Chapter 6 - Empowerment Programming: Case Study of How Intentionality and Consideration Create Breakthrough Elevating Graduate Programs

Administrators in the upper echelons of higher education face an array of dilemmas that impact and inform institutional priorities around how to serve various student populations best. Chief among those considerations is how to empower historically disenfranchised students toward a deeply substantive experience that inspires them intellectually and involves them in areas of social justice. This chapter provides an explanatory case study of a successful program launched by two vice presidents of a small, Predominately White Institution (PWI) in rural Kansas. It shows how deeply impactful outcomes for black male students can be achieved through intentional Elevating Educational Intentional Practice Programs. The case study explores the “how” and “why” and offers insights for sustained future programming

Locating the ‘radical’ in 'Shoot the Messenger'

This is the author's accepted manuscript. The final published article is available from the link below, copyright 2013 @ Edinburgh University Press.The 2006 BBC drama Shoot the Messenger is based on the psychological journey of a Black schoolteacher, Joe Pascale, accused of assaulting a Black male pupil. The allegation triggers Joe's mental breakdown which is articulated, through Joe's first-person narration, as a vindictive loathing of Black people. In turn, a range of common stereotypical characterisations and discourses based on a Black culture of hypocrisy, blame and entitlement is presented. The text is therefore laid wide open to a critique of its neo-conservatism and hegemonic narratives of Black Britishness. However, the drama's presentation of Black mental illness suggests that Shoot the Messenger may also be interpreted as a critique of social inequality and the destabilising effects of living with ethnicised social categories. Through an analysis of issues of representation, the article reclaims this controversial text as a radical drama and examines its implications for and within a critical cultural politics of ‘race’ and representation

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In Search of Sexual Revolutions in New Delhi

At the foundation of most inequalities in expression of sexuality lie the social constructions of gender. For this reason I consider sex and sexuality education as a possibility to challenge institutionalised sexism and enhance sexual well-being. As sex education has become a battle of morality, non-governmental organisations and others can be seen as alternatives to the national curriculum plan encouraged by the government. This thesis therefore discusses the potential of NGOs in terms of sexual empowerment by examining beliefs and understanding, choices of information, strategies and methods, and approaches apparent in sex education programs and projects. Through qualitative data collection, semi-structured interviews (14) with NGO staff and facilitators, two focus group discussions (FGD), five expert interviews supported by visits to event and workshops the findings were analysed by constructing a sexual empowerment model which divides components of sex education into four parts and utilises theories of empowerment (Freire and Sadan). Main findings include that all four components of sex education; foundation, content, strategies and approaches show great potential to challenge gender typing. Sexual health programs and projects (SHPP) are seen to be highly participatory, deliberative and a way to encourage critical thinking. Some of the concerns that are highlighted are the strong focus on girls as the main actors of change and the external limitations e.g. parents, institutions and morality. I therefore, recommend gender sensitivity as an entry point for less threatening approaches and greater impact, and strengthening and reorganising collaboration

A textual analysis comparing the content of Black Enterprise, Forbes, and Fortune magazines and the message each presents to its readers

A study of Forbes, Fortune, and Black Enterprise magazines finds that the two mainstream business publications—Forbes and Fortune—provide virtually no coverage of Blacks and the black business community, thereby helping to perpetuate the white-dominated view of society that places minorities in general—and Blacks in particular—outside the norm. Black Enterprise, on the other hand, continues in the long tradition of the black press, providing an alternative view of society through its focus on the black business community

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