Academic literature on the topic 'Family Friendly City'

This article presents a study of the self-presentation of shopping centers in the Czech Republic as “family-friendly” spaces. The notion of family-friendliness is analyzed both as a structural category, referring to the structure of the stereotypical normal family and to its respective members, and as a cultural representation, referring to “family values,” which Czech malls invoke in their self-presentation. It is argued that the presentation of a “space for the whole family” covers only the persistent stereotype of female-led economic consumption. The family values of safety and comfort distinguish shopping centers negatively from the city centers. They also strongly refer to the country’s past by invoking the image of a family promenade. On a more general level, the family appeal thrives on the phenomenon of postsocialist privatism and on the turning away from the public sphere in favor of the private realm of the family.

Abstract The City and County of Los Angeles Age-Friendly Cities initiative, Purposeful Aging Los Angeles (PALA), 2017 needs assessment included an online survey of the workforce expected to implement age friendly policies and programs. The study aim was to describe the rate and characteristics of family caregivers within in the City and County workforce (employees). The overall response rate was 6.5% (City 4.5%, County 7.5%) for a final sample size of 9,071. The family caregiver category was derived from the following survey questions: 1) Are you or someone else in your home caring for a family member or friends who are experiencing problems/thinking that is affecting their ability to work or live a normal life? and 2) Are you a family caregiver? The analysis revealed that 34% of all respondents were family caregivers and of those, 53% cared for adults and 12% cared for children under the age of 18 (minors). Of the 53% caregiving for adults, 40% cared for someone with memory/thinking problems including but not limited to dementia (cognitive impairment). 15% of caregivers of minors were also taking care of an adult with cognitive impairment. The current caregiving research literature suggests that family caregivers experience higher rates of depression, anxiety, and social isolation due to the caregiving demands. Caregiving demands have the potential to create work-family conflicts that are important for employers to consider when designing wellness programs, and other supportive programs. It is critical to identify ways to address caregiving implications on social services, healthcare, and the environment.

Taiwan’s declining birthrate has changed the housing market, which should become more consumer-oriented in the future. In particular, age-friendly housing has become a salient housing choice among buyers. Age-friendly housing consists of housing units that are suitable for occupants of any age. There are three concepts underlying such housing: aging in place, multigenerational-multiunit living arrangements, and lifetime homes. This study aimed to examine the factors affecting consumers’ choice of age-friendly housing. The participants were residents of Kaohsiung City, and data analysis was performed using a binary logistic model. The empirical results indicated that adult sons/daughters, residents who currently live in the city center, residents who have a high or medium monthly family income, residents who are currently part of a stem family, residents who desire to live under multigenerational-multiunit living arrangements, residents who desire to be a part of a stem family, and residents who prioritize housing type when house-buying are significantly more likely to choose age-friendly housing. These results can serve as a reference regarding age-friendly housing investments for investors, as well as for house buyers who are deliberating between age-friendly housing and ordinary housing.

This paper focuses on the meaning of the urban environment for parents on family leave in Helsinki, Finland. Finland is a part of the Nordic model that emphasises ‘family-friendly arrangements’, such as family leave for mothers and fathers. To date, there is little research on how parents use urban space on family leave, although it is known that fathers stay on family leave more often in urban areas. Based on a triangulation of qualitative data on the day-to-day life of mothers and fathers on family leave, the paper argues that particular place-dependent ways of being on family leave take place in the inner city. Mixed-use pavements in many ways help mothers and fathers to cope in their new life situation and break the isolation often associated with family leave. The data also shows the importance of family-friendly public and commercial places in the city, such as playgrounds and accessible grocery shops, cafeterias and restaurants. The paper concludes that there is a need to further explore the production side of the everyday practices of parents, and how they add to city life and participate in changing cityscapes.

