This study mainly explores ways to enhance community women's leadership from the perspective of social work empowerment. Although more women have joined community governance in recent years, many of them still face long-standing structural limits, gender expectations, and the dilemma of limited institutional support. Combined with existing studies and several theoretical approaches, this paper shows three main empowerment strategies. To begin with, group work allows women to gradually build leadership skills, including speaking, planning, decision skills, while also forming mutual support network in the group in the community. Then, community work helps open more formal leading spaces for women by adding gender-sensitive rules and practices into community meetings, project design, and daily decision-making procedures, which offers more chances for women to move upward from basic participation to real involvement in decision-making. Third, by providing resource links, offer women access to policy institutions, professional organizations, and social resource platforms, thereby obtaining training, funding, and broader development opportunities. In this process, social workers play an important role by serving as coordinators, advocates, and connectors. This paper points out the important conclusion that the cultivation of sustainable female leadership requires the combined effect of personal capacity building, structural reforms, and multi-level resource support.

Remote and hybrid options for crime victim services grew slowly during the late 20th and early 21st centuries, followed by rapid expansion on the heels of the COVID-19 pandemic. While there has been significant focus on remote work in other sectors such as healthcare and tech industries, there have been no scoping reviews on remote service delivery in crime victim services. Using the PRISMA-ScR framework for scoping reviews, we identified 27 studies on remote or hybrid services in victim service agencies that met our inclusion criteria (empirical studies on remote and/or hybrid work in community- and/or systems-based victim service agencies, written in English). Studies were examined regarding the (a) methods and data used in empirical studies; (b) provider-level and client-level challenges and benefits; and (c) recommendations. Findings show that most studies were exploratory or descriptive in nature, collected qualitative data from service providers, and were conducted, at least in part, to learn about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Common provider-level challenges included technological barriers, concerns about the security of online services, and the development of rapport with clients virtually, while strengths included personal-professional flexibility, new collaborations, and work productivity/efficiency. Client-level challenges included technology access, digital literacy, and confidentiality and safety concerns, while strengths included increased access to services, reduced cost, and increased anonymity of online services. Results suggest that we need additional, rigorous evaluation research to understand how processes and outcomes differ between remote and in-person services for crime victims and victim service providers.

ABSTRACT Trauma is a persistent form of memory and a response to organizational violence. Yet, research on traumatic memories has been absent from most management journals. In analyzing how organizations manage, interpret, and use the positive aspects of their past to achieve strategic goals, scholars have missed what they willfully forget. Studying organizational violence and trauma requires engaging with the communities and stakeholders affected by their actions. They are the memory keepers of the past that organizations often strive to suppress. Understanding the work of those mnemonic communities founded and transformed by organizational violence requires an analysis of how they construct that experience and negotiate it with perpetrators, cultivate traumatic memories across generations, and engage in processes of healing and reconciliation. Recognizing the memories and claims to the past that organizations attempt to erase can generate new avenues for research in organizational memory studies.

INTRODUCTION: Critical language awareness (CLA) is a vital component of social and community work education, equipping future practitioners to recognise how language shapes power, identity, and social relations. Rather than viewing language as a neutral tool of communication, CLA approaches it as a socially embedded and ideological practice—one that constructs, reinforces, and can also contest unequal power dynamics. Language carries cultural values and worldviews, influencing how reality is perceived and whose knowledge is legitimised. Without critical awareness, professionals risk reproducing epistemic injustice by unintentionally privileging dominant perspectives while marginalising others. APPROACH: This article explores how CLA can be meaningfully developed through engagement with short, narrative texts. Using excerpts from Nervous Conditions (a novel set in colonial Rhodesia that depicts intersecting colonial, racial, and gendered oppressions) it demonstrates how narrative can illuminate the ideological functions of language. The analysis focuses on the concepts of cognitive frames and event models, which act as mental templates that shape perception and interaction. By guiding students to identify and interrogate these structures, educators can foster deeper understanding of how language mediates social experience. CONCLUSIONS: The article argues that insights gained through narrative analysis are directly transferable to professional practice. Developing CLA through narrative critique equips students to recognise and challenge the power dynamics embedded in everyday communication, while fostering a deeper commitment to socially just and ethically grounded practice. Ultimately, embedding CLA in social and community work education is essential for preparing reflective, critical, and transformative practitioners.

