should develop literacy and numeracy, relate to life experiences, use interactive techniques, and provide structure and feedback. Key recommendations include concentrating on key concepts, paying attention to literacy and numeracy, ensuring understanding of goals, and relating material to real-world examples. The document provides examples of activities to strengthen literacy, such as using word walls and writing frames, to help boys progress.
The document discusses the use of modal auxiliary verbs can, could, and be able to. It explains that can is used to talk about present ability or possibility, could is used to talk about past ability or possibility, and be able to is used to talk about ability. It provides examples of how each modal verb is used and exercises for the reader to practice using them correctly.
The document discusses juvenile justice programs and their role in rehabilitating juvenile offenders. It focuses on the Connecticut Junior Republic program, which provides services like counseling, education support, and skills building to help troubled youth. The program evaluates each juvenile's background and needs. Key aspects that could help deter delinquent behavior include teaching resilience skills to cope with problems in healthy ways and addressing family and school issues. However, the success of these programs ultimately depends on the juvenile's willingness to change.
Mini-Lecture for week 5Course Outline--Week 5BECOMING .docxannandleola
Mini-Lecture for week 5
Course Outline--Week 5
BECOMING AN EFFECTIVE AND CARING VOLUNTEER--Continued from week 4
Mini-Lecture: Welcome to Week 5.
It is useful to use a social systems framework for understanding our community. When we do this we view a community as a social system composed of a number of subsystems (for example, neighborhoods or businesses or agencies existing in the same physical space and that are all linked together by some common goals). We can also look at a community as a subsystem of the state in which it is located. In addition, human beings are individual (not social) systems in their own right, but are also subsystems of their communities. We know from our experience that a community can further the growth and development of an individual or family, or it can limit or even destroy that subsystem’s progress. Consequently, it is important to understand that our community has had a rather profound effect on our personal development. So this week we also look at what influences have shaped our lives and helped us develop into the person we are today. A reflective look at ourselves is an assignment of significant importance.
It is understandable that people want to change some things about or in their community and can be referred to as "change agents". That term is a little impersonal for me. It's a pretty stiff and stoic term for what we may feel strongly on an emotional level. I want something more warm and fuzzy—like “the make a difference” person so I would like to "change" the term to "make a difference person".
In reality our volunteer work is an attempt to change something. Either making someone's life, or some piece of their life, or the life experience in our community better--to MAKE A DIFFERENCE. So volunteers (and others) become change agents. We may also endeavor to change entire community views on a particular topic or concern or we may want to change a condition or situation that exists in our community. So we begin the process. In some situations we can do it by direct contact--person to person. In some other situations (like broad community change) we have to have helpers and so we form coalitions with others who wish to see the same changes occur so that we can impact conditions that require multi-level or higher level change.
As “make a difference persons” we continually shift back and forth between attention to individuals, subsystems, and to the larger system (community or state, etc) of which they are a part. This ability to look at multi-levels sequentially and/or simultaneously is a hallmark of community change efforts. This becomes a pretty sophisticated process but one that we should not back away from because we may not know what to do right now to change things. We learn as we move forward and that is a very satisfying experience. Broad based community change takes a lot of effort and many people to eventually join in the movement. Often it moves slowly and s ...
Power of One (Part III)Kimberly KimbroughEDU 635Se.docxChantellPantoja184
Power of One (Part III)
Kimberly Kimbrough
EDU 635
September 7, 2015
Romona White
POWER OF ONE
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POWER OF ONE
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The current state of the community
The current state of the community is that the community is yet to allocate some land for the construction of a plating ground for its youth and the children. However, some of the young people are already playing games such as basketball and hockey within their parent's home backyards. The community members have already shown interest in visiting each other during distress calls such as during the loss of a loved one. The youth is slowly learning about their differences, and they are embracing the power of diversity in their interactions.
Indicators of success
The indicators of success will be the attendance of the community members in the monthly meetings and the number of youth who engage in the games. Another indicator of success will be the participation of members in the bi-annual evaluation of the initiative through the filling of the questionnaires. The more that the members of the community will get involved in the community events, the greater the success will be for the community. Another indicator of the success is the response of the community members in answering a distress call of any of the members. How supportive the members are will be reflected in distress times such as funerals of members, visiting a sick member and any other distress signal such as a burglary or a fire within the community. These successes will be measured in the number of youth who engage in sports, the number of members who turn out for the monthly visit of member's homes, the number of members who respond to fellow member's distress call and so on. The number will provide a proportion of the total population that is responsive to the welfare of fellow members.
