The challenge of being successful from local to national levels. Huge effect of 9/11 on immigrant communities. Ana Maria immigrated from Colombia at the age …
Long-term staffer at organizations that focus on access to day care, sex education. Focus on making participation a realistic option for young women with children. …
The contrast and similarities between organizing and movement-building. Individuals stay in community organizations because these organizations help their members flourish as people. Contributions of religion, …
Detailed explanation of how grape and lettuce boycotts were managed in the 1970’s. Good description of why movement vision is important in contrast to traditional …
Acculturation is the developmental process of adopting the ideals, values, and behaviors of the receiving culture, while either retaining or abandoning those from culture of …
Deep involvement in environmental justice and immigrant rights movements; “analysis is important; relationships are even more so.” Background in academic left politics; began in high …
This dissertation focuses on issues of work and education for less-skilled workers. With more than 2 million individuals currently behind bars, prison has become a …
Background: Cancer is the leading cause of death among Hispanic Latinos (HLs); breast cancer is the leading cause of death among HL women (American Cancer …
Good and thorough description of her development as an organizer and her grounding in historical movements. Importance of seeing humanity in your opponents. Using anger …
Analyses of neighborhood racial composition in 1980-2000 demonstrate that in multiethnic metropolitan regions there is an emerging pathway of change that leads to relatively stable …
Movements surface leaders with huge networks and who don’t need to be coached by organizers; this is a lesson that traditional community organizing should learn. …
Detailed description of development from a very low-income leader in an immigrant community to a national-level organizer and trainer. Concerns about specific changes in society …
Objective: To determine disparities associated with language preference and race between Spanish-speaking Hispanic, English-speaking Hispanic, and English-speaking non-Hispanic White residents of Rhode Island using measure …
Healthy Start/Comienzos Sanos is a bilingual, peer-delivered, cluster-randomized trial intervention to improve diet and PA of mainly Hispanic children 2 to 5 years of age …
A novel method for location analysis at the individual level is used to analyze the determinants of proximity to non-Hispanic whites separately for Asians, blacks, …
There is an evident divide in health literacy and successful diabetes management between English- and Spanish-speaking Americans. Studies have found limited English proficiency to be …