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Techniques on How to Handle Poverty, Trauma, Adult Learning and the Web
or " You can help the pushouts."
ByRichard c. Close CEO Chrysalis Campaign, Inc.
Dr. Joni SchwartzAdj. Professor Speech Communications,
Richard C. CloseDirector, Bridgeport Rescue Mission Learning CenterFounder, Chrysalis Campaign, Inc.Developer, Global Learning Frameworkhttp://globallearningframework.ning.come. [email protected] @iamthestory860.248.5424
Dr. Joni Schwartz Adj. Professor Speech Communications CUNY – LaGuardia Community College , Brooklyn NYFounder, Downtown Learning CenterBrooklyn [email protected]
The World Health Organization defines life skills as: “abilities for adaptive and positive behavior that enable individuals to deal effectively with the demands and challenges of everyday life”.
Because of the Internet we are seeingpoverty’s traditional lies shifting
• “You are isolated”• “Denial of education”• “Denial of development resources”• “Denial of global logistics”• “Denial of freedom and rights freedom”• “You are at the mercy of others”• “Life based on fear and survival ”• “You are alone”
Old myths are being replaced with new valuesor is it…. Educational system bypass
I am part of a global community I have global resources Knowledge is all around me I am part of global community I have entitlement and freedom to build I have life based opportunity I have the power to help others I am not alone
• History of racial oppression• Institutionalized racism • Inequality of educational opportunity• Inequality of economic opportunity• Unequal distribution of wealth• Social, collective & individual
psychological ramifications• Greatest US civil rights issue
African American males:• disproportionally experience violence • Are 5 times more likely to be incarcerated than whites• have high incidence of chronic disease• have highest unemployment rate• disproportionally are placed in special education Latino males:• are more likely to live in poverty• have highest rates of high school non-completion• have highest rates of uninsured Davis, L. (2009) Reparable Harm: Assessing and addressing Disparities Faced by
Boys and Men of Color in California. Santa Monica, CA, Rand Corporation.
Approximately 50% of young men of color in our country’s urban areas (Orfield, 2004) do not finish high school. It is now well established that the human, as well as economic loss to us as a nation is both epidemic (Bridgeland, 2006) and catastrophic and has only worsened during economic recession ( Harrington, 2009).
Global Learning Conference 2011
Many of our young men are being pushed out of a school system that is not challenging to their intellect (Bridgeland, 2006), criminalizes them (Nolan, 2010), and exposes them to potential physical violence and emotional trauma. (Rich, 2009)
“Studies around urban stressors (racism and poverty) and exposure to violence suggest that many young men of color are experiencing Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).”
Creating Spaces for Speaking & Writing the Pain Research Studies 1 &3
Recommendations:• Disclaimer from the Instructor• Physical Space• Being vulnerable yourself• White privilege• Reflective/Evaluative Journals• Personal Narratives• Mentoring• Focus and Male Therapeutic Focus Groups
• Bridgeland, J., Dilulio, J., Morrison, K. The silent epidemic: perspectives of high school dropouts.Washington DC: Civic Enterprises, 2006. • Davis, L. (2009) Reparable Harm: Assessing and Addressing Disparities Faced by Boys and Men of Color in • California. Santa Monica, CA, Rand Corporation.• Harrington, P. (2009). Labor Market and Fiscal Impacts of Educational Attainment in New York City [PowerPoint slides]. Retrieved from http://www.multiplepathwaystosuccess com • Morris, R., Schwartz, J., Schwartz, P . (Co Directors & Producers) (2012). The New Normal: Young Men of Color and Educational Trauma (working title) Available from The City University of New York.• National Center for Health Statistics (2000)• National Urban League (2007). State of Black America: Portrait of the Black Male. Silver Male. MD: Beckham Publications Group.• Nolan, K. (2008). The Impact of Order-Maintenance Policing on an Urban School Environment: An Ethnographic Portrait. Voices on Urban Education, Learning Environments (19) 1.
Orfield, G. (Ed.). (2004). Dropouts in America: Confronting the graduation rate crisis. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education Press. • Paxton, K.C., Robinson, W.l., Shah, S., and Schoeny, M.E. (2004). Psychological distress for African-American adolescent males: exposure to community violence and social support as factors. Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 34(4), 281-295.• Rich, J. , (2009) . Wrong Place, Wrong Time: Trauma and Violence in the Lives of Young Black Men. Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press.• Schwartz, j. (2010). Engaging Out of School Males in Learning. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ.• Schwartz, J.(2012) Faculty as UR mentors for students of color: taking Into cccount the costs. Science Education Journal (pending publication).
Poverty and Crisis Based• Work with Biblical Principles• Problem solving• Critical thinking• Effective communication skills• Decision making• Creative thinking• Interpersonal relationship skills• Self awareness building skills• Empathy• Coping with stress and emotions
To offer FreedomFrom ThePatterns Of thePast and Poverty
Accessible 24 by 7• Rehabilitation• Literacy training• Family skills• Adult Learning• Career Skills• Life Skills• ESL• K-12 Skills• Childhood • IT Skills• GED
Micro Learning Paths, Global Learning Framework, Global Learning Process are Copyright 2011 Richard C. Close Web Education System, My Web Library are Trademark s of Bascom, Inc. www.bascom.com Space Images Copyright NASA. Africa and Brooklyn, NY photography copyright 2007-9 Richard C. Close
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