The research entitled: "Maqasid al-Shari'ah Analysis of the Role of the Surabaya City Government in Realizing Child Friendly Cities" is a field research that aims to answer the question how the role of the Surabaya City Government in realizing Child Friendly Cities through established public policies from the perspective of the maq??id al-shar?'ah. Research data were collected using interview and documentation techniques and then analyzed using descriptive analysis techniques with a deductive mindset. The results of the study concluded that the Surabaya City Government was very active in realizing Child Friendly Cities through the protection and fulfillment of children's rights, which was clearly seen from the existence of various public policies that were established to support institutional strengthening and fulfillment of the five Child Friendly Cities clusters.The role of the Surabaya City Government is in accordance with the concept of maqasid al-shari'ah because the determination of public policy is based on the welfare of children. This is proven by the elements of hifz al-din and hifz al-nasl in the public policy regarding civil rights and freedom, family environment, and alternative protection. In addition, there are elements of hifz al-nafs and hifz al-aql in public policies regarding institutional strengthening and the five Child Friendly Cities clusters, although they are actually less than perfect due to the absence of the hifz al-mal elements in them.

In the 18th century, Kalimas’s river serves as a workspace, marketing space, and transportation routes for residents of Surabaya. Although the current condition of Kalimas river has changed a lot, but Kalimas’s river has good potential of water tourism and transportation facilities. Therefore, the Surabaya city government setup a policy to revitalize the Kalimas’s River. The submarine monument area as one of Surabaya's landmarks next to Kalimas’s River will be developed as a 'Riverside Center Business Center'. One feasible way to support the city government program is the development of a floating restaurant. Floating restaurant is just a place to eat, when doing business negotiations or family tours. The concept of floating restaurant development based on ecotourism. Hence, this restaurant is designed environmentally friendly, empowering local people, and become a means of learning and education. The eco-friendly concept is manifested in a flat outward-side asynchronous catamaran form and battery-based electric propulsion systems and solar panels. The menus are provided by local vendors along the river bank of Kalimas so the local food supplier will be more empowered.

This study aims to reveal some of the rights of children in public spaces by creating child-friendly public spaces after the description of children's rights in public spaces. Public space in urban areas has been transformed into a space for activities for urban communities such as the people of Tanjungpinang City. This study also reveals the variety of children's activities in the park, both with family and friends. This study also describes children's rights in their activities in public spaces by analyzing them with the eyes of a sociological study derived from various regulations regarding Child-Friendly Cities. This study uses a qualitative research method, where In obtained the informants through accidental sampling technique. The results of this study are expected to contribute ideas in dealing with urban problems in Tanjungpinang. They can also be an inspiration for families to be active in child-friendly public spaces. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengungkap beberapa hak anak di ruang publik dengan menciptakan ruang publik yang ramah anak setelah penjabaran hak anak di ruang publik. Ruang publik di kawasan perkotaan telah menjelma menjadi ruang aktivitas bagi masyarakat perkotaan seperti masyarakat Kota Tanjungpinang. Studi ini juga mengungkap ragam aktivitas anak-anak di taman, baik bersama keluarga maupun teman. Kajian ini juga memaparkan hak-hak anak dalam beraktivitas di ruang publik dengan menganalisisnya dengan kacamata kajian sosiologis yang bersumber dari berbagai regulasi tentang Kota Layak Anak. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode penelitian kualitatif, dimana In memperoleh informan melalui teknik accidental sampling. Hasil penelitian ini diharapkan dapat memberikan sumbangsih pemikiran dalam menghadapi permasalahan perkotaan di Tanjungpinang. Mereka juga bisa menjadi inspirasi bagi keluarga untuk aktif di ruang publik ramah anak.

The purpose of this study is to improve the effectiveness of women-friendly cities by providing policy priorities through the Importance-Performance Analysis of the evaluation index of women-friendly cities. It was analyzed for citizen participation group, public officials, and women's policy experts implementing women-friendly city in Gyeongsangbuk-do. As a result of the analysis, first, the items with high importance and satisfaction(Quadrant I) are the will of local government heads and local councils, and operation of citizen participation group. Second, important but low-satisfaction items(Quadrant II) were sexual violence prevention, victim support, women's employment and start-up support, and third, items that were not important and low-satisfaction(Quadrant III) were the creation of a women's and family-friendly village. Finally, items with higher satisfaction than low importance(Quadrant IV) were found to be the management system by objectives for female representation. In addition, it was found that there was difference in importance between citizen participation group and public officials, but there was no difference in satisfaction, and there was no difference between regions. Based on these results, implications for improving the operation of a women-friendly city were presented.

