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An Innovative Idea
Combining
Meditation + Photography + Instruction
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Barriers of Opportunity in
Poor Urban
Segregation
Opportunity Neighborhoods
From Opportunity @Healthcare @less Political Influence
@Employment @less Racial Diversity
Certain communities
are isolated from @Education @less Economic Diversity
opportunity & access @Services @less Quality Parks
to real life
experiences are @Healthy Environment @High Exposure to
reduced or non violence, toxic soil,
existent
pollution
Public schools, typically organized and funded by residential
districts, means that the quality of educational opportunities
depends directly on where one lives.
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Living in poor
neighborhoods often
mean living in an
environment that is:
✤Unhealthy
✤Violent
✤Poor learning
opportunities
Only a small % of white children live in high poverty
neighborhoods compared to a majority of black children
1985-2000 * Raised in poverty of at least 20%
* Black Children 66%
* White Children 6%
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Children who experience a reduction in their
neighborhood’s poverty rate have greater
economic success in adulthood.
Programs which invest in disadvantaged neighborhoods and
reduce the concentration of poverty could enhance upward
economic mobility for the children in such neighborhoods
Investments in children’s environment potentially facilitate economic
mobility among those living in the most disadvantaged
neighborhoods
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If We Know:
The majority of children of color live
in communities of declining
opportunities
Lack of opportunities depress life
chances of not only poor but middle-
class families living there
Investments in these neighborhoods
reduce the concentration of poverty,
providing powerful effects on the Why Then:
economic mobility for those children ➡ Does the racial gap in economic mobility
continue?
➡ In four decades have the inequality in
children’s neighborhoods persist?
➡ With all of the programs designed assist
the disadvantaged how does
segregation continue to exist?
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We’re
Not Waiting To Be Invited
In
Our Thoughts on
how we can help
Bring Opportunities To
Take
ities To Our Communities
Commun ity
n
Opportu
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Introducing M For Meditation
Intervening with a unique program of Relaxation
Techniques for stress-reduction
Children facing Extreme Hardship are experiencing a rise
in diagnoses of mental health problems
UCLA Studies have shown that Mindfulness Programs help
elementary-school students regulate their behavior, control
impulses, focus and plan ahead.
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Photography
After Relieving the minds of the students from the stresses
of the day
Through the use of photography, Students will have an
opportunity to “tell their truth”
By Photographing their communities
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Traditional Tutoring
Following the documenting of their neighborhoods
Students return to the class for individualized instruction
Covering the use of technology, writing enhancement,
reading & community analysis
Closing the session with meditation
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Upward Stress
Inclusivity
Mobility Reduction
Opportunity
Community
Community Awareness
The Arts
Involvement
Reading/
Writing
Help Reduce
Build Mental Health Inequality In
Coalitions Preservation Education