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Item Brick by Brick: Building Social Capital Through Artist Agreements in Community Theater(2019-05) Davidoff, Naomi; Browne, Rachelle; Lucas, Gregory; Ewell, Maryo; MA in Arts AdministrationThis paper highlights the importance of creating effective written agreements between authors, composers, lyricists, and nonprofit community theaters. Nonprofit community theaters, by assuming responsibility to produce agreements that benefit and protect both the artist and the arts organization, create relationships that strengthen social capital, supporting strong communities and a development of the local creative economy. By addressing specific agreement protections for both the artist and the organization, community theaters can further their mission, establish trust, and avoid legal risk. Nonprofit community theaters can better serve their artists by reducing barriers for agreement negotiations through encouraging legal education, navigating power dynamics, and engaging in active listening. This paper cites research on social capital, copyright law, employed contracts in nonprofit and commercial settings, and creative economic development. The paper concludes with recommendations for nonprofit community theaters when engaging authors, composers, and lyricists in the creation of an original work.Item Discourse of Faith and Power: Turnaround Tuesday, a Case Study(2019-05) Favazza, Isabella; Duncan, Ann; Bess, Jennifer; Francois, Irline; Individualized Interdisciplinary Major (IIM); Bachelor's DegreeThis paper explores the spiritually ambiguous identity of the jobs movement Turnaround Tuesday and how it is reflective of Baltimore City’s history of utilizing the church as a reactive force against structural violence. Due to long lasting effects of segregation, black Baltimoreans continue to struggle with generational poverty, high incarceration rates, and limited employment options. Time and again, congregations have taken their concerns to city hall and have made progress in resolving some of these issues. However, in today’s world, where unaffiliated Americans make up the largest religious group in the United States, this model of organizing is quickly losing influence. This paper does not wish to question the role of faith within the individual’s life, but that of the community. Striking a balance of church and faith-based activism, Turnaround Tuesday is learning how to navigate contemporary questions of faith, while still fighting against the same cyclical oppressions of time's past.Item SHADOWED BENEATH THY HAND: ORGANIZATIONAL CAPITAL AND THE CULTIVATION OF ACADEMIC TALENT AT A LOW-SES SUBURBAN HIGH SCHOOL(2020-01-01) Gardner, Montia Denee'; Bennett, Pamela R.; Language, Literacy & Culture; Language Literacy and CultureStudents from low socioeconomic (SES) backgrounds often have extenuating circumstances that impede their academic achievement. While many of the factors affecting these students have been concentrated in urban cities, in recent decades, the nation's suburbs have become home to more low-income residents than at any other time in American history (Kneebone & Berube, 2013). Research suggests that schools that give students from low-SES backgrounds access to social capital can reverse the disadvantages associated with that status (Galindo, Sanders, Abel, 2017; Malone, 2008; Stanton-Salazar, 1997). Southland College Prep High School (Southland), a public charter school in suburban Illinois, shows evidence of unusual educational outcomes among low-SES students. For 7 of the last 10 years of its existence, its graduation rate, college acceptance rate, and standardized test scores have exceeded all other public schools in the local area. This information suggests that Southland produces experiences for students that make a substantial difference in their academic trajectories. This qualitative case study of Southland seeks to identify the elements of its internal structure to explain the high levels of student achievement. To do this, the research is informed by social capital theory, and asks: what sources of social capital exist within the school and how that social capital functions to facilitate high achievement among the student population? Findings from the research suggest that Southland's organizational social capital exists and functions in the form of its family model, socio-emotional student care services, relational goods, and high transference of information; all of which contribute to the high academic achievement of its low-SES student population. The research implies that suburban schools looking to boost the academic achievement of their economically diverse student populations could implement these and other dimensions of social capital to mitigate the challenges they face.