Hello Michele, A diverse community is becoming the norm in the United States. The city I grew up in you live in people lived within their race/culture communities. If you were black you lived in an all-black community if you were white you lived in an all-white community. However, now the city is made up of all races and nationality, it is what is called a melting pot community. Therefore, there is a need for a diverse community program for children and adults.
Changing demographics might impact children and the way they will learn. Children learn and start to develop a sense of the world at an early age. How does a center meet the needs of these new families when they come from a demographic where those households were the norm at their center. Children and families rely on the facilities to create and welcome their diversity. Centers and Schools are realizing that demographic trends are changing and that working together with families in creating a welcoming environment in order to embrace their diversity to protect the children’s well-being.
Ours is a growing and wonderful community. With growth, however, come greater challenges and even greater opportunities. Our community consists of many people from many different cultures and with growth it will become even more diverse. We have all seen tragedies unfold in schools across the country and as made evident by the necessity of our bullying policy, the issues of ignorance and intolerance are also alive and well here at home. This is why we must address issues surrounding cultural diversity. Cultural diversity is simply the blending of different cultures – people with different backgrounds, routines, looks, beliefs, styles of dress all coming together to form a community. The challenge is do we continue to stick our head
Probably one of the most important issues when it comes to Family/Community Partnership is trying to get the families/community involved in what we are doing. By engaging parents, it will help us to see what we are lacking and what we need to do in order to have our families fully engaged. I feel that if our families/communities are not engaged in our program then we need to reevaluate in order to encourage their participation. By reevaluating our program we can further access what we need to work on. If parents/communities feel that they are not valued as part of our team, they won’t engage in our program. Both the parents and the community play a big role in the education of our children. Parents are their first teachers and the communities have valuable resources for the children.
Providence is known as a highly dangerous city. Consequently, we are the “hood” of RI. There should be a group of teenagers, that meet about once every week, from each community to discuss how we could expand diversity. They would spread the message all over Providence. Every year, there should be a vast cultural fair that includes all cultures’ cuisine, music, arts & crafts, etc. giving everybody an experience of what it’s like to be a different race. The only way to recognize it, is to attempt to be in someone else’s shoes. In this cultural fair, kids, teenagers, and adults be able to notice who else is living in their communities, and the city. We would have activities in which, for example, we’d be paired up with someone we don’t know,
1.9 Describe how diversity (cultural, ethnic, multi generational) and ethics affect the selection of project and programs. Our country and world are staring at a massive generation of people moving into retirement and older adulthood. Americans’ knowledge, perceptions, and awareness of the impact the imminent Baby Boom are generally minimal and/or negative in nature. The production of a series of short films, which will catalyze much needed and long overdue community discussion about the future of aging in America. Developing an interactive online community fueled by these efforts, in turn fueling this movement.
School districts have already taken action to promote diversity. They do this through housing policies that allow people of different economic backgrounds to be on one even playing field. According to usnews.com, “Socioeconomic integration also represents ‘a new legal reality,’” (Boser). With a lot of social movement going on, there are many changes happening within the government that allow these sorts of policies to be put in place.
The role of cultural diversity in the design and direction of the Harlem Children’s Zone project relates to the areas of ethnicity, economic status and age with respect to diversity.
How do people behave? What makes us act the way we do? There are as many different answers as there are people. Each person is a unique makeup of individual characteristics which blend together to form the personality, the behavior of the person. We can identify certain broad characteristics of groups of people and apply them to individuals to get an idea of how they will behave in a given situation. This is called stereotyping and, when taken too far, will give a distorted picture of what to expect of a persons behavior. While you can never get a fully accurate picture of how someone will behave based on their demographics and characteristics, you can make certain general guesses that will point
In 2002, the latest year for which statistics are available, there were 170,241 African Americans enrolled in degree-granting graduate schools. This was an all-time high. Blacks were 8.4 percent of the total enrollments in U.S. graduate schools
We've been told that college is a game changer. Go to college and it will open doors for you. There will finally be opportunities available that were once reserved for the privileged few. What they didn't tell you is that there were hidden costs associated with this education.
The 21st century has recently turned a corner, and many aspects of daily life have changed over the last 100 years: women have gained the right to vote, the black community finally made equal, child labor laws altered, and many more that define the great nation we live in. Nonetheless with these changes come great difficulties within our local communities, with struggles of supporting their family, battling addiction, and homelessness. However in the community of Washington Park, a struggle of cultural diversity has never been addressed to show the community the true value that it possesses. Division created by stereotypes, and racial labeling confine the capacity of open mindedness and acceptance that many residents within this country aim to acquire. The people who reside within this community would greatly benefit by broadening their point of views on cultural diversity.
While shadowing at Ridge Elementary School, I noticed that some of the students seemed to be on different social-emotional scale levels. Some were natural born leaders and some were not which is okay. The natural born leaders would take charge of group assignments and the other children had no problem being a follower. Either way, the assignments that they had got done every time. I perceived almost immediately that an excess amount of the school’s students fell under three complexions. The three were mostly Hispanic, moderate Black/African descent, and few Caucasian. Since the school was mostly Hispanic this lead to the school has a lot of concentration on reading improvement clubs, in other words, bilingual education program which could be a great benefit for students who need the extra assistance. Taking a glance at the religious diversity in the classroom there were hard if any no visible religious diversities. Due to the majority of the school is the same ethnicity I am making an assumption the culture practiced the same religion which is why there is a lack of diversity in that area. More diversity should be added to this school district I believe the most impactful, and teachable moments are derived from a fellow diverse
Most people have faced discrimination at some point in their lives, this is brought about by ethnicity appreciating the fact that we come from different backgrounds. Diversity is described as the inclusion of different types of people, it is vital for the community because diversity brings peace and co-existence as people interact well with each other and respect everyone despite their differences. In this essay, I will define the essential elements that help in making a community diverse.
The schema of a Clinical Psychologist is a slightly older, Caucasian female. Just like schemas in any other profession, this may inadvertently discourage some to join certain vocations because they may not see themselves fitting the schema. I am fortunate that my rich array of experiences has taught me otherwise.
Diversity is the idea in which society accepts all cultures, ethnicities, sexual orientations, and beliefs. Based on the common event, I remember some of the topics being about homosexuality, mental illnesses, and current issues of gun control and shootings. The topic on sexual orientation mentioned that being homosexual is still misunderstood; however, the speaker brought up that keeping an open mind is important in making our world a diverse and more accepting place. Another topic was about mental illnesses. The speaker described her experience of having a mental illness and its relation to the idea of diversity; the speaker mentioned the different types of mental illnesses. Just because you have a mental illness, does not mean that you are