Social Justice and Resource Utilization in a Community-Based Organization: A Case Illustration of the Role of the Occupational Therapist

2009 ◽  
Vol 63 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Braveman ◽  
Y. Suarez-Balcazar
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Resource Utilization ◽  
Occupational Therapist ◽  
Case Illustration ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Community Based Organization

The Role of Community-Based Organization in Emergency Management in Rural Korea

2012 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 187-202 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kyoo-Man Ha
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Emergency Management ◽  
Voluntary Organization ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Current Role ◽  
Local Schools ◽  
Community Based Organization ◽  
Local Residents ◽  
Real Picture

The purpose of this paper is to suggest strengthening of the current role of community-based organization (CBO) in rural Korea, such as its all-events approach, by adopting the guerilla approach for the ultimate goal of effective local emergency management. In so doing, the paper first analyzes the real picture of CBO’s all-events approach and the alternatives available to CBO’s guerilla approach via four components: (1) local government, (2) local schools, (3) neighboring industry, and (4) local residents. The major tenet of this paper is that CBO should focus more, like a guerilla or an irregular soldier, on managing local emergency, besides all other events in rural Korea, with the support of the four components. Keywords: community-based organization • voluntary organization • emergency management • local Korea

scholarly journals Nepantlera Pedagogy in an Immigrant Youth Theater Project: The Role of a Hmong Educator in Facilitating the Exploration of Culture and Identity

2021 ◽  
pp. 016146812110519
Author(s):  
Bic Ngo ◽  
Diana Chandara
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Second Generation ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Immigrant Youth ◽  
Boundary Crossing ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Youth Theater ◽  
Community Based Organization ◽  
Hmong American

Background/Context: Community-based youth theater programs afford youth opportunities to explore and “author” new identities by “performing writing.” Yet, we know much less about the ways in which immigrant youth are exploring struggles and changes within their families and ethnic community. We particularly lack research about the roles of immigrant adult educators in youth programs, and the significance to the pedagogical process of their experiences, being, and modes of interacting with young people who share with them a common ethnicity. Purpose/Objective/Research Question/Focus of Study: The purpose of the study is to explore the role of a community-based Hmong immigrant educator as a “nepantlera,” or boundary-crossing “guide” in Hmong youth’s negotiation of culture and identity. It is guided by three questions: (1) How does nepantlera pedagogy move beyond self–other dichotomies? (2) How does nepantlera pedagogy facilitate rewriting the self to construct new visions of ethnic identity? and (3) How does nepantlera pedagogy entail risking the personal? Setting: The research setting was a Hmong community-based arts organization in an urban center in the Midwestern United States. Population/Participants/Subjects: Three 1.5-generation Hmong American adult staff of a community-based organization, one Korean American teaching artist from a local theater company, and 11 second-generation Hmong American adolescents participated in the study. Research Design: The study draws from a critical ethnographic investigation of the culturally relevant practices of a youth theater project within a Hmong coethnic organization. Data Collection and Analysis: Ethnographic data collection occurred over the 4-month program cycle of the theater project. Data sources include field notes from participant observations, semi-structured interviews, audio and video recordings of the activities, work products, and documents about the program and organization. The data were analyzed with thematic analysis techniques. Findings/Results: The findings suggest that the nepantlera pedagogy of the Hmong immigrant educator fostered opportunities for Hmong youth to (1) disrupt binaries between first-generation and second-generation immigrants by exploring not only differences but also commonalities; (2) imagine new ethnic selves by exploring and rewriting a Hmong edict against same-last-name relationships; and (3) experience the vulnerability of their Hmong educator through disclosure about his personal life. Conclusions/Recommendations: The nepantlera pedagogy of an immigrant educator within a coethnic community-based organization brings a perspective from the nepantla, or “in-between,” of culture and identity that provides immigrant youth with a deeper level of cultural knowledge and connectedness to navigate their multiple worlds.

