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- Title: Responding to Hard Times in the "Big Easy": Meeting the Vocational Needs of Low-Income African American New Orleans Residents (Articles)
- Author : Career Development Quarterly
- Release Date : January 01, 2011
- Genre: Business & Personal Finance,Books,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 300 KB
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The already limited vocational prospects of low-income African Americans in New-Orleans were further devastated by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill added to the devastation, highlighting the continued vulnerability of New Orleanians seeking employment. As a result, opportunities persist for vocational practitioners to lend their expertise. In this article, the post-Katrina vocational situation of low-income African American residents is conceptualized using Bronfenbrenner's (1977) ecological model. Furthermore, needed interventions are described at each level of this ecological model. Once coined the "Big Easy" because of the ease with which musicians could find work in the city (Ryssdal & Henn, 2005), now New Orleans has not been able to provide employment to the musicians who helped to sustain this region's culture, history, and economy. After the 2005 devastation of Hurricane Katrina (hereinafter referred to as Katrina), the city's musicians have spread out as far as Portland, Oregon, and Hoboken, New Jersey, to restart careers and lives (Goddard, 2006). This need to recover livelihoods post-Katrina naturally reflects the destinies not only of musicians but also of New Orleans residents in many occupations. Recognition of this need highlights a point of intervention for vocational practitioners (e.g., career counselors, career facilitators, vocational psychologists). The broader term vocational practitioner is used to reflect the fact that the term career may not be relevant to all who are seeking employment and that various practitioners knowledgeable about the world of work may be helpful to those in New Orleans. The purpose of the succeeding discussion is to educate vocational practitioners about the post-Katrina vocational situation of low-income African American residents and describe possible interventions using Bronfenbrenner's (1977) ecological model.
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