...Carly Seifrit Pamela Chambers Interrogation March 31, 2015 Big Brothers Big Sisters of America There are so many people in this country who do not grow up living “the American dream”. There are children that have to go through foster cares, child protective services and, unfortunately, then most of those children will end up wreaking havoc in their communities. Some fortunate ones to grow up with the white picket fence and the perfect childhood will grow up to be sponsors for some of the unfortunate children in America. Those sponsors will show children that they do have a purpose and they have the ability to live the American dream, if they so choose. Although the American dream has changed over the years these mentors are a saving grace for these adolescence to turn their lives around. For over 100 years there has been a very influential mentoring program. The Big Brothers Big Sisters of America has been helping change kids’ perspectives and giving them the opportunities to reach their potential. In 1904, a young New York City court clerk named Ernest Coulter was seeing an abundance of boys come through his courtroom. He recognized that caring adults could help many of these kids stay out of trouble, and he set out to find volunteers. That marked the beginning of the Big Brothers movement. Around the same time that Coulter was introducing the Big Brother movement, the members of a group called Ladies of Charity had the same concept only with young girls who had come...
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...Big Brothers Big Sister (BBBS) is a volunteer organization that helps change children’s perspectives and gives them the opportunity to reach their full potential. For more than 100 years, BBBS has worked under the belief that every child has the ability to thrive in life. As the nation’s largest donor and volunteer supported mentoring network, Big Brothers Big Sisters makes meaningful, monitored matches between adult volunteers (“Bigs”) and children (“Littles”), ages 6 through 18, in communities across the country. To this day, the organization operates in all 50 states and in 12 countries around the world. The mission of this program is to provide children facing adversity with strong, professionally supported one-to-one relationships that...
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...In January of 2008 I had my mom check on a program that is a community based that has changed lives of others to see if it would have an impact or work for me. My older sister was part of the program and I wanted to do as she did when she was my age. What is Big Brothers/Big Sisters? It’s a program in which volunteers over the age of 18 is matched with children with similar interest. To qualify for program one must be between 6-16 years of age. I will explain how this program has had an impact on me in the beginning and show you how it continues today. I was placed on a waiting list upon enrollment where I remained for over a year. In the meantime while I waited for a match I was involved in outings such as Bowl for Kids Sake, Octoberfest Parade participant and other monthly events. The other monthly events took place at the community center here in town, consists of playing bingo and a pizza party....
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...Organization like Big Brother Big Sisters or The Bowery Leadership Academy are attempting to enact changes by helping at risk or minority youth and students but in different ways. Before they can be successful there has to be a way of making sure there is a set of steps for them to follow in order to reach this goal. Social change theories are what give social changes the structure or it’s backbone allowing it to make some actual progress to achieve their goals. There has to be a sense of communication between those who are helping and those who are going to be helped. Communication is the active engagement with the participants, helpers, providers and the receivers of any or all the products or effects that the organization or agent of...
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...Executive Summary My group had to come up with a fund raising activity for the Big Brother Big Sister foundation. This activity couldn’t be an event nor something that we spend a lot of money with. Due to these restrictions my group decided to come up with the idea of using a credit card from Bank of America. This credit card would be using the Big Brother Big Sister logo and this way be able to help the foundation by donating a small percentage of what people consume. By having this credit card, you may donate either up front once you get the card, each time you use the credit card or a fixed amount each month. Shift Specify the organizations desired outcome Big Brother Big Sister is a foundation that through donations helps put children in the right path. With the financial assistance and support from donor and partners, Big Brother Big Sisters helps the children learn to distinguish between what is good and what is wrong. They help them make good decisions in their life in order to be able to succeed. As a study made by them, it is proven that children that are impacted by Big Brother Big Sisters tend to behave better. For example, in an experiment conducted by them children that spend time with their Bigs ended up having these results. * 46% of them are less likely to begin using illegal drugs. * 52% are less likely to skip school. * 33% are less likely to hit someone. * 27% less likely to begin using alcohol. This foundation is currently operating...
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...Organizational Structure and Processes Kim Henderson, Kimberly Butler, Ronda Evans University of Phoenix Building Community in Human Service Organization BSHS 461 Chris Shreve July 18, 2011 Organizational Structure and Processes People working with marginalized, displaced or special populations experiencing obstacles to the pursuit of life, liberty, and happiness human service workers considered. Human services encompass a wide range of responsibilities. In human services, professionals have a broad range of skills in their collective roles in helping people with various social issues. The human service field can include a variety of job titles such as Director, Counselor, Therapist, Caseworker, Program Coordinator, Social Worker, or Victim Advocate (Martin, 2007). The human service field includes the human service agency as well as the human service workers making up the human service agency. According to “Management of Human Services Program” discusses the human service organization as a group of people large or small working together to improve the live served (Lewis, Packard, Lewis, 2007). Human Service Organizations come in when people facing various social problems have no support systems to help them in overcoming their issues. The settings in which human service professionals practice can vary. Lewis, Packard, and Lewis mention tiny storefront agencies to multifaceted community organizations to statewide public service departmental settings (2007). However...