Conditional resource and social entrepreneurial action: the mediating role of social entrepreneurial intent

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Isa Nsereko
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intent ◽  
Community Based Organization ◽  
Entrepreneurial Action ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose The purpose of this study is two-fold: to examine the relationship between conditional resources, social entrepreneurial intent and social entrepreneurial action and to test the mediating role of social entrepreneurial intent in the relationship between conditional resources and social entrepreneurial action among social ventures in Uganda. Design/methodology/approach The study adopts a quantitative methodological approach were hypotheses were statistically tested using structural equation modelling based on survey data (n = 243) from community-based organization owner-managers in Uganda. Findings Results show that both conditional resources and social entrepreneurial intent are significantly associated with social entrepreneurial action. Results further indicate that social entrepreneurial intent partially mediates the relationship between conditional resources and social entrepreneurial action. Originality/value To the authors’ knowledge, this study provides a shred of initial empirical evidence on the relationship between conditional resources, social entrepreneurial intent and social entrepreneurial action using evidence from a developing African country – Uganda. Mostly, this study provides initial evidence of the mediating role of social entrepreneurial intent in the relationship between conditional resources and social entrepreneurial action.

scholarly journals “The Skill Is Using Your Big Head Over Your Little Head”

2013 ◽  
Vol 7 (4_suppl) ◽  
pp. 31S-42S ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa Bowleg ◽  
Meaghan Mingo ◽  
Jenné S. Massie
Keyword(s):  
Hiv Prevention ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Development Program ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Prevention Messages ◽  
Community Based Organization ◽  
Hiv Aids

Although the disproportionate toll of HIV/AIDS among Black heterosexuals, particularly in low-income U.S. urban areas is well documented, Black heterosexual men are rarely the explicit focus of HIV prevention messages, research, and interventions. We conducted 4 focus groups with 28 Black men, aged 19 to 51 years, who were enrolled in the workforce and fatherhood development program of a local community-based organization to examine (a) the priority and role of HIV/AIDS in their lives and (b) their HIV prevention needs. Although none articulated HIV as a top life priority, respondents nonetheless prioritized educating their children about HIV prevention and protecting their main partners from HIV if they had other sexual partners. Analyses demonstrated that participants said they wanted and needed: to learn how to talk to partners about HIV testing and use condoms when tempted not to do so, and more discussion-oriented educational opportunities to learn and exchange prevention strategies.

scholarly journals The role of interpersonal communication in the process of knowledge mobilization within a community-based organization: a network analysis

2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Heather L Gainforth ◽  
Amy E Latimer-Cheung ◽  
Peter Athanasopoulos ◽  
Spencer Moore ◽  
Kathleen A Martin Ginis
Keyword(s):  
Network Analysis ◽  
Interpersonal Communication ◽  
Knowledge Mobilization ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Community Based Organization

scholarly journals Identification of Key Actors of Agricultural Community-Based Organization from Communication Perspective in Malaysia

2014 ◽  
Vol 23 ◽  
pp. 66-72
Author(s):  
N.N.M. Shariff ◽  
A. Muhammad ◽  
Zety Sharizat Hamidi
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Agriculture ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Knowledge Network ◽  
Agricultural Practice ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Agricultural Knowledge ◽  
Current State ◽  
Agricultural Community ◽  
Community Based Organization

This paper was part of a larger study which focuses on communication aspect of sustainable agriculture. To date, most of communication issues highlight role of extension officer rather than CBOs or the farmers meaning from top to bottom approach. It is realized that the flows of communication and the exchanges between different actors are extremely significant especially to understand the current state of agriculture and to facilitate the learning process. This underscores the need for dialogues and interactions between different actors and networks. Hence, this research will focus on CBOs because of the changing focus from extension officers to CBOs also changes the agricultural perspective. The purpose of this paper is to identify key actors that involved in an agricultural community-based organization (CBO). By identifying key actors, we can understand: 1) characteristic of a CBO; and 2) dissemination of agricultural knowledge – network. Therefore, a more sustainable agricultural practice can be embraced by many especially by conventional farmers.

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