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Post Traumatic Growth Amongst Australian Bravery Award Recipients
Get PDFThis study explored aspects of Post Traumatic Growth (PTG) amongst Australian Bravery Award recipients exposed to serious or life-threatening trauma. PTG is the process whereby some people experience growth following traumatic experiences. Previous PTG research has focused on specific disasters, incidents or cohorts of survivors. We explored a range of incidents in both civilian and non-civilian award recipients. Sixty-five Australian Bravery Award recipients (37 civilian and 28 non-civilian) completed the Post Traumatic Growth Inventory and provided additional demographic information about their bravery incident. Results showed that civilians experienced significantly higher growth (mean PTG score = 49.7 than non-civilians (mean PTG score = 29.5). PTG varied by gender, with female award recipients having much higher PTG scores (mean 65.9) than males (mean 29.5). Australian Bravery Award recipients involved in violent incidents reported significantly higher PTG, with civilians involved in firearm related incidents reporting a mean PTG score of 65.5 compared to non-civilians at 34.8. Not all individuals involved in traumatic incidents have PTG, however we found that 73% of civilian bravery award recipients experienced moderate to high levels of growth following serious life-threatening incidents compared with 22.1% of non-civilians
A Legal Update on Environmental Justice in Virginia: Where are We Now?
Get PDFEnvironmental justice (“EJ”) is rapidly evolving in Virginia while people
are still trying to understand what EJ actually means. As a result, regulators
are unsure of how to incorporate environmental justice in their decisionmaking
process while the regulated are uncertain of how to proceed in the
ever-changing political, social, and regulatory landscape. This article gives
an overview of EJ’s evolution in Virginia, synthesizing notable environmental
justice legal decisions; providing supplementary research on environmental
justice studies, workgroups, and reports; and offering several predictions
on EJ’s fate in the Commonwealth
Why Can\u27t we Be Friends: Piecing the Puzzle of Division Through Communal Friendship
No full textThis essay offers an analytical perspective on friendship, including how the concept is defined and can be created in one’s community. It is argued that friendship can act as a unifier amidst the challenges of its creation but only if actioned with love, virtue, and goodwill by all members of a society. The philosophies of Western and Eastern culture, including prominent authors such as Confucius, Aristotle, and Cicero, are first used to demonstrate the complexity of friendship and how it can function within a community; afterward, social critiques by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and James Baldwin on patriarchy and white supremacy, respectively, are implemented to illustrate the importance of utilizing communal friendship to spur social justice and heal division
Unionizing in the Chambers of Government
Get PDFAs overall union membership stagnates nationwide due to the contraction
of traditionally unionized industries, labor organizations have made historic
inroads into new, highly volatile employment sectors, including digital media,
tech, political campaigns, and the gig economy. One such sector that
has seen new life is state and local legislative employees. Excluded from coverage
by the National Labor Relations Act, legislative employees have been
subject to disparate labor rights, job protections, and terms and conditions
of employment across and within states. While efforts to secure collective
bargaining rights for this sector have occurred over the past twenty-five
years, the simultaneous yet uncoordinated unionization efforts since August
2019 of staff in six seven states and Congress have brought new national
attention to the issue. As member-organizers seek to build a nationwide
movement of legislative employee bargaining, this essay considers the lessons
of existing and past legislative, judicial, and organizing efforts. Each
organizing attempt offers a unique response to a distinct set of laws, actors,
and geography; while some of those choices may be replicable elsewhere,
more likely any future campaigns will need to be bespoke. As we enter the
third year of a pandemic that continues to destabilize traditional workplaces,
additional efforts, drawing inspiration and lessons from existing units, will
continue to appear and contribute in yet another unique manner to this still
emergent area of public sector organizing
Public Charge Grounds for Inadmissibility: Impact on Noncitizen Health Insurance Coverage
Get PDFThe public charge rule is an ongoing barrier to health insurance for lawfully
present immigrants and ought to be removed. Healthcare coverage for
immigrants is a critical aspect of the country’s health care scheme. Recent
changes to the United States’ immigration policy are contributing to growing
fears among immigrant families about participating in Medicaid and CHIP.
The most effective solution is to permanently alter the Immigration and Nationality
Act. Congress should expressly exclude health insurance from being
considered in the public charge grounds for inadmissibility