This study aims to analyze and describe the Coordination of Actors in the Implementation of Child Friendly Cities in Sidoarjo Regency. This type of research is descriptive research with a qualitative approach, the research location is at the Office of Women's Empowerment, Child Protection and Family Planning. the research informant is the Head of the Fulfillment of Children's Rights. Types of primary and secondary data using data collection techniques through observation, interviews and documentation as well as literature study. The technical analysis of data uses an interactive model by Miles and Hubermen, namely by data reduction, data presentation, and drawing conclusions or verification. The results of the study indicate that the coordination of actors in implementing child-friendly programs is carried out through planning meetings, implementing activities in accordance with the roles and functions of each actor..

II est indéniable que la violence et te harcèlement sont des problèmes qui affectent toutes les formes de communautés homosexuelles à travers le monde. En tant qu'individus, les homosexuels ne sont toujours pas acceptés comme des citoyens à part entière. De là est né le terme « d'homophobie » qui vise toutes les attitudes négatives à l'égard des homosexuels. Nous voyons dans cette recherche qu'il y a des milliers d'années, l'Indonésie donne la permission à l'existence d'homosexuels, mais désormais l'Indonésie rejette leur existence, Cette recherche s'intéresse à la migration et le soutien familial des gays Indonésiens à Paris. Pour faire cette recherche, j'ai utilisé la méthode qualitative avec « face-en-face » interview. J'ai interviewé vingt gays Indonésiens à Paris avec leur trance d'âge entre 24 à 42 ans, sans voir une religion particulière et quel que soit le type de travail qu'ils font. Notre étude a montré que l'imagination de la ville de Paris joue un rôle important à prendre la décision d'y migrer. Paris en tant que « gay friendly city » a devenu une « attraction principale » pour eux et leur donne un rêve qui migre à Paris est une raison logique que de rester en Indonésie avec plein d'anxiété et de peur. Cette recherche donne également un analyse que bien qu'ils soient des gays et aient dû migrer hors de l'Indonésie, mais ils sont encore une relation assez étroite avec la famille en Indonésie. Néanmoins, il y a quelques gays dans cette recherche qui ne sont plus en contact avec la famille en Indonésie car leur famille ont honte d'avoir un fils qui est gay
It is undeniable that violence and harassment are problems that affect all forms of homosexual communities worldwide. As individuals, homosexuals are still not accepted as full citizens. From this research, it could be seen that there are thousands of years, Indonesia gives permission to the existence of homosexuals, but nowadays Indonesia rejects their existence. The social representation of homosexuality brought the Indonesian society to distinguish or to categorize from the point of view of "gender belief system". This research analyzes the migration and family support to Indonesian gays in Paris. To do this research, I used the qualitative method with "face-to-face" interview. I interviewed twenty Indonesian gays in Paris with their trance age from 24 to 42 years, without seeing a particular religion and regardless of the type of work they do. Our study has pointed out that the imagination of the city of Paris played an important role as a reason to migrate. Paris as "gay friendly city" has become a "main attraction" for them and gives them a dream that migrate to Paris is a logical reason rather than stay in Indonesia with full of anxiety and fear. This research also shows an analysis that although they are gay and has had to migrate outside Indonesia; they still keep a close relationship with the family in Indonesia, particularly the nuclear family. Nevertheless, there are some gays in this research that are no longer in contact with the family in Indonesia because their families are ashamed to have a son who is gay

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世新大學
行政管理學研究所(含博、碩專班)
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The countries that have the fast development of the economy are facing the trend of fewer children currently. The same issue is increasingly serious in Taiwan, and the government has taken many actions to improve fertility. The related subsidies provided by the Taipei City are included fertility incentives, childcare allowance, free tuition for preschool children, pre-pregnancy health checks for married couples, the subsidy of the maternal screening for Down's syndrome, the assistance for childcare facilities established by enterprises, public childcare centers, the aids for medical care of the children under 6 years who are the 3rd kid or beyond, and so many policies show that the government pays great attention on the issue of fewer children. In this study, the participants are 12 staffs from 25 to 40 years married or single female/male of the Taipei City Government. Through the in-depth interview, this study tries to understand the causes which are related to the participants’ will of fertility, and to gather their opinions and suggestions on the friendly family child care policy of Taipei City Government. The results of interviews show that the willingness to get married and pregnant are existing among our participants. The two important factors, which will affect the fertility desire of participants, are the economic pressure and the housing price problem. Therefore, promoting economic development and improving housing price policy actively shall be the key to enhance the fertility for Taipei City.

