Closing the Loophole: A Case Study of Organizing for More Equitable and Affordable Access to Health Care in San Francisco

This paper presents in-depth case study of a successful hybrid political and community organizing campaign to ensure equitable access to health care through the perspective of a grassroots San Francisco community-based organization, the Chinese Progressive Association (CPA), which has been organizing low-income Chinese immigrants for over four decades. First, it outlines the Health Care Security Ordinance (HCSO), which, since its passage in 2006, has established a near-universal health care access program, helping to make health care accessible and affordable to individuals living and working in San Francisco. Then it presents the campaign to save the HCSO, focusing on CPA’s participation in the HCSO coalition. Finally, it discusses health care as it relates to the San Francisco’s affordability crisis and the political economic context in which it is taking place. Despite the limitations inherent in small case studies like this one, it nevertheless provides a valuable opportunity to better understand how one politically progressive city attempted to address the problem of grossly inequitable health care access through the lens of community organizing, advocacy, and coalition building. San Francisco, like many major American cities today, is being confronted with rapid gentrification and growing economic inequality—the backdrop to the HCSO. Through innovative experiments in social responsibility like the HCSO, however, the city has made leaps in health care access. It concludes with lessons learned from local organizing and advocacy to save the HCSO as these may inform other local efforts to promote health care for all.     

略论组织犯的存在范围

在我国,组织犯不仅仅只存在于集团犯罪中,一般共同犯罪中也应当有其存在空间。以我国刑法理论对共同犯罪形式的认识为基础,组织犯可以存在于一般的复杂共同犯罪(包括雇佣犯罪、狭义的团伙犯罪)以及犯罪集团之中。但是,恐怖组织、黑社会性质的犯罪组织的首要分子以及我国刑法规定的拐卖妇女、儿童集团的首要分子,组织他人偷越国(边)境集团的首要分子,盗掘古文化遗址、古墓葬集团的首要分子,走私、贩卖、运输、制造毒品集团的首要分子,存在一定特殊之处。     

校园中的英语课外活动

课堂只是英语学习的场所之一,如果能将课堂延伸到其它地点和其它时段,学习效果会大不相同。在大学英语阶段,开展多姿多彩的课外活动就是延伸的一种形式。目前高校扩招、师资紧张的情况更凸显出校园内英语课外活动的重要性和必要性。本文简要分析了课外活动对英语教学的促进作用,并根据自身的实践经验,讨论了如何开展课外活动,以及所应注意的一些问题。     

上海零售商业组织形式调整趋势分析

上海在近十年中得到了长足的发展,但是面对入世后外国大型跨国零售企业的竞争压力,上海零售企业必须正确调整其组织形式,来满足消费市场的需求变化,在激烈的竞争中赢得生存和发展。休闲服务商业、社区商业中心和连锁商业企业等组织形式将会有进一步的发展。     

我国农村金融组织体系重构问题研究

本文通过对现阶段农村经济发展的金融需求分析 ,指出了现行农村金融供给中存在的问题 ,并提出了重新构建我国农村金融组织体系的基本原则和农村金融组织体系的基本框架。     

加强高校师资队伍管理与建设刍议

师资管理是高等学校管理的一项重要工作,也是提高教学质量和办学水平的重要保障.本文论述了高校师资管理的重要性,并对在高校师资管理的诸项作用中扮演重要角色的最为核心的内容--教师队伍的计划与组织进行了深入而具体的阐释.提出完善管理中的计划与组织职能,是高校师资管理中的重中之重的看法.同时也对如何加强高校师资队伍管理与建设进行了进一步的思考.     

Organizing for Tenants' Rights: Insights and Approaches From Both Sides of the Fence

The initial discussion includes musings about learning community organization as a graduate student in social work during the late 1970s and subsequently practicing as a tenant organizer in the inner cities of New York City. Three major areas are addressed: (1) the tensions between educational models of practice and community organizing; (2) the critical role of the organizer in constructing the problem and shifting perceptions of power and; (3) how confrontations with legitimate channels of power can foster the development of oppositional consciousness and thus promote social justice efforts. This article argues for greater educational emphasis on the claimsmaking role of community organizers because problem construction is inextricably tied to definitions of power and thus to its redistribution to exploited classes.     

It Takes a Community: Older Lesbians Meeting Social and Care Needs

Although specialized formal services are becoming more prevalent in addressing the needs of the older LGBT community, little is known about informal groups that have organized to meet the needs of this population. This article presents two case examples that depict the efforts of older lesbians to meet the social and care needs of members of their communities. The concept of psychological contracting is used to analyze these experiences, and combined with a review of the literature, practice implications for care and support for this special population are discussed.     

Grassroots Meet Homophobia

SUMMARY

This case study highlights the challenges and successes of a small grassroots effort to change the learning environment for GLBT youth in a local public school district located within the conservative social climate of a small city in Colorado. Strategies included tailoring the social action agenda to the unique characteristics of the conservative community; finding allies in the school district; recruiting volunteer professional talent; and reframing social justice issues to focus on the educational value that every child is entitled to a physically and psychologically safe and supportive learning environment in order to achieve full academic potential.     

Nonprofit Management Principles and Practice,by M. J. Worth

A qualitative case study of two urban neighborhood-planning processes contributes to knowledge regarding citizen participation in the context of public housing redevelopment. The data were collected and triangulated from multiple sources including participant observation, field notes, artifacts, and 24 hours of semistructured interview data (n = 26). Data provided context for understanding engaged residents’ and professionals’ experience of participation in a Resident Advisory Council (RAC) and influence during neighborhood redevelopment planning. Study participants reported the benefits of inclusion in the RAC community planning process including: (a) being engaged by attending meetings and dialoging, (b) maintaining and building relationships, and (c) maintaining organizing pressure and fighting back.