Using Brain Science to Create New Pathways out of Poverty: Beth Babcock at TEDxBeaconStreet
It wasn't that long ago that finding a job to get out of poverty was pretty straightforward. Jobs were plentiful and you didn't need a lot of education to find a good job and decent wages in construction, transportation, or the public sector. But the world has changed drastically since then. Family sustaining jobs now require education beyond high-school, public supports for the poor have been slashed, and the bottom half of Americans are losing earnings. This talk will show how we use new findings from science and technology to help us design better programs that lead to new pathways out of poverty.
Beth Babcock is the president and CEO of Crittenton Women's Union and has studied the effects of poverty on executive functioning. Under Babcock's direction, Crittenton Women's Union is currently researching methods of coaching to positively affect impoverished adults.
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God bless this woman’s heart. I know she is from the Midwest.
This is certainly interesting, and it's great people have the opportunity to partake in programs like these. However, let's not forget that no measure focusing on the individual is likely to solve the larger political and economic issues that caused people being in poverty in the first place. I know the individual responsibility trope is a tempting narrative for many, but getting lost in it renders one ineffective to make the ballot choices they need in order to fix the *actual* problems of abject economic inequality.
I really enjoyed this vid. Very informative. Where can I try these exercises?
would have been nice to have more info on what helped these people, what specifically you are doing with them
@carolynfalk7270
6 жыл бұрын
anna, I agree! I would like more info on specifics, so that others could get that kind of help/coaching/information. Thanks
@betsyc6055
5 жыл бұрын
just look at the website. i'm excited about these results
Amazing vid ty
This is great information that needed in all workforce development programming.
If only she could have seen the world 8 years ago, and what we ended up at, even more complicated.. It’s 2022, and the pandemic has made it extremely hard for all of us.
Damn. Great advice, no children
those brain problems can also be due to health problems, a infection, a fungus and intoxication due to heavy metals, just to name a few, if anyone is in that case, it wont matter the brain games that they play, they need to be healed 1st!
@betsyc6055
5 жыл бұрын
This is an interesting comment but what's the evidence that you can't do both at the same time?
What most completely fail to realize is, If you really help men, women will always benefit. But IF you always help women, Men don't ever benefit. Watch Karen Straughan. If you have a open mind you'll find this to be true, especially if you do your homework on the issues.
@litehold1144
6 жыл бұрын
Oh FFS get a life.
@jackiesantangelo6610
6 жыл бұрын
What the heck have you been smoking? Stop whatever it is, it's killing your brain.
@amyrenee1361
Жыл бұрын
That makes no sense. As a MOTHER of 6 sons, everything I have goes to helping them. All men are born of women, so you should be mindful of that.
@cherryblossom9482
Жыл бұрын
Sure. Men who is the USUAL parent who neglects their kids. 🙄