While major organizations representing Native Americans (e.g., National Congress of American Indians) contend that Native mascots are stereotypical and dehumanizing, sports teams with Native mascots cite polls claiming their mascots are not offensive to Native people. We conducted a large-scale, empirical study to provide a valid and generalizable understanding of Native Americans’ ( N = 1,021) attitudes toward Native mascots. Building on the identity centrality literature, we examined how multiple aspects of Native identification uniquely shaped attitudes toward mascots. While Native Americans in our sample generally opposed Native mascots, especially the Redskins, attitudes varied according to demographic characteristics (e.g., age, political orientation, education) and the strength of participants’ racial–ethnic identification. Specifically, stronger Native identification (behavioral engagement and identity centrality) predicted greater opposition. Results highlight the importance of considering the unique and multifaceted aspects of identity, particularly when seeking to understand Native people’s attitudes and experiences.
ThrYve supported cross-sector collaboration involving over 40 partners across 13 community sectors. • A total of 87 change levers were identified to support community and systems-level improvements. • Additionally, 85 community actions and changes were implemented based on identified needs of youth. • ThrYve supports a comprehensive, multicomponent, approach to youth violence prevention. • Youth can be meaningfully engaged in community change initiatives through participatory approaches.
Interpersonal conflict requires interventions that reach community members across settings to develop peaceful conflict resolution skills. This article presents a case study from Aim4Peace, a multicomponent violence prevention initiative to prevent community gun violence based on the Cure Violence (formerly Ceasefire Chicago) model. The article presents types of violence and a framework for understanding contributing factors, followed by approaches to understanding and strategies for constructing peace. The Aim4Peace program is described, including a community-academic partnership with behavioralcommunity psychologists, through which collaborative action and evaluation occur with trusted partners across community sectors to provide nonviolent alternatives across socioecological levels. Next, we describe participatory evaluation methods for examining the underlying processes that support Aim4-Peace's efforts to build a culture of peace through conflict mediation and resolution strategies. Descriptive data are presented for how Aim4Peace implemented peace education processes through multisector partnerships. The article discusses process and proxy outcomes of the program and concludes with comments on multidisciplinary action and research for addressing large-scale problems such as violence.
Public Significance StatementInterpersonal conflict can contribute to violence experienced by individuals, groups, and communities. Multisector approaches to evaluate and support conflict mediation training and interventions across different settings and sectors of the community are important to ensure peaceful conflict resolutions, which may aid in preventing and reducing interpersonal and community violence.
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