User:Atsang99

Hello, my name is Ashley Tsang and I am interested in art, taekwondo, and social justice. I am studying Kinesiology Sports medicine at Rice University. I love working with kids and have been a counselor and site leader for Camp Kesem and PAIR. Currently, I am combining my passion for art with the roles of publicity chair for PAIR and AMP director for Camp Kesem.

Last year, I added the sction "Healthcare Barriers" to the Wikipedia article "Refugee Health in the United States". I chose that topic after working as a healthcare coordinator for the International Rescue Committee in Atlanta. As I helped the refugees with their medicare transport and doctor’s appointments, I realized the many negative and positive aspects about U.S. healthcare in general and for refugees specifically.

This year, I hope to contribute another article to Wikipedia!

I chose this topic because of my experience as a PAIR mentor for refugee children at Jane Long Academy. After volunteering, I found how important that after-education program was. Surprisingly, the program was more for keeping them off the streets in an area known for gangs. While I was volunteering, one of the refugee kids at Jane Long stabbed and killed a Hispanic child in front of the school over a brownie. The local gangs said they would get revenge by killing an African American student. The article on Wikipedia acknowledges the difficulties that refugee children have in the United States education system, but I would like to add a section on after-school activities available specifically for refugee children. Thus, I would also like to edit the language difficulties section to detail the teacher’s role as well as the family’s role in that issue.

I believe this article should be expanded upon because while this article includes information on the education for refugee children like access, obstacles, and structures of the education system, there is not enough detail on the after school activities available to and specific towards refugee children like PAIR. While education is a large part of the lives of refugee children, equally important are the extracurricular activities and programs that help them grow and socialize outside of class.

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References

Article 1:

Ahmed, Bayes. “Who Takes Responsibility for the Climate Refugees?” International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management 10, no. 1 (August 2018): 5–26. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijccsm-10-2016-0149.

Baldwin, Andrew, Chris Methmann, and Delf Rothe. “Securitizing ‘Climate Refugees’: the Futurology of Climate-Induced Migration.” Critical Studies on Security 2, no. 2 (April 2014): 121–30. https://doi.org/10.1080/21624887.2014.943570.

Berchin, Issa Ibrahim, Isabela Blasi Valduga, Jéssica Garcia, and José Baltazar Salgueirinho Osório De Andrade Guerra. “Climate Change and Forced Migrations: An Effort towards Recognizing Climate Refugees.” Geoforum 84 (2017): 147–50. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2017.06.022.

Bettini, Giovanni. “Climate Barbarians at the Gate? A Critique of Apocalyptic Narratives on ‘Climate Refugees.’” Geoforum 45 (2013): 63–72.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2012.09.009.

Biermann, Frank, and Ingrid Boas. “Preparing for a Warmer World: Towards a Global Governance System to Protect Climate Refugees.” Global Environmental Politics 10, no. 1 (2010): 60–88. https://doi.org/10.1162/glep.2010.10.1.60.

Farbotko, Carol, and Heather Lazrus. “The First Climate Refugees? Contesting Global Narratives of Climate Change in Tuvalu.” Global Environmental Change 22, no. 2 (2012): 382–90. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2011.11.014.

Farbotko, Carol. “Wishful Sinking: Disappearing Islands, Climate Refugees and Cosmopolitan Experimentation.” Asia Pacific Viewpoint 51, no. 1 (2010): 47–60. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8373.2010.001413.x.

Felli, Romain. “Managing Climate Insecurity by Ensuring Continuous Capital Accumulation: ‘Climate Refugees’ and ‘Climate Migrants.’” New Political Economy 18, no. 3 (2013): 337–63. https://doi.org/10.1080/13563467.2012.687716.

Hartmann, Betsy. “Rethinking Climate Refugees and Climate Conflict: Rhetoric, Reality and the Politics of Policy Discourse.” Journal of International Development 22, no. 2 (2010): 233–46. https://doi.org/10.1002/jid.1676.

Jakobeit, Cord, and Chris Methmann. “‘Climate Refugees’ as Dawning Catastrophe? A Critique of the Dominant Quest for Numbers.” Hexagon Series on Human and Environmental Security and Peace Climate Change, Human Security and Violent Conflict, 2012, 301–14. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-28626-1_16.

Pellegrino, Gianfranco. “Climate Refugees: A Case for Protection.” Canned Heat, March 2014, 193–209. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315734002-13.F

Article 2:

Almqvist, Kjerstin, and Anders G. Broberg. “Mental Health and Social Adjustment in Young Refugee Children y 3½ Years After Their Arrival in Sweden.” Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 38, no. 6 (June 1999): 723–30. https://doi.org/10.1097/00004583-199906000-00020.

Beirens, Hanne, Nathan Hughes, Rachel Hek, and Neil Spicer. “Preventing Social Exclusion of Refugee and Asylum Seeking Children: Building New Networks.” Social Policy and Society 6, no. 2 (April 2007): 219–29. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1474746406003484.

Ferfolja, Tania, and Margaret Vickers. “Supporting Refugee Students in School Education in Greater Western Sydney.” Critical Studies in Education 51, no. 2 (May 2010): 149–62. https://doi.org/10.1080/17508481003731034.

Naidoo, Loshini. “Developing Social Inclusion through after‐School Homework Tutoring: a Study of African Refugee Students in Greater Western Sydney.” British Journal of Sociology of Education 30, no. 3 (April 2009): 261–73. https://doi.org/10.1080/01425690902812547.

Mcbrien, J. Lynn. “Educational Needs and Barriers for Refugee Students in the United States: A Review of the Literature.” Review of Educational Research 75, no. 3 (September 2005): 329–64. https://doi.org/10.3102/00346543075003329.

O’Shea, Bridget, Matthew Hodes, Gwynneth Down, and John Bramley. “A School-Based Mental Health Service for Refugee Children.” Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry 5, no. 2 (April 2000): 189–201. https://doi.org/10.1177/1359104500005002004.

Rousseau, Cécile, and Jaswant Guzder. “School-Based Prevention Programs for Refugee Children.” Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America 17, no. 3 (July 2008): 533–49. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chc.2008.02.002.

Roxas, Kevin, and Laura Roy. “‘That’s How We Roll’: A Case Study of a Recently Arrived Refugee Student in an Urban High School.” The Urban Review 44, no. 4 (November 2012): 468–86. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11256-012-0203-8.

Szente, Judit, James Hoot, and Dorothy Taylor. “Responding to the Special Needs of Refugee Children: Practical Ideas for Teachers.” Early Childhood Education Journal 34, no. 1 (July 2006): 15–20. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10643-006-0082-2.

Yohani, Sophie. “Educational Cultural Brokers and the School Adaptation of Refugee Children and Families: Challenges and Opportunities.” Journal of International Migration and Integration 14, no. 1 (February 2013): 61–79. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12134-011-0229-x.