...The most important factor in overcoming generational poverty is changing the stigma associated with it. Many people assume that if someone is experiencing poverty it is because they are not working hard enough and are lazy. This could not be further from the truth because if you look at the statistics, the majority of those suffering from generational poverty are some of the most hard working people ever and that is because that is often all they know, the only thing they know how to do to survive. The thing about poverty is that it is not something one desires and specifically with generational poverty, it is much more difficult to overcome then people think and is more associated with the society we live in then with the actual person or family experiencing it. The main reason it is so difficult to overcome generational poverty is because the education in these impoverished communities is significantly lacking. If you look at the distribution of finances in this country it is clear as day that the money is distributed to the wealthy communities first because they are the ones that contribute to the economy of a certain area the most and in order to make those communities desirable, they need to have good schools, jobs, etc. Often it is not the teachers that are the problem in these schools, it is the limited resources they have to work with and if a community doesn’t value the education of the youth, the youth are not going to value education, which leads to the increase in...
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...Class oppression is very tricky subject to bring to light and analyze. While the American economic system is built in a way that allows everyone equal opportunities, there are limits that make it sometimes near impossible for lower and working class individuals to build better lives for themselves, limits that are not obvious to someone living outside of the poverty line. Jason DeParle writes about Kathryn Edin, a social worker who studies mothers in poverty and the struggles they go through providing for their children on but a monthly welfare check. While these mothers have the opportunity to get a job to support their families, they are often better off receiving government benefits; they can stay home and care for the children and take advantage of other social programs that go hand-in-hand with welfare, such as Medicaid. The hidden expenses of having a job -- health care, child care, transportation to and from work -- will ultimately cost more than than the income of someone working full time at minimum wage. Lower class families who find themselves unable to move up in the world can get stuck in an infinite loop of poverty,...
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...1Top of Form Visit Ben & Jerry's Homemade Ice Cream website. After studying the information contained within this website, assess Ben & Jerry's record on meeting social responsibility goals? How does this company meet its discretionary responsibilities? Give examples of social responsibility actions taken by Ben & Jerry's, and outline them in a brief synopsis. Do you think that more businesses should adopt their strategy? Why, or why not? Please include the name of the person or question to which you are replying in the subject line. For example, "Tom's response to Susan's comment." Reply Quote Bottom of Form Message Unread Mark as Unread Message Not Flagged Set Flag 5 days ago Avery Coleman Email Author Avery's response to the Unit III Discussion Board COLLAPSE Top of Form Parent Post Ben & Jerry use Archie Carroll’s theory on business regarding being socially responsible. The company has an excellent record on being socially responsible. The company has several organizations and programs they contribute and donate to. The company meets its discretionary responsibilities by supporting same sex marriages, the growing peace-building movement, and supporting holding elected leaders more accountable to the people. They also support fair trade. This ensures small farmers in developing countries can compete and thrive in the global economy ("Ben & Jerry's", 2014). Ben & Jerry’s is also social responsible. They support mandatory genetically...
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...1 Question a. Provide a percentage frequency distribution for each question. Sol: Frequencies Statistics | | CurrentCity | NewCity | N | Valid | 100 | 100 | | Missing | 0 | 0 | Frequency Table Current Place of Living | | Frequency | Percent | Valid Percent | Cumulative Percent | Valid | C | 32 | 32.0 | 32.0 | 32.0 | | R | 16 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 48.0 | | S | 26 | 26.0 | 26.0 | 74.0 | | T | 26 | 26.0 | 26.0 | 100.0 | | Total | 100 | 100.0 | 100.0 | | New City | | Frequency | Percent | Valid Percent | Cumulative Percent | Valid | C | 24 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 24.0 | | R | 21 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 45.0 | | S | 25 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 70.0 | | T | 30 | 30.0 | 30.0 | 100.0 | | Total | 100 | 100.0 | 100.0 | | b. Construct a bar chart for each question Sol: c. Where are most adults living now? Sol: As per the data provided 32% of the total adult population is living in the City d. Where do most adults consider the ideal community? Sol: According to the bar chart 30% of the adults consider Town (T) as the ideal community e. What changes in the living areas would you expect to see if people moved from where they currently live to their ideal community? Sol: 1. The population in the city is expected to decrease from 32% to 24% 2. The adult population considering the Rural as an ideal community is expected to rise from 16% to 21% 3. People willing to settle in the Suburbs is seen to decrease from 26%...