This chapter describes the Family Expectations program, which is a long-running relationship education program targeted at low-income, new parents in Oklahoma City. Often women take the lead in suggesting to their male partners that they attend the program, but men are won over once they visit the well-appointed facility with its friendly staff. Couples attend because they desire a better relationship with one another both for themselves and for their children. They enjoy the relationship skills workshops, and the educators’ lessons about communication resonate with them. The program helps couples form shared expectations regarding what counts as healthy relationship dynamics. Their relationships with staff appear to be key to their enjoyment of and participation in the program.

Though LGBTQ people had lived and vacationed in the area for decades, it was not until the mid 1970s that they began to conceive of the region as an LGBTQ vacation destination. Marketing had created “The Sunshine State” and the proliferation of print media coupled with a growing recognition of pink capital begin to craft the “Gay Gulf Coast.” The Fiesta Room Lounge in Panama City became definitively gay, the South’s first chapter of the Gay Liberation Front was established in Tallahassee, and Pensacola again played host to LGBT beach events during Memorial Day. In 1993, as the culture wars raged nationally, gay and lesbian tourists in Pensacola found themselves in the crosshairs of moral entrepreneurs attempting to capitalize on the growing conservative evangelical movement with a return to straight, white, wholesome, family-friendly tourism promotion. The response of local businesses evidences a profound attitudinal shift from earlier decades, a direct result of increasing LGBTQ visibility and their growing status as citizen consumers.

Danny Barker was a musician, writer, and storyteller who reveled in narration: written, sung, or spoken. He grew up in a storied family of New Orleans music. Four of Danny’s uncles were musicians, and Danny himself worked at a dime-a-dance place. He courted Louisa Dupont, a Tremé-born Creole, when he was eighteen and she was thirteen. They married three years later in 1930. Well-paying gigs in New Orleans were evaporating during the Great Depression, so Danny and Louisa went to live with Danny’s uncle, Paul Barbarin, and his friend, Red Allen, in New York. Danny found success as a musician, writer, and songwriter, and learned the art of storytelling from his role model Jelly Roll Morton. Louisa, taking on the stage name Blue Lu, made a name for herself as a singer. The couple had a daughter, Sylvia. The two eventually moved back to New Orleans. Danny died on March 13, 1994. He had told Louisa that he didn’t want a jazz funeral, feeling that burial parades were getting too wild, but his band members and friends persuaded her otherwise. The 1994 funeral parade for Danny was among the most beautiful in recent memory.

This chapter shows how working people build relationships with their spouses, children, siblings, and friends within and alongside their labor, interweaving these intimate relationships with Dongdaemun market's manufacturing, wholesaling, and retailing networks. The chapter argues that women workers manage their multiple roles in reproducing the family and monetary value at the same time, rendering the intimacy as integral in the smooth and sped-up cycle of commodity production circulation. It highlights the subtle dynamics and tensions between what is intimate and what is economic and challenges the perceived division between notions of care and impersonal economic rationalities, without erasing or reconciling the differences between them. Ultimately, the chapter demonstrates how people's practices in the market are acts of caring, reproduce and disturb gender relations, and provide avenues to tactically fulfil or avoid family duties. It then argues that intimacy and the market are coproduced and mobilize one another and that this process makes the fast pace and viability of Dongdaemun market possible.

