about cultures that have been historically marginalized by the greater society for one reason or another. The American Deaf is one such culture that I have found very interesting‚ and it is this particular culture that chose to research for my Cultural Immersion Project. From the outset of my initial research‚ I became intrigued by the overwhelming sense of pride that is found among Deaf people. The hearing population tends to want to pity the Deaf for their inability to hear‚ but being deaf‚ to them
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Cultural Immersion Project Part II Sylvia Hayes I attended an Atlanta Mar Thoma Indian Church service and a social fellowship honoring Senior citizens. The church service started at 10 am. When I arrived to the parking lot‚ I introduced myself to a young lady by the same of Sarah who was cordial enough to answer all of my questions concerning the service and invited me to the fellowship later. The service lasted for 3 hours. I noticed their central theme throughout the service was unity and
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May 10‚ 2013 COUN 504 Liberty University Cultural Immersion Part 3 1. Share some of the background of your interviewee (or couple). What was this person’s/couple’s “story”? The individual that I interviewed was very helpful. She was the manager/owner of a local business in the area. As the individual began her story‚ she reported that she came from her country in Mexico due to a request of her father. This particular individual’s father came to the United States in an effort to work
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Cultural Immersion Experience I participated in the disabled culture for my out-of-class experience. I attended a Birthday Party and visited with a mentally challenged client (son of my friend) with a family friend at Parkwood Developmental nursing home facility in Valdosta‚ GA. Parkwood Nursing home is the residence of approximately 50 clients with varying mental and physical abilities. The front door of the building looks like the door on a house. When entering the front door
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On November 14‚ 2013‚ I attended an event held by‚ “Lakota Dance Troop.” This event was located in Sykes Ballroom C. The scheduled time for the program to begin was at 12:30 PM and end at 1:45 PM. This program was attended by Prof. Ingersoll and his Race Relations classes. This event was attended by people outside of the race relations course as well. The hosts of the event wanted to introduce everyone into their culture before starting the program. Before the event began‚ everyone was asked to
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Cultural Immersion Reflection Paper From the social workers perspective‚ I do not have any personal bias toward this population (as mentioned earlier I have a deep connection to Puerto Rico). I do feel that one important area of concern would be the need to be educated about would be the way I would recognize problems‚ based on their culture and strong family ties and be able to relate and create a bond of trust with a Puerto Rican client. Mental health issues that are commonly reported among
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Cultural Immersion Project DB Pt 2 Betty Finney My cultural immersion focus is on the religious war in Nigeria. One of the interesting things I found in my research was that‚ in Nigeria the Christian faith and the Muslim faith represents the greatest percentage of religions. I also learned that the Christians and Muslims pray every day several times a day. With that being said‚ I wondered if they believed in a higher entity prayed every day‚ who they are praying to? And what is their belief system
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Cultural immersion can be simply defined by placing yourself out of your comfort zone and becoming surrounded by an unfamiliar environment and culture. Through cultural immersion a person can gain insights and characteristics into a community far different than their own. These experiences can truly open a person’s mind and views to others that are different than themselves. Through this experience I placed myself in an environment I knew that I would transform from a majority to a minority. I became
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Cultural Immersion Project: Part 3 MaLinda DiTonno Liberty University Cultural Immersion Project: Part 3 Montana is home to six Indian Reservations and their tribes: The Blackfeet Reservation‚ home for the Blackfeet tribe; Crow Reservation for the Crow tribe; Flathead Reservation‚ home to the Confederated Salish and Kootenai tribes; Fort Belknap Reservation‚ home for the Assiniboine and Gros Ventre tribes; Fort Peck Reservation‚ which is home for the Assiniboine and Sioux tribes; Little-Shell‚
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Cultural Immersion Every winter the subject of homelessness and being homeless comes to the forefront. TV stations‚ radio stations‚ community leaders‚ everyone wants to lend a helping hand to those in need. After all it is the time for giving and helping all mankind. Every year it seems as thought the numbers are increasing‚ since this is an invisible group it is very hard to give you exact figures as to how many are on the streets every year‚ but if you live in San Diego you can see many
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