The book Problematizar la Argentina actual, directed by César Caamaño, compiles research conducted between 2020 and 2024 on youth, poverty, gender, and work in contemporary Argentina. Through case studies and conceptual analyses, it examines youth politicalparticipation, gender inequalities, community work, public policies, and social security. Using a multidimensional approach and a gender perspective, the work integrats empiricalevidence and theoretical frameworks to contribute to the understanding and discussion of current social challenges.

Despite growing attention to corporate environmental responsibility, there is limited understanding of the psychological and social mechanisms linking corporate environmental responsibility to employees’ coworker-focused pro-environmental behaviors in the workplace, such as advocacy directed at peers. This study examined the influence of corporate environmental responsibility on employees’ coworker pro-environmental advocacy in the Chinese energy sector, with a sample of 1528 employees. Focusing on the mediating roles of long-term orientation, meaningful work, and sense of community, the research integrates insights from Social Exchange Theory, Self-determination Theory, and Affective Events Theory. The data were analyzed using structural equation modeling (SEM) to test the hypothesized relationships. The findings revealed that corporate environmental responsibility positively impacted employees’ advocacy for eco-friendly behaviors among coworkers through forward-thinking attitudes, intrinsic motivation, and strengthened social bonds. The study offers theoretical contributions by unpacking the interplay of individual and organizational factors and provides practical recommendations for cultivating an environmentally conscious culture through value alignment, meaningful work initiatives, and fostering a strong sense of community.

Open burning of household waste, especially plastics, is a major but unaddressed environmental and health hazard in countries that lack infrastructure to properly manage waste. This study will implement village-level community working groups that aim to reduce household plastic waste burning and improve health-related quality of life in women of reproductive age in rural Guatemala. Using a type 1 hybrid-effectiveness-implementation study design, we will randomize 16 matched-pair rural villages in Jalapa, Guatemala, and randomly select 400 women of reproductive age (25 in each village) who report burning plastic waste as a primary form of waste disposal to participate in the trial. In eight intervention villages, we will conduct 12-week community working groups to implement alternatives to burning plastic that are achievable over the subsequent 9months. We will use the Behavior Change Wheel and RE-AIM, two implementation science frameworks, and a mixed-methods approach to refine, implement, and evaluate community-initiated interventions that address plastic waste. At baseline, 4 and 12months, we will measure personal exposures to fine particulate matter and black carbon, and urinary biomarkers of exposure (e.g., bisphenols, phthalates, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, and volatile organic compounds). We will use filter-based 1,3,5-Triphenylbenzene, a known tracer of plastic incineration, to quantify emissions estimates of air pollutants due to plastic burning. Based on plastic waste reductions in intervention villages, we will assess regional impacts of pollutant emissions reduction using a 3D chemical transport model. Our findings will inform community-driven public health actions to develop programs that address this environmental and health hazard. This project has direct benefit not only to those residing in Guatemala, but potentially in other areas where open waste burning contributes to air pollutants both regionally and globally. ClinicalTrials.gov NCT05130632(Trial registration date 10/20/2021).

