What are the features of the Family and Medical Leave Act?

What are the features of the Family and Medical Leave Act? Is the law effective? Are there changes that could be made to make it more effective? What are the features of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act? Is the law effective? Are there changes that could be made to make it more effective?

Events related to social justice

  • Read the news on a regular basis with a focus on issues and events related to social justice and select a recent news story as your focus (within the last 6 months). You can search for a news story on ANY social justice issue or advocacy movement. Use keywords to search on Google News, for example, Advocacy Ontario; Black Lives Matter Advocacy Ontario; Child Care Advocacy Ontario; Indigenous Advocacy Ontario; Climate Action Advocacy Ontario; Workers Rights Ontario; Immigrant Advocacy Ontario, etc.
  • Examine how various news and media outlets cover the same story (e.g. Toronto Star, National Post, Globe, and Mail, TVO, CBC, Buzzfeed, etc). Find at least 2 news articles covering the same/similar story that are from different media outlets. Facebook and Instagram posts are not credible news sources.
  • Respond to the following questions in your Discussion Board post. You must include APA references (with links) for the articles you read for this assignment. Be clear and concise in your post.
  • What is the issue or event discussed in the articles and how is it related to social justice and advocacy? Briefly describe the story and how it reflects social justice/advocacy.
  • How many articles did you find about this story and what news/media outlets were they from? Remember, you need at least 2 articles on the same story/issue from different media outlets (e.g. Toronto Star & National Post)
  • Who are the experts, advocates or leaders being quoted in the article and what was their position on the issue at hand? How were they portrayed in the articles? Did media outlets differ in their portrayal of the person/people quoted?
  • What are your final thoughts, feelings and learnings about the story after exploring the coverage from various news and media outlets?
  • Read through the Discussion Board and reply to at least one peer’s post. You can comment, pose a question, highlight intersectionalities, share links to other articles etc. The aim is to engage in thoughtful discussions about current issues, events and social movements. You are encouraged to respond to comments on your own post.

Explain how the insights from Hume’s draining the swamp game

Explain how the insights from Hume’s draining the swamp game could be used to understand the following situations: (1) two politicians competing for the same office must decide whether or not to use negative campaigning; (2) two opposing interest groups consider whether or not to contribute to a senator’s reelection campaign; and (3) the largest industrialized powers decide the extent to which they should reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.

 

2. This chapter proposes replication as a solution to cooperative dilemmas. Explain the intuition behind this proposal and point out some features of a cooperation game (e.g., specific payoffs, number of iterations, and value of present versus future payoffs) that lead, in your view, to cooperation. Is cooperation always achieved in contexts of iteration in theory, in practice?

 

3.  Hume’s swamp-draining game involved a cooperation problem, whereas the following game is generally considered to involve a coordination problem. The approach is as follows: two friends are unable to agree on whether they should go to the movies or play basketball, although neither wants to be alone, even if they do so. movies or play basketball, although neither wants to be alone, even if they do their favorite activity:

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Does it suit any player to play “basketball” or “movies” no matter what his friend chooses, as in the swamp-draining game? What are the alternatives in which neither player has any incentive to alter his strategy (assuming the other player’s strategy remains fixed)? Explain why this game illustrates a coordination problem.

Demonstrate the qualities of an early childhood professional

Storytelling is an important part of advocacy and leadership work because it answers the “why” questions: why we care, why the work we do matters, and why we are organizing for change. The purpose of this assignment is for learners to develop their story following the Public Narrative Framework (ICL, 2017): Story of Self, Us and Now. Learning to craft and re-craft your story based on peer coaching and feedback is an important leadership practice.

 

Learning Outcome Assessed:

CLO 1: Demonstrate the qualities of an early childhood professional to foster social justice and social transformation through advocacy in diverse early childhood communities.

 

Assignment Steps:

