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Toxic Floodwaters: Strengthening the Chemical Safety Regime in the Climate Change Era
Get PDFExtreme flooding linked to climate change has caused toxic chemical spills across the United States, yet policymakers are not prioritizing industrial chemical safety in planning for climate change. Many scholars and industry executives have argued that existing private law mechanisms, such as insurance and tort-based deterrence, can adequately manage the risk of flood-induced chemical releases from industrial sites. But private law mechanisms have failed to prevent past incidents of mass contamination, and there is little evidence that tort law deters industrial firms from the practices that put communities at risk. In this Article, I engage in a comparative analysis of private law and public law approaches and conclude that the United States needs a robust effort, grounded in public law, to prevent toxic floodwaters incidents. The new effort should involve regulations and performance standards for chemical storage as well as other reforms to close gaps in toxic-chemical management statutes enacted nearly fifty years ago. These changes are necessary to make our chemical regulatory regime more protective as industry faces new risks from floods and rising seas
Equity in Program Evaluation: Equity as a Measure in Program Evaluation
Get PDFChanges to equity and inclusion mean, not only including, but also valuing, and sharing power with, community members and stakeholders of various backgrounds. In addition to race and ethnicity, socioeconomic status, gender identity, physical and mental abilities, as well as where they intersect, should be represented throughout the entire evaluation process. Countless surveys make assumptions about communities without knowing the culture of the community. This study explores where equity does and does not exist, in the process of creating and conducting the evaluations that are used to measure the successful execution of nonprofit programs. The inclusion of program participants and stakeholders has been shown to increase program participation and stakeholder buy-in. The purpose of this study was to examine the evaluation process of nonprofit human service, organizations, in the central Virginia area to explore where equity does and does not exist, in the process of creating and conducting the evaluations. The methodology undertaken by the researcher was a mixed-method research design. The analysis of the data allowed us to understand if the organizations conducted any type of evaluations, who participated in the design process if funding was available specifically for the evaluation process, the organization’s capacity to perform evaluations, specifically equitable and inclusive evaluations, views on stakeholder engagement, and how the collected data was used
The Integration of Transformation: Extending Campbell’s Monomyth
Get PDFReferring to Campbell’s lectures and the outcomes of one study about the integration of transformation, this paper argues that the hero’s journey (and transformation) is not accomplished unless the life-changing experience is psychospiritually integrated into daily life. Accordingly, Campbell contradicts his theory by suggesting that the monomyth finishes when (and if) the initiate, who has returned home, integrates by successfully finding a way to share the boon. The research clarifies that integrating involves nine phases and in combination, the hero-making process of transformation and integration follow a figure-8 pattern; an upper transformative and masculine-dominated hero’s journey and lower integrative feminine-dominated complement
Comparison of Language Education between Public and Private Schools in Chile, Nepal, and Jordan
No full textIn Fall 2019, I was privileged to participate in a study abroad program that traveled to three countries, Chile, Nepal, and Jordan, to study Human Rights issues. During the program, I got opportunities to conduct qualitative research about language education, which I deemed as a significant source and outcome of inequalities among the people. Thus, in my project, I compared the language education system between public and private schools in these three countries. Furthermore, I also briefly examined the differences in language education between cities and countries
Memorialization on College Campuses Today
Get PDFThis study uses the theoretical basis of placemaking and memorialization to examine the placement of memorial landscapes on college campuses. The research is based in case study analysis of other college campuses. It looks specifically at where and what is memorialized and what elements of placemaking are incorporated. The main postulate of my research is that the location of the memorialization of the suspected slave burial ground and history of slave labor on Richmond’s campus is appropriately placed in the Eco-corridor. The research suggests this postulate is not true, as the majority of other memorials have been placed in more prominent areas of campus.
Paper prepared for the Geography Capstone.
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Todd Lookingbil
The Power of Investing in Volunteers: A Look into the Volunteer Landscape of Richmond, Virginia
Get PDFThe volunteer landscape across the country shows a demonstrable need for volunteers to help nonprofit organizations achieve their missions. For many, this need is undermined by constant volunteer turnover and low retention rates. The purpose of this paper is to examine any relationship between transformational leadership and volunteer retention. The information found indicates such a relationship exists and should be the topic of further research. In order to determine the impact organizations made on volunteers, this study used online, anonymous surveys distributed to volunteers. Volunteers responded in accordance with their experiences at both their longest and shortest held volunteer positions. Respondents also indicated the importance of seven different components of known volunteer retention as they relate to them.
Survey data was gathered and presented in accordance with the responses to best answer the research questions. Regarding the importance of known retention factors, personal and emotional growth was the most common trait of importance while having a voice in the organization was the least valued trait. While satisfaction in volunteering and feeling appreciated by the organization were both highly valued, respondents felt that organizations investing in their growth was the most important factor. Having a voice in the organization was by far the least valued trait by a wide margin. This study, while not indicative of causation, does add to the existing research that suggests leadership by organizations has an impact on the retention rates of volunteers. It indicates an opportunity for further research to be done in this field and provides information for program leaders to begin to shape their programs to best impact the needs of its volunteers
Operación Araña: Reflections on How a Performative Intervention in Buenos Aires’s Subway System can Help Rethink Feminist Activism
No full textOn July 31, 2018, Buenos Aires’s subway system was overtaken by a public intervention under the name “Operación Araña,” co-organized by Ni Una Menos - a feminist social movement focused on gender violence -, the Campaign for the Right to Legal, Safe, and Free Abortion, unionized metro workers, and more than seventy organizations, with the overall intention of affirming women’s autonomy and calling attention to several social issues with direct impact on their lives. This study weaves a series of reflections on some of the specific features of the Operación Araña intervention that can shed light on how and why the new feminist wave in Argentina has gained such momentum while gauging its impact on redefining what we understand as activism. Drawing from Judith Butler’s notions on the performative political potential of the assembly (Notes Toward a Performative Theory of Assembly, 2015), this article unveils the various forms of embodied resistance staged in the public space by this new surge of activists, popularly called the “green tide” after the color identifying the Campaign for the Right to Legal, Safe, and Free Abortion. In claiming a unique and radical performative space wherein to exercise agency and display new forms of organization, the green tide also has by the same token laid claim to a reconfigured public space conducive to new forms of sociality and the preservation of all lives
Campus Route Map for the Feminist Flash Mob Intervention
Get PDFThis map provides the route followed by the students for the Feminist Flash Mob Intervention on the University of Richmond campus.https://scholarship.richmond.edu/feministflashmobintervention-map/1000/thumbnail.jp
Feminist Flash Mob Intervention - Posters
Get PDFPosters created by University of Richmond student participants for the Feminist Flash Mob Intervention on March 4, 2020.https://scholarship.richmond.edu/feministflashmobintervention-posters/1000/thumbnail.jp
2020 Faculty Accomplishments Reception
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