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...Youth Justice http://yjj.sagepub.com/ Book Review: M Little and B Maughan, Effective Interventions for Children in Need, The Library of Essays in Child Welfare and Development, Ashgate, Burlington, VT, USA, 2010, £120 Hb, ISBN 978-0-74562-825-2 Declan Coogan Youth Justice 2011 11: 194 DOI: 10.1177/14732254110110020603 The online version of this article can be found at: http://yjj.sagepub.com/content/11/2/194 Published by: http://www.sagepublications.com Additional services and information for Youth Justice can be found at: Email Alerts: http://yjj.sagepub.com/cgi/alerts Subscriptions: http://yjj.sagepub.com/subscriptions Reprints: http://www.sagepub.com/journalsReprints.nav Permissions: http://www.sagepub.com/journalsPermissions.nav Citations: http://yjj.sagepub.com/content/11/2/194.refs.html >> Version of Record - Jul 13, 2011 What is This? Downloaded from yjj.sagepub.com at Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) on April 16, 2014 194 Youth Justice 11(2) alongside England and Wales and in so doing makes some invaluable comparisons and contrasts in light of the differing legal systems. Nonetheless, this does raise questions about the primacy accorded to the Scottish Sheriffs’ accounts in the second section of the book in light of the markedly different approach to ASBOs adopted in Scotland, especially where young people are concerned (pp. 121–125). The Sheriffs’ accounts clearly lend support to extant concerns about net-widening (cf. Squires and Stephen, 2005)...
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...Susan W. Eaton 14 Any Street Brooklyn, NY 22222 someone@example.com (718) 555-5555 OBJECTIVE • DEDICATED, SERVICE-FOCUSED PROFESSIONAL SEEKING TO TRANSITION INTO HEALTHCARE AS A NURSING ASSISTANT. • Highly motivated to launch nursing career; future goals include education leading to NA certification and, ultimately, an RN license. • Reliable worker with the ability to quickly learn new concepts and skills. • Backed by a solid work history, reputation as a team player and passion for helping others. • Background includes experience caring for terminally ill cancer patient. • Current on all immunizations (including tuberculosis and hepatitis B). WORK EXPERIENCE WAITRESS 8/2005 – Present, ABC Restaurant, Brooklyn, New York • Received "exemplary" and "exceeds expectations" ratings on all performance reviews. Cited for excellence in interpersonal communications, teamwork, customer service, flexibility and reliability. • Demonstrated the ability to interact with customers from diverse cultures and backgrounds. • Transformed "difficult" customers into loyal, repeat guests by leveraging strengths in premium service delivery and ability to find win-win resolutions. • Commended for multitasking abilities; frequently assigned the largest section of restaurant during peak dining hours. • Recognized for superior performance and dedicated service commitment through four-time awards as "Employee of the Month." Primary...
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...focusing in public Relations, Consulting or Marketing COMPETENCIES * Strong analytical and problem-solving skills * Network Administration * Network Configuration * Data Entry * Customer service * Writing * Communication . * Systematic and highly detail oriented * Microsoft Office * Adobe PageMaker 6-5 * SPSS EDUCATION ABC College, Collegetown , XY * Major Political Science, Minor Religion, GPA 3.0 * Anticipated Graduation June 2004 * House President & Secretary (2001-2002) * Voting Member, ABC College Representative council (2001-2002) * Child Mentor- BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS (2001-2003) * Staff Writer -The ABC Student (2001-20030 EXPERIENCE * Coperation, Inc. 2001 to 2003 Summer Itern Gained Valuable Experience as an intern for a a team comprise of five financial advisors, managing more than $1 billion in asset. Delivered superior customer service while working exclusively with clients maintaining net worth in excess of $1 million .Created portfolios for perpective and existing clients, preformed research on equities and mutual funds using PDQ and Corporations shell system and handled clients accounts and questions while.IN addition...
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...As members of society, it is essential that men and women work together to form a sense of unity and equality. Nobody is born with the same socioeconomic background or have the same resources. Therefore, people can support others who might not have the opportunities so they can excel in a fulfilling life. The Jesuit and Marymount schools implement this ethic to their students because it is important that people dedicate their time in others. Whether it’s through volunteering, organizing a charity, advocating for a beneficial cause, or simply making people happy. Back in 2011, I had the pleasure of joining the Big Brother Big Sister Program where I shared adventures with Mandi, my “Big Sister”. When I got introduced to the program, I was expecting...
