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The Black Panther Party And Emancipatory Adult Education, Geleana D. Alston Ph.D.
The Black Panther Party And Emancipatory Adult Education, Geleana D. Alston Ph.D.
Adult Education Research Conference
This session will illuminate the emancipatory adult educational efforts of the Black Panther Party Community Programs from 1966-1982.
Giving Voice To African American Women’S Authentic Lived Experiences With Public Assistance, Adrienne C. Smith
Giving Voice To African American Women’S Authentic Lived Experiences With Public Assistance, Adrienne C. Smith
Adult Education Research Conference
African American women, welfare, and education and training are the focus of this research. Narrative Inquiry methodology was used to explore this qualitative study and it is grounded in the Africentric paradigm (Colin, III, 2010) utilizing the Womanist Epistemological Perspective (Sheared, 1994, 2010) for the unit of analysis. This study “gives voice” (Sheared 1994) to African American women authentic lived experiences (Colin, III, 2007) who have used the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program. Their stories highlight marginalization and oppression in access and utilization of the education and training activities in the temporary assistance program, capturing the women’s experiences …
Corporate America And Politics: A Comparative Analysis Of The Career Aspirations And Experiences Of African Americans, Glenn A. Palmer, Dionne Rosser-Mims
Corporate America And Politics: A Comparative Analysis Of The Career Aspirations And Experiences Of African Americans, Glenn A. Palmer, Dionne Rosser-Mims
Adult Education Research Conference
This paper compares the career development experiences of African Americans in the areas of politics and corporate America. The authors identified congruencies in the career development experiences of African Americans in both career fields to fill the void in the literature concerning empirical research on the career development of African Americans in various disciplines. The researchers‘ findings inform their proposed culturally relevant career development model. Keywords: Career Development, African Americans, Politics, Human Resources, Leadership Development.