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waste nots projectAn Innovative Idea
Combining
M e d i t a t i o n + P h o t o g r a p h y + I n s t r u c t i o n
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Segregation From Opportunity
Certain communities are isolated from opportunity & access to real life experiences are reduced or non existent
Opportunity@Healthcare
@Employment@Education@Services
@Healthy Environment
Barriers of Opportunity in Poor Urban
Neighborhoods@less Political Influence@less Racial Diversity
@less Economic Diversity@less Quality Parks@High Exposure to violence, toxic soil,
pollution
Public schools, typically organized and funded by residential districts, means that the quality of educational opportunities depends directly on where one lives.
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Living in poor neighborhoods often mean living in an environment that is:
✤Unhealthy✤Violent✤Poor learning opportunities
Only a small % of white children live in high poverty neighborhoods compared to a majority of black children
1985-2000 * Raised in poverty of at least 20%* Black Children 66%* White Children 6%
waste nots projectChildren who experience a reduction in their
neighborhood’s poverty rate have greater economic success in adulthood.
Programs which invest in disadvantaged neighborhoods and reduce the concentration of poverty could enhance upward economic mobility for the children in such neighborhoods
Investments in children’s environment potentially facilitate economic mobility among those living in the most disadvantaged neighborhoods
If We Know: The majority of children of color live
in communities of declining opportunities
Lack of opportunities depress life chances of not only poor but middle-class families living there
Investments in these neighborhoods reduce the concentration of poverty, providing powerful effects on the economic mobility for those children
Why Then:➡ Does the racial gap in economic mobility
continue?➡ In four decades have the inequality in
children’s neighborhoods persist?➡ With all of the programs designed assist
the disadvantaged how does segregation continue to exist?
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Our Thoughts on how we can help
Bring Opportunities To Our CommunitiesTake
Communities To
Opportunity
We’re Not Waiting To Be Invited
In
waste nots project Introducing M For Meditation
Intervening with a unique program of Relaxation Techniques for stress-reduction
Children facing Extreme Hardship are experiencing a rise in diagnoses of mental health problems
UCLA Studies have shown that Mindfulness Programs help elementary-school students regulate their behavior, control impulses, focus and plan ahead.
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Photography
After Relieving the minds of the students from the stresses of the day
Through the use of photography, Students will have an opportunity to “tell their truth”
By Photographing their communities
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Traditional Tutoring
Following the documenting of their neighborhoods
Students return to the class for individualized instruction
Covering the use of technology, writing enhancement, reading & community analysis
Closing the session with meditation
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waste nots projectInnovation Towards Endless Opportunities
Opportunity
Community Involvement The Arts
Mental Health Preservation
Reading/Writing
Build Coalitions
Community Awareness
Help Reduce Inequality In Education
Upward Mobility
Stress ReductionInclusivity