  1. An advocate’s Public Narrative Story must revolve around a specific issue – for this assignment, construct your ECE story (if you feel strongly that you want to focus on an issue other than ECE, speak to your professor). Draft your Public Narrative Story using the Institute for Change Leaders (2017), Building Skills for Change Teaching Guide, Chapter 2 (pp. 21-31) as a reference and the attached worksheets (adapted from ICL, 2017).
  2. Record a video of yourself sharing your story (telling your story is different from just reading it out loud!). An effective Public Narrative Story should be no longer than 5 minutes and it should have distinct Self, Us and Now components.Storytelling is an important part of advocacy and leadership work because it answers the “why” questions: why we care, why the work we do matters, and why we are organizing for change. The purpose of this assignment is for learners to develop their story following the Public Narrative Framework (ICL, 2017): Story of Self, Us and Now. Learning to craft and re-craft your story based on peer coaching and feedback is an important leadership practice.Learning Outcome Assessed:CLO 1: Demonstrate the qualities of an early childhood professional to foster social justice and social transformation through advocacy in diverse early childhood communities.Storytelling is an important part of advocacy and leadership work because it answers the “why” questions: why we care, why the work we do matters, and why we are organizing for change. The purpose of this assignment is for learners to develop their story following the Public Narrative Framework (ICL, 2017): Story of Self, Us and Now. Learning to craft and re-craft your story based on peer coaching and feedback is an important leadership practice.

     

    Learning Outcome Assessed:

    CLO 1: Demonstrate the qualities of an early childhood professional to foster social justice and social transformation through advocacy in diverse early childhood communities.

     

    Assignment Steps:

    1. An advocate’s Public Narrative Story must revolve around a specific issue – for this assignment, construct your ECE story (if you feel strongly that you want to focus on an issue other than ECE, speak to your professor). Draft your Public Narrative Story using the Institute for Change Leaders (2017), Building Skills for Change Teaching Guide, Chapter 2 (pp. 21-31) as a reference and the attached worksheets (adapted from ICL, 2017).
    2. Record a video of yourself sharing your story (telling your story is different from just reading it out loud!). An effective Public Narrative Story should be no longer than 5 minutes and it should have distinct Self, Us and Now components.

    Assignment Steps:

    1. An advocate’s Public Narrative Story must revolve around a specific issue – for this assignment, construct your ECE story (if you feel strongly that you want to focus on an issue other than ECE, speak to your professor). Draft your Public Narrative Story using the Institute for Change Leaders (2017), Building Skills for Change Teaching Guide, Chapter 2 (pp. 21-31) as a reference and the attached worksheets (adapted from ICL, 2017).
    2. Record a video of yourself sharing your story (telling your story is different from just reading it out loud!). An effective Public Narrative Story should be no longer than 5 minutes and it should have distinct Self, Us and Now components.

Discuss the differences between types of federalism

Discuss the differences between types of federalism. What type of relationship do you think there is between Texas and the federal government in terms of federalism? Give two reasons to support your answer.

What are the strengths of the stages model of the policy process?

What are the strengths of the stages model of the policy process? What are its weaknesses? How would you propose we improve on this model?

2) What are the strengths and weaknesses of any systems model of a political or social process? How might you overcome the weaknesses you have identified? 

3) The trends shown in this chapter are national trends in the United States. How does where you live compare with the national trends outlined here? For example, is your state, or county, or metropolitan area experiencing a higher or lower rate of unemployment? What is economic growth (defined as growth in the state domestic product) compared with the national trend? Various economic development and budget offices should have these data.

4) Please comment on the concept whether inputs or outputs have a greater role within the policy framework. How does this relate to the D.A.R.E. Was a Bigger Failure Than Most People Realized case?

 

 

 

Explain what the difference is between Civil Liberties and Civil Rights

Explain what the difference is between Civil Liberties and Civil Rights.  Where do each of them originate? Choose one of the Bill of Rights. Explain its history and original meaning/purpose. How has our understanding of this amendment changed over time? Lastly, how have policies such as Affirmative action, influenced the way people see the Bill of Rights? Your book has lots of information on each of the Bill of Rights! Use this information in making your post and responses.

What theory best explains the creation of ASEAN?

What theory best explains the creation of ASEAN? Why? Given the theoretical approaches that we have read, do you believe that the members of ASEAN are likely to pursue deeper integration in the future? Why, or why not?  In your post specifically address what impact (if any) China has had upon ASEAN.

Briefly discuss the role of Congress in reviewing agency actions

Briefly discuss the role of Congress in reviewing agency actions. Moreover, choose one or more examples from the supplemental readings of the role the judiciary has played in shaping Congressional oversight in this area and discuss it.

 

https://rollcall.com/2023/01/11/supreme-court-weighs-immunity-of-puerto-rico-oversight-board/

 

https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/politics/2023/01/25/republicans-want-new-rule-to–rein–in-government-spending–regulation

Develop normal visual perception skills

Dr. Banerjee believes that children who are not receiving any visual stimulation during the first four months after birth, will not be able to develop normal visual perception skills later in life. Clearly, Dr. Banerjee believes that this phase of development is a(n)