Evaluation of the initiative
The initiative will need to be evaluated at least twice per year to check whether it is still on the course and whether it is achieving its intended goals and objectives. The evaluation will be done by giving all the members of the community questionnaires in order to obtain feedback on whether the initiative has borne fruits, and any challenges therein and any future challenges that may be expected. The members' participation in filling in the questionnaires will be a vital part in obtaining the required feedback as all the information and recommendations given will be anonymous to the extent that no one will know the other person's evaluation. The feedback that the committee will obtain will be a stepping stone in enabling the community to address its issues without pointing an accusing finger at anyone. It will also allow the members of the society to get in terms of the progress of the initiative. The evaluation will provide a sense of direction to the community, allowing its member's to provide solutions to its problems. The community will be able to tackle problems before they get out of hand. The outcome.
Weekly tasks or assignments (Individual or Group Projects) will be.docxalanfhall8953
Weekly tasks or assignments (Individual or Group Projects) will be due by Monday and late submissions will be assigned a late penalty in accordance with the late penalty policy found in the syllabus. NOTE: All submission posting times are based on midnight Central Time.
Almost all people have times in their life when they feel that they are not in control of the events that happen to them. There are often times when others seem to have more power over people than they do over themselves. This can create a strong feeling of power imbalance between oneself and another person. Sometimes, this can be because of a positive power imbalance, in the case of a mentor, advisor, or supervisor who uses his or her authority to guide and teach others. Sometimes, however, this can also be because of a negative power imbalance, in the case of a boss who bullies; a boyfriend or a girlfriend who can be emotionally and physically threatening; or in the case of a confrontation, one person initiating violence against another.
In the United States and in other countries around the world, power imbalances are often commonly experienced by populations who may be political or social minorities because of their gender, race, tribal and ethnic association, or socioeconomic status. Consequently, discrimination may occur as a way of preserving the status quo as a means of preventing others from accessing multiple public and private services, credit, employment, and housing opportunities, for example.
As people bring the personal into the professional, self-awareness is important for homeland security personnel when working and intervening successfully with critical incidents that may involve culturally diverse responders, survivors, and perpetrators. Coping with unpredictable and ongoing situations of crisis and terror can arouse personal feelings of helplessness and lack of control. It is important, therefore, to understand what particular coping strengths you can bring into such a situation, your ability to respond to and manage such a situation, and what your capacity is to learn from such events for future use.
Therefore, looking back over your own life, choose a situation in which you experienced a major power imbalance while interacting with another person that either assisted or prevented you from meeting your aims. This could be, for example, with a former boss, coach, teacher, parent, or friend who had some kind of authority over you when the incident occurred.
Assignment Guidelines
· This paper should be between 750–1,000 words and will be written in 3 parts:
· The first part should be labeled "Part 1: What Happened."
· Insert as much objective detail as you can remember, in as factual a manner as possible.
· The second part should be labeled "Part 2: Looking Back."
· Insert what you felt your response was to what happened during the event.
· The third part should contain discussion regarding 2 additional aspects and should be labeled "Part 3: What I Lear.
The document discusses challenges facing communities like peak oil, climate change, food and water security, and an aging population. It argues that effective responses require collaboration between diverse groups through honest dialogue. Communities need to cultivate skills like cooperation and shared responsibility. Building a strong community involves engaging in conversations to imagine possibilities and prototype the desired future. Personal ownership and small group work are keys to transformative change at a local level.
An Eden Project Field Guide to working with young peopleEdenProjectWebTeam
Young people are our future. How we treat them is an important indicator of the health and wellbeing of our society. The Eden Field Guide to Working With Young People explains why working with young people is so important and provides advice on how to go about it. This field guide was published by the Eden Project as part of its Big Lunch Extras programme. Find out more at www.biglunchextras.com
Love our children usa reading project #1choughtaling
Love Our Children USA is a national nonprofit organization founded in 1999 that works to prevent violence against children. It aims to break the cycle of violence by promoting positive changes in parenting attitudes and behaviors through public education. The organization informs and empowers communities, families, and children in order to strengthen families and keep children safe. It analyzes how to improve child safety by focusing on information sharing, advocacy, leadership, community involvement, and accountability.
