Research Paper On Urban Dreams

Decent Essays
Urban Dreams Annual 24-hour Public Servant Buffet Executive summary
The City of Des Moines (City) employs more than 1900 people. The many different departments provide a wide variety of community service opportunities such as police and fire protection, park and recreation, urban and neighborhood development, planning and engineering. The mission of the city of Des Moines is:
To provide qualified and competent individuals to meet the needs of the city. To serve as a resource for employees to improve themselves, their environment, and the services provided to the citizens of Des Moines.
The City of Des Moines’ mission aligns with the mission of Urban Dreams:
To be a human service agency dedicated to serving the people, community, groups,

Related Documents

  • Decent Essays

    The other examples were pretty stale and standard public service rhetoric of “Protect and Serve”. All three of the examples use the word mission in their statements, Spokane’s does not. Two of the examples use terms such as “cooperatively and working with”, as opposed to Spokane, which uses “partnership”. Being cooperative and working with are different than expressing a…

    • 219 Words
    • 1 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    To assume responsibility for all aspects in the running of the home in its entirety and ensure that every service user has an allocated key worker. Be responsible for one or more allocated service users and take the lead in all aspects of the care and support of the service user To assume responsibility for the monitoring of every service user in the home and ensure that any mental or physical health progress is communicated, documented and followed up where appropriate To ensure person centred care plans and risk assessments are drafted and reviewed regularly within the home. To ensure regular reports and daily progress notes are completed accurately and made available when required by staff. To oversee that all staff convey weekly 1:1 review meetings with allocated service user.…

    • 621 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    In Magical Urbanism, Mike Davis illustrates the growing influence of Latinos in reshaping and redefining urban spaces. Furthermore, David provides a glimpse at the reality experienced by many immigrants in the West Coast and the reaction of the natives that coexist with them in those spaces. While reading this, I thought of how far-removed my own experience as a Latina in the DMV area was from those depicted in the book. I could not, for example, relate the experiences of those Latinos living in the border having to deal with racial profiling by the local police, Border Patrol, and even the DEA (pg. 43). The themes that did resonate with my experience were those found in the chapters, “Buscando América” and “Disabling Spanish.”…

    • 749 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Most Americans Want Legal Status for ‘Dreamers.’ These People Don't There are people in this country that fall under a specific category, these people are called dreamers. These are people who were brought into the country illegally as children under their guardians. Even though they had no consent in the matter, people are still questioning their citizenship in the country. Huy Pham of St. Paul believes that these “dreamers” will bring a new wave of illegal immigrants into the country.…

    • 398 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    The American Dream Summary

    • 1013 Words
    • 4 Pages

    The immigrants experiences in the reading were overall very positive. The lithuanian and italian bootback bothers stories started off rocky due to the lithuanian listening to his fellow countrymen about how he must “ look rich even if you are not rich” using the little bit money he brought with him to America to buy a a expensive suit and to bribe to the police officer to help secure a job in the slaughterhouse. The bootblack brothers were taken advantage of as soon they stepped off the boat. Even though Bartolo saved the brothers from being sent back to italy he took advantage of the brothers and other men to help line his pockets with money.…

    • 1013 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Great Essays

    Audrey Patterson Ms.Cooney English 9 23 April 2018 The American Dream in the 1980’s Research Paper Most, if not all people want to be successful today, and that wasn’t any different around 30 years ago. People in the 80’s wanted to achieve success by working hard towards their goals, or at least, that’s what my grandmother, Linda Patterson, believes. The 1980’s was a vastly different time from today, it had different strengths and weaknesses, different technology, and different models of society.…

    • 1032 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Great Essays
  • Improved Essays

    America is said to be the ‘Land Of Dreams’. A nation where anything is possible, a place where everyone can achieve their goals and dreams as long as they devote all their time in developing the skills and crafts needed. At least that’s what is believed by the public eye. America is a country divided by a few specific classes such as the lower class, the middle class and the upper class. That is a fact known to society; however, there is evidence that shows people being unable to escape and reach a class above their own.…

    • 267 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Another, example of African Americans chasing their dreams, but living in a nightmare. African Americans are dreaming of a better life while white people are making their lives miserable. Truly, in “I Have a Dream” Mr. King said,“And so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream”.…

