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| what are the 4 ways people respond to suffering? |
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hopelessness, individualism, compassion, self enlightenment.
hopelessness: feeling like you can't do anything to help the suffering
individualism: thinking only about yourself and how suffering will affect you and only you
compassion: helping the suffering out of compassion for their situation, lovingly
self enlightenment: helping the suffering because you will benefit from it |
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| the establishment of healthy, loving relationships with God, other people, and creation |
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| when obstacles stand in the way of establishing loving relationships with God, others, and creation |
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| the condition of not having the most basic needs to live a full and dignified life |
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| being excluded from the community, pushed to the edges, or margins. |
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| lack of basic resources that creates barriers that prevent the poor from obtaining other resources |
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| Maslow's hierarchy of needs |
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1. people have to reach the most basic needs before reaching higher
2. once those are met, people can aim for higher needs such as love and self actualization |
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1. starvation is when the body's metabolism slows and the body starts to feed on itself
2. malnutrition is when the body is receiving barely enough food to keep it from feeding on itself. the diet is usually consisting of 3-4 foods |
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| Problems with inadequate education |
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| education can make or break the poverty cycle |
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| low cost housing units are usually occupied by the nearly poor, or people living from paycheck to paycheck. this pushes a downward force on the poor |
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| Poverty in most other countries, besides the US, results in death |
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1. half of the world's population lives on less than $2 a day
2. 1.3 billion people do not have access to clean drinking water
3. 3 billion people do not have access to sanitation |
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| Systemic reasons for inequities |
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| legacy of colonialism, foreign aid, government by the elite, debt crisis, discrimination, resource extraction |
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| the gap between the rich and poor which is continually growing larger |
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| when having material things becomes more important than being who we really are |
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| prevents us from developing our full potential as images of God |
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| looking for happiness in material goods |
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Nebraska's rank is 41st
Lowest state rank is NH
Highest state rank is Mississippi |
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1.Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
-reduce by half the people who live on <$1 a day and suffer from hunger
2. Achieve universal primary education
-ensure all boys and girls complete full course of primary schooling
3. Promote gender equality and empower women
-eliminate gender disparity in primary/secondary education
4. Reduce child mortality
-reduce by 2/3 the mortality of rate child < 5
5. Improve maternal health
-reduce by ¾ the maternal mortality ratio
6. Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases
-halt/reverse the spread and incidence of diseases
7. Ensure environmental sustainability
-reduce by half the people w/o drinkable water
8. Develop a global partnership for development
-address the least develop countries’ needs
-develop an open trading/financial system |
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| What are the 4 kinds of homelessness? |
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1. Chronic ("real" homeless)
2. Situationally (divorce, injury)
3. Intermittently (on and off)
4. Inadequately housed |
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| Characteristics of Affluenze |
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| materialism & consumerism, unhappiness, depression |
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| prejudice because of someone's age |
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| America's older population is getting older and larger |
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| American's with Disabilities Act |
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| make it easier for the disabled to help themselves |
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| owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group, or political opinion, is outside the country of his/her nationality, and is unable to unwilling to avail himself of the protection of that country. |
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| Internally displaced persons are people who flee to another area in their same country |
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| person who voluntarily leaves their country and continues to receive government protection should they ever decide to move back |
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