“One of this book’s most significant aspects is the community members’ role in each other’s lives. Through unity, a little drama, and honesty, they begin to mend their relationships and work toward creating new expectations for themselves. Dr. Mahdi and I discuss the book alongside some of her thoughts on intergenerational harmony, belonging, cultural beliefs…
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40th PAASE ANNIVERSARY & 2020 APAMS (ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC MEETING) PHILIPPINES
Dr. Tahira Mahdi is honored to join this exciting discussion! Social innovation leverages social and cultural capital to effect changes for the common good. Using Museong Pambayan ng Morong and the Meyerhoff Scholars Program as exemplars, this group discussion seeks to shine a light on social innovative practices in specific social and cultural contexts, assess…
PRESS RELEASE – “Beats & Breaks” at Arch Social Club for Free Fall Baltimore
PRESS RELEASE CONTACT: info@tmottgogo.com Tahira Mahdi, 240.416.6622 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE “BEATS & BREAKS” AT LEGENDARY ARCH SOCIAL CLUB FOR FREE FALL BALTIMORE BALTIMORE, MD, October 7, 2019 – The famed Arch Social Club at Pennsylvania and North Avenues is celebrating Free Fall Baltimore with “Beats & Breaks: Exploring Maryland’s Diverse Music Traditions” on Saturday, October…
Go-Go’s Digital Media Museum Begins Regional Tour
PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MARYLAND, June 20, 2019 –Take Me Out to the Go-Go Magazine (TMOTTGoGo), go-go music’s own community-based multi-media platform since 1996, begins the TMOTTGoGo Regional Tour of Go-Go History to highlight important locations in Go-Go culture. The first tour stop is Sandy Spring Museum on Sunday, August 11, 2019. TMOTTGoGo (pronounced…
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A Qualitative Study of the Go-Go Music-Cultural Community
ABSTRACT Title of Document: MEMBERSHIP VS. BEING OF THE COMMUNITY: A QUALITATIVE STUDY OF THE GO-GO MUSIC-CULTURAL COMMUNITY. Tahira Chloe Mahdi, Doctor of Philosophy, 2018. Directed By: Kenneth I. Maton, Professor, Department of Psychology Community membership is an important element of McMillan and Chavis’ (1986) classic sense of community framework, which has been a…
White Spaces and Sense of Community Theory
Recent video evidence shows us the types of spaces that many white people believe should be for white people only: a Starbucks, a golf course, a dorm’s common area, a college tour, one’s own apartment, an Airbnb, etc. In this 50th year since the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., we still witness evidence…