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...finished college. His goal was to attend medical school to become a doctor, but he could not get in. (benjerry.com). On the other hand, Ben applied and was accepted to several colleges, but always dropped out of them. The beginnings for the development of Ben & Jerry’s Homemade were launched in 1977 from the front porch of Jerry’s parent’s house. Neither Ben nor Jerry knew anything about running or opening a business, but both men knew about food and shared the great passion of eating. They pondered on what type of business they would start. The men came across an AD in the local newspaper for an ice-cream-making course offered through a local college. There was a $5 fee associated with the course. Due to the extreme poverty in which Cohen and Greenfield were brought up in, they decided to split the fee and took the course on ice-cream-making from Penn State University. The two men combined their life savings of $8,000 and took out a loan for &4,000 from a bank. With this money, Ben & Jerry leased and renovated an old gas station in a town where they did not think they would be as successful...
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...approved Proposition 8, a constitutional amendment outlawing same-sex marriage, thereby overturning the state Supreme Court decision that gave gay couples the right to wed. 2. The federal government accords 1,138 benefits and responsibilities based on marital status, not on civil union status. A few of those benefits are unpaid leave to care for an ill spouse, social security survivor benefits and spousal benefits, and the right not to testify against one’s spouse, among others. 3. The District of Columbia and 47 states have anti-hate crime laws, however only 24 states and the District of Columbia include sexual orientation in their legislation. 4. As of November 2012, 9 states have made same-sex marriage legal: Massachusetts, New York, Vermont, Maine, Maryland, Connecticut, Iowa, Washington, and New Hampshire, plus Washington D.C. 5. In July 2009, the Senate approved the Matthew Shepard Act, which outlaws hate crimes based on both sexual orientation and gender identity. 6. The Employment Nondiscrimination Act first accepted by congress in 2007 is the act that prohibits discrimination of sexual orientation in the workplace, specifically during hiring. 7. In the U.S., 75 percent of students have no state laws to protect them from harassment and discrimination in school based on their sexual orientation. In public high schools, 97 percent of students report regularly hearing homophobic remarks from their peers. 8. Of the estimated 1.6 million homeless American youth, between...
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...Diabetes is a struggle within the body that leads blood sugar levels to go up more than normal. Which is often referred to as hyperglycemia. Type 2 diabetes is the most common one out of the two. Type 2 diabetes makes the body be unable to use insulin as expected. Originally, the pancreas of an affected person produces extra insulin to cover up for it (Diabetes Industry Group, 2007). Nevertheless, as time passes, the pancreas is unable to produce adequate insulin to preserve the required blood sugar at the normal level. In adults, type 2 diabetes accounts for nearly 95 percent of all diagnosed reports of diabetes. Type 2 diabetes is increasing globally on a daily basis. According to a report released by International Diabetes Federation (IDF), as of 2013, there are over 382 million individuals living with this illness. WHO (World Health Organization) approximates that 90 percent of the universal population suffers from diabetes suffers from type 2 diabetes (Cilenšek, Krkovič, Osredkar & Petrovič, 2008). Yet, diagnosis of type 2 diabetes differs widely in relation to age, ethnicity, state, and country. This background observes type 2 diabetes in the US in contrast to other countries and Florida as compared to other states. It also appraises the cost of treating T2D and the steps involved in treating it. The essay winds up by suggesting the best treatment option that should be adopted by the diagnosed people. As mentioned, millions of people suffer from type 2 diabetes...