Making noise in a basement corner of an ageing mall in Singapore affords a small community of musicians, family and friends a gathering place to meet, eat, drink, smoke and jam loud amplified music. The Doghouse is a ‘device of saturation’, a way of making sense of self and others: it exists so that this sonic community can exact possibilities and creative potential within the limits of official use of public space. Bodily scales are realized in cosmopolitan spaces where local and global interrogations in dialogue, in space, and among things, make trouble and meaning. And so some noisy people have, for now, found a playground where their urban dreams and aspirations are imagined and realized.

By the 1930s, civic leaders were promoting New Orleans as a tourist destination while the city lurched toward bankruptcy. As the city continued to develop through the 20^th century, it became a melting pot of diverse cultures and a mecca for bohemians and LGBTQ people. Gay bars prospered in the French Quarter, and jazz clubs hired integrated bands. Sister Gertrude Morgan was a self-appointed missionary and preacher, Bride of Christ, artist, musician, poet, and writer of profound religious faith. After a revelation in 1934, she decided to travel to New Orleans to evangelize. In the late 1950s, she began singing on French Quarter corners, playing the guitar and tambourine, and selling her paintings. Her work caught the attention of art dealer Larry Borenstein, who helped launch her career as an artist. Borenstein came from a family of Russian Jews in Milwaukee. He worked in a wide variety of jobs in his youth, eventually settling in New Orleans and expanding into real estate and art dealership. He made friends with members of the gay community, artists, and musicians, and helped found the Preservation Hall jazz club.

In this chapter, the author explains how you can afford to spend your time writing even if it brings no material rewards and can't help you make a living, arguing that it comes down to the compartmentalization of body and soul. The author describes a project at City Lore called City of Memory, a dynamic, participatory online story map of New York City. Visitors to the site would be interested in only two things: What are the best stories? and What is my story? Ultimately, the question becomes Is my story one of the best stories? There is only one way to find out: tell it and put it out there in the world. And one way of getting your story out into the world is to share work with family and friends. The author also reflects on the first People's Poetry Gathering he helped to create in 1999. Co-sponsored by City Lore and Poets House, the New York City event brought together literary and folk poets alike.

The protagonist of the article is a man, a Pole born in Vilnius a few months before the outbreak of the November Uprising, who managed to realize the dream of a career in the capital of the tsars. He found there not only a good job, but also a life companion with whom he raised a family. Artur Doliński – he came to Petersburg at the age of 24 and left it as a 53-year-old pensioner. The city was a place where he matured, where he became independent, where his vision of the world was strengthening, where he pursued his passions. We learn about his private life on the Neva primarily from correspondence with his family – father, mother, half-siblings, and friends.

This chapter narrates how Sen and her husband, Nhieu, worked “directly for the people” through acts of charity. It explains how Nhieu's appointment as vice minister of health in South Vietnam provided cover for their clandestine actions, such as supplying food, donating medicines, arranging lodging for agents whose families disowned them, or who came to the city to give birth. It talks about the fear of Sen's friends of meeting her and her husband after the revolution and reunification, attributing her wealth to being guilty. The chapter explores Sen's belief that northerners and southerners are very different in how they live but they share patriotism as the one thing they have in common. It describes how Sen immersed herself in family and friends who remained in Saigon and was happy even if her friends formed at Lycée Marie Curie took different paths during the war.

Examines the impacts of the sharpening gentrification process in Northeast Los Angeles and its socioeconomic and racial overtones as immigrant working class Latino/a families are increasingly threatened by displacement through rent increases, evictions, and socially traumatic uprooting of multi-family networks. Gentrification is tied to neoliberal local state efforts in Los Angeles to incentivize private investment through urban policy strategies like transit-oriented development, transit villages and small lot housing development. I argue the creative frontier of urban restructuring in Northeast LA also generates social violence expressing capitalism’s tendency to foster “accumulation by dispossession” that has been countered by neighborhood “right to the city” movements. I examine the rise of the urban social movements like Friends of Highland Park and Northeast LA Alliance that advocate for the rights of those threatened by housing displacement and eviction, address community and environmental impacts of new high-density housing projects, and campaign for more socially just housing and urban planning policies in Los Angeles. There is also examination of the plight of the homeless and rehabilitating gang members

