Clearing the neighbourhood

The community watched as a building progressed into a group home. Throughout the months they discussed whether it would be men, women, or a family moving into the home. They discussed the possible reason and how it could change their lives. This became a constant conversation throughout the neighborhood. They wondered how it was going to affect their environment and hoped that the people were kind. Over time the community realized that three males with schizophrenia were moving into the home.…

I tend to think that community is a kind of contradictory state. To exist within one an individual must give of themselves and take parts of the Other with them. It’s a state of back and forth, a contradictory experience that relies on the self and the selves finding some sort of middle ground. All communities have their contradictions, their between-states and undersides, their rights and lefts, their arguments and disagreements, their pocket communities and outsiders, and their core principles…

20 months ago I had the pleasure of introducing Bruce to some of you during the primary campaign. My guess is all of you are much more familiar with the Governor now then in those days of his political infancy…for me though, he is the same guy I’ve known for decades and I’m hopeful in the next hour you too can get to know more of the man I am so fond of. As I said then, you learn a lot about a guy when you've been his next-door neighbor for over 22 years… You learn about his childish sense of…

According to Freie, community is an important concept when considering sociology. He states that a community “is continually changing and adapting to challenges in the environment and is created over time as people form connections with each other, develop trust and respect for each other, and create a sense of common purpose” (Freie,1998, p. 21). Therefore, genuine communities involve human relationships where people are actively participating and cooperating with each other to create self…

My family contains my mom, my sister, and my dog. Most of my family members live close to my family. We are close to each other. We would make food for my family to come and celebrate the holidays. My family is religious because my grandma showed my aunts and my mom that it is important to go to church and for their kids to get baptized and do their first communion. Where I grew up, our neighborhood was always quiet, calming, and had polite neighbors. Mostly everyone in our neighborhood knows…

Lindsey Arthur: Dedicated Leader and Community Helper The candidate must be willing to put hard work, dedication, and effort into helping the community. Lindsey Arthur is willing to put hard work, dedication, and effort into helping the community. She has shown these traits by being a great leader and by helping build over a hundred homes in the Muncie community. Her dedication has made working for Habitat For Humanity fun and a privilege for many. As a young adult, Lindsey Arthur wanted to…

Getting Played: African American Girls, Urban Inequality, and Gendered Violence Ryllie Quesada Sociology 361 Professor Mario Cano November 18th, 2016 Part 1 In Getting Played, sociologist Jody Miller shows readers a compelling picture of the dreadful issue that effects society and travels through how complex and pitiful violence is connected to the everyday lives of people in poor urban neighborhoods. Pulling from interviews with 75 different girls and boys. Jody Miller gives an…

8 Neighbors, Do they still need each other? Non-profits are often overlooked when economic struggles come along, much of the time these organizations have to cut their programs or in the worst times, shut down. Partnerships like the 8 Neighbors are often born out of necessity of the economy or political climate(Katherine, Drew Rios, 2013). This partnership was born out of the economic crisis of the great recession. This was the time between 2007 and 2009 when there was a large amount of…

One might take for granted, the safety of suburbia. I was led to believe by my parents that in "a neighborhood like this," I would be perfectly safe. In the 7th grade, I had to take the bus that dropped me off quite a ways away from my house, meaning that I had to walk quite the distance to my house. It wasn't a major problem, just a minor inconvenience at best. The main reason I took this specific route was to save some minutes sleeping in the early mornings, but I digress. So around 3 weeks…

Porterville, California is a town located in the Tulare County with over 55,000 people living here. Famous people have also lived here like the successful fashion designer, Rick Owens. We are located near Sequoia National Forest, the Giant Sequoia National Monument, and Kings Canyon National Parks. Yet, with all these alluring places, why does it feel like there is nothing to do in this town? Truth is, most people are not looking hard enough. Let us start off with a brief history lesson on…