午夜AV

School of Social Work, 午夜AV

Title and 笔谤茅肠颈蝉:

Democratization in India: A Catholic Response through Positive Youth Development

听听听听 In the last two decades, the urban economy in India has grown economically, while that of rural India has continued to struggle with poverty, illiteracy, disease, and malnutrition. The LIFT (Leading India鈥檚 Future Today) program, founded by Fr. Jamels James and three other Indian priests, has presented a challenge to these inequalities by developing leadership excellence among rural Indian youth. LIFT has fostered inter-religious dialogue and emotional and intellectual sharing, and is modeled after the 鈥淪ervant Leadership鈥� philosophy. This project aims to continue the development, implementation, and evaluation of the mentoring program, which includes the teaching of democratic principles. This project also aims to strengthen the relationship between LIFT and various Jesuit institutions around the world.

Biography:

听听听听 Julia Pryce is an Assistant Professor in the School of Social Work, 午夜AV. She has partnered with the Leading India's Future Today (LIFT) organization over the last three years in the development and implementation of a mentoring program that includes the values of democracy and children's rights as core elements of the curriculum.聽 Her domestic work is focused on the role of mentoring and other positive youth development approaches among system-involved (i.e., child welfare or juvenile justice) youth.