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...The Digital Divide Carrie Lamberson INF 103 Computer Literacy Jaclyn Minor November 9 2015 We live in an age of technology being a part of our everyday lives, with the majority of the population owning smartphones, computers, and tablets. Using broadband connections giving us the fastest speeds as we explore the information highway and staying connected to the world around us. “In 2004 there was an estimated 75% of Americans with computers and internet access in their homes, these numbers continue to rise with each year. While this is a high number, and growing daily (especially among multiple-computer households) there are still a significant number of people without computers or Internet access, and they are getting left behind in school and in the workplace.”(Bowles 2013) This is what has become known as the digital divide and an area that needs to be address so that we are all can be equal in a technical world. “Digital divide is a term that refers to the gap between demographics and regions that have access to modern information and communication technology (ITC), and those that don't or have restricted access.” (Rouse 2014) ”Computers and the Internet represent a wealth of knowledge for those who have access to them. As another old saying goes, "Knowledge ispower." Therefore, it stands to reason that there are ethical issues at stake when using computers to transmit knowledge. It is vital to make surethat the world is not divided into a two-class ...
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...Clinton has a plan to work towards social, economic, and political equality as well. One of her ideas for presidency is to raise the middle-class wage. There is a vase gap between the wealthy and poverty. Mrs. Clinton plans on narrowing that gap. Frederick Douglass would agree with her on this issue because of his belief in good working conditions and working hard for success. The middle-class is a robust group of hard-workers and Douglass would surely have encouraged Clinton’s plan to reward them for what they do. Hillary Clinton wants to protect women’s rights if she makes it into the Oval Office. She is a “supporter of legal access” for abortions and other health care services (Hillary). Douglass would support Clinton with this decision because of his beliefs regarding women equality. Again, his newspaper, “The North Star” expressed his belief that women and men should have equal rights in all aspects of the...
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...David Casani November 17, 2014 Indigenous Peoples’ Rights in the US and Contemporary Issues The United States is the melting pot of many different ethnicities and indigenous tribes attempting to harmoniously coexist. One of the major ethnic groups is the Indigenous Peoples of America. Who are they? Jose R. Martinez Cobo was a diplomat and politician who elaborated a definition for Indigenous Peoples, although the UN officially never adopted his definition, which is the commonly accepted understanding of the concept of Indigenous Peoples, stating: “Indigenous communities, peoples and nations are those which, having a historical continuity with pre-invasion and pre-colonial societies that developed on their territories, consider themselves distinct from other sectors of the societies now prevailing on those territories, or parts of them. They form at present non-dominant sectors of society and are determined to preserve, develop and transmit to future generations their ancestral territories, and their ethnic identity, as the basis of their continued existence as peoples, in accordance with their own cultural patterns, social institutions and legal system” (NCIV). Currently, there are 4.1 million indigenous peoples living in the US, which contributes to 1.5 of the US population (Nelson 1-19). The majority of these individuals are members of one of the five greatest tribes that forms the Confederacy of the Five Nations: Navajo, Hopi, Apache, Iroquois, and Lakota. The main...
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...The basic choice facing any politician seeking to stimulate a moribund economy is whether to catalyze the supply side with tax cuts on business or the demand side by way of spending increases. Obama obviously made that choice years ago: He will work the demand side. Talk about you equation stuff Famed conservative columnist Dick Morris points out that in all federal capital projects, only about one-quarter of the funds appropriated are actually spent in the fiscal year. According to his studies it takes that long to plan, engineer and begin construction. Also he stated that for every $6 spent in the Bush stimulus, only $1 actually got spent on goods or services. Five dollars out of every six in the Bush stimulus package of 2008 went to pay down debt items such as: mortgage, credit card, student loan or home equity (Dick Morris). Now if his numbers are correct dick Morris points out that, only 25 cents out of every dollar actually is spent in the fiscal year, and only one-sixth of that sum actually gets spent by the workers who get paid on new goods and services, only about 4 cents from every dollar actually stimulates the economy. Lastly he brings up an interesting statement, for the cents spent on the economy who says it’s going to be spent on domestically produced product, couldn’t it just have gone to feed Chinese imports (Morris). A year after the bill was passed the White House released its summary of 150,000 reports submitted by recipients of federal grants or contracts...
