Julia MillerinF19 Theory & Practice: Community Action & Social ChangeCritical Reflection 7: How the Unfixable is FixableStructural violence, in Paul Farmer’s words, is a form of suffering that is trapped inside a historical or economic structure “that…Nov 22, 2019Nov 22, 2019
Julia MillerinF19 Theory & Practice: Community Action & Social ChangeCritical Reflection #6: Engaging in the CommunityThe readings presented this week focused on two approaches to societal development: The ABCD and CED models. Asset-Based Community…Nov 16, 2019Nov 16, 2019
Julia MillerinF19 Theory & Practice: Community Action & Social ChangeCritical Reflection 5: Bringing Differences Together for One Shared RealityOppression is a widespread reality for various groups in society, but theorists struggle with not only a definition for the term, but also…Nov 9, 2019Nov 9, 2019
Julia MillerinF19 Theory & Practice: Community Action & Social ChangeCritical Reflection 4: Intersectionality- the Web of Society’s Advantaged and DisadvDominance, according to Beverly Daniel Tatum, is possessed among a group of people who can set power and authority over subordinates…Oct 4, 2019Oct 4, 2019
Julia MillerinF19 Theory & Practice: Community Action & Social ChangeIntersectionality: The Web of Society’s Advantaged and DisadvantagedIntersectionality is the combination of a person’s race, gender, and class that categorize them into two main groups — — dominance and…Oct 1, 2019Oct 1, 2019
Julia MillerinF19 Theory & Practice: Community Action & Social ChangeDominance, according to Tatum, is possessed among a group of people who can set power and…Dominants are able to maintain power over the subordinates by deeming them as “defective or substandard in a significant way” (Tatum 12)…Sep 24, 2019Sep 24, 2019
Julia MillerinF19 Theory & Practice: Community Action & Social ChangeFreire: The Power of AuthenticityCritical consciousness is the way in which a person is finally aware of their surroundings. As the unoppressed, it is so easy to fall into…Sep 20, 2019Sep 20, 2019
Julia MillerinF19 Theory & Practice: Community Action & Social ChangeOur Practices“The awakening of critical consciousness leads the way to the expression of social discontents precisely because these discontents are…Sep 17, 2019Sep 17, 2019
Julia MillerinF19 Theory & Practice: Community Action & Social ChangeCF #2: Seeing the ImbalanceThe readings assigned this week discussed the importance of constantly tending to both our cultural competence and cultural humility, and…Sep 12, 2019Sep 12, 2019
Julia MillerinF19 Theory & Practice: Community Action & Social ChangeReflection 2: Underneath it AllCultural competence is the knowledge of different cultures and their ways of life. Cultural Humility is the ability to understand and…Sep 9, 2019Sep 9, 2019