Search Results - "Journal of community practice"

Indigenous perspectives for strengthening social responses to global environmental changes: A response to the social work grand challenge on environmental change by Billiot, Shanondora, Beltrán, Ramona, Brown, Danica, Mitchell, Felicia M., Fernandez, Angela

“…The "Grand Challenges for Social Work," is a call to action for innovative responses to society's most pressing social problems. In this article, we respond to…”
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Facing power: navigating power dynamics in a youth participatory action research project situated within a healthcare setting by Young, Adrienne, Toraif, Noor, Le, Catherine, Gergen Barnett, Katherine, Augsberger, Astraea

“…Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR) is oftentimes cited as a method guided by social justice principles to uplift youth voice and pursue youth…”
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From going on vacation to falling off a benefits cliff: understanding the range of low-wage workers' perceptions of a union-negotiated wage increase by Ballentine, Kess L., Goodkind, Sara, Waton, Adela, Thyberg, Christopher T., Schleitwiler, Tess, Shook, Jeffrey J.

“…Social workers have long been active in social and political organizing to ensure a living wage. Yet recent social work research largely neglects efforts to…”
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A new level of analysis for climate research: development of a community involvement climate scale by Luria, Gil, Boehm-Tabib, Eti, Boehm, Amnon, Luria, Adi, Mazor, Tali

“…The goal of this study was to adopt the concept of climate, which has been researched extensively in the context of organizational psychology, to the study of…”
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Cultivating community-engaged pedagogy: a case study exploring student choices with community-based organizations in a volunteer management course by Ramella, Kelly J., Wilson, Rory

“…Educators teaching at community-engaged universities can benefit from learning best practices to prepare 21 st century citizens. This case study explores why…”
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Community organizing in social work and progressive urban planning - interdisciplinary challenges and opportunities by Simmons, Louise

“…This article examines aspects of community organizing within social work and progressive or transformative planning within urban planning, with an implicit…”
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Remembering and storytelling: community engagement through a service-learning partnership by Mandarano, Lynn

“…This article highlights a four-year community engagement project to engage residents in remembering historic and iconic places, which served the community…”
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Zoom & WhatsApp digital information and communication technologies (ICTs) enhance community engaged research with women immigrants from Mexico by Mendivil-Aguayo, Pachely, Rivera, Megan, Armendariz, Daniela, Perez Rodriguez, Daniel, Vasquez, Camille, Regino, Lidia, Tellez, Maria, Perez, Jackie, Medina, Dulce, Sandoval, Virginia, Murray-Krezan, Cristina, Aragon, Alejandro, Thomas, Reuben J., Bearer, Elaine L., Page-Reeves, Janet

“…This article demonstrates how digital information and communication technologies (ICTs) (Zoom/WhatsApp) unexpectedly and counterintuitively proved to be…”
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Neoliberalism With a Community Face? A Critical Analysis of Asset-Based Community Development in Scotland by MacLeod, Mary Anne, Emejulu, Akwugo

“…In this article, we trace the ideological and social policy roots of asset-based community development (ABCD) in the United States and the United Kingdom, and…”
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Youth participation in policy-making processes in the United Kingdom: a scoping review of the literature by Macauley, T, Rolker, H.B., Scherer, M, Brock, J, Savona, N, Helleve, A, Knai, C

“…Young people's voices remain underrepresented in health policy processes. This scoping review focuses on the United Kingdom (UK) and investigates how and to…”
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Training community organizers in the austerity state: lessons from the field by Fisher, Robert, Champagne, Lukas

“…Community organizing can play a critical role as a grassroots form of democratic activism which challenges austerity politics sweeping the globe. What is…”
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Community organizing and engagement for social change by Ohmer, Mary L., Mendenhall, Amy, Mohr Carney, Michelle, Adams, Deborah

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The Limits of Limited Equity Cooperatives: Opportunities and Obstacles to Increasing Black Homeownership and Decreasing the Racial Wealth Gap in Washington D.C by Okun, Julia

“…This paper focuses on recent governmental initiatives in Washington, D.C. to bolster the long-term physical and financial viability of its limited-equity…”
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Sports as placemaking: critical reflections on a community-engaged campaign by Mavundla, Bongani, Freeman, Alex, Seedat, Mohamed, Malherbe, Nick

“…Community-engaged scholarship has largely neglected the potential of sports to construct progressive forms of community and mobilize disparate interests. In…”
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Community leaders' sensemaking of environmental jolts: Stabilizing and silver lining framing of disruption by Lowenhaupt, Rebecca, Oliveira, Gabrielle, Lima Becker, Mariana, Lai, Betty S.

“…The COVID-19 pandemic has been a defining catastrophe for many communities across the world. This study focuses on a small, urban community in the United…”
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For the institution or for the community?: toward an anti-oppressive research praxis in conducting participatory action research by Gutierrez, Rose Ann E., Sonsteng-Person, Melanie, King-Shaw, Sam, Valmocena, Marie Trisha

“…Participatory action research has the goal of democratizing knowledge to inform individual and collective action. Photovoice, an arts-based method within the…”
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Balancing tensions in community work: A look at the influence of power by Mohr Carney, Michelle, Mendenhall, Amy, Ohmer, Mary, Adams, Deborah

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Safeguarding concerns, practices, and resources in COVID-19 mutual aid groups by Mao, Guanlan, Drury, John, Lowther, Lydia, Perach, Rotem

“…Community mutual aid groups that sprang up during the COVID-19 pandemic were characterized by a lack of formal regulation and therefore potential issues around…”
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Co-envisioning the social-ecological transition through youth eco-activists' narratives: toward a relational approach to ecological justice by Larocque, Emmanuelle

“…Drawing on qualitative data collected during the first phase of an intervention-research, this study explores the concept of "social-ecological transition"…”
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Assessing the emotional and behavioral impact of community and extra curricular activities, police contact, and collective efficacy among youth by Gearhart, Michael C., Littman, Danielle Maude

“…A broad body of research suggests that interactions with the police can have a negative impact on emotional and behavioral outcomes among youth. Therefore,…”
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