2025 marked the 15th edition of the International Conference on Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaics (SiliconPV), hosted in the historic and academically vibrant city of Oxford, UK. Held at the Mathematical Institute (Andrew Wiles Building) at the University of Oxford, this year’s conference brought together over 180 scientists, engineers, and industry experts from more than 30 countries, reaffirming the global relevance and vitality of silicon-based photovoltaic research. A total of 169 abstracts were accepted following rigorous peer review, with 83 oral presentations and 86 posters delivered in onsite. The event was held in conjunction with the nPV Workshop, extending the technical dialogue to the industry section, enhancing collaboration throughout the week. The journey of silicon photovoltaics continues to defy expectations. Once considered a niche energy source, solar power has become a cornerstone of global energy strategies, driven by relentless technological progress, cost reductions, and manufacturing expansion. Single-junction silicon cells and modules now routinely approach their theoretical efficiency limits. Breakthroughs in heterojunction and TOPCon device architectures continue to set new performance records, while perovskite-on-silicon tandem solar cells are now nearing 35% efficiency—a milestone unimaginable just a few years ago. As we push toward the terawatt scale, this rapid innovation brings both opportunities and challenges. The conference theme, “Silicon PV Vision 2/5/10”, encouraged participants to explore what the next 2, 5, and 10 years will bring. Conversations centred not only on cell-level breakthroughs but also on the urgent need for sustainable, circular manufacturing and the development of robust industrial infrastructure capable of supporting exponential deployment. The technical program was organised into five key topic areas: Advances in Industrial Silicon Solar Cells, including novel passivating contacts, back-contact and heterojunction cells, defect engineering, and ultra-thin device architectures; Silicon-Based Tandem Solar Cells, with strong emphasis on perovskite-on-silicon integration, interconnection schemes, and transparent conductive materials; Sustainable Manufacturing, addressing critical issues in silver and indium reduction, kerf-free wafering, circularity, and low-impact materials processing; Characterisation, Modelling, and Simulation, with new insights into interface physics, tandem device behavior, and machine learning-enabled diagnostics; Modules and PV Systems, covering novel interconnection designs, applications in building-integrated and agrivoltaic systems, and reliability under diverse environmental conditions. Throughout the week, Oxford’s historic setting provided an inspiring backdrop for scientific exchange and community-building. In addition to technical sessions, participants enjoyed a vibrant cultural program, including a conference dinner among fossils and dinosaurs with a lively treasure hunt, and informal networking opportunities that sparked new collaborations. We are deeply grateful to the scientific committee, abstract reviewers, session chairs, and all contributors whose work is represented in these proceedings. These proceedings document the state-of-the-art in silicon PV and serve as a valuable reference for the community working to advance solar technology. We hope the innovations and insights captured here will inspire further breakthroughs, helping drive the transformation toward a sustainable, carbon-neutral energy future.

This paper seeks to present the experience of the Quechua Indigenous Community of Quipisca (CIQQ) regarding the socioenvironmental conflicts of its territory, which has been stressed by the presence of large-scale mining activity. In this sense, we explain how the CIQQ has formed a collaborative and community work plan in which the concept of indigenous cultural heritage has taken a relevant role in the defense of the territory and the ritual landscape of Quipisca, while it has also served to strengthen the identity and recovery of cultural practices. In this way, the presence of different ceremonial apus (sacred hills), different geoglyphs, and caravan routes in the ancestral territory are made visible in the face of Chilean environmental legislation and traditional scientific knowledge that makes invisible the knowledge and feelings of the community regarding these spaces. In this context, we exemplify the territorial tension of the mining advance in the cultural and ritual landscape of Quipisca as a dichotomy around the representations of the world, where, for CIQQ, the hills and ceremonial sites have a relational life between nonhumans and humans, while, for the mining company, they only represent spaces of mineral extraction.

The problem of non-organic waste in urban areas in Indonesia remains a major challenge, particularly with rapid population growth and increasing consumption patterns. Meranti Pandak Village in Pekanbaru City, located on the banks of the Siak River, is no exception to this problem. Low community awareness and skills in managing non-organic waste are contributing factors. To address this issue, a community service program implemented in Meranti Pandak aims to improve the community's knowledge, skills, and marketing networks, enabling them to process waste into products with economic value. The program ran for four months, from May to August 2025, using an emancipatory, participatory approach that involved residents at every stage, from planning to evaluation. The program's results demonstrated an increase in participants' knowledge and skills, resulting in four marketable product prototypes. Furthermore, the formation of community working groups demonstrates positive collaboration. The program also successfully established partnerships with MSMEs and environmental communities, opening up opportunities for a circular economy while strengthening the program's sustainability

ABSTRACT This is a conversation between several co-founders of Filipinos for Guåhan to discuss academic and community work on the specific articulations that Filpino colonial setter colonialism plays in Guåhan/Guam. We consider the ways that Asian settler colonialism enables us to deconstruct dehumanizing social, political, epistemic, and linguistic hierarchies and instead build in and through inafa’maolek as a value and practice.

This study explores the reform of the core social work course 'Community Work' within the context of China's digital intelligence era, emphasizing the development of students’ grassroots governance capabilities. Guided by General Secretary Xi Jinping’s directives on social work and governance modernization, the study analyzes current challenges in course structure, digital pedagogy, and evaluation systems. Through digital-intelligent integration, ideological-political embedding, and practice-based learning, the research proposes a three-tier teaching reform framework combining foundation, core, and expansion. It also outlines strategies for linking classroom learning with community governance practices through virtual simulation, online collaboration, and real-world project-based learning. The study provides an evidence-based pedagogical model that integrates digital empowerment with ideological guidance, aligning social work education with the modernization of China’s grassroots governance system.

