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A Vicious Cycle: How Racialised Moral Panics Simultaneously Reproduce (and are Reproduced by) Repressive Policing Practices
Get PDFPolicing and moral panics exist in a mutually reinforcing, reciprocal relationship, the harmful outcomes of which are disproportionately directed towards poor communities of colour. This paper will draw on two examples of moral panics: those surrounding Islamic terrorism and Black crime, in order to illustrate the harm that this reinforcing relationship can cause. This harm manifests itself in increasingly restrictive antiterrorism laws, Prevent initiatives, racial profiling, and internal surveillance within the Muslim community; as well as the policies of Joint Enterprise, Knife Crime Prevention Orders (KCPOs), and the strengthening of the school-to-prison pipeline, which disproportionally target Black youth. With reference to Hall et al’s notion of a ‘law and order society’, this paper will argue that these moral panics, rather than being wholly distinct, rather, bleed into one another. Whilst they target their own ’folk devils’ and manifest independently through policies that target specific ethnic or religious groups, they cumulatively serve to justify increasingly repressive policing practices. It is the control of perceived racial, cultural, or religious ‘others’, or deviants, that these moral panics serve to justify. This network of interconnected moral panics is self-perpetuating; policing acts as a catalyst for these panics and, at the same time, is presented as the solution to them
Cultivating Hope: Creating Peer-to-Peer Connections
No full textUnited Way of Santa Cruz Jovenes Sanos (JS) program focuses on providing youth leadership and youth voices to shift current stigmas around mental health. The program reaches this goal by helping youth increase access to mental health resources and cultivating peer-to-peer connections within Santa Cruz County, specifically with the youth of Watsonville, California. The main problem focus for the project, Cultivating Hope, is a deficiency of mental health awareness within society. The project addressed the need for peer-to-peer connections and supportive resources. For that purpose, the project hoped to bring peers together and implement conversations around mental health awareness. From the project, the program was also expected to create a safe space where youth felt motivated to focus on their self-care. As a result, the project proved to meet the expectations; the youth participants shared positive feedback to their experiences. In continuing to host events like Cultivating Hope, it is important for JS to continue working towards more related events and group discussions that will allow youth to feel connected with their peers and leaders of their community
Improving Mental Health in Hispanic Communities
Get PDFAIM Youth Mental Health is advocating for children who are suffering from lack of resources, guidance, and clinical research. The division implementing this project is the outreach program. The intern and team will passionately work together to make this event successful by creating bilingual fliers that share information about the agency\u27s programs and training. Depression and suicide are the most common issues occurring in Monterey county as of today and has been affecting many families. Providing these resources will unite and educate professionals, parents, and students about school programs available for youths and measures for adults as well. The most important findings was being able to reach out to more than 500 people and advocate for youths. Upcoming recommendations to make even more of an effective change is to have a primary individual at events enrolling parents into our training instead of only informing them
Substance Abuse Prevention Workshop For Youth
Get PDFFriday Night Live Substance Abuse Prevention program is part of the Behavioral Health Department in Santa Cruz County. In this agency the project implemented was based on educating Youth and adults on impaired driving including the consequences and contributions including substance abuse. The macro level problem related to this project is the lack of education to teens on substance abuse. The micro level problem in the project implemented is DUI\u27s and impaired driving in Santa Cruz County. The purpose of this project is to provide a workshop included with activities for Youth and adults to participate in and be educated on the substance abuse consequences and how it affects the community. The most important findings included in this project were to share the statistics of teens affected by substances and adults affected by substances. Another contributing factor to this workshop is to educate the youth in research of DUI’s and substance abuse in the community that they don\u27t get to learn in public schools. The next steps the agency can take with addressing this problem is using this workshop presentation in continuing to share at chapter meetings and Youth Council meetings throughout the community in Santa Cruz County
Intimate Partner Violence Prevention Curriculum For Teens
Get PDFThe Y.W.C.A is a non-profit with a variety of services. The intern will oversee the Youth Education Advocacy division, to work with the teen population. Y.E.A. is a program that focuses resources on youth advocacy to promote healthy relationships. The overall goal is to reduce intimate partner violence (IPV) in communities. The micro-level problem is addressed by increasing students\u27 self-awareness, and knowledge of healthy relationships, while also teaching effective communication skills. The program is a 10-week curriculum with PowerPoint presentations, activities, videos, and scenarios/case studies. All students were given an intro exam and a final exam. Despite not all schools completing the curriculum at the same time a sample population of 20 students was tested and met the expected outcome. A recommendation for the agency would be to continue the intern\u27s work to spread awareness and get new schools to try the program