The government of DKI Jakarta province is attempting to build public space to change the city face by means of constructing Children Friendly Public Space (thereafter called RPTRA) as the attempt of supporting Jakarta to be Child-Friendly City. In realizing a Child-Friendly City in DKI Jakarta it is supported by several governor regulations governing RPTRA standardization, RPTRA Management Guidelines, and the DKI Jakarta government also makes Jakarta grand design towards a Child-Friendly City. According to the Governor Regulation Number 196 of 2015, Child Friendly Integrated Public Space is an open place or space that combines community activities and activities by implementing 10 (ten) family empowerment and welfare programs to integrate with child-friendly city program. This RPTRA is part of a child-worthy infrastructure to achieve the fulfillment of one of the 24 child-worthy city indicators set by the Republic of Indonesia Minister of Women Empowerment and Child Protection Regulation Number 12 of 2011 concerning District/City eligible for children Indicators. The government of DKI Jakarta province built 6 (six) RPTRA in Kemayoran, Central Jakarta with each RPTRA having different characteristics. RPTRA Mutiara Sumur Batu has the highest score of 1.66 and RPTRA Harapan Mulya, which is 1.62. The purpose of this research was to assess the suitability and characteristics of RPTRA in Kemayoran District. This research method used GAP analysis, observation, and questionnaire. The results of this research showed that the RPTRA in Kemayoran Subdistrict is still not optimal because only 2 RPTRA have good values, while the other (4 RPTRA) still have constraints in developing RPTRA as fulfilling children's infrastructure.

This project was developed in the interest of social problems by inclusion of people with hearing loss in social environment. The investigation was carried out in two stages. The first, a diagnostic analysis focused on the learning of people in the social environment, instead of the individual with disabilities. The project has used a mixed research approach, in the qualitative approach, with semi-structured interviews to the social and family circle of people with hearing loss and to the individual himself. In addition, professionals in the area of learning sign language, expert professionals in special education, were consulted. In the quantitative aspect, surveys were carried out on a group of parents from the "Celite" Bilingual Educational Unit of Ambato city, to determine their willingness to learn sign language to promote social inclusion in their children. Likewise, it was possible to identify their behavior in the face of digital technologies. With the data obtained, it was possible to determine the feasibility of developing interactive applications. The resulting technological application, shows a friendly structure for learning basic phrases in sign language for early ages, focused on children without disabilities. The second stage of the research, with the interactive application for mobile devices running, it was possible to determine the feasibility of using new technologies and communication. The interactive application has audiovisual content in digital animations and interactive resources typical of an application on mobile devices. The App was tested using the target group, children and parents. Subsequently, it was evaluated through the application of surveys to parents, interpreters and people with hearing loss, who certified their experience as users and evaluated its relevance, where favorable results were collected for this initiative.

The use of resources for sustainable growth is extremely important in the fight against famine. It should not pollute the environment for sustainable production. Therefore, the consumption of environmentally friendly products is the most important step in the sustainable production. The aim of the study was to determine factors affecting the willingness of consumers to pay more for environmentally friendly products. The willingness of consumers to pay more was analyzed in terms of socio-economic and demographic characteristics of consumers. The study was interviewed with 479 consumers living the city center of Ankara. In the study, ordered probit regression models were estimated. According to the study, there were statistically significant between the willingness of consumers to pay more environmentally friendly products with gender and education level. At the same time, of the variable used in regression model, early majority, late majority, laggards, risk averse and risk moderate were statically significant.

