ADOPTING HAITIAN ORPHANS: Saving Children or Repeating Unsuccessful History?
Removing children during times of disaster is not new. We saw this with Operation Babylift after the Vietnam War , where the American government hurriedly removed almost 3,000 children from their homeland during the Fall of Saigon in 1975. Lawsuits between birth parents and adopted parents tied up U.S. courts for years. Birth parents claimed they never consented to the adoption, and adoptive parents claimed the adoption was legitimate. Critic...
Using Anger Constructively
Conducive advice columunist, Dr. Kathy Hahner, gives advice on using anger constructively.
A Bronx Girl Goes Home
The murder of a cousin takes Conducive editor Heather Tirado Gilligan back to her home in the Bronx, a...
OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2009
ISSUE 4
ENVIRONMENTAL DIALOGUES
Here at Conducive, we are committed to finding ways to better weave sustainability into our every day lives. Whether it is supporting socially responsible fashion or fighting for global warming legislation, there are viable ways to create change. This issue is dedicated...
Campaigns Take Individual Involvement To New Level
The production and consumption of bottled water contributes to waste, pollution, toxins, and the bottled water industry’s interest in controlling our water resources. As a result of these negative impacts, many people have vowed to stop buying bottled water. If you have successfully ditched bottle...
REDUCING THE SUICIDE STIGMA Suresh Unni's Story
There are many ways of coping with the loss of a loved one. For Suresh Unni, solace is found in sharing his brother's experience with depression and eventual demise from suicide. Through his work as a clinical social worker and therapist and participation on the board of directors of the Asian Americ...
ETHICAL STYLE Spring 2010 Women’s Accessories Trend
Say what you will about the 1980s, it brought us some bold fashion choices, and the decade's designs can be incorporated into any spring wardrobe for a more noticeable, fun look. L.A. Corralez shows us how admirers of womens clothing can blend the fashion of the "Me Generation" with a broader consci...
Raw Earth Wild Sky Brings Eco-Funk to LA
Raw Earth Wild Sky is an L.A.-based contemporary line created by designers Karen Kananen and Samantha Robinson.
Young and Unemployed
Are you suffering from unemployment depression? You are not alone, but variables such as cultural differences and access to insurance can influence who decides to seek out help. Dr. Mai Kieu-Loan offers her professional advice and lays out what resources are available.
Dating a Separated Person
Conducive advice columunist, Dr. Kathy Hahner, gives advice on dating a separated person.
IT’S ANTI-CAPITALISM, CHARLIE BROWN
Dear Santa,
I have been extra good this year, so I have a long list of presents that I want. Please note the size and color of each item, and send as many as possible. If it seems too complicated, make it easy on yourself: just send money. How about tens and twenties?
…All I want is what I have comi...
BOOK REVIEW Reigniting Black Feminist Power
The growth of the Civil Rights and Womens Rights Movements put many black women in a difficult position, forced to reconcile two movements that demanded they prioritize one side of their identity over another, and subordinate their full self in the name of a larger group cohesion that in many ways e...
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Using Evaluation to Evolve and Effect Change
If your conception of social change does not involve mapping the wandering of little white mice or estimating the correlation of beliefs and values of college students between the ages of 18 and 24, you may find evaluation research of interest and of use. Read Conducive's "Your Thoughts for Mai Thou...
The Fundamental Issue of Same Sex Marriage
Much of the debate over same-sex marriage centers around the question of whether or not the issue is one of same-sex couples receiving the full rights and benefits of citizenship, or is an affront to the “sanctity” of marriage. Activists for gay marriage argue that their relationships are not fu...
From India, Six Lessons for Creating a Sustainable Local Food System
We must retrofit our corporate, globalized food system to produce healthful food for local communities. But where do we start? Last year, Tuula Rebhahn, food security advocate spent some time in India, and in this country – which is stereotyped by the Western world as starving and impoverished ...
Looking Back to the Future?
Humankind, both collectively and individually, has a strange little quirk. We ignore the past when it holds valuable lessons that go against what we want to hear or believe. Our insistence in doing this has negatively affected our future many times, both as individuals and as a society. We give our ...
Equal Pay for Equal Work? Still Not a Reality for Today’s Women
With much of the public and political attention over the last year going to divisive issues like health care reform and economic stimulus programs, other key landmark legislation that became law in 2009 was largely ignored. One of these, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 , was the first piece o...
