...Boys and Girls Clubs also conduct numerous regional programs. In Ottawa, they conducted a project focused on high-risk children aged 6-12 living in a social housing neighbourhood in Ottawa that provided sports and recreational opportunities and was successful for many years. In Scarborough, a program known as YELL provides employment and leadership training over the course of 40 weeks to older youth and young adults who did not earn a high school diploma. Boys and Girls Clubs of Niagara operate an emergency shelter for homeless and at risk youth, and nearly 70% were able to transition to stable housing over the course of a 22 month period. Finally, the Peace Builders program was offered at 23 Boys and Girls Clubs in Alberta with the goal of teaching youth peaceful, non-violent conflict resolution. Nearly 90% of...
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...Taketa Thomas State Research Paper Pol/215 Donald Kelly University Of Phoenix July 8, 2010 State Research Paper In the following paper the writer will provide a brief description of two interest groups in Georgia: the fraternal order of the police and the girls and boys club, identify the different sources of funding for the state of Georgia, and also provide information on the effects the girls and boys club and the fraternal order of the police has on the local and state government. To sum up the paper the writer will discuss the importance of the relationships between the local and state governments and also summarize the election process in Georgia. Two interest groups that operate in the state of Georgia are the boys and girls club and the fraternal order of the police. The girls and boys club is an organization founded to give girls and boys across the world a place to go during the school year and during the summer and eliminate the problem of latchkey kids. The girls and boys club provides the kids with snacks and meals during the summer and also organizes activities and gives the kids a chance to experience different life lessons. According to GEORGIA STATE LODGE FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE (2010), “The Fraternal Order of Police is one of the largest organizations of sworn law enforcement officers, with more than 325,000 members in more than 2,100 lodges. The Fraternal Order of Police is comprised of over 325,000 regularly...
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...Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Research Paper Rough Draft Sinclair Community College Outline Introduction: My chosen social welfare policy is Temporary Assistance for Needy Families. I chose this policy because it is a policy that I agree we should have and I feel helps the needy families out a lot. Everyone at some point in their life will need some sort of assistance. TANF is a great option for people who might not be very poor but are struggling temporarily. TANF also is for families who are below the poverty line and who are suffering greatly. TANF is a federally funded grant program that allows states to administer and create their own assistance programs for families in need. The policy I chose corresponds to the practicum placement I am at, which is Boys and Girls Club of Dayton. Boys and Girls Club is an after school program for kids in Dayton to have a safe place to grown and learn. They also have ongoing relationships with caring professionals, and also get to experience life-enhancing programs and character developing experiences. The children at boys and girls club are less fortunate than say kids in Centerville schools, so this is a great place for them to come and get homework done, and play with friends. I believe my policy corresponds with my practicum because, a lot of the children and families I see look as though they have some sort of assistance. For some of the parents of children from Boys and Girls Club, TANF is probably temporary, but some...
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...Create a substantive and clear post expression your research, thoughts, and ideas: · Have you ever experienced living in a socialist or communist society? · If so, explain your experience. · If not, share how do you view or imagine a socialist or communist society? Would you want to live there? Why or why not? Response Posts: Create a 100-word response to at least 2 of your fellow classmates by replying to their Initial Post regarding items you found to be compelling and enlightening. Please consider the following questions when responding: • Do any of the student's statements make you reconsider your position? If so, which ones made you change your mind? • If not, what additional points can you make to directly refute your peer's statements? • What did you learn from your classmate's posting? • What clarification do you need regarding the posting? Huma Shuntina Heard Unit 5 DB I had an experience early in life when it comes to a socialist society. As a young kid around eight or nine me, my sisters and friend girls watch our brother and guy friends go to the Boys Club of Memphis every day. We were a part of girls scout and they were a part of boycott but they had the Boys club to go to after school and weekends. We would stand outside and wonder want went on in there and wanted to be a part of it so bad. We were told that because we were girls we weren’t allowed. At that time neither of us understood...