    • 197 Words
    • 1 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Dark Ghettos Essay

    • 957 Words
    • 4 Pages

    3. In Tommie Shelby’s book, “Dark Ghettos: Injustice, Dissent, and Reform,” he argues that residents of dark ghettos do not have the same civic obligation as citizens who reside outside of these ghettos do because civic obligations are rooted in reciprocity and the residents of dark ghettos are disenfranchised and discriminated against to the point that they are not receiving the benefits and protections that they should from society. I completely agree with Shelby’s position, I don’t think that those who are severely oppressed have to comply with civic duties because these duties often times are used to perpetuate their oppression and because by disregarding societal norms and laws the oppressed can force the society to change for the better and become more egalitarian.…

    • 957 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    I have always believed in the American Dream and meritocracy when I was growing up. I thought that anyone could achieve whatever they wanted if they worked hard enough for it, not knowing that there were children and adults who would never attain that “dream.” I plan to use keywords, class readings, and other supplemental materials, to support my argument that the “American Dream” is in actuality a myth and is not attainable for those who are marginalized, as well as the case that America was never for Black individuals, and that standing holds true today. Living in America and what it means to be American signifies different thing for other people. First, I will define and give background behind the historical significance of the American Dream, especially regarding Manifest Destiny, and who it was and was not established for.…

    • 978 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    American Dream 1920s Essay

    • 1029 Words
    • 5 Pages

    The American Dream of the Roaring 20s No care in the world, political change, and dynamic of socializing boast of the 1920s. The first time in the time people were having fun and living the American Dream. This Dream was for anyone to achieve success in their life no matter where they came from, it also included the little things. Fashion, music, and the change of women.…

    • 1029 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    The moral foundation of the United States of America is a huge part of America today and in order to restore it to it’s original moral state, there would have to be a major overhaul of the way that we of American’s think and act toward situations. People who claim to be of Christian religion should be the examples of how we as American’s should act. If people were to believe that God was the reason that we are where we are, that we are incapable of living the “American Dream” without knowing the foundation of what the original people and their belief system, give God the glory for the position that we are in, and to be examples to others that the American Dream is not forgotten. I believe that if the American people were to live by these four truths, the restoration of America to it’s prime would be a possibility and people would live more full lives.…

    • 518 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    I chose to base my creative piece on the Australian short story – American Dreams by Peter Carey. The purpose of my piece was to highlight central themes such as Americanisation – an idea that claims that 'America has colonised our subconscious' and the delusion of the American Dream. These thematic aspects are prevalent in 'American Dreams' by Peter Carey, in which a remote and isolated town becomes influenced by the concept of living the American Dream and as a result of trying to conform to the American ways, they lost their identity. My story too is set in a small town of similar sort in which everyone has been groomed from childhood to chase the American Dream. But, it takes place on a bus to show how fast pace the American Dream is and…

    • 798 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    In Karen Olsson’s investigative journalism piece against Wal-Mart, titled “Up Against Wal-Mart”, she describes a utopian styled business that appears to exploit workers for nominal profits. Unlike fiction, the business practices of Wal-Mart that were put in the limelight by Olsson position the United States to adapt a new employment structure in chain businesses, for the worse. In "The American Dream: Dead, Alive, or on Hold?" by Brandon King, it is clear throughout the article that King’s aspirations for the American future is dependent on "the potential to work for an honest, secure way of life and save for the future" (611). With employers like Wal-Mart exploiting workers as Olsson describes, King’s aspirations quickly fizzle away. After reading both articles, readers may find that both describe a world that doesn’t promote an honest living, a world where it is difficult to financially succeed, and a world where incentives for hard working employees are few and far between.…

    • 823 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Urban Development Essay

    • 980 Words
    • 4 Pages

    What are some of the key factors which have driven and facilitated urban development over time? Referring to examples from New Zealand and other countries, explain some of the different types of contemporary cities. Introduction Urban development is constantly growing in today’s society due to the world’s population growth and many people are wanting to live in Urban areas opposed to rural areas. In the 30 year period between 2000 and 2030 the UN has estimated that the world population will significantly increase and majority of this increase will occur in urban centres (An introduction to human geography, 2012).…

    • 980 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays