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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Oakland, CA"”.
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Assessing Potential Industry Growth for Economic Development in Oakland, CA
This study prepares a set of career ladders for the population of Oakland. Career ladders are long-term progression pathways to help individuals advance, particularly in high wage, high growth careers. Career ladders combine different statistics on the demographics of a population with statistics …
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Investing in youth for community well-being : the case of the Fruitvale in Oakland, CA
… in the Fruitvale, an inner city neighborhood in Oakland, California. Through my fieldwork I created a visual map of how youth view their spaces in the neighborhood and what constraints are being imposed on their space with little consideration. In studying the spatial patterns of youth my goal …
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Art with Heart's Chill & Spill Journal: A Cognitive-Behavioral and Narrative Approach to Art Therapy to Reduce Anxiety in Adolescent Siblings of Children with Cancer
… advances in treatment methods and supportive care, cancer remains the leading cause of death from disease in children younger than fifteen years old. Childhood cancer affects all family members involved. For the siblings, it is likely that the diagnosis of childhood cancer will result in the …
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A descriptive analysis of the 1992 active-duty physician asset: with comparisons to the Kaiser-Permanente physician staff model data
… military budgets, DoD is reducing health care costs while insuring available, accessible, and quality health care. One area which impacts these factors is physician staffing levels. The problem for DoD is one of maintaining a cadre of active-duty physicians, which is generally based on …
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Addressing Health Disparities in Refugees
… at the International Rescue Committee (IRC) in Oakland, CA. The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is a non-profit international organization that responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and aids displaced individuals in rebuilding their lives in new countries by providing support in …
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Policy paper about barriers to entering the behavioral health and nursing professions for individuals with criminal convictions.
… to intern with the Gamble Institute in Oakland, CA. As an intern at TGI, I worked most of my time developing a policy brief about barriers to entering the behavioral health (Social Work) and nursing professions for individuals with criminal convictions. At TGI, I conducted research, …
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An Art Therapy Program for Artists with Disabilities
… with developmental, intellectual, and physical disabilities. The proposed art therapy support groups will serve as an adjunct to Creative Growth’s existing creative arts facilitation program, held five days a week in a large, multi- media studio with adjoining gallery, and serving 140 …
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Libraries for social change: centering youth of color and/or LGBTQ youth in library practice
Critically aware libraries are capable of providing meaningful services to youth made most vulnerable to the state through surveillance, policing, and incarceration. This research traces how past policies and processes that established white, middle-class, and hetero-normative conduct and knowledge …
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Re-Stitching the Fabric: Urban Highway Removal as anOpportunity for Equitable, Sustainable Transformation
… and resist community displacement. Given recent calls for highway removal by communities, local leaders, and the federal government, now is the time to ensure the benefits of these projects are shared by all. This thesis aims to outline a justice-oriented framework which can encourage more …
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Imperfect art: working in public: a case study of the Oakland Projects (1991-2001).
… Terrain: New Genre Public Art (1994) the author called for a new language of critique for the transient and publicly located art practices known today as social, or public, practices. Since that time authors have taken up the challenge to site the work in art historical, philosophical, and …