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Julian Rappaport is an American psychologist who introduced the concept of empowerment into social work and social psychiatry. He is a recipient of the American Psychological Association 's Division of Community Psychology Distinguished Career Award and of the Seymour B. Sarason Award for "novel and critical rethinking of basic assumptions and ...
Empowerment is the degree of autonomy and self-determination in people and in communities. This enables them to represent their interests in a responsible and self-determined way, acting on their own authority. It is the process of becoming stronger and more confident, especially in controlling one's life and claiming one's rights.
Rappaport may refer to: Rappaport (surname), Ashkenazi surname. Rappaport family, prominent Kohanic rabbinic family. Rappaport Center for Law and Public Policy, privately endowed public interest law center of Boston College Law School Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston, research and policy center housed at the ...
Rappaport Center. That commitment led to developing the Rappaport Center at the temple, which hosts an annual speaker series to foster intellectual stimulation and inspire the whole area, Durbin said.
One definition for the term is "an intentional, ongoing process centered in the local community, involving mutual respect, critical reflection, caring, and group participation, through which people lacking an equal share of resources gain greater access to and control over those resources" (Cornell Empowerment Group). Rappaport's (1984 ...
Anatol Borisovich Rapoport ( Ukrainian: Анатолій Борисович Рапопо́рт; Russian: Анато́лий Бори́сович Рапопо́рт; May 22, 1911 – January 20, 2007) was an American mathematical psychologist. He contributed to general systems theory, to mathematical biology and to the mathematical modeling of ...
Edward Rappaport. Edward Neil "Ed" Rappaport (born November 18, 1957) [1] served as the acting director of the National Hurricane Center from 2007 to 2008 and again from 2017 to 2018. He replaced former director Bill Proenza on July 9, 2007. [2] [3] Rappaport was replaced by Bill Read in 2008. He began serving as acting director again when ...
Paul Israel Rapoport (March 6, 1940 – July 9, 1987) was an American lawyer and co-founder of both the New York City Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Services Center and Gay Men's Health Crisis. The private foundation that bore his name was, during its active years, one of the oldest and largest LGBT -focused foundations in the ...