Nelson Mandella is a man that was in jail for a crime he did not commit. He was battered and bruised and was treated like an animal. Yet, when he was released from prison, he had a positive outlook on life and wanted to make a change in his country. He wanted every citizen to be treated equal. This where step one of the leadership circle takes place, "The agent of change." Nelson realizes that the country is in chaos and wants to be the person to change that. He decides to run for President of S.A. He makes promises to the people if they vote fom him to become president, he will make a change in the community.
After he is elected president, he follows through with his promises and immediately goes to work. He starts by improving the workplace in his own building (step 2. Commitment to continuous improvement) He shows his leadership by getting all of the employees, that work for him, together and tells them that if they do not believe in what he is trying to accomplish, then they do not have to stay working from him at the president office.
To get all of the citizens together and believing that they can make a change, Nelson must find a common interest between the blacks and whites. He decides that he will work with the rugby team on winning the world championships. He realizes that if the team does well, the whole country will jump on their backs and unite together. (Step 3, Big Picture)
Neslon attends every game and speaks at his speeches about the team.(step 4) He encourages the citizens to attend these games and to join together and support the country as the make their push to win the world cup. As the team does better and better the riots and fighting stop, the people starts to unite and become one stable country.(step 5) Joining arm and arm as they fight against racism and violence.
As his presidency nears end, he leaves the country as strong as ever, No longer will there be racism, and the whites and blacks are formed together to make one whole community. (step 6)
Friday, January 28, 2011
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Article Review
Karhioo, E. (2009, December ). Reframing physical activity programs for aboriginal communities. Well Spring, 20(6), Retrieved from https://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B3pKQajHE5jJM2Q5YTYxYjItYjUyNC00ZDM5LTllNjEtMGJhOThlYzllNjNj&hl=en&ndplr=1&pli=1
This article starts of by explaining the importance of health and fitness in the world today. That because of all the fatty foods in our world, obesity is starting to grow more and more throughout our population. The author of this article explains that most of the population is starting to eat healthier, exercising more and starting to join more fitness programs (i.e. yoga, spin classes, running clubs.) With hope of getting their bodies in better shape. While the aboriginal population is more reluctant to join these programs because it either conflicts with their cultural practices or because they do not want to join the program, unless a majority of their peers do. The aboriginal population is "growing 6 times faster" (Karhioo, 2009) than non-aboriginals. Aboriginals are "2-3 times more likely to get diabetes" (Karhioo, 2009). It is important to start community programs that keep the aboriginals active and health conscious. The author gives examples of programs that the aboriginals might want to join and how to respect their cultures, while still adding in the necessary activities.
The main components of this article, is the concern for the health and well-being of the aboriginals. The author stresses that in order to get the aboriginals to join these programs, we must make the programs meet the needs of the community. We need to develop a recreational community that entails all of traditional aspects of the aboriginal culture. The four main components of the aboriginal culture is the health of the mind, body, heart, and spirit. As community developers we need to respect these components and build a program around this.
This article shows that there are numerous different communities out there with different beliefs. It is hard to make one program that will satisfy all the communities out there. It is important to get to know your community before you start to design a rec program for them. There are factors that every planner must investigate and analyze if they want this program to thrive in the desired community.
This article ties right in with community development because it is about encouraging aboriginals to join recreational programs and the importance of developing programs that respect their cultures. The community is the aboriginals, they all have their own beliefs and traditions. Our goal is to get the communities to join these recreational programs in hopes of getting them healthier and also expanding their borders in communication with other communities that are out there.
This article starts of by explaining the importance of health and fitness in the world today. That because of all the fatty foods in our world, obesity is starting to grow more and more throughout our population. The author of this article explains that most of the population is starting to eat healthier, exercising more and starting to join more fitness programs (i.e. yoga, spin classes, running clubs.) With hope of getting their bodies in better shape. While the aboriginal population is more reluctant to join these programs because it either conflicts with their cultural practices or because they do not want to join the program, unless a majority of their peers do. The aboriginal population is "growing 6 times faster" (Karhioo, 2009) than non-aboriginals. Aboriginals are "2-3 times more likely to get diabetes" (Karhioo, 2009). It is important to start community programs that keep the aboriginals active and health conscious. The author gives examples of programs that the aboriginals might want to join and how to respect their cultures, while still adding in the necessary activities.
The main components of this article, is the concern for the health and well-being of the aboriginals. The author stresses that in order to get the aboriginals to join these programs, we must make the programs meet the needs of the community. We need to develop a recreational community that entails all of traditional aspects of the aboriginal culture. The four main components of the aboriginal culture is the health of the mind, body, heart, and spirit. As community developers we need to respect these components and build a program around this.
This article shows that there are numerous different communities out there with different beliefs. It is hard to make one program that will satisfy all the communities out there. It is important to get to know your community before you start to design a rec program for them. There are factors that every planner must investigate and analyze if they want this program to thrive in the desired community.
This article ties right in with community development because it is about encouraging aboriginals to join recreational programs and the importance of developing programs that respect their cultures. The community is the aboriginals, they all have their own beliefs and traditions. Our goal is to get the communities to join these recreational programs in hopes of getting them healthier and also expanding their borders in communication with other communities that are out there.
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