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Troubled Fun: Experiences of Joy and their Implications for Mental Health in Young Adults
Get PDFThe COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated and revealed the extent of our national mental health crisis, especially among undergraduate students and young adults. According to the National College Health Assessment survey in 2021 almost 75% of undergraduates nationwide reported moderate or severe psychological distress. Many young adults are experiencing insufficient sleep, social media use and/or abuse, drug and alcohol abuse, sexual or emotional abuse, low social support, trauma, etc. Sociologically, this is a crisis not only of individual suffering but of frail, fractured, and stressed relationships. This fact calls us to carry out a closer sociological investigation of young adults to understand factors lying behind these issues. Supportive and joyous relationships are crucial for wellbeing, but feelings of despair may themselves create barriers to building and maintaining those relationships. We aim to develop a humanistic understanding of the social and emotional lives of our participants. We hope to understand how young adults are working on developing new lifelong friendships and relationships, building community, and having fun in order to recognize what is going wrong when they struggle. Fully understanding these dynamics requires studying how feelings of sadness and isolation are met with efforts to spark authentic joy, fun, and connection. How do young adults foster joy as the building blocks of supportive relationships, and how/when do mental health challenges keep those experiences beyond their reach? Our study consists of a 2-part interview process beginning with a survey and concluding with an in-person interview where respondents will be asked to share experiences of joy and various emotional challenges that may push authentic connection just out of reach. Investigations of everyday life, tensions between peers, and expectations fulfilled or denied will lead us to understand the social and emotional lives of young adults on a micro level. These findings can then inform a more macro-sociological understanding of our contemporary mental health crisis. We aim to develop implications for student affairs, counseling centers, university administrators, and for students themselves
Ethical Concerns Regarding Use of Formers in Countering Extremism
No full textThis panel looks at issues of ethics and social justice related to involvement of former members of hate groups (“formers”) in “counter-extremism” and “deradicalization” organizations, projects, and campaigns. Formers are often assumed to have expertise and skills in preventing recruitment into, or disengaging individuals from, violent groups. However, a lack of transparency and oversight of programs makes formers’ skillsets difficult to assess. We argue that the fame, leadership roles, and expert status often conferred on formers is doing harm in several respects. Formers are sometimes less reformed than assumed. In some cases, they have continued to promote hate or have even gotten involved in far-right groups. Even in less concerning cases, centering formers as experts and conferring quasi-celebrity status on them, can serve to further marginalize and disempower those most impacted by hate groups. Rather than a victim/survivor-centered model, use of formers feeds an offender-centered model that tasks communities of color and other targeted populations with “compassionate” outreach to “heal” haters; this emphasis can undermine necessary boundaries that help protect communities from hate groups. The involvement of formers in government-funded Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) programs further contributes to a model that centers the individual psychology of members of hate groups, seeing life trauma as the cause of hate and relying on a securitized and medicalized theoretical framework, rather than addressing social injustice through activism
Spokane Community Against Racism: Community Organizing and the Platform for Change
No full textSpokane Community Against Racism Steering Committee Members Dr. Pui-Yan Lam, Rev Rick Matters, Rev. Walter Kendricks, Jac Archer, and Justice Forral will discuss the hurdles of local community organizing, what has worked for us, and how we help support grassroots and grasstop organizations from marches to legislative action. Discussions related to hearing directly from impacted community voices and empowering their voices, growing a community based organization, political advocacy from a grassroots to grasstop organizations, and community building and involvement. The Platform for Change 2.0 is a community driven document. The original Platform for Change had over 25 local organization sign on and has been used to craft other legislative demands and push for a more equitable system for our communities. For the Platform for Change 2.0 we have reach out to impacted communities to hear how they feel about safety and security in within their communities. This process has helped us gain a better understanding of what our local community members face and their immediate concerns
We the Invisible People
No full textKeynote featuring Charlene Teters, M.F.A. A member of the Spokane Nation and an artist, writer, educator, and activist, Charlene rose to national prominence as a graduate student at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign where she led protests against the degrading depictions of American Indian caricatures used as sport team’s mascots and was the subject of the award-winning documentary, In Whose Honor? by Jay Rosenstein. She has been honored as “Person of the Week” by ABC News and received a New Mexico Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts. She currently serves as the Interim Dean of the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico
Genocide Denial in Memes, Online, or in Museums and Denialism in the Law
No full textThe 2023 International Conference on Hate Studies, held at Spokane Community College, featured the theme of The Challenges of Hate in the 21st Century. The panel Genocide Denial in Memes, Online, or in Museums and Denialism in the Law included the following papers: Genocide Denial as Hate Speech - Through the Case Study of Banning Holocaust Denial Online, Yfat Barak-Cheney Genocide in the Congo: The Role of the Belgian Africa Museum in Interpreting Memories of Colonial Atrocity, Kyley Canion-Brewer Holocaust Denial, Distortion and Celebration in Memes, Dan Collen The Precarious Position of Denialism Regulations in Domestic and International Law, Adriana Sinclai
Understanding Contemporary Antisemitism in Our Current Landscape
No full textADL has been advancing a mission of “stopping the defamation of the Jewish people and ensuring fair and just treatment to all” for over a century. ADL’s Pacific Northwest Office, based in Seattle, Washington, has been working on the ground for over 75 years to advance ADL’s mission in the region and deliver on the ground resources, programs, and services to communities impacted by hate and a wide array of stakeholders seeking to build more inclusive, safe communities. ADL’s unique vantage point of fighting not only on behalf of the Jewish community but all communities impacted by hate and advocating for civil rights gives our organization a unique expertise on the issue of antisemitism and how it connects to wider societal struggles.
