Faith-Based Emergency Powers

This Article explores an expanding phenomenon that it calls Faith-Based Emergency Powers. In the twenty-first century, conservatives have come to rely heavily on Faith-Based Emergency Powers as a legal strategy in the culture wars. This typically involves carving faith-based exceptions to rights of women and LGBT people. The novel concept of Faith-Based Emergency Powers is developed in this Article through an analogy to “traditional” emergency powers. In the war-on-terror, conservatives have argued that judges, legislators and the public must defer to the President and the executive branch in matters involving national security. As scholars have shown, this position has three key components: (1) a rhetoric of war, emergency or catastrophe; (2) a legal argument for suspension of existing human rights; and (3) a designation of decision-makers in real or perceived emergencies who are allegedly more qualified than courts or legislatures to address the national-security emergency. The consequence is temporary suspension of human rights in real or perceived national-security emergencies. The principal claim of this Article is that in contemporary culture wars, conservative politicians, lawmakers, and litigants have imported these emergency powers rationales to a range of legal contexts including marriage-equality, the Affordable Care Act (ACA), and general antidiscrimination laws. For example, the Supreme Court has recently granted certiorari in the case of a Denver baker who refused to sell a wedding cake to a same-sex couple. In its 2017-2018 session the Court will decide whether an individual’s religious or moral objection to same-sex marriage trumps state public accommodations laws. In this case and in many others, the conservative position typically follows the rationales of traditional emergency powers in (1) applying rhetoric of war and emergency; (2) arguing for suspension of legal rights of women and sexual minorities and; (3) claiming deference to religious or moral dissenters. The end goal, as in the war-on-terror, is to suspend or diminish legally recognized individual rights. The Article concludes that lawmakers ought to defend the rule-of-law and individual rights by rejecting Faith-Based Emergency Powers

Accessing Human Rights Through Faith-based Social Justice and Cultural Citizenship: Hartford\u27s Low-income Latino Immigrants.

Many low-income Latino immigrants in Hartford lack access to the human rights to education, economic security, and mental health. The U.S. government’s attitude is that immigrants should be responsible for their own resettlement. Catholic Social Teaching establishes needs related to resettlement as basic human rights. How do Jubilee House and Our Lady of Sorrows, both Catholic faith-based organizations in Hartford, Connecticut, fill in the gaps between state-provided services and the norms of human rights? What are the implications of immigrant accommodation via faith-based social justice for the human rights discourse on citizenship and cultural relevance? A formal, exploratory case study of each of these FBOs, over a 3-month period, provide us with some answers to these questions. My project’s found that that the FBOs contribute to the human rights to education, economic security, and mental health by: a) directly providing services, and b) facilitating and utilizing family and friendship networks to connect individuals to resources. They accomplish a) and b) by using cultural resources as the basis for a holistic sense of citizenship and access to rights. In the Conclusion, I note how faith- based social justice in the Hartford Latino community is a culturally relevant form of human rights advocacy

THE EMERGENCY FOOD ASSISTANCE SYSTEM - FINDINGS FROM THE CLIENT SURVEY; EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

During a typical month in 2001, food pantries served about 12.5 million people, and emergency kitchens served about 1.1 million people. Food pantries and emergency kitchens play an important role in feeding America's low-income and needy populations. These organizations are part of the Emergency Food Assistance System (EFAS), a network run largely by private organizations with some Federal support. This report presents findings from a national study of EFAS clients, which surveyed clients who received emergency food assistance from selected food pantries and emergency kitchens. The study finds that food pantries and emergency kitchens serve a diverse clientele, but that almost three-fourths of those served are food insecure. The majority of EFAS households receive Federal food assistance, including two-thirds of food pantry clients and 45 percent of emergency kitchen clients. However, a substantial number of EFAS households do not receive food stamps, though they appear to be eligible for them.Emergency food, food pantry, soup kitchen, community kitchen, emergency kitchen, food bank, emergency food organization, hunger, food insecurity, food security, food assistance, faith-based organization, Food Security and Poverty,