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...Although many thought it would never actually happen, the Trujillo regime has finally ended. Many credit this to the sacrifices the Mirabal sisters made but there are other things that are accredited for Trujillo’s fall. Various opinions regarding the sacrifices of the sisters have arisen shortly after the end of the revolution. While there are a large number of people that argue that the extreme sacrifices of the sisters were ineffectual to the revolution, others argue that they are the one and only reason that many people didn’t die. After some thought, I am forced to agree with the later. Minerva losing her license to practice law, and Minerva, Patria, and Mate abandoning their children were all justified as they meaningfully contributed to this revolution....
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...The Death of a Butterfly “Las Mariposas”, The Butterflies, is the codename given to the Mirabal sisters upon their emergence into the Dominican Revolution. While the name grew from Minerva’s underground name, it also took on a symbol of hope, change, and transformation behind the suppression of the Dominican people. Throughout the novel each sister represents a different stage of the butterfly life cycle: Dede as an Egg, Patria as a caterpillar, Maria as a Pupa, and Minerva as an adult; each respective stage symbolizes the different levels of courage and sacrifice devoted to their country’s freedom from tyrant Rafael Trujillo. Alvarez uses symbolism in “The Time of the Butterflies” to suggest that the price of freedom paid by the Mirabal Sisters was not worth the cost when butterflies have such short lives. Butterflies have grown to symbolize a variety of different meanings throughout history and culture. Their metamorphosis is typically construed as a representation of change, purity, and rebirth, while some cultures view butterflies as a depiction of the soul or a transition between lives. Dede takes on the “Egg” stage of the butterfly life cycle as her character faces many obstacles despite being the least involved sister. Like the egg, Dede remains planted firmly where she was laid. “A chill goes through her, for she feels it in her bones, the future is now beginning. By the time it is over, it will be the past, and she doesn’t want to be the only one left to tell their...
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...Mirabal sisters are honored and recognized as heroines in the Dominican Republic for exposing Rafael Trujillo true colors. He was a cold person who thought that everything was on his time. He also thought that he could make everyone like him and do what he said, but little did he know that he was going to meet a person that change all that and lead to his death six months after the girls died. There’s a lot you will get know about the sisters and what they did to try to get freedom in the Dominican Republic and how they were punished for trying to gain their freedom. What they did took a lot of courage, love and, sacrifice and a lot of hearts were broken throughout everything that happen. Patria the oldest sister she was the sister...
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...her father asks what he should bring back from the town for the girls. The step sisters asked for dresses and pearls, while Cinderella asked for a branch from the tree that first hits him on his way home. Cinderella planted that branch and it grew into a beautiful tree. A bird lived in the tree and it listened to what she wanted and gave it to her. One day, the girls heard that the prince was looking for a bride and they were all invited to a party. Cinderella had to clean up the lentils before she could go to the party. After cleaning them up twice in a very short time her stepmother still refused to let her go. She didn’t follow the rules and ended up running to the ball, and back home. The next day, she did the same thing, but this time her shoe was stuck in the doorway and she had to leave with only one shoe. The next day the prince went to their house, and the two evil stepsisters both tried to get their foot in the shoe. The first one cut off her big toe and rode away with the prince, but doves help him realize that her foot was bleeding and that she was not the right girl. Then the younger sister tried on the shoe, and and ends up cutting off her heal to make it fit. Same thing happens again, the prince realizes she’s not the shoes owner and returns her back to her house. He finds Cinderella in the house, and she tries the shoe on. It’s a perfect fit. They go off and get married, and the sisters ended up getting their eyes pecked out at the...
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...Alex had an admirable relationship with his wife and his two children. Alex decided to be unfaithful to his wife with Danielle. He left his wife to go after what he wanted, which was Danielle. He was risking the love of his children and his commodity of his old life. Alex story relates to the quote, “To gain that which is worth having, it may be necessary to lose everything else,” by Bernadette Devlin. The interpretation of this quote is in order for a person to get what they want; they have to be willing to lose everything. Like Alex the characters in In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez are willing to risk everything through the characters of Lina, Patria and Minerva. Those characters agree with the quote because they are willing to lose everything in order to get what they want. In the Time of the Butterflies, Lina, a student, meets Trujillo, the president of Dominican Republic, at Inmaculada Concepcion. Trujillo had been watching Lina over a balcony near the school and insisted on seeing her. When they met Trujillo gave her a medal. After the meeting, he would visit her and send her gifts. Sinita asked Lina if she had fallen in love with Trujillo and Lina answered, “With all my heart,” (22). The day of Lina’s birthday Trujillo throws her a party. Then goes on a week vacation with him or so the girls at Inmaculada Concepcion thought. The girls at the school loved and adored Lina and didn’t understand why she didn’t want to come back to them since they treated her...
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