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Cavallaro’s passion for social justice was more than apparent even in his college years. He went to study groups at the Institute of Politics and participated in a mentoring program, and his coursework included classes on crime and social psychology. But while he was focused on domestic issues, his future wife was experiencing the chaos of international politics firsthand...
...reasons beyond anything we can control, some people are less fortunate than others, but we have social structures that cause inequalities and we should work to empower those who are excluded,” Cavallaro says. “I started out wanting to do that domestically, and then as I became more informed about situations of injustice internationally, I became more involved...
...Michael Dawson, a political science Professor at the University of Chicago, devised the term “linked fate,” a concept in which interdependence, which is similar to globalization, is key to promoting group interests above individual interest. In determining public policy, powerful social concepts such as linked fate can be very useful for coming up with practical and sustainable solutions. To remedy the financial whooping cough Americans are going through, policy experts, banks, municipalities, and individuals should form a community advisory board. This panel would consist of respected members of the community?...
...collaboration at the graduate level was mirrored at the junior high school level, allowing the younger students to “connect with their peers and embrace others’ cultures through education,” said Michael C. Batt, a social studies teacher at Amigos and one of the student council coordinators...
Putnam, a public policy expert who has written extensively on the decline in social and civic engagement among Americans, focused his remarks on the importance of forming social networks to promote psychological well-being...