Crew: Finding Community When Your Dreams Crash

Most young adults at some point experience a personal shipwreck —missing out on the job you wanted, the unexpected end of a relationship, a crisis of faith—that threatens to rip apart the fabric of your identity. What helps navigate a personal shipwreck is to have a crew of reliable people who walk with you through it. In Crew: Finding Community When Your Dreams Crash, Christin Taylor explores how young adults can both find good company during a time of personal shipwreck and be good company for others who might be experiencing their own shipwreck. In the process, you will learn the hope and security that comes from being part of a community. Based on sound scriptural principles and the latest research on young adult spiritual formation, Taylor gives young adults the knowledge and perspective you need to build a community that will help you make your way toward a sense of hope and new meaning. [From the publisher]https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/books/1059/thumbnail.jp

The Experience of Faith-Based Disaster Response: A Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis

After hurricanes Katrina and Rita, faith-based organizations were among the most trusted and efficient organizations responding in New Orleans. The primary purposes of this study are twofold: 1) to understand the experience of faith-based disaster response for those charged with organizing and executing such a massive, grassroots effort, those delivering direct service, and the survivors who seek and receive assistance; 2) to understand the impact of the disaster event and levels of hope in the lives of those who provide and receive assistance. These research purposes were achieved by using a mixed methods research design that included ethnographic participant-observer field experience, existential phenomenology interviews, and the administration of the Herth Hope Index, the Hope Visual Analogue Scale and the Impact of Event Scale – Revised. Study participants included faith-based disaster response staff and volunteers as well as the New Orleans residents they assisted. All research findings were triangulated. The qualitative contextual ground for the experience was “Divine Agency.” The figural themes were “Decision Point,” “Social Suffering,” “Stranger-to-Stranger Interactions,” “Communitas,” “Transformation,” and “Reflection.” With a possible maximum of 48, the scores for the Herth Hope Index included a mean of 42.5 for the staff, 41.5 for the volunteers and 46 for the residents. The scores on the Impact of Event Scale – Revised, among all participant groups, revealed almost all of the participants experienced significant emotional impact. The mean Impact of Event Scale – Revised score was 34.22 for the staff, 37.63 for the volunteers and 47.5 for the residents of New Orleans. Implications for nursing education and practice were identified with emphasis on the emerging nursing specialties of faith-community nursing and homeland security nursing. Future research should incorporate intervention studies treating faith-based disaster response and strategies to encourage hope as interventions. Potential areas for public policy development related to faith-based disaster response discussed include reallocation of public funds to faith-based disaster response, encrypted case management systems, and fee for service disaster response activities

Formative Evaluation of Job Clubs Operated by Faith- and Community-Based Organizations: Findings From Site Visits and Options for Future Evaluation

Over the past several decades, job search support groups, commonly referred to as “job clubs,” have evolved into one of several important activities used by the public workforce system and faith- and community-based organizations to enhance worker readiness and employability, as well as to provide ongoing support to unemployed and underemployed individuals as they search for jobs. The U.S. Department of Labor\u27s (DOL) Chief Evaluation Office (CEO) contracted in September 2012 with Capital Research Corporation, Inc. and George Washington University to conduct an assessment of job clubs sponsored by faith-based and community-based organizations (FBOs/CBOs). The overall purpose of this evaluation effort was to systematically describe the key characteristics of job clubs being offered by a range of faith- and community- based organizations, document how they differ from and are similar to the job clubs operated by publicly-funded workforce agencies (such as at American Job Centers [AJCs]), and identify potential approaches that might be used for more rigorous formal evaluation of impacts and effectiveness. Findings from the telephone interviews with stakeholders and in-person interviews with facilitators during the site visits indicate that job clubs operated by FBOs, CBOs and public workforce agencies are alike in many ways, with all of them emphasizing the critical importance of: (1) networking during the job search; (2) offering ongoing peer support and sharing of similar experiences among participants; and (3) providing instruction and guidance on the basics of the job search process (e.g., elevator pitches, resume development, job interview practice). Noteworthy differences between the FBO/CBO job clubs and those operated by public workforce agencies are related to staffing patterns and available resources for program operations and services. While public workforce agency job clubs are led by paid professional staff, supported by the full complement of workshops, activities, and other services typically available through AJCs/One-Stop Centers, FBO/CBO job clubs, in most cases, operate with limited budgets or no funding whatsoever. Additionally, compared with public sector agencies, FBOs/CBOs typically collect little in the way of participant-level data, such as participant identifiers, demographic characteristics, service receipt, or outcomes. Finally, although this report suggests several approaches to future rigorous experimental/non-experimental and process/implementation evaluation of FBO/CBO-sponsored job clubs, there are likely to be formidable challenges to implementation of rigorous evaluation methods because these job clubs rarely collect identifying information on participants, such as Social Security numbers, and are generally opposed to random assignment for their programs

