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suicide and substance abuse. The federal policy from the Library of Congress that relates to this social justice is the Affordable Healthcare Act.
Include a description of the programs and services that are provided through the policy. What is the purpose of this policy? What problem does it seek to remedy?
The Affordable Care Act is also referred to as the health care law and was established with the main purpose of providing more Americans with greater accessibility to affordable health insurance, enhancing the quality of health care and health insurance, and also diminishing health care spending in the in the United States. Basically, its main… Continue Reading...
terms of social justice and therefore the theory of social justice is the one that best explains each. Yet when one considers the texts from the standpoint of Rawls’ theory of distributive (social) justice, one sees a problem: the problem is that the “separate but equal” clause of Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) is still essentially in effect in America, and therefore there can be no social justice. The African American population can lament—but whites who have a guilt complex about appropriating the culture of blacks (as Macklemore does in White Privilege II)… Continue Reading...
in a new controversial campaign that has aimed to leverage Kaepernick’s status as an anti-establishment, counter-culture hero of social justice. Kaepernick, who became famous for being the first to “take a knee” during the national anthem sung before kickoff, soon found himself unemployed by the NFL (an organization he thereupon sued for discrimination). By trying to draw attention to social injustice during a particularly turbulent time in recent years when the Black Lives Matter organization got underway in response to a rising perception of police assaults on the black community, Kaepernick became a pariah in the corporate NFL world. Nike, however, like many other professional athletes—from LeBron James… Continue Reading...
changes in legislation and policy to enhance social conditions and promote social justice towards meeting basic human needs. In essence, social workers' participation in political advocacy is geared towards protecting individuals' rights and enhancing people's lives.
An example of a political campaign issue I would participate in as a social worker is reducing economic inequality, which has emerged as a major social and economic issue in the United States. According to Lewis (2013), the U.S. Congress has done relatively nothing to lessen the ever-increasing economic inequality that has made millions of Americans to be treated as second-class citizens. Therefore, economic inequality… Continue Reading...
Social Problem Related to Human Services
Social justice implies citizens’ equal entitlement to the self-same services and rights. In this paper, the inequalities in providing various human services to different societal groups in the nation will be addressed.
Beginning with education, a fundamental human service, it is a highly concerning fact that the nation’s educational system continually fails unwanted, abused and neglected children. Also, foster children totally at society’s mercy for survival are largely ignored. As children don’t have any avenue for voicing their views and demands, and cannot finance political campaigns, protest for improved services,… Continue Reading...
is installed and enforced properly via the following of social justice and similar principles can be a tool to make the disabled workers feel more welcome rather than as an outcast or someone that is not as worthy or capable.
Analysis
One seminal work on the matter noted in the introduction that shall be covered in-depth in this report is that of Spataro. When it comes to organizational culture and how/why it focuses on diversity, he gives three types in particular. Those three types are differentiation, unity and integration. The salient point to be taken from each type is… Continue Reading...
the most significant ethical challenges include the need to protect participant confidentiality, and the need to pursue research that promotes social justice. Lowman & Palys (2001) analyze some of the ethical and legal threats to confidentiality, showing how criminal justice researchers can balance their legal and ethical obligations with their commitment to research efficacy, validity, and reliability. Nouwen (2014), on the other hand, is concerned with the research questions and methodologies used to investigate issues related to social justice, advocacy, and human rights. Both of these are important issues to consider when designing and applying criminal justice research.
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political attitudes can be clarified and resolved.
The crux of CST is social justice and human rights. As Groody & Cross (2014) point out, there are several CST themes relevant to migration including the right to stay in one’s homeland as well as the right to move when conditions demand it. Moreover, CST recognizes the emergence of a global community in which political boundaries are fluid; national borders can be permeable but still remain intact like a cellular membrane that lets in oxygen while still allowing for the removal of toxins. Migration issues are complex, particularly those that do not involve major… Continue Reading...
over the past several decades there has been an increased awareness of how education fits into social justice. Increased awareness of how developmental or psychological disabilities impact learning, or how students with special needs can receive the best possible education has also led to legislation that requires the public school system to serve all students with equal consideration. As Lopez-Alvarado (2017) points out, the purposes of education include an exploration of the issues to share information that can improve educational practice with social justice goals in mind.
The principle of respect is important at every stage of education research and practice. Just as it is categorically… Continue Reading...
the fissures deep within a society that prevent the efficacy of intervention.
The Church has always been oriented towards social justice. Therefore, peace building must be one of the cornerstones of Church action. Peace building functions effectively as a “soft power,” as Sullivan and Pagnucco (2014) point out (p. 115). A soft power allows the Church to conduct specific peace building activities without being directly involved with power brokering or formal politics. The Church could, however, serve as mediator or advocate to help garner resources, coordinate support, and provide the means by which peace infrastructure can be constructed and maintained. Moreover, peace building is the essential extension of core… Continue Reading...
values include individual and family wellness, a sense of community, respect for human diversity, social justice, empowerment and citizen participation, collaboration and community struggle, and empirical grounding. Thus, community psychology can be viewed as an interface between traditional individualistic psychology, sociology, and social work. Community psychology has been called a “common sense” approach given its broad focus on the ecological connections between individuals and their environments (Scileppi, Teed & Toerres, 1999, p. 1). Rather than focus only on individual variables, community psychologists take into account multiple dimensions and contextual constraints and influences on human behavior, identity, and relationships.
