Using Privilege to Dismantle Privilege: Stories from Anti-Racism Work and Other Liberation Struggles Through the Eyes of a Middle Class, White Man

This paper is part of a Course-Linked Capstone with Training Design for Experiential Learning and Training for Social Action. The primary reason why I chose to pursue a Course-Linked Capstone with these courses is because of the depth of learning I experienced while at SIT and the continuation of this learning into my Reflective Practice Phase. These courses were instrumental in my learning about myself as well as about the importance of experiential learning in relation to training and facilitation. Because of my particular experience at the SIT Graduate Institute, I cannot detach training and facilitation from understanding of my own identity. While I was in these training courses, I was also enrolled in courses entitled Social Identity and Theory and Practice of Social Justice. As a result my work as a trainer has been focused around social identity and social justice. I facilitated workshops at SIT around issues including white privilege, racial identity and social justice activism. Due to the fact that my understanding of training is wrapped up into an analysis of my own social identity (especially my racial identity) this paper is about my experience as a trainer and what insights I have gained into understanding myself (and my different social identities) as well as myself as a trainer. One of the key insights I have gained into learning about myself both as a trainer and as a white man is seeing myself in others. This will be expanded upon later in the paper. Key words/terms: white privilege, co-creating learning environments, culture circles, racial identity development, experiential learning, white silenc

Friendly\u27s Ice Cream Restaurants, 1982

1982 Menus from Friendly\u27s Ice Cream Restaurants. Based in Wilbraham Massachusetts, Friendly\u27s Greater Portland locations began with 581 Main Street (South Portland) in 1970, 1408 Congress Street (Westgate Shopping Center) in 1973, and 376 Maine Mall Road (South Portland) in 1974.See Additional Files links (above) for 1982 Friendly\u27s Breakfast and Dessert MENUs.1970 Photograph of Friendly\u27s grand opening at 581 Main Street (South Portland) can be seen at this link.1974 Photograph of Friendly\u27s grand opening on Maine Mall Road can be seen at this link.https://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/menus/1021/thumbnail.jp

Friendly Restaurant

Family style restaurant. Franchise & chain restaurant. 50 Years of Quality. Commemorative photos and historical overview on back cover of menu. Geographical location: Unknown, but the Friendly Restaurant chain originated in Massachusetts

Mitchell\u27s Ice Cream and Tour

Event is open only to KeyBank Scholars (CMSD graduates) only. Come enjoy Mitchell\u27s Ice Cream and learn while participating in the tour! Limited number of tickets. KeyBank Scholars who are active participants in the program will receive an invitation first. Students who sign up for the event must meet at the Main Classroom 110 Green Room at 9:00 am (on Saturday, April 29th, 2017) to receive tickets. The event will begin at 10:00 am at Mitchell\u27s. Students who plan on driving or carpooling to the location will need to arrive on time to receive ice cream tickets The group will depart from the MC 110 to ride the RTA to the Mitchell\u27s Ice Cream Ohio City Kitchen and Shop at 9:30 am. . All students who plan on attending must sign the Assumption of the Risk, Release, and Waiver of Liability form. The form will be sent via email (also attached to this event) and must me submitted to the Program Coordinator by Monday, April 24th, 2017

A comparison of aphasia therapy outcomes before and after a Very Early Rehabilitation programme following stroke