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...Technical Vs Casual Writing Technical writing includes essays, papers, M.A. and Ph.D. theses, and report writing for grants and research. It is highly structured with suggestions for margin lengths, paragraph headings, research and above all a research study with experimental data, and a particular format. Whereas Casual writing has no specific rules to follow except to communicate with another person or group of people. Examples of casual writing would class notes, memos, friendly letters, diaries, and post-it notes, chatting and messaging etc. The finished paper has to be re-read in order to eliminate grammatical or typing errors, as these form part of the grading process in technical writing whereas the casual writer is free write its imagination and write as he or she would speak, without having to stick to a particular format. Sentences are mostly short and direct, with no further explanation needed. We frequently use emoticons, slang words etc while casual writing which sometimes can annoy reader or the message is not clear. Technical writing has advantage over it that the message is concise, understandable, and time saving. In casual writing there may be grammatical mistakes which lead to misunderstanding as compared to technical writing. But in my opinion writing casually is more easy and fun. You can write whatever you want to without tension of maintaining the structure and format of writing. An example of both is: Technical writing: This is to inform you that...
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...PROSTITUTION IS NOT A CHOICE LEARN A BOUT TH E TRA FFI CKING OF WOMEN AND GIRLS WORLDWIDE, AND FIND OUT WHAT CAN BE DONE TO END THIS WID ESPR EAD PROBLEM … Soroptimist International of the Americas-1709 Spruce Street Philadelphia, PA 19103 - 215 893 9000 - www.soroptimist.org SOROPTIMIST WHITE PAPER Prostitution is Not a Choice I think so much about what has happened to me. Why these men did what they did to me. Old, disgusting men. It was horrible. They knew I did not want to be there, but they paid their money. They used me. I was their property for the night. They destroyed me. (14-year-old girl at Casa Hogar, a shelter in Costa Rica for children rescued from the country’s sex trade1) OVERVIEW Prostitution has been called the world’s oldest “profession.” In reality, it is the world’s oldest “oppression” and continues to be one of the most overlooked human rights abuses of women on the planet today. 2 Prostitution of women is a particularly lethal form of violence against women, and a violation of a woman’s most basic human rights. While society attempts to normalize prostitution on a variety of levels (discussed later in this paper), prostituted women are subjected to violence and abuse at the hands of paying “clients.” For the vast majority of prostituted women, “prostitution is the experience of being hunted, dominated, harassed, assaulted and battered.” 3 It is “sexual terrorism against women at the hands of men and little is being done to stop the carnage...
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...young children. St. Paul, MN: Redleaf. Chalufour, I., & K. Worth. 2005. Exploring water with young children. St. Paul, MN: Redleaf. Copley, J.V. 2010. The young child and mathematics. 2nd ed. Washington, DC: NAEYC. DeVries, R., & C. Sales. 2010. Ramps and pathways. Washington, DC: NAEYC. Moomaw, S., & B. Hieronymus. 1997. More than mag- nets: Exploring the wonders of science in preschool and kindergarten. St. Paul, MN: Redleaf. Moomaw, S., & B. Hieronymus. 1999. Much more than counting: More math activities for preschool and kinder- garten. St. Paul, MN: Redleaf. Starbuck, S., M. Olthof, & K. Midden. 2002. Hollyhocks and honeybees: Garden projects for young children. St. Paul, MN: Redleaf. (Moomaw, S., & Davis, J. A. 2010). Boys And Girls...
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...For this paper I took a look at possible volunteer opportunities in my local community. I gave examples of what opportunities were available and how to find information on how to become a volunteer. I choose to use google as my research criterion and found a very resourceful website with the information I needed. As you read my paper you will find information about being a volunteer, what benefits it has, and what opportunities are available. Below I listed some great information about becoming a volunteer. As a volunteer As a volunteer, you can volunteer on your own or with your family or with a group. Volunteer your time, skills, services and talents. Opportunities are available with children, teens, adults, individuals with special needs and seniors. Volunteer your expertise and experience on a community board. Share your time as an instructor. Design a web page, troubleshoot computer problems, build a bookcase or serve as a mentor Volunteer by coordinating an event, project or publication. Volunteer by making an in-kind donation (new or used). Our partner agencies need everything from computers (hardware and software), office equipment and supplies, household goods to clothing and canned goods. There are so many ways an individual can volunteer these days. Finding one that best suits you is important. You want to be comfortable while volunteering and know your gaining a great deal of knowledge to help improve your education. Search criterion When researching for...
