A journey of an artist and theologian

I never thought I would ever guess that I would be going to seminary. But here I am. I had always envisioned my life being a art museum curator, living in New York or Boston, and working for some of the most competive museums in the country. My passion is the visual arts and engaging the culture that I have grown to love so much. From this class I want to learn how to engage culture, give Christianity a good name, and to develop communities that can reach out to each other.

Thursday, October 27, 2005

Week 5 Resources

Week 5 Resources

1. Individual with disabilities education improvement act This is a site that is helpful to improve the education of students that live with a disability. Part of the improvement act is disabilities and their families and ensure every child with a disability has available a free appropriate public education that: (1) Is of high quality, and (2) is designed to achieve the high standards
reflected in the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.

2. Mission statement of Faith base Initiative faith base home website I was curious on what was the faith base initiative take on supporting social services. They do receive governmental money to support their initiatives. Some of the work that initiative stands for is they ensure that federal funding social services given by the state and local governments are treaty equally in their provisions. Also the initiative encourages greater corporate and philanthropic support for FBCOs’ social service programs through public education and outreach activities

3. Disability government related information is the website that the American government providing resources on varies subjects, like housing, communities, transportation, technology, and healthcare. These resources support those who are looking for assistance.

4. The disability museum is a new museum based on the historical conclusions about disabilities. There is an archive of articles and photographs based on disabilities through history.

5. This is excerpt is from The Oration: Ageing and Disability: Toward a Unifying Agenda. People who age and people with disabilities have traditionally been split into two opposing camps in the eyes of both providers of services as well as their own self perceptions. By focusing on several cross cutting phenomena -- issues of prevalence, the ever changing nature of chronic conditions, the effects of which I call the technicalisation and medicalisation of services, and the full implications of the home care revolution -- I argue for the importance of their finding a common ground.

6. Communication Barriers in the Disability Review. This is a personal article about an Australian man who desperately want society to think about the interaction they have with a person living with a disability. He has some very good points that could be useful to our research.

7. Challenging Ageism website outlines the varied definitions of the word ageism. It names different support or activist groups that are willing to combat the negativity that comes along with ageism.

8. Unitarian Sermon on Age and how to support those who are aging, this is a sermon coming from the Unitarian Universalist church. The sermon speaks from all religious traditions giving examples of how is important to take care as a church the older generation. It also gives a specific example of the western culture not supporting or caring for their parents in the long term.

9. Betty Friedan’s Book The Fountain of Age located in the Pasadena public library, Amazon link to inside the book. The book embraces aging and proves the myths are wrong about aging. It also gives unique alternatives to aging gracefully and gives empowerment to people who are aging and deserve the respect that they call for.

10. Intervarsity book on Christian Living this is a book on everyday living Christianity. This specific page speaks about ageism and discrimination in the workplace. The book states that are Christians are Naïve to think that they are susceptible to discrimination of all kinds.

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