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...Legislating the Family: Heterosexist Bias in Social Welfare Policy Frameworks Amy Lind University of Virginia Studies in Women and Gender Program This article addresses the effects of heterosexist bias in social welfare policy frameworks on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) individuals and families in the United States. It discusses the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA), the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), federal definitions of family and household, and stereotypes about LGBT individuals. It argues that poor LGBT individuals and families lack full citizen rights and access to needed social services as a result of these explicit and implicit biases. Key words: Welfare reform; family policy; civil rights; gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (LGBT); heterosexism Welfare reform is fundamentally about family policy—about promoting and privileging particular kinds of families, and about penalizing and stigmatizing others. (Cahill and Jones 2002: 1). Two pieces of legislation were passed in 1996 that set an important tone for family policy in the United States: The 1996 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA), an act that expanded welfare-to-work programs throughout the country, restricted people’s access to public assistance, and crystallized the broader restructuring of public-private boundaries; and the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which defines marriage as a legal union between a man...
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...THE EFFECTS OF CLASS SIZE ON STUDENT ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN A RURAL STATE A Dissertation Presented by Michael Kornfeld to The Faculty of the Graduate College of The University of Vermont In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Education Specializing in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies February, 2010 Accepted by the Faculty of the Graduate College, The University of Vermont, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Education specializing in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies. Dissertation Examination Committee: Advisor Sean M. Hurley, Ph.D. ~'W 11 Uo,~~, Patricia A. Stokowski, Ph.D. Chairperson Patricia A. Stokowski, Ph.D. Associate Dean, Graduate College Date: November 30, 2009 ABSTRACT The thesis addresses the relationship of class size to student performance in a rural state. It presents findings from a longitudinal study of a cohort of students who were tested with state assessments at grade 4 in 2000, again at grade 8 in 2004 and, finally at grade 10 in 2006. Graduation rates for five large-class sized schools and five small-class sized school populations were established in 2008. All scores (n=1137) were matched across time enabling students from similar socioeconomic backgrounds from schools that were considered small (average class size, n=11) to schools that were large (average, n= 20). The paper’s focus is on the extent that students from schools that...
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...On May 26, 2015, in Burlington, Vermont Bernie Sanders formally announced that he would be running for President of the United States. Sanders, a junior United States Senator and former Representative from Vermont, declared his candidacy on the shores of Lake Champlain because he had maintained high public opinion while serving as mayor of Burlington from 1981-1989. His successful stint as mayor there gave him good cause to feel comfortable announcing his bid for the Presidential Nomination, complacent even. Sanders began his speech by addressing the major concerns of his target audience, the common man, and reassuring them that he will champion them. He claimed that the American economy has declined, and capitalized on income inequality and...
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...Tatiana Brown Spanish 102 Cultural Project The country I have decided to choose is the amazing and beautiful island of the Dominican Republican. The reason I have chosen this country is because I plan on vacationing here over summer break. My significant other and I have been trying to find different places to vacation and this project was a perfect opportunity for me to explore one of our favorite options. The beautiful island of the Dominican Republic is positioned in the Caribbean Sea, and it is a portion of the West Indies. Its region equals that of Vermont and New Hampshire combined. The Dominican Republic shares the land with Haiti and the whole island is known as Hispaniola. The Dominican Republic lies on the east side of the island and Haiti is on the west. Hispaniola was the name given when Christopher Columbus discovered it when he revealed it on his formerly voyage in 1492. The establishing of this island was very significant to European settlers and it played a main part in the economic growth that Europe had when the new world was discovered. The cultivation that is part of this island has help establish an economic structure that has led the Dominican Republic become what it has today. The population of the Dominican Republic today is around 10.5 million. The nationality of the people living in this country are Dominicans. There is some mixed ethic groups including blacks and whites. The Dominican Republic Close to 46% of that population is under the age...
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