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    In Ryan bailey Patterson’s article, “Resistance and Resilience” Patterson discusses the impact that politicalized art can have on a movement. Patterson articulates her argument by first giving historical context to the violent phenomena and then explaining the impact that politicalized art had on the anti-feminicide movement in Cuidad Juarez as the art functioned as a communicator between the women of Cuidad Juarez and the outside world. The art not only communicated the problem in the city but helped

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    Resilience can be a difficult and often a seemingly impossible attribute to acquire for many people in fear of change. I have become aware of this trait developing more in myself as I get older and have made it a priority to see the benefits of change and adapt to it. Moving here to Tennessee has helped me grow more as a person. The emotional and spiritual aspects of resiliency really came into play in this situation. My husband and I were both born and raised in the state of Florida. Four

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    (1) Chapter 15: The resilience of older women. Informal networks and social support (p. 660-663) (2) Description: Older women have unique social networks and social support from male counterparts. (3) Discussion of Enhancement of Understanding: Older women have many different characteristics from older men. The way they build and maintain their social networks and social supports is unique compared to older men. Even many older women struggle with financial constrain, they still can access to

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    itself the means of inspiration and survival.” Through the hard times when you feel like nothing is ever going to get better the pain and suffering kills but it leads to survival and a better road ahead. Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption is the account of a pacific prisoner of war (POW) Louis Zamperini as told through and researched by Laura Hillenbrand. The book follows Louie’s life from his birth and troubled upbringing to his glorious carrier as an olympic track

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    Black Resilience against Violence Effects (BRAVE) is an intervention that aims to empower Black youth with access to culturally-sensitive, mental health treatment for depression and suicide as well as resources to become involved within the political sector of social justice issues, such as police violence on Black lives. The target populations of this intervention are Black youth in middle school and high school who have shown behaviors in relation to depression and suicide ideation and reside in

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    Being said, Kochhar-Bryant (2008) developed a five stage “resilience model” that identifies experiences and tasks for parents as they move from learning their child’s disability through acceptance and appreciation (Heward, 1996). The five stages of the resilience model toward family strength include; Stage 1: Identification of disability, meaning the family may be disappointment and in denial that their child

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    Lorenz (2013) defined ‘resilience’ as the ability to keep continuity by avoiding or withstanding failure. Over the course of history, the pieces of archaeological and geological evidence illustrate the short and long-term impacts of natural disasters on the human population. In most cases, people believe that disasters only bring negative effects to the society. However, the destruction caused by disasters is not permanent, and people can rebuild their civilization later. Moreover, abrupt changes

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    to original form after being bent, compressed, or stretched out of shape. A human ability to recover quickly from disruptive change, or misfortune without being overwhelmed or acting in dysfunctional or harmful ways. As in "Our team showed great resilience," or "Our team had good resiliency." (n.d.) There are numerous points of view on resiliency, as non‑governmental associations (NGOs) perceive that individuals ' capacity to better withstand and recuperate from calamities is basic to maintaining

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    characters who live in a small coastal town, Crosby, Maine, who when faced with the difficulties of life, death, and more importantly love, fumble and grovel towards inevitable acceptance, however, I feel the author’s intention is to show the characters resilience in the face of tragedy, which Olive Kitteridge has plenty of. The author does a good job at building each character; they are relatable and human, if at times even simple and naïve. She offers specific, even minute details, allowing the reader a

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    Concept of resilience with factors contributing to resilience for health care consumers and health professional Introduction We as human beings, some or the other day have undergone to situations or events which have changed our lives. Such events can be like death of our loved one, loss of the job, serious health issue, terrorism or shocking incidents. These events are very challenging experiences of life and to these situations or circumstances we react with a flood of emotions and a sense of uncertainty

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