As we navigate a polarizing political landscape with growing threats of antisemitism, various forms of hate, and rising domestic extremism, our workshop will seek to explore how antisemitism is manifesting in today’s climate, using ADL’s vast data points, anecdotes from local communities on the ground, and national events. We will examine how these manifestations are similar or different to the past, the connection between antisemitism and other forms of racism, and unique tools ADL is utilizing to fight this spreading form of bigotry
On the Scanlon Plan and Servant-Leadership
Get PDFFor 75 years, Joe Scanlon, the Scanlon Plan, and Scanlon-led companies had a robust run in the world of business, aided by the Scanlon Leadership Network. Over time, the number of Scanlon companies declined, and in 2013 the Scanlon Leadership Network, Foundation, and Consultancy ceased to exist. And for the past 53 years, servant-leadership has been growing in practice and influence around the world. This article in The International Journal of Servant-Leadership is adapted from a book that we created and published in 2008 titled, Scanlon EPIC Leadership, published by the Scanlon Foundation. Sections of the paper include an overview of Scanlon thought, as well as servant-leadership; reflections on the significance of Scanlon by twenty leadership and business authors; commentary on Joe Scanlon by Warren Bennis; an analysis of the history of Scanlon practices by organizations, written by Paul W. Davis and Larry C. Spears; an Afterword by Max DePree; and, closing thoughts on the end of Scanlon companies after 75 years of practice. Joe Scanlon, the originator of what came to be called the Scanlon Plan, and Robert K. Greenleaf who coined the term “servant-leader” have each had a profound influence on leadership and management practices. What was once radical ideas have entered the mainstream. The following essay will delve into the ongoing impact of Scanlon thought through employee involvement, teams, labor-management cooperation, gainsharing, goal-sharing, profit-sharing, suggestion systems, open-book management, lean techniques, and Theory Y management; and also, how servant-leadership continues to shape our understanding of what it means to serve first, and then to lead
Would Jesus Build a Pyramid? Servant-Leadership and Corporate Social Responsibility
Get PDFThe purpose of this article is to examine corporate social responsibility (CSR) from a Christian perspective and to study Jesus’ leadership and speculate whether Jesus would have built a CSR pyramid. First, literature is reviewed in the areas of servant-leadership, how Jesus leads, and corporate social responsibility. Following is a discussion of faith integration perspectives and models, biblical and theological approaches, and whether Jesus would build a pyramid. This article ends with a conclusion
In the Hot Seat: Saving Lives from Extreme Heat in Washington State
Get PDFExtreme heat is a serious issue that causes significant individual and collective health, safety, and economic costs. Some populations are more vulnerable to extreme heat, and extreme heat has an outsized impact on socially and politically marginalized populations such as low-income households and communities of color.
More Washingtonians will be vulnerable to extreme heat in the future due to the state’s aging population, urbanization, and climate change. Climate models project 4 to 6°F summer warming in the Pacific Northwest in the 2050s relative to the last half of the 20th century and the number of extreme heat days is projected to increase on the order of five-fold by the 2050s.
This report will summarize the risks of extreme heat, the drivers of vulnerability, and ways to protect people to take immediate action
European Approaches to Stopping Islamophobia are Inadequate: Lessons for Canadians Combating Anti-Muslim Racism and Hatred
Get PDFThe United Kingdom, France, and Spain have in common a large and growing Muslim population. The influx of immigrants and refugees has left many European states fearful of Muslim migrants because they perceive potential increases in terrorism and job insecurity, which would have significant social and economic policy implications. European governments have sought to strengthen security measures and immigration laws, often with consequences that disproportionately and negatively affect Muslims. At the same time, European governments have increased their efforts to address Islamophobia and improve Muslim integration, partly in response to the growth in the reporting of anti-Muslim hate crimes. Each of the aforementioned states has adopted different approaches to tackle issues affecting Muslim communities. Although some of the countries (e.g., Spain) have taken positive approaches in the fight against Islamophobia, others (e.g., France) pave the way for social disintegration and segregation by entrenching low socioeconomic status, passing discriminatory laws, and blaming violent attacks on Muslims as a whole. It appears that the European nations examined in this comparative analysis have failed, to varying degrees upholding values of equitable diversity and encouraging meaningful dialogue with Muslim organizations. Their approaches demonstrate a clear lack of adequate governmental response to growing levels of Islamophobia