The City of Tulsa initiated The 1921 Graves Investigation in 2020 in order to recover and identify African American victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre from unmarked graves. The Tulsa Race Massacre occurred in downtown Tulsa over May 31, 1921, to June 1, 1921, as an act of mob violence, homicide, looting, and arson by white Tulsans against the African American residents of the neighboring Greenwood community. Thirty-nine deaths from both races were documented, and one of the known African American burial sites was in the city cemetery, Oaklawn. Oklahoma statutes regarding disinterment resulted in a recovery plan in which the forensic anthropology lab was established on the cemetery grounds, and lab procedures were adapted for managing fair to poor skeletal preservation, all while accommodating community support and working under media scrutiny. Collaboration between City personnel and the anthropological experts included application of traditional and novel resources to create and operationalize the field laboratory, including adapting a portable building into a functional lab, finding lightweight and opaque remains transport containers, using commonly acquired supplies for new purposes, and modifying analytical techniques for field radiography not previously observed in the literature. These customizations have resulted in the successful implementation of the field laboratory, and the analysis of skeletal remains over five episodes of recoveries and analyses of decedents, as well as a complete deconstruction of the lab at the end of each field season. We present this field laboratory and toolkit assemblage as a resource to the literature of anthropological field analysis.

The practice of taiko, Japanese-origin drums, gained popularity from the second half of the 20th century with contemporary taiko ensembles and, in Brazil, represents one of the most widespread activities in the Japanese-Brazilian communities since 2002. This practice brought with it, besides its various symbols of Japaneseness, an oral approach to musical notation known as kuchi shôga, which consists of repeating mnemonic syllables to assimilate the performed music, creating a sound score of its pieces. Additionally, an approach to European notation adapted to this practice was also created. In this article, based on an ethnographic procedure by its author, who undertook a three-year participant observation (2020-2023) with the taiko group Kawasuji Seiryu Daiko, from the city of Atibaia, in the state of São Paulo, the application of these notations in the context of the group will be discussed, pointing out their limitations and potentialities and debating their impacts on the ensemble. From the employed observation, it was possible to understand how the practice of kuchi shôga became not only an element of assimilation but also a differentiator of that musical practice, creating a unique vocabulary constructed dynamically alongside the learning process. It was also possible to see how the application of the adaptation of the European system to taiko overlooks fundamental aspects of this manifestation, such as its performative elements. However, despite evident challenges and limitations, it was possible to understand how these approaches configure quite useful and successful notation in the application of a musical community work.

Kimberley McLeod reflects on Ajay Heble's community work within the University and community of Guelph.

In this special issue of Critical Studies in Improvisation / Études critiques en improvisation, the editors have compiled a collection of articles, artistic offerings, and personal reflections from colleagues, friends, collaborators, students, and community members whose lives have been impacted by Ajay Heble. Marking the occasion of Ajay Heble receiving Professor Emeritus status at the University of Guelph, this issue not only celebrates Ajay's ongoing legacy, but also provides an array of insights into the power of community work, the impact of innovative research methods, and the importance of heartfelt collaboration that connects academic and social spheres. What emerges in this issue is the fact that the relationships formed through community-based work academic research are a foundation of social change.

The general objective of this study was to determine whether there are differences in the contribution of professional help-seeking behavior to mental health status based on the level of mental health literacy in the community's work area, Community Health Center X, Sungai Penuh City. This study was quantitative. The research approach used was correlational. Correlational analysis is a quantitative data analysis technique used to analyze two or more variables and examine the relationship between them. Based on the results of the study, it was found that professional help-seeking behavior did not significantly influence the mental health status of the community in the Community Health Center X, Sungai Penuh City, whether among high, medium, or low mental health literacy groups. This means that professional help-seeking behavior did not predict an individual's mental health status. Mental health literacy also did not strengthen either variable. Therefore, it can be concluded that neither professional help-seeking behavior nor mental health literacy are dominant factors in predicting mental health status, so other, more complex variables are needed to predict mental health status