Aim/Purpose: This paper provides the results of the preliminary analysis of the findings of an ongoing study that seeks to examine the social media use, cultural and political awareness, civic engagement, issue prioritization, and social activism of Gen Z students enrolled at four different institutional types located in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. The aim of this study is to look at the group as a whole as well as compare findings across populations. The institutional types under consideration include a mid-sized majority serving or otherwise referred to as a traditionally white institution (TWI) located in a small coastal city on the Atlantic Ocean, a small Historically Black University (HBCU) located in a rural area, a large community college located in a county that is a mixture of rural and suburban and which sits on the border of Maryland and Pennsylvania, and graduating high school students enrolled in career and technical education (CTE) programs in a large urban area. This exploration is purposed to examine the behaviors and expectations of Gen Z students within a representative American region during a time of tremendous turmoil and civil unrest in the United States. Background: Over 74 million strong, Gen Z makes up almost one-quarter of the U.S. population. They already outnumber any current living generation and are the first true digital natives. Born after 1996 and through 2012, they are known for their short attention spans and heightened ability to multi-task. Raised in the age of the smart phone, they have been tethered to digital devices from a young age with most having the preponderance of their childhood milestones commemorated online. Often called Zoomers, they are more racially and ethnically diverse than any previous generation and are on track to be the most well-educated generation in history. Gen Zers in the United States have been found in the research to be progressive and pro-government and viewing increasing racial and ethnic diversity as positive change. Finally, they are less likely to hold xenophobic beliefs such as the notion of American exceptionalism and superiority that have been popular with by prior generations. The United States has been in a period of social and civil unrest in recent years with concerns over systematic racism, rampant inequalities, political polarization, xenophobia, police violence, sexual assault and harassment, and the growing epidemic of gun violence. Anxieties stirred by the COVID-19 pandemic further compounded these issues resulting in a powder keg explosion occurring throughout the summer of 2020 and leading well into 2021. As a result, the United States has deteriorated significantly in the Civil Unrest Index falling from 91st to 34th. The vitriol, polarization, protests, murders, and shootings have all occurred during Gen Z’s formative years, and the limited research available indicates that it has shaped their values and political views. Methodology: The Mid-Atlantic region is a portion of the United States that exists as the overlap between the northeastern and southeastern portions of the country. It includes the nation’s capital, as well as large urban centers, small cities, suburbs, and rural enclaves. It is one of the most socially, economically, racially, and culturally diverse parts of the United States and is often referred to as the “typically American region.” An electronic survey was administered to students from 2019 through 2021 attending a high school dual enrollment program, a minority serving institution, a majority serving institution, and a community college all located within the larger mid-Atlantic region. The survey included a combination of multiple response, Likert scaled, dichotomous, open ended, and ordinal questions. It was developed in the Survey Monkey system and reviewed by several content and methodological experts in order to examine bias, vagueness, or potential semantic problems. Finally, the survey was pilot tested prior to implementation in order to explore the efficacy of the research methodology. It was then modified accordingly prior to widespread distribution to potential participants. The surveys were administered to students enrolled in classes taught by the authors all of whom are educators. Participation was voluntary, optional, and anonymous. Over 800 individuals completed the survey with just over 700 usable results, after partial completes and the responses of individuals outside of the 18-24 age range were removed. Findings: Participants in this study overwhelmingly were users of social media. In descending order, YouTube, Instagram, Snapchat, Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, WhatsApp, LinkedIn and Tik Tok were the most popular social media services reported as being used. When volume of use was considered, Instagram, Snapchat, YouTube and Twitter were the most cited with most participants reporting using Instagram and Snapchat multiple times a day. When asked to select which social media service they would use if forced to choose just one, the number one choice was YouTube followed by Instagram and Snapchat. Additionally, more than half of participants responded that they have uploaded a video to a video sharing site such as YouTube or Tik Tok. When asked about their familiarity with different technologies, participants overwhelmingly responded that they are “very familiar” with smart phones, searching the Web, social media, and email. About half the respondents said that they were “very familiar” with common computer applications such as the Microsoft Office Suite or Google Suite with another third saying that they were “somewhat familiar.” When asked about Learning Management Systems (LMS) like Blackboard, Course Compass, Canvas, Edmodo, Moodle, Course Sites, Google Classroom, Mindtap, Schoology, Absorb, D2L, itslearning, Otus, PowerSchool, or WizIQ, only 43% said they were “very familiar” with 31% responding that they were “somewhat familiar.” Finally, about half the students were either “very” or “somewhat” familiar with operating systems such as Windows. A few preferences with respect to technology in the teaching and learning process were explored in the survey. Most students (85%) responded that they want course announcements and reminders sent to their phones, 76% expect their courses to incorporate the use