Drug Work Case Study: Carmen

Bre’s mother had been looking for a new church to go to for a while. And thanks to her new job at the Holyoke Soldier’s Home as well as her ability (unlike her daughter’s inability) to socialize, Bre’s mother made a new friend who introduced her to one of the Pentecostal Assembly of God churches. The church offered services on both Wednesdays and Sundays, so it was expected of both Bre and her brother to take up

Doris at age of 19 was a drug dealer and got arrested for selling $200 worth of heroin to an undercover police officer in 1974 in Michigan. She was sentenced to 10-20-year prison term for that crime, but she escaped 8 months later. After the scape, she lives her life as a model citizen. However, 34 years later she was re-arrested by her fingerprints. Then she was extradited back to Michigan to fulfill her sentence. Now her family and friends want that the Michigan governor grants her clemency.

participation in a church activity might suggest that she has a strong connection to an organized religion. Her desire to complete the work that was assigned for home in school could also indicate that she values both activities equally, wanting to devote time to participate in both with full attention. Through SI’s literacy practice, the use of a math book to assist in homework so she can participate in another activity may be evidence of her increased beliefs, values, and attitudes towards both school and church as a result of participating in the re-design.

Drug courts were developed in response to a perceived need within society and the criminal justice system. This study collected data from 600 participants who successfully completed drug treatment court. The Drug Court Graduate Survey was developed by the court’s treatment program staff to serve as a measure of motivation for successful completion of the program as well as an evaluation of program functioning. The survey asked a variety of questions related to the clients experience in drug court and the client’s suggestions about way the court could change to improve effectiveness. Clients in this drug court provided interesting clues as to why drug addicted individuals enter drug court and what factors helped them successfully graduate.

Participant was informed that the team is concerned with his ability to remain safe in the community. Participant has been engaging in risky behaviors that endanger him, staff as well as the continuation of his waiver services. Participant has been obtaining marijuana illegally from unknown sources despite his ability to obtain marijuana legally for medicinal purposes.

Pointing to Garlinda’s case study, I am reminded of the fact that no matter it is Garlinda the pastor of the congregation, Wanda, the church organist, the board members , or myself, the one of the

Carmen was raised in a two parent household in New Jersey. The family was Catholic and of Mexican descent. Carmen’s father was an alcoholic who recently passed away due to kidney failure stemming from cirrhosis of the liver due to a long history of alcohol abuse. Carmen’s father was verbally abusive. The family was working class. Her father was a plumber and part-time handy man, while Carmen’s mother stayed home raising the children. Carmen maintain regular contact with her mother, brother and sister. Carmen is single and currently lives in a small one bedroom apartment with her 3 year-old son, Justin.

Later in the story, when her mom becomes ill and take Abuela to church, Constancia is forced to take her because "...Abuela absolutely has to attend Sunday mass or her soul will be eternally darned. She's more Catholic than the Pope." The experience of taking her grandma to church changed Constancia because Abuela got lost during church, and Constancia refused to help because she was afraid to get embarrassed so she left her. After church, she got her grandma but she was embarrassed. Later her grandmother says she made her feel like nothing, a zero. This experience showed Constancia that her actions and choices effect her life.

Barbara made sure Cedric was either in school, in the locked apartment or at Scripture Cathedral” (Suskind 35). She did not want him just walking the streets as there were many drug dealers. Barbara and Cedric spend every minute they can at the sanctuary of Scripture Cathedral (Suskind 35). They “came to Pentecostalism from a life of poverty and neglect, the church provided both moral orderliness an an absolution for past failures that finally allowed her peace about all that had gone wrong over the years”(Suskind 36). He church playing crucial role in their lives. Going to church offered Cedric and Barbara “destinations of good and evil and strict rules forbidding common activities” (Suskind 36). By going to Scripture Cathedral all the time

Although the small group of church goers were mostly elderly Caucasian people, they were diverse and friendly towards new individuals. Those who wore the traditional, elegant attire of a Sunday worship service greeted with a firm handshake and a gentle smile. On the other hand, those who preferred to wear casual outfits greeted with tight hugs and hearty laughter from seeing a new face. After talking to more than half of the attendants, it was evident that everyone knew a lot about each other. It was nice to hear that most of them had overwhelmingly positive words to say about the church itself. Then, I finally met the middle-aged pastor who was glad to see someone new and introduced me to his wife. She had a stoic expression and had nothing to say. Honestly, the wife’s silence struck me as surprising considering how the other people were talkative, but it is nothing to be overly concerned about. After all, it was almost time for the Sunday service to

work and church (Regan, 2015, p.46). When she was detained she started singing hymns and

The church seemed to have an emotional tie to the people who attended for two reasons. One being that in Jones’s church, everyone was welcome. There was no discrimination among one’s age, gender or race. With integration being allowed, the church gained much attractiveness. It was described to have the ability to give people a “place”.

In the corner of what looked like an old small warehouse, a door was propped open, and under the third floor window was a big blue and white sign saying, “Igelsia Christiana: Servicios Billingues Domingos/11AM.” It was 10:50 am, and there were only two other cars in the lot. I remembered that Hispanics have a different time orientation (Sue & Sue, 2013), and I chastised myself a bit for worrying so much about being late. I also wondered how long I might be one of the few people there before the service started, and I contemplated just waiting in the car. However, I got out and went to the ground floor entrance. I opened the solid metal doors into a dark foyer with a decommissioned elevator to my right and what looked like a makeshift, community health clinic entrance to the left, I thought, “I am literally in a back alley building.” The place was completely empty and quiet. Again, I thought about going home. I saw another blue sign on a door to a stairwell and remembered that it seemed like the church was on the third floor. I opened to door to the stairs, and light, music, and the smell of coffee and food flooded

However, the ways the church has influences their parenting in regards to influencing their children is quite different. At Rachel and Greg’s church, they feel like they have very little support beyond their daughter attending classes on Sunday morning. The church will occasionally have a series which focuses on aspects of parenting, but beyond that, they do not feel like their church provides much support. Michelle Anthony noted how churches should have experiences and events where parents can learn and practice how to be a spiritual influence in the life of their child. The church they are currently attending does not seem to be doing this.

Through witnessing inadvertent bitterness in the conversations of their meetings, like cracks on the wall of the church, the sisters who has been carrying out the traditions of their community like two pillars that uphold the church since the death of the founder has also failed to remind the community the purpose behind their gatherings. Despite of demonstrating implicit and explicit faith through their services for the community, their guidance becomes more and more powerless as the community starves its spirit through the temptation of resentfulness. As