Background Very early aphasia rehabilitation studies have shown mixed results. Differences in therapy intensity and therapy type contribute significantly to the equivocal results. Aims To compare a standardized, prescribed very early aphasia therapy regimen with a historical usual care control group at therapy completion (4-5 weeks post-stroke) and again at follow-up (6 months). Methods & Procedures This study compared two cohorts from successive studies conducted in four Australian acute/sub-acute hospitals. The studies had near identical recruitment, blinded assessment and data-collection protocols. The Very Early Rehabilitation (VER) cohort (N = 20) had mild-severe aphasia and received up to 20 1-h sessions of impairment-based aphasia therapy, up to 5 weeks. The control cohort (n = 27) also had mild-severe aphasia and received usual care (UC) therapy for up to 4 weeks post-stroke. The primary outcome measure was the Aphasia Quotient (AQ) and a measure of communicative efficiency (DA) at therapy completion. Outcomes were measured at baseline, therapy completion and 6 months post-stroke and were compared using Generalised Estimating Equations (GEE) models. Outcomes & Results After controlling for initial aphasia and stroke disability, the GEE models demonstrated that at the primary end-point participants receiving VER achieved 18% greater recovery on the AQ and 1.5% higher DA scores than those in the control cohort. At 6 months, the VER participants maintained a 16% advantage in recovery on the AQ and 0.6% more on DA scores over the control cohort participants. Conclusions & Implications A prescribed, impairment-based aphasia therapy regimen, provided daily in very early post-stroke recovery, resulted in significantly greater communication gains in people with mild-severe aphasia at completion of therapy and at 6 months, when compared with a historical control cohort. Further research is required to demonstrate large-scale and long-term efficacy

IMI - Myopia Genetics Report

The knowledge on the genetic background of refractive error and myopia has expanded dramatically in the past few years. This white paper aims to provide a concise summary of current genetic findings and defines the direction where development is needed. We performed an extensive literature search and conducted informal discussions with key stakeholders. Specific topics reviewed included common refractive error, any and high myopia, and myopia related to syndromes. To date, almost 200 genetic loci have been identified for refractive error and myopia, and risk variants mostly carry low risk but are highly prevalent in the general population. Several genes for secondary syndromic myopia overlap with those for common myopia. Polygenic risk scores show overrepresentation of high myopia in the higher deciles of risk. Annotated genes have a wide variety of functions, and all retinal layers appear to be sites of expression. The current genetic findings offer a world of new molecules involved in myopiagenesis. As the missing heritability is still large, further genetic advances are needed. This Committee recommends expanding large-scale, in-depth genetic studies using complementary big data analytics, consideration of gene-environment effects by thorough measurement of environmental exposures, and focus on subgroups with extreme phenotypes and high familial occurrence. Functional characterization of associated variants is simultaneously needed to bridge the knowledge gap between sequence variance and consequence for eye growth.Peer reviewe

A comparison of aphasia therapy outcomes before and after a Very Early Rehabilitation programme following stroke

Background Very early aphasia rehabilitation studies have shown mixed results. Differences in therapy intensity and therapy type contribute significantly to the equivocal results. Aims To compare a standardized, prescribed very early aphasia therapy regimen with a historical usual care control group at therapy completion (4-5 weeks post-stroke) and again at follow-up (6 months). Methods & Procedures This study compared two cohorts from successive studies conducted in four Australian acute/sub-acute hospitals. The studies had near identical recruitment, blinded assessment and data-collection protocols. The Very Early Rehabilitation (VER) cohort (N = 20) had mild-severe aphasia and received up to 20 1-h sessions of impairment-based aphasia therapy, up to 5 weeks. The control cohort (n = 27) also had mild-severe aphasia and received usual care (UC) therapy for up to 4 weeks post-stroke. The primary outcome measure was the Aphasia Quotient (AQ) and a measure of communicative efficiency (DA) at therapy completion. Outcomes were measured at baseline, therapy completion and 6 months post-stroke and were compared using Generalised Estimating Equations (GEE) models. Outcomes & Results After controlling for initial aphasia and stroke disability, the GEE models demonstrated that at the primary end-point participants receiving VER achieved 18% greater recovery on the AQ and 1.5% higher DA scores than those in the control cohort. At 6 months, the VER participants maintained a 16% advantage in recovery on the AQ and 0.6% more on DA scores over the control cohort participants. Conclusions & Implications A prescribed, impairment-based aphasia therapy regimen, provided daily in very early post-stroke recovery, resulted in significantly greater communication gains in people with mild-severe aphasia at completion of therapy and at 6 months, when compared with a historical control cohort. Further research is required to demonstrate large-scale and long-term efficacy

Rare variant analyses across multiethnic cohorts identify novel genes for refractive error

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