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Project Hope stems from a long-time interest in the CSC in HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention. Previous programs in the 1980s and 1990s involving AIDS include the Children’s AIDS Program and the AIDS Support and Advocacy Program. Project Hope offers students an opportunity to become more involved in HIV/AIDS awareness, prevention and care. Volunteers show compassion, gain understanding and educate others about HIV and AIDS. The program works with various organizations in the Greater Boston area that provide essential services to those at risk or HIV positive, including Cambridge Cares About AIDS, SPARK, AIDS Action Committee and Community Servings. In addition to service, volunteers assist with World AIDS Week, which occurs around World AIDS Day on December 1st. Time commitment is 2-3 hours per week for an entire semester. No previous experience with HIV/AIDS programs is required. Volunteers will be assigned a site based on their availability and volunteer with a group of other BU students.

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Project Hope Program Manager (2012-2013)

VFM (Voices from the Middle) is a program that develops the leadership skills of middle schoolers through improving on their individual self-esteem and confidence levels. Our goal this year is to help our students develop these skills through theater-based projects and civic awareness and engagement initiatives. The program branched off from Children’s Theatre in 2002 and has continued to expand its target audience every year since.

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Voices From The Middle Program Managers (2012-2013)

Student Studio is an after-school program run by university students that brings art education to Boston public schools and community centers, especially to those who would not otherwise have access. Through fun and entertaining art lessons, we hope to encourage and promote the importance of art in today’s world. Student Studio is about more than arts and crafts. It’s an outlet for creative expression and cultural experience for the children and college students that participate. This program provides University volunteers the opportunity to form mentoring relationships with their students while learning about art history and developing creative thinking and artistic skills. It also gives BU volunteers the chance to truly get involved with the Boston community and take a step outside the classroom to learn about the people, places, and culture of our city. Volunteers do not need to have a background in art. They just need to love kids, want to be a role model and have a wish to make a difference! The program was founded in 2006. Currently Student Studio works with 9 after-school programs. As a result of increasing demand, Student Studio continues to seek opportunities for expansion for next semester and the years to come . Each week a group of 4 – 5 students travels to one of our partner sites and spends a total of 2 -3 hours including transportation time. The program provides all necessary materials so students do not need to worry about the expense of participating.

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Student Studio Program Managers (2012-2013)

A British couple who kept their child’s gender a secret for five years have revealed that the child is male. Beck Laxton and Kieran Cooper say that they kept their son’s sex under wraps because they wanted him to grow up free from society’s preconceived ideas about what constitutes gender-appropriate behavior. The couple, who asked their midwives to withhold information even from them about the child’s gender for a half-hour after his birth, named their child Sasha and referred to him as “the infant,” rather than using gender-specific pronouns. Until recently, even most of the child’s relatives were uncertain whether Sasha was a girl or a boy. Sasha’s parents allowed no television in their home and restricted him to gender-neutral toys. Rather than restricting him to gender-neutral clothing, however, they dressed him in boys’ clothing and girls’ clothing on alternate days. Sasha’s enrollment in school prompted the decision to finally reveal his gender. His parents say that it became too difficult to keep Sasha’s gender a secret once he was attending school regularly. Laxton and Cooper are still unwilling to bow to convention, however. Even though his fellow students now know that Sasha is a boy, his school uniform still contains the same shirt girls at his school wear, complete with feminine gathers across the front. Further, his parents encourage him to wear flowered blouses on weekends. In an interview, Laxton stated that she wanted to avoid exposing Sasha to gender stereotyping because she considers it “fundamentally stupid,” and reported that she considers her own early gender conditioning harmful. “Gender affects what children wear and what they can play with, and that shapes the kind of person they become…I just want him to fulfill his potential, and I wouldn’t push him in any direction.” Decades ago, psychologist Sandra Bem pioneered the idea that masculine and feminine gender roles are restrictive and advanced the theory that androgyny is healthier. Although she later revised her theories somewhat, Bem attempted to raise her children without confining them to gender roles. However, she never tried to hide their sex or to force them to be gender neutral. Psychologist Daragh McDermott, of Anglia Ruskin University, said that no one knows how raising a child to be gender neutral will affect the child because there has been little research conducted on the subject. However, he points out that it is impossible to raise a child without exposure to gender conditioning or stereotypes, since school, the media and society in general consciously and unconsciously enforce society’s gender roles. Studies have shown that even parents unconsciously reinforce gender norms during their interactions with their newborn infants. No matter what parents do, he says, children will develop their own gender identification, whether masculine, feminine or gender-neutral. Related posts: Being An Only Child Does Not Hurt Social Skills Gender Gap In Spatial Ability Can Be Reduced Through Training Gender Wage Gap [Infographic]

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Child Raised ‘Gender Neutral’ to Avoid Stereotyping

The ideal approach to security and compliance is like the ideal referee: one that makes good calls and enforces the rules regarding safety and fair play, but generally doesn’t get in the way of the people playing the game. In its fifth annual study on best practices in data loss prevention (DLP), Aberdeen analyzed and compared the results from more than 600 organizations which have adopted one of four distinct approaches to the operational use of DLP technologies. The best approach, in terms of balancing enterprise risk and reward, is like the children’s fairy tale of Goldilocks and the Three Bears : the bed we choose to lie in should be neither too soft (Do Nothing, Monitor / Notify), nor too hard (Stop / Go), but just right (Adapt / Protect). Request Free!

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DLP, the Ideal Referee: Let the Game Go On!