Pawcatuck Neighborhood Center is a non-profit organization, which aims to fight hunger and poverty. The organization itself have only three paid employees: the social worker, Vicki Anderson, the executive director, and her assistant, Rachel. Almost all of the volunteers in Pawcatuck Neighborhood Center were elderly. Organization offers a variety of services and sports to residents in need from Mystic, North Stonnington, Pawcatuck in Connecticut and from Westerly in Rhode Island. Some of the programs and activities Pawcatuck Neighborhood offers are: Active Aging at the PNC Pawcatuck Neighborhood Center offers a lot of free classes for seniors: Zumba, painting classes, strength and balance, tai chi and line dancing.…
The Charlottetown Conference: The Charlottetown Conference, held in the Legislative Council Chamber of the Province House, took place from September 1st, 1864 - September 9th, 1864, becoming the first meeting of the “Fathers of Confederation.” A union of the Maritimes colonies was being discussed as the province of Canada was present at this conference whereas British Columbia and Newfoundland were absent. Eight delegates from the Province of Canada attended this conference along with five delegates from each of the Maritime colonies. On September 2nd, the province of Canada was granted authority to present their case where they persuaded the maritime colonies to consider uniting with Canada. The outcome was as Canada hoped it would be.…
The “Liberty City Seven” case served as a prototype for these terrorism sting operations. There is always a vast divide between the information in the initial news reports and the eventual reports after the government discloses all of the details in court. The Liberty City Seven were a group of young black males from one of the Miami’s poorest areas, Liberty City. They were approached by an undercover FBI criminal informant, Abbas al-Saidi who began his career as a drug snitch at the age of 16 and then transitioned into terrorism stings. He recruited the group to blow up the Sears Tower by offering to pay them $50,000, but there was no evidence that they would actually carry out “the plot.”…
Better Way of Miami (BWOM) has been serving South Florida’s low-income community since 1991.it is a comprehensive non-profit organization that provides services to a diverse adult population that inquires treatment from various forms of substance addictions. BWOM goal is to assist the community by providing care to individuals who have been exposed to impoverishment and/or trauma.…
While reading the Greenhill Community Center case study a lot of unusual events and situation stood out to me. The first event that stood out to me in the Greenhill Community Center case study was the mission statement. According to Worth (Pg. 162), mission is defines as “the reason the organization exist; the starting point for strategic planning.” The main purpose of the Greenhill Community Center is “to provide human service programs for learning, growth, and enrichment throughout life within an intergenerational setting.”…
The area of Metro Center is largely inhabited by commercial businesses with major through traffic coming from a neighboring interstate, downtown Nashville, and two nearby universities. Because of the overwhelming commercial presence in Metro Center, the housing options are limited and traditional single-family homes are nonexistent. Only four apartment duplexes are located in the area, with the maximum number of bedrooms being three, leaving little space to grow a family. Not only are options limited when finding housing, the apartment complexes that are in the area are not nearly large enough to house the people who work in or around Metro Center, making listings far and few between, and the housing that is found, is out of the price range…
La Casita Centers mission is to enhance the health and well-being of Louisville’s Hispanic/Latino community through education, empowerment, advocacy, wellness, and mutual support. In order to create a thriving, healthy, and non-violent community that welcomes and celebrates its Hispanic/Latino members. Although the organization intended to focus on assisting the Hispanic community, single mothers, children, and they still uphold these as top priorities. However, they have opened up their mission to be inclusive of those from different ethnic or racial backgrounds, men, families, and adults and children with disabilities. Beliefs or Grounds of Meaning: La Casita Center does not instill religious principles into anyone who uses their services, but the foundation of the original organization – Casa Latina was modeled from the work of Dorothy Day.…
Towson Town Center With the creation of the URDL in Baltimore County an issue and challenge for developers and planners was what are they going to develop with this new boundary. During the 1960’s and 70’s Towson (a town within Baltimore County) became a very popular residential area for people to move to after the invention of the automobile, which accelerated urban sprawl. Although when originally developed there was potential prosperity in this area but it did not thrive as expected, which is another reoccurring issue for certain developments in Baltimore County like Owings Mills. Within recent years, at the suggestion of the Master Plan developers have found a solution to this problem by going back and redeveloping existing sites.…
City of Minneapolis: Committee of the Whole Planning Commission The City of Minneapolis City Planning Commission’s ‘Committee of the Whole’ is a meeting that occurs at Minneapolis City Hall twice per month. The objective of these meetings is to provide a public forum where City staff and project applicants can discuss proposals in an official forum outside of the public hearing process. My particular meeting occurred at 4:30 PM on September 22nd, 2016. The vice president of the Planning Commission chairs the public meeting and leads the nine other commissioners through the meeting agenda. At my meeting, there were only six commissioners in attendance, including the vice president.…
DESCRIPTION: Pulling up to the Dorothy Day Center the first time, was a shocking sight. There were so many people waiting for the doors to open for the night. I never realized how many people in the St. Paul area relied on Dorothy Day to receive a meal or to have a safe place to sleep for the night. Many of the clients waiting outside carried bundles of bags, luggage, and carts teeming with their possessions.…
Church Avenue Merchants Block Association (CAMBA) is a non-profit agency providing services which connects individuals with opportunities that enhance the lives of theirs and/or family. CAMBA set out in the 1970’s to beautify its community while reducing crime and improving the trash collection in its community. Since then, CAMBA has helped New Yorkers transform their lives by providing programs to all other individuals, families and communities. Moving forward, CAMBA seeks to address issues New Yorkers may face daily such as homelessness, HIV/AIDS, language barriers, domestic violence, lack of necessary job skills, etc. CAMBA focuses its reach by joining services and programs in: Education & Youth Development, Economic Development, Legal Services,…
About The New Timms Community Centre The New Timms Community Centre opened on February 24, 2016. It is located on 20399 Douglas Crescent. There was a formal event that took place at the New Timms Community Centre on the same day that it opened. People got to see demonstrations and participate in free classes. The program lasted from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.…
Healthwise, Rogers Park is one of the communities among others as Humboldt Park or Communities in the South area of Chicago that present challenges. During 2004-2008, 37% of children between 0 to 11 years live in poverty, 30% of the population is enrolled on Medicare. Rogers Park has mental health shortages for low-income people. 19% of the population experience food insecurity. It has 2,2 liquor stores per 100,000 residents.…
I agree that Lily should fight to keep the inner-city branch open so that the patrons the inner-city library serves are afforded convenient access to library services. Also, Springtown Public Library data validates the necessity of the inner-city branch and how it positively impacts the local community. Implementing fees can become problematic especially in lower income neighborhoods, but in this case, the fees are essential to the overall sustainability of the Springtown Public Library. Additionally, fundraising or pursuing grants are creative options in which Lily can utilize to supplement budget reductions. Lastly, public libraries strengthen the overall health of their community, and devaluing the library's importance could negatively…
The Central Park Five: Background and Bias The 2012 documentary, The Central Park Five, revisits the 1989 Central Park jogger case. Five teenagers were coerced into confessing to a rape of which they were innocent, which was not discovered until over ten years later. The filmmakers and producers of this film are Ken Burns, his daughter Sarah Burns, and her husband David McMahon. Ken Burns, who has directed or co-directed 27 films, is often named the best-known documentary filmmaker in America. His films, focusing exclusively on American history and culture, include Brooklyn Bridge, The Civil War, Prohibition, and The Vietnam War.…