Addressing Human Trafficking and Promoting Healthy Relationships
No full textGathering For Women is a non-profit organization that serves as a day center for homeless women and women at risk of homelessness where they provide hot meals, free clothing, and limited emergency assistance. There are several challenges for homeless women in Monterey County that contribute to the lack of awareness and education in regard to human trafficking, healthy relationships, and sex education. For this project, Gathering For Women hosted educational presentations to their guests relating to these topics. These presentations are meant to educate the guests about the issues of human trafficking, foster healthy relationships, and promote safe sex. For this project, agencies and organizations that aim to combat these issues were contacted to collaborate and facilitate the presentations. The presentations were created and promoted to the guests via flyers, and evaluation forms were created to receive honest feedback. The expected outcomes for the presentations were to have five to ten guests per presentation, a potential partnership with Planned Parenthood, and for the guests to feel like they have a safe place to discuss their experiences within these issues. As a result, only one outcome was met. Guests who attended the presentation shared insightful thoughts, questions, and their experiences. It is important for Gathering For Women to continue hosting educational presentations on complex issues that their guests live through. There should also be training provided for volunteers and employees so they can be aware of the issues their guests endure. The training will allow them to learn the set skills needed to adequately address a situation they will most likely come across
Filming a hidden resource: The soil in the seventh art narrative
Get PDFThe general public often perceives soil as a hidden resource. In recent years, the film industry has shown an increasing awareness about the soil environment. Indeed, as public opinion about environmental problems has increased, soil as a natural resource has become more popular in public discourse, and, consequently, the film industry, partly because of its ability to showcase public concerns and mainstream opinion. This review aims to identify depictions of soil in films and the following consequences regarding their impact on society. We investigated movies containing different perspectives and aimed to understand: i) the role of the soil environment in their message; ii) how soil was approached by filmmakers; iii) how and to what extent such an approach changed along the investigated period; and finally; iv) how “soil movies” should be used as an innovative educative and didactic tool. Nine hundred and eighty movies where soils represent a direct or indirect source of inspiration or background for the movie’s storytelling were analyzed (from 1903 to 2022). Several approaches to soil resources were observed, which led us to seek quantitative data, too. Results showed that soil has been represented with approaches often far from the simple idea of soil as a static backdrop. Scriptwriters and directors have moved from a stylistic representation of soil to one that includes the soil environment in the main narrative by using innovative metaphoric approaches. With its ability to represent soil as a natural resource, this review demonstrates that “soil movies” can strongly contribute to spreading knowledge about this fragile and non-renewable resource, encouraging its use for educational purposes
The Taken Children of Ukraine
Get PDFThe invasion of Ukraine paints a complex picture for children. Russia has been accused of kidnapping and genocide, violating international rights and humanitarian laws. Some children taken by Russia will be adopted, all will be Russified, and the fate of others is unknown. Children of all ages taken from families or institutions have become weapons of war. Attempts at ‘rescues’ for the purpose of adoption mean children are also at risk from other actors. Social workers and NGOs play important roles in work with these children and their families. The Taken Children of Ukraine is the focus of this article
Middle School Children\u27s Leadership Development
Get PDFThis capstone project focuses on the development of leadership skills development amongst a group of ethnic minority students at a middle school in an advisory class. Developing leadership abilities benefits students\u27 personal development and impacts how they connect with their classmates. It teaches students the importance of looking out for one another inside and outside of the classroom, resolving their own social disputes as a role model, and encouraging them to participate in team sports and class activities. However, low-income ethnic minority students do not get many opportunities to develop leadership skills, compared to middle-class students. This may be due to other external factors like teachers not having enough resources to give these children access to programs and resources and teachers’ low expectations for these students in the classroom. There is a need for leadership development workshops in minority middle school students\u27 children\u27s leadership development. I developed a workshop on leadership development for middle school students. The three subtopics of leadership I focused on why it is important to be a leader, qualities of a leader, and how to increase opportunities for one\u27s leadership skills. I provided a workshop on the need for leadership skills in youth. The general focus of the service is to educate students on the importance of leadership in a advisory class setting and the role it plays in social development growth. The location for the service is at Los Arboles Middle School and the audience is students ranging from ages ten to fourteen years old