Author: Gregory Buchner Publisher: ISBN: 9781500490348 Category : Languages : en Pages : 574
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Minutes of the West Michigan Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church. Forty-Sixth Session, Calvin College Grand Rapids, Michigan, June 11-14, 2014
Author: Gregory Buchner Publisher: ISBN: 9781492321668 Category : Languages : en Pages : 532
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Minutes of the West Michigan Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church. Forty-Fifth Session, Calvin College Grand Rapids, Michigan, May 29 - June 1, 2013
Author: Jonathon Keaton Publisher: ISBN: 9781477581223 Category : Languages : en Pages : 584
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Minutes of the West Michigan Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church. Forty-Fourth Session, Calvin College Grand Rapids, Michigan, June 6-9, 2012
Author: Cari Lee Skogberg Eastman Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA ISBN: 1440835357 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 294
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What are the myths and truths regarding immigration in the United States? This book provides readers with an impartial understanding of the true state of immigration and immigration policy in the United States by refuting falsehoods, misinformation, and exaggerations surrounding this topic—and confirming the validity of other assertions. Immigration: Examining the Facts provides a one-stop resource for straight answers on the impact—both positive and negative—of immigration trends on the United States. Its coverage of key issues serves students as well as members of the general public who want to better understand immigration trends and their effect on various aspects of American society. By utilizing quantifiable information from objective, authoritative sources, readers will be able to make informed judgments about immigration claims made by both liberals and conservatives. The book analyzes specific claims about immigration that are perpetuated through media or public discourse, identifies the origins of these claims, and then offers empirical data from impartial research sources to consider the veracity of those claims. Organized into subject chapters, each of which addresses assertions about specific immigration topics, this resource gives students and other users the tools to gain a more accurate understanding of the issue, improve their critical thinking skills, and increase their awareness of the views and strategies of political parties, lawmakers, news organizations, and advocacy groups on this important subject.
Author: Rebecca T. De Souza Publisher: MIT Press ISBN: 0262536765 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 313
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How food pantries stigmatize their clients through a discourse that emphasizes hard work, self help, and economic productivity rather than food justice and equity. The United States has one of the highest rates of hunger and food insecurity in the industrialized world, with poor households, single parents, and communities of color disproportionately affected. Food pantries—run by charitable and faith-based organizations—rather than legal entitlements have become a cornerstone of the government's efforts to end hunger. In Feeding the Other, Rebecca de Souza argues that food pantries stigmatize their clients through a discourse that emphasizes hard work, self help, and economic productivity rather than food justice and equity. De Souza describes this “framing, blaming, and shaming” as “neoliberal stigma” that recasts the structural issue of hunger as a problem for the individual hungry person. De Souza shows how neoliberal stigma plays out in practice through a comparative case analysis of two food pantries in Duluth, Minnesota. Doing so, she documents the seldom-acknowledged voices, experiences, and realities of people living with hunger. She describes the failure of public institutions to protect citizens from poverty and hunger; the white privilege of pantry volunteers caught between neoliberal narratives and social justice concerns; the evangelical conviction that food assistance should be “a hand up, not a handout”; the culture of suspicion in food pantry spaces; and the constraints on food choice. It is only by rejecting the neoliberal narrative and giving voice to the hungry rather than the privileged, de Souza argues, that food pantries can become agents of food justice.
Author: Gregory Buchner
Author: Gregory Buchner
Author: Jonathon Keaton
Author: David Bard
Author: United Methodist Church (United States). West Michigan Conference
Author: United Methodist Church (U.S.). West Michigan Conference
Author: United Methodist Church (U.S.). Committee to Study the Ministry
Author: United Methodist Church (U.S.). Conferences. West Virginia
Author: Cari Lee Skogberg Eastman
Author: Rebecca T. De Souza