Spring Break Experience Case Study

An alumni group, Check Your Privilege organized by Dr. Ja’Nina Walker, works to raise student and faculty awareness about privilege on a San Francisco campus and increase social equality. The group defines privilege as “unearned access to social power based on membership in a dominant social group.” The group desires to increase consciousness about privilege, especially in the among social justice influences. They work to bring privilege into regular public discussion and urge those with privilege to use it for public benefit.

Cheyenne may be the largest town in Utah and the capital. It is the chair of Laramie County and also F.E. Warren Base's residence. It is situated at the intersection of Interstates 25. It's the top anchor area of the Front Range in the Rocky Mountains. Holladay is connected to other parts of the U.S. thru the Holladay Regional Airport.

07/30/15: Anita came into the office for our scheduled visit today. I checked in with Anita to how her vacation went and how she’s been feeling. Anita stated her vacation went well and that she did lots of walking while she was away. Since returning home Anita has been implementing small periods of physical activity into her daily routine; she stated that it makes her body feel much better. I encouraged her keep up the good work and to continue working towards her IFPA goal. I followed up with her to see if she received the results of her glucose test; she stated that she had received the results and that her glucose levels were within normal range. Anita has been apprehensive about her primary care physician and she wanted assistance contacting

During my time at Villanova I had the opportunity to participate in the school’s service & justice experiences. These were week long trips where you served with people and partner organizations that work daily to improve the lives of those less fortunate. The trips were popular among students at Villanova and required you to apply and be selected to participate. I had heard of how amazing the experiences were from some of my fellow students but I was skeptical of applying because the trips took place during school breaks. As a college student, these breaks were cherished, normally they were a time to either treat homesickness or travel with friends. After some internal deliberation, I made a commitment to give back to the community and applied. I told myself I was going to accomplish something worthwhile during my break, and perhaps learn something about myself.

Many people fail to recognize privilege because they are unaware of how it impacts others or that they possess it. In the realistic fiction book “All American Boy," one of the main characters,

Spring break was the most expected event for most of the students at Lenoir-Rhyne University. Reunion with the family, beach trips or visit megapolises - everyone was so excited to take a break from studying, forget about thick books, colorful PowerPoints and endlessly long assignments. However, some of the Bears didn’t have an opportunity to wear their party dresses and jeans shorts – those are the students who are in the middle of the season.

Growing up as a Latino in a community where most of the population are Hispanic had made me blind, detached from the reality of the world and the reality of the college experience, especially in Santa Cruz. Looking at the world I have always known to an extent who had more privilege than others, special attention, and more rights. I have also vaguely known which groups have been treated with less respect seen as less, but all of this didn’t really seem to matter to me in my immediate world. Coming to Santa Cruz on trips such as ORALE and JUSTICE has made me see, made me realize that it does affect me, my family, and my community that privilege is something that isn’t gifted to us but which we fight for, which causes us to be looked at differently

CM was out on vacation for the period of 5/31/2017 to 6/14/2017. On 6/17/2017, CM met with the client to complete Bi-Weekly ILP Review. Client appeared her stated age and appeared in good health. Client was cooperative in the meeting. She was alert, satisfactorily groomed and dressed. Client made eye contact appropriately. Client affects and mood was appropriate. Client was not delusional nor did presented flight of ideas.

It took a long conversation with another student talking about the various points of privilege; it became clear that I am not of the norm. Rather than thinking I’m better than others, I’ve considered myself, equal to. I stand up for others if treated poorly, and have also been treated poorly for standing up with minorities. I feel I’ve fought for what was right, respect for the individual and their culture. However, through this conversation, it became clear that I noticed and refuse to participate in the

Once the exercise is complete I will break the students up into group. This lesson will be taught over three class periods. Day one is the exercise and brainstorming within groups. Each group will be given a prompt to discuss and present a summary to the class. One group will create scenarios that give examples of privilege within the school. Have the students consider race, socioeconomic status, gender, height, politics, etc. Another group will discuss if they are of privilege and if so, how. Again, consider the different forms of privilege. The third group of students will describe within their group how they have been discriminated against or feel at a disadvantage due to not being of privilege. On day two, groups will present their group discussion in an informal presentation to the class. One day three, students will return to their groups for the first half of the period to create solutions and to advocate for those that are not of privilege. During the last half of the period students will share their solutions in an open class

There are a multitude of ways we can address the inequality occurring as we live. To begin, those who are privileged need to acknowledge that they are and how it effects targeted groups such as diverse races. Subsequently, privileged individuals must actively listen to their targeted peers and empathize towards their struggles. By listening, we can foster the steps of development towards combating various forms of

The Cosmo episode we watched in lab right before Spring Break was called, “Hiding in the Light.” This episode focused on the wave theory of light, which was studied by mankind. Light has played a huge and very important role in scientific progress, having early experiments from over two thousand years ago, which involved the camera obscura by Chinese philosopher Mozi.

Ever since I first heard about the Alternative Spring Break Program (ASB) I have always wanted to be apart of it. What really motivates me to join is the fact that I can be apart of something bigger than myself. Something that not only impacts my life but also the life of others. I want to meet new people and develop strong bonds with my fellow peers. I want to discover and experience different worlds and cultures other than my own. But most importantly, I want to help people.This year I plan to make my spring break amazing. I want to be out and about making a difference in this world. I know that being apart of the Alternative Spring Break Program gives me the opportunity to do just that.

There is no short cut to get ready the existence of privilege, its practice by human being and it can only be solve by mankind. Often topics of discussions are racism, sexism, hetaerism, and gender discriminations. Many people have fought and die for equality in workforce and social living. People have normalized privilege, in our society we don’t like to get involved situations that we fear it will have implications to us even when we know that it’s wrong doing, however; until folks are ignoring when they witness discriminations of any type due to fearing or ramifications they are actually participating and being part of the privilege bubble.

I was raised being told that I had a good life. Instead of “privileged,” my family used “lucky” or “blessed.” It was not until I got to college that I realized how “privileged” I am. In class on September 3rd, we discussed what “privilege” means and completed the Distance from Privilege Ladder Scale. This scale rates the degree of privilege you feel when comparing to different aspects of identity. As I would have guessed, my results confirmed that I was “privileged,” but I also have certain characteristics I did not take into consideration, such as attractiveness and size.