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How Do They Do It?: Looking at the Strengths and Challenges in the Running of a Completely Voluntary Non-Profit Organization
Get PDFHow Do They Do It explores a small non-profit organization which is run solely by volunteers, called Mentor A Mother that was founded by two pre-natal nurses. Mentor A Mother is a mentoring program for young mothers ages 13-20 in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. This project demonstrates the need for a program such as this. This project looks at the organizational structure and culture of this unique organization and attempts to make comparisons to others like it. The main research question is based on what strengths and challenges are found in an all-volunteer run organization. I use real life experiences that I collected through my work as an intern with Mentor A Mother. In addition, I have conducted research to learn best practices in running an all voluntary non-profit organization, including board management, volunteer empowerment and leadership roles, in order to compare them to the experiences I had while working in the operation of such an organization
Exploring how social networks contribute to African immigrants’ ability to procure a sustainable livelihood in New York City
Get PDFThis research explores the effects of social networks on the ways that African immigrants in New York City secure, and sustain their livelihoods. Through lines of inquiry including social capital, livelihood resources, and economic activities, this research explores possible livelihood outcomes of Africans immigrants in New York City in relation to their social networks. By exploring themes through case studies of immigrants from different countries on the African continent, this research illustrates how becoming embedded in social networks in ones’ geographical jurisdiction widens an individual’s social capital, which in turn contributes to the probability of that individual in securing and holding a job and experiencing less significant economic shocks. There is a high possibility that when a person moved from their country of origin to a new geographical area, their social ties, ethnic linguistic and cultural traits, as well as the opportunity for early labor market will be diminish. Many African immigrants immigrate and end up in areas that are friendly to their ethnic, linguistic, and cultural traits, which is often areas with other minority groups. The interviews and focus group discussion provided an opportunity for participants to express themselves about how social networks have contributed to their means of living in New York City, how they were able to adopt to the new culture as new comers in the United States, and how they managed to secured and maintained their livelihood in New York City.
Keywords: Social Networks, Sustainable Livelihood, Social Capital, Africa, Immigrant
Why is Las Vegas busy everyday? A behavioural analysis of impact investors’ attitude and decision-making process
Get PDFRemarking a discrepancy in the statistics of a growing influence of impact investment and yet its restrictive inclusion in the financial market has encouraged this inductive research to take an alternative approach to address the impact investment market. In an emic perspective, this study aims to assess the factors motivating individuals and institutions to pursue impact investment. Further, it also investigates some elements that guide the decision making of the investors in this field. The qualitative nature of the research demands exceptional secondary sources and it is rendered more credible with the inclusion of three relevant primary sources. The analysis of the interviews and its assessment vis-a-vis the theories of behavioral finance, we have learned that media narratives and norms are the external factors that motivate people to invest responsibly. However, their personality, attitudes, values, and moral intensity are also inherent factors that encourage them. Their decision making is reliant upon heuristic biases caused by emotional factors such as trust and human relational more than accountability and data. The investors also tend to be oriented towards risk minimization rather than profit maximization, since many do not view impact investment as a traditional investment and neither do they expect to make a profit, nevertheless, it is debatable and depends on the individual. If the first inquiry is to assess the factors that encourage traditional investors to pursue social impact, then the second inquiry about Church investors is an antithetic approach as we evaluate factors that make Church investors consider financial gain alongside the social service. We conclude that it is the recognition of the need to become financially sustainable We can use these findings to restructure the choice architecture we provide to the clients by collecting relevant data to learn more about their values, attitude, and behavior to ease the decision-making process and encourage impact investment
An overview of supply-chain logistics in international humanitarian aid: finding challenges and solutions
Get PDFHumanitarian supply chain logistics concern the flow of goods and services in public health delivery. Such supply chains operate in both general development contexts and in acute crisis situations. In this paper, I give an overview of supply chains and then explore some of the challenges and potential solutions in delivering goods and services effectively and efficiently. Specifically, I analyze procurement, maintaining quality goods, incentivizing countries to act, collaboration, verification, possible losses in the supply chain, and ensuring appropriate use of product. I conclude that although humanitarian supply chains pose unique challenges, there is surprising efficiency in the system. This efficiency, however, is paramount on clear communication between NGOs, national health ministries, governing bodies, transportation players, and clinics on the ground. Clear communication ensures that no product is lost, and product can safely and quickly be delivered to those in need
Gen Z Perspectives on Climate Change and the Future: Having the courage to imagine and fight for a better world
Get PDFI conducted 6 interviews with Gen Z students to investigate how they think climate change will impact their future and how they frame the issue in general. I communicate my findings and analysis with visual context through a zine, which is a form of alternative media created in the 1930s. Today, zines provide a creative approach to exchange ideas and explain contemporary culture (Gisonny and Freedman, 2006, 26). My zine is not meant to be utterly educational but rather it is meant to convey the emotion, confusion, and chaos associated with my findings. The interviews collectively created an image of what climate change could look like in the worst case, how they feel about it, and what they think a solution might be. The common themes generated in these interviews include feelings of uncertainty regarding the future, understanding that there is a disproportionate impact of climate change, shortcomings of electoral politics, discrepancies with sustainability, capitalism as a driver of climate change and individualism, and personal detachment and avoidance of climate change action. I conclude that these students crave a clear image of the future, a clear positive picture for them to manifest in their life. Without this positive hopeful image to inspire them, they are left to feel hopeless and fearful of climate change; impending any action or conversation about the subject
Las perspectivas y experiencias de los profesionales del campo de la reproducción asistida en la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires y Bahía Blanca en el año 2020. / The perspectives and experiences of the professionals in the field of assisted reproduction in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires and Bahía Blanca in 2020.