of technology, 71% want their courses to have course websites, and 71% said that they would rather watch a video than read a book chapter. When asked to consider the future, over 81% or respondents reported that technology will play a major role in their future career. Most participants considered themselves “informed” or “well informed” about current events although few considered themselves “very informed” or “well informed” about politics. When asked how they get their news, the most common forum reported for getting news and information about current events and politics was social media with 81% of respondents reporting. Gen Z is known to be an engaged generation and the participants in this study were not an exception. As such, it came as no surprise to discover that, in the past year more than 78% of respondents had educated friends or family about an important social or political issue, about half (48%) had donated to a cause of importance to them, more than a quarter (26%) had participated in a march or rally, and a quarter (26%) had actively boycotted a product or company. Further, about 37% consider themselves to be a social activist with another 41% responding that aren’t sure if they would consider themselves an activist and only 22% saying that they would not consider themselves an activist. When asked what issues were important to them, the most frequently cited were Black Lives Matter (75%), human trafficking (68%), sexual assault/harassment/Me Too (66.49%), gun violence (65.82%), women’s rights (65.15%), climate change (55.4%), immigration reform/deferred action for childhood arrivals (DACA) (48.8%), and LGBTQ+ rights (47.39%). When the schools were compared, there were only minor differences in social media use with the high school students indicating slightly more use of Tik Tok than the other participants. All groups were virtually equal when it came to how informed they perceived themselves about current events and politics. Consensus among groups existed with respect to how they get their news, and the community college and high school students were slightly more likely to have participated in a march, protest, or rally in the last 12 months than the university students. The community college and high school students were also slightly more likely to consider themselves social activists than the participants from either of the universities. When the importance of the issues was considered, significant differences based on institutional type were noted. Black Lives Matter (BLM) was identified as important by the largest portion of students attending the HBCU followed by the community college students and high school students. Less than half of the students attending the TWI considered BLM an important issue. Human trafficking was cited as important by a higher percentage of students attending the HBCU and urban high school than at the suburban and rural community college or the TWI. Sexual assault was considered important by the majority of students at all the schools with the percentage a bit smaller from the majority serving institution. About two thirds of the students at the high school, community college, and HBCU considered gun violence important versus about half the students at the majority serving institution. Women’s rights were reported as being important by more of the high school and HBCU participants than the community college or TWI. Climate change was considered important by about half the students at all schools with a slightly smaller portion reporting out the HBCU. Immigration reform/DACA was reported as important by half the high school, community college, and HBCU participants with only a third of the students from the majority serving institution citing it as an important issue. With respect to LGBTQ rights approximately half of the high school and community college participants cited it as important, 44.53% of the HBCU students, and only about a quarter of the students attending the majority serving institution. Contribution and Conclusion: This paper provides a timely investigation into the mindset of generation Z students living in the United States during a period of heightened civic unrest. This insight is useful to educators who should be informed about the generation of students that is currently populating higher education. The findings of this study are consistent with public opinion polls by Pew Research Center. According to the findings, the Gen Z students participating in this study are heavy users of multiple social media, expect technology to be integrated into teaching and learning, anticipate a future career where technology will play an important role, informed about current and political events, use social media as their main source for getting news and information, and fairly engaged in social activism. When institutional type was compared the students from the university with the more affluent and less diverse population were less likely to find social justice issues important than the other groups. Recommendations for Practitioners: During disruptive and contentious times, it is negligent to think that the abounding issues plaguing society are not important to our students. Gauging the issues of importance and levels of civic engagement provides us crucial information towards understanding the attitudes of students. Further, knowing how our students gain information, their social media usage, as well as how informed they are about current events and political issues can be used to more effectively communicate and educate. Recommendations for Researchers: As social media continues to proliferate daily life and become a vital means of news and information gathering, additional studies such as the one presented here are needed. Additionally, in other countries facing similarly turbulent times, measuring student interest, awareness, and engagement is highly informative. Impact on Society: During a highly contentious period replete with a large volume of civil unrest and compounded by a global pandemic, understanding the behaviors and attitudes of students can help us as higher education faculty be more attuned when it comes to the design and delivery of curriculum. Future Research This presentation presents preliminary findings. Data is still being collected and much more extensive statistical analyses will be performed.