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...such as Stupid Girls and If I Were A Boy by singers Pink and Beyonce respectively demonstrate clearly the assumptions or categorizations we evoke simply by using the terms girl or boy. Although the topic of gender in sociology is vast, this paper focuses on how gender is reproduced and how the gendered body is displayed in society. There are three ways in which gender is reproduced in society. It is reproduced through the family, education and the media. From birth begins gendered expectations. According to the social norm, the color pink is mainly associated as a feminine color and the color blue masculine. Family and friends who go to see the birth of a baby girl fill the hospital room with pink balloons, teddy bears with pink ribbons and if a boy was born the room would be filled with presents which are blue in color. Growing up, girls receive presents such dollhouses and kitchen sets which reinforce their femininity. Parents raise their boys and girls differently. Even though research shows that boys at an early age (around 2 years) are just as interested in playing with the same toys girls play with, parents negatively reinforce the more feminine toys. Even the household tasks that boys and girls are given are gendered. Boys generally take out the garbage and girls do the dishes, set the table. Gender is also reproduced by education. Schools, rather than being a place where males and females are considered equal, are a gendered space. For example, boys are praised for...
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...Kianna Petty Social Organized Crime Perspective Paper CJA/384 April 12, 2015 Professor Edward Rafailovitc According to Webster II New Riverside University Dictionary definition, social institutions have been identified as groups of people that work together for common purposes or interest, possessing and developing, responsibilities, rights, protections, and objectives distinct different from other members (Webster II New Riverside University Dictionary, 1996).This paper will explore the social institutions as well as their relationship to organized crime, and further explore the empirical or speculative theories that are applicable to organized crime and behavior. Any type of social institutions consists of a group of people who share a desired result. Generally, there are five different types of social institutions. They are political, educational, religious, economic, and family. The average social institution is an organization of people who abide by the laws and follow the general rules and guidelines in a collective manner. These social groups could be a normal club with one thing or goal in common. Some social institutions that most people are familiar with are the Boys and Girl Clubs, the Cub Scouts, and the Girl Scouts. Further, family, school, church, government agencies are not the only social groups, organized crime organizations have adopted the philosophy of social institutions. Organized crime also had people with a vested interest in the business of killing...
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...called a “status” offense. Status offenses are delinquent actions that do not apply to adults, like running away and truancy. This paper will discuss the impact of gender and family on delinquency and the treatment by gender in the juvenile justice system. Juvenile delinquent behavior is believed to be under-represented due to the limited methods of collecting juvenile crime data. Juvenile arrests accounted for 16 percent of all violent crime arrests (i.e. murder, rape, assault) and 26 percent of all property crime arrests (i.e. burglary, theft, arson) (Puzzanchera, 2009). Other crimes for which juveniles are arrested include simple assault, vandalism, gambling, disorderly conduct, weapons possession, illicit drug/liquor violation (including DUI) and prostitution. It is important to note that a number of misdemeanor crimes go unreported while serious crimes involving injury and/or large economic loss are reported more often. A 1998 U.S. longitudinal study tracking over 6,400 boys for over 20 years found that children who grew up without their biological father in the home were roughly three times more likely to commit a crime that led to incarceration, than children from intact families (Harper & McLanahan, 1998). Others have found that children of divorced parents are up to six times more likely to be delinquent than children from intact families. Boys raised without their fathers were more than twice as likely to end up in jail as those rose with their fathers, and 70% of incarcerated...
