Throughout history, community leaders deemed it necessary to  determine core principles, rules, and values to ensure the existence of a  productive and healthy community. These principles, rules, and values  serve as the foundation for establishing and maintaining societies that  support the mental health and welfare of their members. Your values give  rise to passion around issues that you believe need changing and that  motivate you to take action. By upholding these values, you can  contribute to a society that supports its members. 

To prepare:

• Select a societal issue from anywhere in the world  about which you are passionate. If you selected a societal issue for  your Capstone Project, select a different one to use for this  Discussion. If you selected a profession-related issue for the Capstone  Project, you should select a societal issue for this Discussion. 
• Think about your personal values that make this  issue important to you and how upholding these values might contribute  to society. 

Reference: Wronka, J. (2008). Preface. In Human rights and social justice: Social action and service for the helping and health professions (p. xix). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
 

With these thoughts in mind: 

Post  a brief description of the  societal issue you selected. Then, explain the values that give rise to  your passion for this issue. Explain how upholding these values might  contribute to creating a society that supports the mental health and  welfare of its members, remembering the broad conceptualization of  mental health and human rights. Finally, explain how you might work with  individuals from a different profession to address the issue.

Be sure to support your postings and responses with specific references to the Learning Resources.

equired Readings

Wronka, J. (2017). Human rights and social justice: Social action and service for the helping and health professions (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Preface (pp. xix–xxvii)
Chapter 1, “Introduction” (pp. 5–50)
Chapter 2, “Before and Beyond the Universal Declaration of Human Rights” (pp. 51–120)
Appendix A, “The Universal Declaration of Human Rights” (pp. 349–354)
Appendix B, “Portions of Select Articles From  Select Major International Documents Following the Universal Declaration  of Human Rights” (pp. 355–358)                     
 

Graber, D. R., & Kilpatrick, A. O. (2008). Establishing values-based leadership and value systems in healthcare organizations. Journal of Health & Human Services Administration, 31(2), 179–197. Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
 

Hemmelgarn, A., & Basso, P. (2016). Joining forces: A crosswalk of the human services value curve with organizational culture and climate. Policy & Practice, (3), 24. Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
 

Required Media

Laureate Education (Producer). (2016). Final project: Developing a strategic plan [Podcast]. Baltimore, MD: Author.https://mym.cdn.laureate-media.com/2dett4d/Walden/HUMN/8660/CH/mm/final_project/index.html