Expanding That Story : How Nonprofit Leaders Portray the Populations They Serve

This paper examines how nonprofit leaders talk about the populations they serve, specifically financially disadvantaged populations in food pantries and homeless shelters. Previous literature exploring the nonprofit sector considers volunteers and their experiences, although leaders set the tone for the organization’s language, and ultimately the quality of service. Five nonprofit organization leaders from different organizations participated in semi-structured, in-depth interviews that lasted between 36 to 72 minutes. Questions inquired about their average workweek, their contact with clients and volunteers, and how they break stigmas about their clientele. Findings suggest that nonprofit leaders consider their clients as individual cases, and their primary strategy includes storytelling when talking about clients, retaining volunteers, and constructing their role in the organization as well as the community

A Study of the Relation of Christian Conduct to Christian Experience in the Light of Biblical Truth and Selected Biographical and Autobiographical Data

Man\u27s experience of salvation, both the first experience (initial salvation) and the second experience (entire sanctification) are for the most part individual and personal. The manifestations of these personal experiences, however, are seen in one\u27s conduct in relation to other people. Thus, it is through conduct that the reality of the personal experience is seen and known by others. It has been the purpose of this paper to present a proper Christian view of the problem which arises, in the minds of Christians and non-Christians alike, when variations in the conduct of equally devout people, holding similar doctrinal beliefs, are noticed. The writer desired to guide Christians into a wholesome regard for themselves and their fellow-heirs in the faith, in view of their experience as related to conduct. He also desired to aid those outside of the Christian experience who are sympathetic to the doctrine, but who are also confused by the apparent contradictions in the lives of profession Christians

Seeing Themselves: White Preservice Teachers as Raced Individuals and as Members of Their Future School Communities

Students of color, of poverty, with disabilities continue to slide into the school to prison pipeline (STPP.) Very often, an antecedent step is harsh exclusionary discipline that removes them from the classroom. Teachers, who play a major role in the decision whether to keep students in or eject them from the classroom and the school, are among multiple forces driving students toward or away from the STPP. A salient feature of the issue is that nearly 80% of teachers are white and their most vulnerable students are not. Rooted in critical race and care theories, and buttressed by self determination theory, aspects of grounded theory methodology were used in this critical inquiry to explore how young, white preservice teachers with some experience leading students view themselves as raced individuals, the communities of which they will be a part, and the relationships they will form with their students. Participants’ descriptions of and reactions to multiple student-teacher interactions fell along a continuum from careless through carefree, conscious, and controlling to contentious. At the careless and contentious ends of the continuum, participants offered allowances for some seemingly negative behaviors. Insight might be gained by reflecting on the alacrity or hesitation with which allowances are offered, or whether they are offered at all. Suggestions for practice include constructivist, collaborative, critical teacher education and professional development that offers teachers time and space to reflect on whether and how quickly they offer allowances to colleagues for interactions in the careless and contentious ranges of the continuum

Food Habits and Growth of Rainbow Trout in a Prairie Pond

Rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri) were introduced into Lower Abbey Pond, South Dakota, at a stocking rate of 772/ha in June 1977. Sampling was begun in January 1978 to determine food habits and growth of the fish. Trout and environmental samples were taken at 10 day or monthly intervals depending upon the season. A linear index of food selection was calculated and growth data was analyzed using the SHAD computer program. Food habits were determined for 159 rainbow trout collected from January 1978 to October 1978. Stomachs contained a total of 5,700 food organisms with major constituents by number being notonectids (35.0%), dipteran larvae (31.2%), corixids (7.0%), and fathead minnows (Pimephales promelas) (1.2%). Volumetrically, notonectids comprised 37.7% of the total volume of organisms, fathead minnows 16.8%, dipteran larvae 9.9%, and decapods 8.1%. Growth of the trout was better than in many areas of the country and was closely comparable to other trout ponds in the region

Integrated cockpit for A-129

Weight, size, and mission requirements for the A-129 mandated an integrated system approach for the crew/cockpit interface design. Instead of the usual multitude of cockpit controls, indicators, gauges, and lights, the primary crew interface is a single multifunction keyboard and one or more multifunction CRT display units. This cockpit design approach imposed unusual constraints upon the system architecture to overcome the inherent information access limitations of a data input/output window that was restricted by the available space. The conceptual approach and resulting design of the A-129 cockpit with the intent to enhance the development of cockpit standardization are described