On Saturday, Theatre for an Oppressed NYC hosts three workshops starting at 11 a.m., including «legislative theatre» on how to participate in the legislative
process; «
participatory budgeting,» where participants can learn to get involved in spending public money in their neighborhoods; and «Take Action: from Ideas to Public
Policy,» learn how ideas become law in NYC, and how to can help the policy ideas becom
Policy,» learn how ideas become law in NYC, and how to can help the
policy ideas becom
policy ideas become law.
Students may participate in wide - ranging faculty research projects using diverse methodologies and dealing with issues such as clinical
processes and intervention, vulnerable families, trauma and resilience,
participatory research, and
policy.
Investment in a research
process that is
participatory, in both «methodology and method», is rewarding and sometimes more important than the outcome.30 Participation can empower communities and is recognised as an outcome in itself.31 Community participation in research delivers social and cultural validity when inquiries are aligned with the needs and priorities of those being researched, and better external validity of findings for generalisability.3 Achieving this through PR may be more costly in the short term but in the long term builds health equity32 and facilitates translation of research into
policy.3