Get PDFEn este informe se realiza una exploración del campo de la reproducción asistida en Argentina en 2020 a través de entrevistas personales con seis profesionales en el campo. Estos profesionales vienen de Capital Federal y Bahía Blanca y ofrecen perspectivas diversas en el estado del campo en este momento, los cambios que han pasado en los últimos años, y una mirada hacia el futuro. Este informe utiliza una metodología cualitativa y exploratoria, y un diseño observacional transversal. Además, emplea una muestra no probabilística y un diseño descriptivo para introducir el tema de reproducción asistida en Argentina y después analizarlo a través de las experiencias de los profesionales entrevistados.
El campo de la reproducción asistida en Argentina se ubica en un momento único – la ley nacional 26.862 que se promulgó en 2013 garantiza la cobertura de técnicas de reproducción asistida (TRA) dentro del sistema público y las Obras Sociales es una de las leyes de cobertura de TRA más progresista en el mundo. Además, la visión hacia la infertilidad y la reproducción asistida ha evolucionado mucho en los últimos años con la popularización de un tema históricamente más escondido, y la evolución de la visión social y de la tecnología hace que este campo sea un campo muy dinámico.
Este informe explora estos aspectos complejos del tema a través de un análisis de seis entrevistas personales y la literatura existente. Después de un marco teórico que da un contexto sobre la infertilidad y reproducción asistida en Argentina, se desarrolla un análisis de las perspectivas y experiencias de estos profesionales. Este análisis concluye que la ley nacional 26.862 y los cambios sociales impactaron y cambiaron el campo mucho, que los pacientes con infecundidad involuntaria son un grupo aumentando e importante, y que hay varias barreras que todavía existen que complican la idea de la ley de “cobertura universal” de las técnicas de reproducción asistida
EL COVID-19 Y EL DERECHO A LA INFORMACIÓN DE LOS PUEBLOS INDÍGENAS EN LA REGIÓN DE ARICA Y PARINACOTA / COVID-19 and the Right to Information of Indigenous Peoples in the Region of Arica and Parinacota
No full textThe present work tries to understand if the health communication programs in Chile are sufficient and, specifically, if the Chilean state guarantees the right to information of indigenous peoples in the context of COVID-19 in the Arica and Parinacota region. For this, semi-structured interviews were carried out and analyzed using the Atlas.ti software. The results showed that the indigenous peoples of Arica and Parinacota need intercultural programs that recognize their rights and cultures, and more access to information.