Background:Racial and ethnic differences in patterns of end-of-life care have been previously reported, though there has been little work on the quality of end-of-life care in Mexican American (MA) stroke patients.Purpose:To compare surrogate decision maker reports of quality of death and end-of-life care among deceased MA and non-Hispanic White (NHW) stroke patients.Methods:Stroke patients and their surrogate decision makers were identified from an ongoing population-based cohort study in Nueces County, Texas, USA. Surrogates completed the Quality of End-of-Life Care (QEOLC, primary outcome) and the Quality of Death and Dying (QODD-1, secondary outcome) measures, both ranging 0–10 (10=better). Linear regression models with generalized estimating equations were used to assess ethnic differences in outcomes, adjusted for pre-specified covariates.Results:A total of 138 surrogates were enrolled for 113 deceased stroke patients (MA = 67, NHW = 46; median patient age 78 years; female: 53%; died in the hospital: 51%). Surrogates’ median age was 60 years, and 75% were women. The overall QEOLC (Median=8.5; IQR 8,10) and QODD-1 scores (Median=10, IQR 8,10) were high. There was no ethnic difference on the QEOLC (0.03 ± 0.46, p = 0.95) or QODD-1 (−0.60 ± 0.54, p = 0.27) after adjustment.Conclusions:Surrogates in this community reported high quality of end-of-life care and death after stroke with no differences by ethnicity. The lack of disparity is a welcome finding, though more work in communities with lower acculturation and considering other aspects of end-of-life care is needed.

BackgroundProfessionals engaged in community work within their own communities frequently encounter challenges associated with dual relationships. The psychological impacts of dual roles are often overlooked.AimsThis study explores the experiences of Muslim professionals in Christchurch, New Zealand, following the 15 March 2019 mosque terrorist attacks. It examines how they balance their community roles with their professional responsibilities while also safeguarding their personal well-being.MethodSemi-structured interviews were conducted with 20 Muslim professionals engaged in dual relationships within their community. Participants were selected through purposive sampling from diverse sectors, including government agencies, research positions and community support services. Reflexive thematic analysis was utilised to identify key themes.ResultsParticipants reported significant emotional strain, including vicarious trauma and burnout, driven by their dual roles. Faith emerged as a key motivator, with altruism framed as a spiritual duty. Identity struggles were common, shaped by societal scrutiny and a desire for validation. While formal support systems were sometimes inadequate, peer support and culturally attuned leadership provided relief. The findings highlight the complex interplay of psychological, spiritual and structural factors in sustaining professionals following a disaster.ConclusionsThis research highlights the emotional toll on Muslim professionals supporting their community following a terrorist attack, with broader implications for minority groups responding to similar incidents. The findings highlight the need for culturally competent, trauma-informed support systems within community care organisations. Recommendations include strengthening of peer support, training supervisors in cultural responsiveness and ensuring tailored mental health resources to support well-being and professional effectiveness in high-impact roles.

Abstract This study compares differences in crater-count-based measurement techniques and determines lava flow ages for geologic context at two NASA Commercial Lunar Payloads Services (CLPS) landing sites. Using the same software tools, two researchers independently performed crater size–frequency measurements using identical images with the same illumination conditions for Reiner Gamma and opposing illumination for Mare Crisium. The uniform nature of the analysis environment allowed the researchers to use accepted crater size–frequency distribution (aka ‘‘crater-counting’’) techniques to determine absolute model ages (AMAs) while subsequently allowing the examination of the variations in the personal approaches used by the researchers. Comparisons revealed variations in researcher methodology that ultimately affected the AMA results. Count areas were defined within geochemically uniform units of mare basalts near the CLPS landing sites. Our results indicate that both sites have Imbrian age basalts that were emplaced during the most volcanically active period (3.6–3.7 Ga) in the Moon’s history. Variations in AMAs between the researchers arose due to multiple factors that affected identification of secondary and degraded craters (e.g., lighting geometry and the decision to list a crater as secondary or primary or as a crater at all). To improve on the legacy work of the crater-counting community, we recommend rigorous and consensus-based secondary crater identification and exclusion, as well as making improvements in identifying crater rim crests and diameter measurements. We find that the judicious use of digital terrain models and high-resolution orbital images can improve researcher crater measurements.