Love our children usa reading project #1choughtaling
Love Our Children USA is a national nonprofit organization founded in 1999 that works to prevent violence against children. It aims to break the cycle of violence by promoting positive changes in parenting attitudes and behaviors through public education. The organization informs and empowers communities, families, and children in order to strengthen families and keep children safe. It analyzes how to improve child safety by focusing on information sharing, advocacy, leadership, community involvement, and accountability.
This document provides an overview of strategies for engaging youth in community decision making. It discusses how authentic youth engagement requires that young people have actual authority and responsibility over decisions that affect them. The benefits of youth engagement are described, including improved community outcomes and the development of skills for young participants. Principles for successful youth-adult partnerships are presented. The document also outlines challenges to youth engagement like prejudices and provides six strategies communities can use to involve young people, such as establishing positive youth-adult relationships and supporting youth organizational development. It concludes by describing an international learning exchange where youth and adults from different countries collaborated on this issue.
This document discusses the roles of youth in community action in the Philippines. It notes that according to the Youth in Nation-Building Act, youth are defined as those aged 15 to 30, and make up around one-third of the Philippine population. It identifies factors that can influence youth participation, such as education, values, and mindset. The document also provides ways for youth to get involved in their communities, such as developing positive attitudes, being exposed to values of community service, and engaging in leadership and skills development opportunities. It emphasizes the importance of empowering and recognizing youth contributions.
Understanding Young Men Challenges in Our SocietyKIGUME Karuri
The document discusses the challenges facing young men in society. It outlines several issues young men face including an identity crisis, lack of self-confidence, hopelessness about the future, confusion over moral issues, negative impacts of media, and pressure from academic performance standards. Young men often seek answers from each other instead of adults. The document calls on adults, especially men, to play a more active role in mentoring and guiding young men. It urges parents to get involved in their children's moral development and entertainment choices. It also encourages men to model good behavior for young men and assist them with their issues instead of staying removed from the challenges they face.
Everybody is rushing in their busy life denying these children for a meal which will cost less than 0.5 % of their monthly salary. Searching for a project in the Community Outreach me and my team encountered with these little kids begging for a meal and we decided that we will provide them a meal and knowledge how they can improve their life in future.
Lesson 9- The Role of the Youth in Community Action.pptxArJoiProctan
The document discusses the role of youth in community development in the Philippines. It notes that according to law, youth are defined as those aged 15-30, and make up around a third of the population. The document then outlines several factors that can influence youth participation in communities, such as education, values, parental involvement, and lack of recognition. It also provides examples of how youth can get involved through cultivating positive attitudes, values, mindsets and priorities. Developing youth leadership skills and recognizing their contributions are emphasized as important for encouraging involvement. One example project highlighted is #NowPH, which promotes youth participation in climate change and disaster response efforts.
The document discusses the role of youth in community development in the Philippines. It notes that according to law, youth are defined as those aged 15-30, and make up around a third of the population. The document then outlines several factors that can influence youth participation in communities, such as education, values, parental involvement, and lack of recognition. It also provides examples of how youth can get involved through cultivating positive attitudes, values, mindsets and priorities. Developing youth leadership skills and recognizing their contributions are emphasized as important for encouraging community participation.
This document discusses the roles and responsibilities of a school social worker. It begins by defining school social work as focusing on helping students succeed academically while also addressing issues they face at home. A key role of school social workers is to help students handle problems and provide resources to support their academic and social success. The document also notes important trends in the field, such as the expected growth in jobs for social workers through 2016.
1. Realise Your Potential
Key to changing youths’ perspectives
Part of the problem with children and our youth today is their perspective in life and their view of
themselves. Few children are raised with the belief they can achieve anything, or with aspiration to
succeed in life. Part of this stems from their home life with a lack of parental influence or positive
role model in their life but it also stems from negativity from their peers. If a child has no positive
influence in their life, they see no point in giving positive comments to others if they themselves do
not receive them. This is unfortunate as giving a positive comment or giving is much more powerful
and rewarding than receiving.
There are millions of young adults (aged 14-25) in the world and less than 30% go into employment,
20% go into further studies and 2% contribute by volunteering. However there are millions
remaining that do not expand their skills, that do not seek to share the knowledge they have and do
not see their role in today’s society.