El presente trabajo pretende comprender si los programas de comunicación de salud en Chile son suficientes y, en específico, si el estado chileno garantiza el derecho a la información de los pueblos indígenas en el contexto del COVID-19 en la región de Arica y Parinacota. Para ello se realizaron entrevistas semiestructuradas y analizadas mediante el software Atlas.ti. Los resultados arrojaron que los pueblos indígenas de Arica y Parinacota necesitan programas interculturales que reconozcan sus derechos y culturas, y más acceso de la información
¿“La Familia Diversa”?: Una Investigación en Constructos de Familias en Ecuador en el Siglo XXI
No full textEn este ensayo, exploro la constitución ecuatoriana de 2008, específicamente el artículo 67 que reconoce y protege “la familia diversa”. Este artículo supuestamente reconoce “la familia en sus diversos tipos”. Pero, otras partes de la constitución y las acciones del gobierno niegan el artículo en muchas maneras. A pesar de las promesas rotas y palabrerías de la constitución, individuos y grupos en comunidades LGBTI en Ecuador existen afuera de la constitución cuando construyen “familias alternativas”. A través de formas de familias alternativas, los ecuatorianos pueden hacer familias alternativas y significado afuera de la constitución, y voy a investigar las implicaciones en este ensayo
La justicia medioambiental y la minería aurífera: Las implicaciones de la deforestación y la contaminación de metales pesados en Madre de Dios, Perú
No full textUsando un marco teórico de justicia medioambiental y de colonialidad, este informe describe, analiza e interprete los impactos ecológicos de la minería aurífera en Madre de Dios, una región amazónica del Perú. Específicamente, este informe trata las consecuencias de la deforestación y la contaminación por mercurio causadas por esta industria para la salud y el bienestar de los pueblos indígenas de Madre de Dios. A través de investigación secundaria de la literatura existente y los estudios ya realizados sobre el alcance de la degradación ecológica resultante de la minería aurífera en esta región, este informe examina la manera en que estas actividades mineras representan una injusticia medioambiental para las comunidades nativas que viven allí. Ya que la deforestación extensa ocasiona la devastación de sus tierras tradicionales y disminuye sus fuentes de alimentos y agua potable mientras los niveles altos de mercurio en el ambiente provocan numerosos problemas graves para la salud, argumento que esta destrucción de la naturaleza viola los derechos naturales de estas personas. En esta situación, es claro que los pueblos indígenas desproporcionadamente soportan las cargas ecológicas de la minería aurífera a pesar de que no son los beneficiarios primarios de las ganancias de esta industria. Para transformar esta realidad y lograr justicia medioambiental en Madre de Dios, propongo que estas comunidades se deben empoderar políticamente para ampliar sus voces en las decisiones que impactan a ellas y sus territorios. También, es preciso alejarse activa y deliberadamente de la mentalidad colonial en que son percibidos los pueblos indígenas y su ambiente como prescindibles y en cambio reconocer su indispensabilidad y la necesidad de proteger sus derechos humanos y ambientales.
Using theoretical frameworks of environmental justice and coloniality, this report describes, analyzes, and interprets the ecological impacts of gold mining in Madre de Dios, an Amazonian region of Peru. Specifically, this report addresses the consequences of deforestation and mercury pollution caused by this industry on the health and wellbeing of the indigenous peoples of Madre de Dios. Through secondary research of the existing literature and studies already completed about the extent of the ecological degradation resulting from gold mining in this region, this report examines the way in which these mining activities represent an environmental injustice for the native communities that live there. Because the extensive deforestation devastates their traditional lands and diminishes their sources of food and drinking water while the high levels of mercury in the environment provoke a plethora of serious health problems, I argue that this destruction of nature violates the natural rights of these people. In this situation, it is clear that the indigenous peoples disproportionately bear the environmental burdens of gold mining even though they are not the primary beneficiaries of the profits of this industry. To transform this reality and achieve environmental justice in Madre de Dios, I propose that there is a need for greater political empowerment of these communities in order to amplify their voices in decisions that impact them and their territories. It is also imperative that there be an active and deliberate shift away from the colonial mentality in which indigenous peoples and their environments are perceived as expendable and instead recognize their indispensability as well as the necessity of protecting their human and environmental rights
The Increased Role of Pesantrens in Indonesia’s Modern-Day Approach to Deradicalization
Get PDFIndonesia has had a unique relationship with Islamic radicalism since the war for Indonesian independence in 1945. While the formation of an Islamic State in Indonesia has been at the forefront of radical movements since independence, the approaches to achieving this goal have changed drastically over time. This goal has also had multiple adversaries, from Dutch and Japanese colonialism, to the left-wing Sukarno regime, to the authoritarian Suharto regime, and finally the War on Terror. Across all of these different time periods, Islamic radicals in Indonesia have also had to contend with the different Muslim communities across the archipelago, many of whom are not keen on the creation of an Islamic State, as well as the non-Muslim minority who hold considerable political power despite their small numbers. The struggle for an Islamic State is a battle fought on many fronts, most of which domestic terrorists are losing due to a bilevel counterterrorism effort spearheaded by the Indonesian government and supported by the United States and Australia.
Although Indonesian domestic terrorism and counterterrorism alone is a rich and well-studied field, I wanted to use my experiences at pesantrens (Islamic boardings schools) in Java to inspire a new approach to the study of this topic. I decided I wanted to better understand the role of pesantrens as both proponents and opponents of Islamic radicalism in Indonesia. It did not take long to recognize that for every pesantren with links to radical groups in Indonesia, there are countless others working tirelessly to confront radicalism in the classroom, as well as having to face growing stigma surrounding the reputation of Islamic education due to its links with domestic terrorism.
As a result of the link between pesantrens and radicalism in Indonesia, pesantrens have the potential to become the strongest weapon in the Indonesian government’s arsenal for deradicalization in the country. Unfortunately, the government approach to deradicalization has been lackluster at best, as the American-backed War on Terror has made it easier to fight terrorism with an enhanced military and police state rather than diffusing radicalism in the classroom and the Mosque