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A person is most likely to choose to become a part of a subculture during their late childhood or adolescent years. By definition a subculture is a group within a larger culture that differentiates themselves. Subcultures often posses their own belief systems, values, and practices. Often times they help adolescents to develop their own individualContinue reading “Skate For Life: An Analysis of Skateboarding Subculture”

“Williams’ research uses skateboarding culture as a lens to understand issues of diversity, race, class and gender and explores how skateboarding can be used as a tool for cultural diplomacy.  ‘This grant from the Tony Hawk Foundation demonstrates their exceptional vision, leadership and dedication to skateboarding culture and to underserved youth,’ Williams said. ‘We areContinue reading “USC Study: Skateboarding, Schools, Society”

“Household food insecurity, defined as the inability to provide enough food for a healthy and active lifestyle for all household members, is a major U.S. public health problem (Coleman-Jensen, Nord, Andrews, & Carlson, 2011). Based on data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), in 2010, 14.5 percent of U.S. households — 17.2 million households — wereContinue reading ““Household food insecurities: Threats to children’s well-being””

As perplexing as 2020 has been with COVID-19 circulating across all nations of the world, the virus has taken millions of people out of work. This indirectly affects our loved ones who are either too young or too old to fend fend for themselves leaving them vulnerable to the severity of hunger. It is reportedContinue reading ““The Hunger-Virus: how COVID-19 is fueling hunger in a hungry world””

San Bernardino County is the largest county in the United States of America with an estimated population of 2,180,085 people, as claimed by the US Census Bureau. This means there is an estimated 324,834 people living in deprivation of basic living needs just in SBC. This number of people living in poverty is the sameContinue reading “San Bernardino County Poverty Rate Reaches 14.9% in 2020”