Within the world there are adults (over 25) who are in full-time employment, volunteering or in
further education. Each of these adults is successfully contributing to their families, to their
communities and to their society. We need to capture this passion and share it amongst the youth.
If each adult ‘adopted’ a young adult to instil aspiration and to ensure each young adult understands
their role in the world and how one small act can change the world. It is not to encourage every
young adult to be a world-class brain surgeon, or make them aspire to rule their countries; the
purpose is to ensure that each young adult realises the importance of always doing their best and
that their contribution (no matter how small) makes a difference. As Martin Luther King said ‘If it
falls your lot to be a street sweeper, sweep streets like Michelangelo painted pictures, like
Shakespeare wrote poetry, like Beethoven composed music; sweep streets so well that all the host
of Heaven and Earth will have to pause and say, "Here lived a great sweeper, who swept his job
well.” ’
2. Implementation
The scheme requires implementation at the lowest level. It starts within classrooms and amongst
the youths’ peers.
What our peers think of us is important and their impressions, their words and their actions impact
on us for a lifetime. It is our responsibility to ensure that each individual receives a positive comment
about who they are. This will have most impact from a peer as opposed to an adult. While parental
or role-model figures can influence an individual the biggest impact comes from a peer, and it is this
that we should seek to encourage.
Each student should receive a positive comment from a peer. ‘When something is true many words
are not necessary’ and it is this we should embrace. The small positive comment will then be passed
to the individual to whom it is about. If we think negative things about someone, we are quick to
voice those issues yet positive comments remain silent. This is the change we should embrace.
Development
Under the scheme one adult will ‘adopt’ a young adult to instil confidence, aspiration and values into
the youth. The purpose of this is to develop the youth’s individualism and captivate their
imagination in order to empower them in today’s society. Together the adult and the youth will
write a contract between them, this contract is to aid and develop the relationship between the pair.
It is designed to ensure each commit to develop the other, that time is never wasted and to ensure it
is an equal partnership. (see appendix 1)
Initially, the group will match adults to the youth members to match likes and dislikes within their
future aspirations and values. Each member will be of the same gender to ensure equality and to
prevent issues surrounding cultural inequalities. The initial meeting will be to get to know each
other, and each will be asked to complete a questionnaire to ask their aims and objectives in being
involved in such a project. They will then be introduced to three other pairs and ask to free-form
ideals of the project as a group. Following this, they will be separated into pairs and asked to design
their own contracts and charters; they will be asked to sign them and will have created their own
penalties if either party fail to adhere to the contract.
Each month the pair will submit a report or inform their group leader about the success of their
meetings, where additional support may be needed or to iron out problems that have occurred in
the previous month.
3. Appendix 1
Example Contract
I understand the purpose and intent of participating in this scheme. As the adult
__________________________, I am fully aware of the impact I will be making and promise to
adhere to the rules set forth by the group. I will commit myself to the project and promise to meet
my youth at the arranged times and places. If I fail to honour our agreements I agree to serve one
hour community service for each broken promise.
As the youth, ____________________________ I promise to commit myself to the project and am
aware of the sacrifices my mentor has made to be here, and the time they have sacrificed to support
me. I promise to meet my mentor at the arranged times and places. If I fail to honour our
agreements I agree to serve one hour community service for each broken promise.
We both confirm that this project is based on mutual respect between both parties and we each
confirm that if the kindness shown by the other party is abused, community service will be applied
and the group will reconsider their participation in the project.
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4. Ideas/Examples of how to Raise Potential
1. Complete the values toolkit with the individual to see how they foresee their future. (Just
Think)
2. Make a ‘dream’ list of what they wish to achieve
3. Design an image of how they want to be perceived by their peers, family and society (this
may differ)
4. Get them involved in community initiatives (see One Africa One Family policy)
5. Job shadowing the career of their choice to gain on hand experience and potential
reference.
6. Volunteering at the local hospital or local orphanages – giving to others always raises one’s
potential.
7. Keep a journal of thoughts – writing is a therapeutic tool which will enable each youth to see
what their intimate and deep issues are. These can then help shape the ideas for raising
potential.
8. Giving someone responsibility makes them responsible – we learn by being the opportunity
to learn. Enable them to tutor others and make an impact on other’s lives.
This is obviously not an exhaustive list and I would encourage more and additional ideas. There is no
limit on potential!