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Orita rites of passage for youth in the African diaspora
Marilyn Maye, Ed. D.Warren Maye, M. A.
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Orita rites of passage for youth in the African diaspora
A strategy for valuing our children A strategy for positive youth development A program of supplementary education A strategy that helps youth acquire different
types of capital that they need for success A strategy that’s biblically based
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“… where there is no vision, the people perish…”
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Why do so many young people fail to achieve their potential?
…because not everyone brings to school /college the same types of “capital” [Bourdieu(1986), Gordon (1989)]
Although they may attend the same schools, students from different communities may perform differently according to the types of capital they bring to school.
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Ensuring they reach their potential Human
capital –
Social
capital –
Health capital –
adults in children’s lives who know a lot about and function skillfully in American life. (e.g. classroom teachers, parents, community members, etc. )
networks of people who take a strong interest in children’s academic success and try to motivate them to work hard in school; friends who are academically oriented.
physical and mental health that support, not undermine, prospects for academic success
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Ensuring they reach their potential Financial
capital savings and income that can buy
health care, buy homes in communities with good public schools, or pay for supplementary education services such as tutoring.
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Ensuring they reach their potential
Cultural capital –
Educational capital –
Personal capital –
being familiar with the best of the collective knowledge, techniques and beliefs of their culture
having supports for appropriate
educational experiences in children’s homes, schools and communities
belief in your own power to be successful in school and life
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Reaching their potentialYour son or daughter can succeed in school, college, and adulthood - if (s)he can acquire and maintain:
Faith in the possibility of a successful future Resiliency in the face of academic and social
challenges and setbacks Strong motivation to master his/her studies Spiritual and cultural moorings Emotional and physical health
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A Partnership Your church family can help support you and
your child, by providing some of the kinds of capital he or she needs to be successful in school, college, & adulthood.
The process will work best if there is a partnership between parent, student, and church
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Church – parent partnershipIs your church committed to supporting you and your
child in key ways?
1) Spiritual growth and development
2) Academic support
3) Supplementary education – rites of passage
4) College prep timeline and coaching
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Between ages 7 to 11 - Prevention programs OR
From ages 12 and up - Intervention programs
Challenges to our family-church partnership: Street gangs pregnancy prison drug, alcohol abuse sexual promiscuity compulsive behaviors
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Orita: rites of passage for youth of African descent
by Marilyn and Warren L. Maye
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Vision Statement Orita is an opportunity to make an even better
life for our youth than we have experienced. The Orita process helps prepare participants so
that their lives will make a difference in the world.
Orita provides a positive conversation, an alternative to the negative one they often engage in and hear about themselves.
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Objectives Create a course of study, designed and led by
parents and guardians, to make youth aware of the responsibilities of adulthood and expose them to their religious and family heritage.
Conclude with a final recognition ceremony that formally acknowledges them before a community.
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Orita program components Launch Study Physical Challenge Honor Celebrate
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Seven principles of Kwanzaa provide a unifying theme and are supported by research and by Scripture
unity of family self determination collective work, responsibility cooperative economics sense of purpose creativity faith
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Implementation in your setting Phase 1: Create the vision Phase 2: Plan strategy Phase 3: develop tasks Phase 4: execute and monitor Phase 5: Finish
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