Browsing by Author "Roels, Nastasja Ilonka"

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    Confident futures: Community-based organizations as first responders and agents of change in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic
    (Elsevier, 2022) Roels, Nastasja Ilonka; Estrella, Amarilys; Maldonado-Salcedo, Melissa; Rapp, Rayna; Hansen, Helena; Hardon, Anita
    This comparative study of community organizations serving marginalized youth in New York City and Amsterdam utilized a novel ethnographic approach called reverse engineering to identify techniques for social change that are active in each organization, adaptable and translatable to other contexts. It found that youth-serving organizations led flexible responses to the crisis of COVID-19 as it affected those marginalized by race, immigrant status, housing instability, religion and gender. The organizations employed techniques that they had previously developed to cultivate youth well-being – among them connectivity, safe space, and creativity – to mount tailored responses to COVID-19 related crises. In New York City, these groups addressed crises of material survival resources (personal protective equipment, food, housing) whereas in Amsterdam, youth-serving organizations focused on social connections and emotional well-being as the government met more of participants’ material needs.