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... | Unit 2 Assignment | Ang 5-3-2016 | The three different aspects of my writing that I wish to improve are APA format, coming up with a main topic, grammar. These different things have always been an issue with me. I will stress out over a paper and then end up doing it an hour before it is due. I plan on studying more on APA format so I can cite better. I plan on bouncing ideas off of my husband and daughter. I think they would give me good feedback. I need to start on my papers early that way I am not waiting till the last minute. The Problem that I would like to try to solve in my community is trying to get a Rec center/ boys and girls club in this town or even a nearby town. We have nothing here for any kids do after school or in the summer. All we have in this town is a swimming pool. This town is a small town with an hub station for BNSF and a training site for the national guard. I like this topic for the main reason before I moved to this town I lived in a town that had a rec center. My children enjoyed it every day and during the summer. They would attend different sporting events, learned how to interact with other people outside the school. I feel like I can find a lot of different research on this topic, the pros and the cons of a rec...
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...a big thing in social media and wanted to investigate more. This source is helpful because it backs up my prior knowledge and thoughts and still gives me new information. It’s even more proof that social media has an affect on eating and body image. If a thigh gap is achieved the person is considered to be desirable. Not many people are a part this fad but the people that are seeing in through pictures and often hear it in real life conversations. A medical director from the Washington Center for Eating Disorders and Adolescent Obesity has seen an increase in adolescent girls and young women with eating disorders. Another medical expert also implied that in order to reach a thigh gap you have to starve. The majority of women bodies aren’t suppose to have thigh gaps so achieving them would be distorting the body. “By achieving a thigh gap, some women believe that ‘they've become a member of an exclusive club,’” says Barbara Greenberg, a clinical psychologist. The fear of thigh gaps is the response teenagers are giving towards them. Some starve or get into behaviors that lead to eating disorders. Others become very critical over body image. Obsessing about thigh gaps can increase the desires to lose weight and increase...
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... Eccles 1993) expectancy-value theory discussing the family influences on the Romeao children’s goal orientations. The Romeao family are introduced through a video with transcripts from the mother, father and some of the children. Romeo, a boy, is the first born, Venus a girl the second born, the video concentrates mostly on their athletic development in their chosen sports. The Romeao family have a further 4 children, two girls, Angel and Isis and two boys, Achilles and a baby, Caesar. Good intro. Nice signposting Discussion I feel the Father, Tony, has determined that some of his children will be given what he feels is a strong supportive and motivating climate to influence them to compete at an elite level in a chosen sport. His reasons for this seem, on the surface, quite selfish. He desires to be the father of an Olympic champion and he thinks if his son becomes a boxing world champion there will be enough money for all of the family to live on. For Venus, that sport is gymnastics where Tony wants Venus to achieve Olympic status. For Romeo, the sport is boxing where Tony wants Romeo to achieve a high profile career leading to a world championship. Yes. Mainly for financial reward it seems. We can draw upon Eccles research concept of...
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...notes on what they observe. Successful sites are those in which, to some extent, what is considered ‘normal’ differs from the observer’s own sense of normal. In other words, students are asked to go to a place where taken-for-granted knowledge differs from their own and report on their experiences and insights. In doing so, you make something that was previously strange slightly more familiar, and write about it. Students are then asked to write their papers in two parts, including both a description and analysis of their experience (total 1800 words maximum). Analyses should be no more than 400 words. Papers will be assigned a grade based on the success with which they, (1) demonstrate they have chosen a site appropriate for anthropological observation, (2) richly describe what they observed, and (3) draw out and support interesting interpretations rooted in their experience. Assignments count for 30% of the student’s final grade. Unexcused late submissions will be penalized five points per day of lateness. Papers must be submitted in word format electronically before 2:30PM on Tuesday, October 20th. Please note that as this is an electronic submission, you will be locked out of the system if you try to submit late. Listening Students are asked to describe their experience visiting the site. Tell the reader what you observed. You may want to spend one or two sentences offering context regarding why you chose a particular site. Still, be careful, as your number...
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