Multi-Cultural Family Profile

During my eighth grade year, I was voted president for both student council and National Junior Honor Society. I also participated in the first middle school division competition for Cyber Patriots and placed fourth in the nation. I received an award from the Mayor of San Antonio for this achievement.

In today's society, there are various alternatives from the typical family type. The top examples of these are lone-parent, cohabitation and reconstituted. But there are also some others such as same sex couples, single parent and multi-cultural families. There has been a decrease in the number of nuclear families in the UK and an increase in various other families such as single parent families. But the raise in single parent households has to do with the increase in divorce across the UK which means that more people are left having to support their children on their own unless they become a reconstituted family.

During 8th grade at Howard D. McMillan Middle, I believed one person could make a difference if they just set their mind to do so. Our school had many restrictions and few student activities. Early that year I became interested in Student Government (S.G.) and National Junior Honor Society (NJHS), so I decided to run for President of both clubs hoping to make a change.

The process of being chosen for Future Leaders of Jones County included writing an essay and then being interviewed by a panel that oversees the Future Leaders of Jones County. In the organization, we were broken off into small groups and mixed with students from different schools around the county. I played a large role in my group— the fundraising leader. Our goal was to meet the needs of our local Battered Women’s Shelter, which were providing bedding, laundry, and a new playground for the women and their children that were also being homed. This project was very close to all of us in my group because there are so many battered and abused women in our community. In order to achieve the shelter’s wishes, we had to raise at least $1,000, so I had to go out and raise the money. With the help of many in our community, I was able to help my group reach our $1,000 goal, and we were able to go above and beyond accomplishing our project of service. After buying the necessities (pillows, sheets, blankets, detergent) for the shelter, we were able to purchase and put together a completely new play area for the children. The whole project was a success and getting to help better our community by enabling these women to stand up and get out of the situation of being abused so that they can start a new life. Seeing women like this made me realize how important it was

I was given the chance to join a program called La Raza Youth Leadership that helps teach latino students

This paper discusses the dynamic issues involving the diversity of multicultural families in regards to race, ethnicity, socioeconomic, gender and sexual orientation. This paper will also highlight same or different minority or cultural backgrounds, identity and biases involving multicultural families. How multicultural families incorporate their beliefs, cultures and values into a family unit as well as the transformation of acculturation. Challenges involving racial identity, ethnicity; where do people with different cultures fit in and make it work; the population of multicultural families has risen and continue to do so. Socioeconomic status in multicultural families

Families around the world consist of many variations. The traditional family includes a mother and father of the same racial background and their children. While this is the most acceptable type of family dynamic, today there are families that consist of countless different types of deviations. Many children grow up with one parent, gay parents, or with their grandparents. There are also families that consist of two parents that are of different races. Interracial families consist of relatives who are from diverse origins. Interracial families include families where the parents are of two different races or when the adopted children are of a different race than their parents.

Throughout my past four years in high school, I have had the opportunity to maintain leadership positions in various organizations, including Spanish Honor Society and Drama Club. These groups have allowed me to be involved my school and community. I have organized various events including a stuffed animal drive in which we brought almost 1,000 donations of stuffed animals to the Pembroke Pines Police Department

To the outside world, I appear to belong to the Traditional White Nuclear Family culture, but my family included co-cultures and subcultures that were rare in the suburban south.

Throughout history society has viewed mixed race families as a sinful thing. Some viewed it as though they betrayed their own race. However, as our society developed things slowly started to change and one of those things was accepting mixed race families. Families throughout history had fought for what they believe to be the meaning of “true love” they stood by each other until the end. A history about what is considered to be mixed race and the laws that were implanted to stop people from becoming mixed race families. Also, discuss how a couple from Virginia made the difference in society due to the fact they came from a mixed race family. Third, how society views mixed race families in the present and the future

Dan Hocoy, person being interviewed and working as a clinical psychologist, explains that most Asian Americans go to their families for help and guidance than professions who are not familiar to them.

With the decay of the arranged marriage tradition in Vietnamese culture, both males and females are left to seek out a suitable partner on their own. However, given that the ideals and values of respect, family, and honor are still of major importance within the Vietnamese culture, proper etiquette standards for courtship are assumed and practiced. (Nguyen, 2008). This is to help men and women find partners who also value respect, take pride in strict virtues, and see the importance of family principles. These societal expectations within the American Vietnamese families run true to their roots but have since developed a more modern attitude over the course of time.

Research Question: What are the various challenges that are facing multiculturalism and blended families? What are the benefits of multicultural and blended families? What are the various ways for overcoming the challenges that are facing multicultural and blended families? How does blended family affect development of a child?

I love being around my family and friends. I believe that is one of the most important things we have and we need to cherish every moment we have with them. I love to help people, whether it be in monetary, volunteering my time, or donating food or clothing, to mention a few. I love to work with children and adolescents. I believe that they are in a very difficult phase of their life in which they need someone to help them and guide them. As for who I grew up with, I grew up with my biological family; we are six siblings, three girls and three boys. I am the youngest of six. I identify as a Hispanic Mexican American. I was born in the United States, but my parents were born in Mexico, therefore our culture is mixed between American culture and Mexican culture. I was born into a Catholic home, but when I was five or six years old my parents decided to go to the Christian

Before referring to the impact of culture on families, I will say that culture is known as knowledge, art, beliefs, law, morals, customs and all habits and skills acquired by man not only in the family but also to be part of a society as a member that is. It is also defined as a set of ideas, behaviors, symbols and social practices learned from generation to generation through life in society. The family is defined as a group of people linked by blood, marriage, or adoption; usually centered on a married couple, their dependents, and relatives. Although there have also been non-traditional families made up of people who are not linked by blood or marriage and are now found more frequently in many regions of the world.