Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
Articles 1 - 2 of 2
Full-Text Articles in Social Work
Innovative Organizing Practices: Acorn's Campaign In Los Angeles Organizing Workfare Workers, Fred Brooks
Innovative Organizing Practices: Acorn's Campaign In Los Angeles Organizing Workfare Workers, Fred Brooks
SW Publications
The work requirements in the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) set the stage for unprecedented expansion of workfare programs across the nation. Shortly after the PRWORA passed, the Los Angeles chapter of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) began a union-style organizing drive of the 25,000 General Relief (GR) recipients in Los Angeles County’s workfare program. Over the past four years the de facto union, in coalition with over 75 allied community, labor, and clergy organizations, won numerous substantive progressive policy changes in the workfare program. In a case study format, this paper describes …
Leisure Activity, Ethnic Preservation, And Cultural Integration Of Older Korean Americans, Nancy P. Kropf, Eunja Kim, Douglas A. Kleiber
Leisure Activity, Ethnic Preservation, And Cultural Integration Of Older Korean Americans, Nancy P. Kropf, Eunja Kim, Douglas A. Kleiber
SW Publications
For immigrant groups, leisure activity has the potential both to increase familiarity with a new culture and to preserve cultural history and identity. Using a qualitative case study design, this research analyzed leisure activities of six older Korean Americans to determine both personal and cultural meanings of leisure. From a personal perspective, leisure was used to create two effects for the older adults: Ki-Bun-Chun-Whan, which is the experience of a shift in emotional atmosphere as a result of engaging in activities; and self-development activities, which provide the older adults with opportunities for learning or growth. Cultural meanings of leisure activities …