Posted on 05/12/2020 12:09:31 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
(1) A little googling yielded the following information about Barbara Ferrer, director of the LA County Department of Public Health. I post this to give a sense of her qualifications, expertise, and credentials:
(2) Dr. Ferrer received her Ph. D. in Social Welfare from Brandeis University, a Master of Arts in Public Health from Boston University, a Master of Arts in Education from the University of Massachusetts, Boston, and a Bachelor of Arts in Community Studies from the University of California, Santa Cruz.
(3) about her undergraduate degree:
Founded in 1969, Community Studies is the oldest interdisciplinary program at UCSC. The longstanding hallmarks of Community Studies are its focus on social justice and its distinctive pedagogy integrating classroom learning and extended field study. Community Studies was a national pioneer in the field of experiential education and its community-focused learning model has been copied widely by other colleges and universities. Community Studies was also a pioneer in addressing principles of social justice, specifically inequities arising from race, class and gender dynamics in society at large, and in critically assessing strategies for achieving social change.
The undergraduate major offers highly motivated and focused students the opportunity to pursue a rigorous course of study combining on- and off-campus learning. On campus, students complete a core curriculum enabling them to identify, analyze, and help construct strategies for social justice movements, nonprofit sector advocacy, public policy making, and social enterprise. The core curriculum works in tandem with topical course work that develops expertise in specific domains of social science scholarship related to their field study. Off campus, students commit to spending six months immersed in a setting where they participate in and analyze the social justice work of an organization, with a goal of making a meaningful contribution to the organization’s mission. Students work independently but with active guidance from both campus faculty and an on-site supervisor from the field study organization.
The undergraduate core curriculum begins with the development of skills in social analysis and field observation/participation while deepening students’ knowledge of specific histories and theoretical perspectives essential to the study of communities and social transformation. Next, through the six-month full-time field study, students engage with specific communities through residence and participation in an organization with a social justice mission. This intensive and extended immersion is a distinguishing feature of the community studies major. Finally, students return to campus to analyze their field study experience and its relation to their ongoing classroom-based learning. The major culminates with a senior capstone integrating academic coursework, field study analysis, and original writing.
With the guidance of faculty and staff advisers, community studies students choose field placements related to one of the program’s areas of focus in health justice and economic justice. In the past, placements have been arranged with community health clinics, women’s and feminist organizations, immigrant-rights centers, media advocacy organizations, homeless resource and support groups, sustainable development projects, queer and transgender organizations, neighborhood or workers’ collectives, civil rights groups, community food security programs, legal clinics, community-based cultural organizations, programs for seniors, tenant or labor unions, HIV/AIDS advocacy groups, harm reduction programs, government agencies and the offices of elected officials, and still other organizations committed to and working for social justice. As political, economic, cultural and technological landscapes shift, so do the needs and opportunities for social justice organizing. It is a dynamic world and throughout its history Community Studies has been noteworthy for being attuned and responsive to innovative field study opportunities.
(4) about her PhD program:
Degrees offered by the Heller School for Social Policy at Brandeis:
PhD in Social Policy
MBA in Social Impact
MA in Sustainable International development
MS in Global Health Policy and Management
MA in Conflict Resolution and Coexistence
MPP in Public Policy
Heller School is home to 10 research institutes.
Schneider Institutes for Health Policy
Institute on Healthcare Systems
Institute for Behavioral Health
Institute for Global Health and Development
Institute on Assets and Social Policy
Institute for Child, Youth and Family Policy
Center for Youth and Communities
Lurie Institute for Disability Policy
Sillerman Center for the Advancement of Philanthropy
Center for Global Development and Sustainability
Next..a virtual reality world and you become a living battery...
“The Stay at Home order will be lifted on Wednesday, November 4th, 2020.”
Nope.
Lifted August 1st.
$600 per week Federal unemployment subsidy ends on July 27th
Oh, I live just north of D, buddy.
My town likes it’s beautiful f’ball stadium and the Kyler Murray led State Championships he brought home for us...
I increasingly dislike football as time goes on. :P And yes, I live in DFW.
“or rapid at-home versions that would allow people to test themselves daily,”
20,000,000 tests a day? What are they smoking?
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Nope.
Lifted August 1st.
$600 per week Federal unemployment subsidy ends on July 27th
1) the Federal unemployment subsidy stands to be extended by Pelosi's next $3 Trillion porkulous bill, so I wouldn't bank on July 27th.
2) Wednesday, November 4th, 2020 is the day after the National Elections. Once the elections are over, there is no need to keep the sheeple caged up and pissed off.
Yes, but if the powers to be deem that the public is taking too much freedom or the economy is coming back too fast, they will immediately clamp back down, (close the beaches, parks, state wilderness/camping areas, etc.), in order to get them back in line. It’s like when mom takes the TV away because back talked her.
File an unlawful taking case, 4th and 14th amendment. Someone needs to take this stuff to court. If they take it from you they have to pay you. By ordering you not to work, they are taking your normal pay away from you.
With due respect...hahahahahahaha. Los Angeles is probably the most metro-male place in the country. They couldn’t find their cojones if someone gave them directions.
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