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22 veterans commit suicide every day (American Public Health Association [APHA], 2014). This paper focuses on this social justice problem, specifically highlighting the oppression faced by veterans with regards to access to mental healthcare, the ethical dilemmas associated with the problem, and policies enacted to address the problem.
For Veterans, access to mental healthcare remains a major challenge, with veterans in rural areas as well as those facing financial difficulties being the most affected. For instance, reports indicate that 56-87% of military service members undergoing psychological distress following deployment do not get psychological help (APHA, 2014). These are startling figures without a doubt, underscoring the need for… Continue Reading...
it took that bright orange poster to help her draw the connection between drug policy and race-related social justice issues in America. Her initial research revealed that up to three quarters of the prison terms being served for drug offences are Black or Latino, even though the “majority of the country’s illegal drug users and dealers are white.”[footnoteRef:2] Alexander herself is bi-racial, with a white mother and a black father. She experienced discrimination from an early age, forcing her parents out of their community. Her childhood experiences spurned racial awareness, and prompted Alexander to pursue a career as a civil rights attorney. [1: Arnie Cooper, “Throwing Away… Continue Reading...
the organization, setting aside my pride or need to be right in order to focus on what really matters.
Promoting Social Justice
Strong educational leaders work tirelessly to promote social justice within the school. Even if big-picture issues do not arise on a daily basis, each day presents the opportunity to create a school culture that is committed to social justice. Until recently, teachers were not viewed as being political agents who could create change in the world through their pedagogical practices but “issues of diversity and leadership are now considered a legitimate” role for educators (Ryan & Rottman, n.d., p. 2). As an educational leader, I can promote social… Continue Reading...
involve modern trends like literacy training via art, worldwide popular culture, 21st-century abilities, social justice, art evaluation, cultural diversity, and interdisciplinary approaches.
Teaching Literacy through Art
According to Moody-Zoet, art-teaching offers distinctive and useful intellectual behaviors and skill sets which aid in the learning of other academic disciplines. The following skills are introduced, cultivated and honed by arts education: craft creation capacity; task involvement and determination when it comes to task completion; envisioning, expression, and seeking of a vision for oneself; observation; reflection; stretching; exploration; and understanding of the art community/world. Arts education represents a vital component of every learner's holistic scholastic literacy.… Continue Reading...
learning material. The process of developing this text set has involved identifying a suitable multicultural or social justice theme i.e. embracing individual differences in the classroom or learning environment. Once the theme was identified, a wide range of texts was selected to appeal to these students with different interests and ability levels.
Overview of the Target Students
The text set was developed to target middle school students i.e. those in sixth, seventh, and eighth grade. These students are aged between 10 and 14 years and have varying levels of maturity and comprehension of educational material and content. This development stage and schooling period is usually characterized… Continue Reading...
backlash” refers to the antagonistic, often violent response of white supremacists to civil rights and social justice. Although the term might apply especially well to the 1960s, the era in which President Johnson passed the landmark Civil Rights Act, white backlash can easily be traced back to the Reconstruction Era and the rise of the KKK. Rather than welcome the potential for an egalitarian and harmonious society, white supremacists clung to racist beliefs and used whatever means possible to retain political and social hegemony. Any resistance to positive social change related to racial parity, social justice, and civil rights can be considered “white backlash.”
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by showing that the death penalty should only be administered in states where there is harmony between social justice and criminal justice.
Introduction
While it may seem ironic that the death penalty should be considered as a deterrent for murder, the underlying premise that supports the proposition is simply this: laws must be backed by force in order to be compelling, and if the force is insufficient to carry the weight needed to compel order and respect for the law in society, both law and order will be unenforceable and therefore unsupportive of the natural aims of society. From this perspective, therefore, it may be seen that… Continue Reading...
as a deterrent but only in a society where the criminal justice system is aligned with social justice—i.e., in a state where there is no deviation from the way the community views justice and from the way the criminal justice system views justice. Criminal justice and social justice must be in accordance, as Bazelon asserts, in order for a system of law to work, to be fair, to be equitable, and to be effective. In a society where social justice is at odds with criminal justice, the death penalty may not be prescribed as a deterrent to murder because the two systems—social justice and criminal justice—are… Continue Reading...
fulfill most of the core ethical objectives of the profession including patient autonomy, beneficence, equity, and social justice. Nurses are committed to care at every level of delivery: the individual, family, and community (Pope, Hough & Chase, 2016). The principle of beneficence means that nurses act in ways that benefit their patients, including their extended families, not through paternalistic actions but through patient empowerment. Patient empowerment depends on knowledge and information, but also on awareness and access of public health services. Communities that have robust healthy infrastructure are beneficent communities, and nurses have an ethical obligation to participate in urban planning that reflects the core goals… Continue Reading...