Juridic Review Of The Implementation Of The Principle Of Good Faith In Online Buying Transactions

This study discusses the juridical review of the application of the principle of good faith in online buying and selling transactions. The objectives of this research are; To find out how the juridical review of the application of the principle of good faith To find out what are the inhibiting factors for the application of the principle of good faith in online buying and selling transactions The method used in this research is empirical normative research, which means to analyze research based on library data and based on the state of variables, and the phenomena that occur when the research takes place and presents it as it is. The results of the study show that to realize the principle of good faith in online buying and selling transactions, the government has regulated it in Article 1338 of the Civil Code which reads "All agreements made in accordance with the law apply as law for those who make them. The obstacles in applying the principle of good faith in online buying and selling transactions are the internal factors consisting of the contents of the agreement that are not in accordance, the agreement factor where the agreed goods are drawn are not in accordance with what was sent, and the object of the agreement is not appropriate. The external factors are security in transactions, settlements outside the law, consumer knowledge, the last factor is space and time distance, data authenticity and finally the factor in the existence of goods

Juridic Review of the Implementation of the Principle of Good Faith in Online Buying Transactions

This study discusses the juridical review of the application of the principle of good faith in online buying and selling transactions. The objectives of this research are; To find out how the juridical review of the application of the principle of good faith To find out what are the inhibiting factors for the application of the principle of good faith in online buying and selling transactions. The method used in this research is empirical normative research, which means to analyze research based on library data and based on the state of variables, and the phenomena that occur when the research takes place and presents it as it is. The results of the study show that to realize the principle of good faith in online buying and selling transactions, the government has regulated it in Article 1338 of the Civil Code which reads "All agreements made in accordance with the law apply as law for those who make them. The obstacles in applying the principle of good faith in online buying and selling transactions are the internal factors consisting of the contents of the agreement that are not in accordance, the agreement factor where the agreed goods are drawn are not in accordance with what was sent, and the object of the agreement is not appropriate. The external factors are security in transactions, settlements outside the law, consumer knowledge, the last factor is space and time distance, data authenticity and finally the factor in the existence of goods

The Role of the Sub-district Government in Facilitating the Drafting of Village Regulations

This study discusses the juridical review of the application of the principle of good faith in online buying and selling transactions. The objectives of this research are; To find out how the juridical review of the application of the principle of good faith To find out what are the inhibiting factors for the application of the principle of good faith in online buying and selling transactions The method used in this research is empirical normative research, which means to analyze research based on library data and based on the state of variables, and the phenomena that occur when the research takes place and presents it as it is. The results of the study show that to realize the principle of good faith in online buying and selling transactions, the government has regulated it in Article 1338 of the Civil Code which reads "All agreements made in accordance with the law apply as law for those who make them. The obstacles in applying the principle of good faith in online buying and selling transactions are the internal factors consisting of the contents of the agreement that are not in accordance, the agreement factor where the agreed goods are drawn are not in accordance with what was sent, and the object of the agreement is not appropriate. The external factors are security in transactions, settlements outside the law, consumer knowledge, the last factor is space and time distance, data authenticity and finally the factor in the existence of goods

Integrating religious engagement into diplomacy: challenges and opportunities

The last few years have witnessed a flurry of interest and activity around religion and religious engagement in diplomatic circles on both sides of the Atlantic. In 2013, the US State Department established a new Office of Faith-Based Community Initiatives as part of a broader national strategy on religious leadership and faith community engagement led by the White House’s National Security Council. Within the same year, the European Union issued new guidelines on the promotion and protection of freedom of religion or belief; the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development opened a new office focused on similar issues; and the French Foreign Ministry sponsored a major conference on the question of religion and foreign policy with a keynote address delivered by Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius