Community building

dedicated twenty-one years in building playgrounds so no child is deprived of healthy play opportunities. Since its inception as a nonprofit startup, KaBOOM! has now generated over $14.5 million through various contributions and community activities[2]. In the year of 2000, Darell Hammond believed that KaBOOM! had matured to translate its business model into an effective systemic solution. This would mean KaBOOM! strategically shifts from partnering with corporates to build playgrounds, to being a knowledge leader providing the necessary skill, trainings and grant programs to help communities imitate their playground building model. It may be a little premature to conclude that switching over from their corporate partnering model of directly building playgrounds to that of a knowledge leader may be the right path to tread on. Looking at KaBOOM!’s three-part program strategy of Lead, Educate and Advocate clearly suggests how KaBOOM! wishes to be the leader in building children’s playgrounds, how they wish to educate communities and how the…

gemeinschaft relationships and gessellschaft relationships (Schriver, 2011). Gemeninschaft relationships are ones that are based on shared ideas; whereas, gessellchaft relationships are ones based on doing favors (Schriver, 2011). After reviewing most of the data stated in the background information about Alexandria, I believe this city uses gemenischaft relationships. Alexandria seems like a city that is based on family. Many of the community members share similar ideas, and the culture is not…

suburban and small communities within the city. During my research, at Building Resilient Regions Institute of Governmental Studies, I saw that San Jose was ranked 87th on the RCI list. (RCI) I chose the city of San Jose because I am originally from the East Bay in Northern California and I was not impressed with San Diego’s ranking where I currently reside. I also took the time to check to see how much information I could find on the city’s website about their…

students to gain these opportunities is reflected in the model I have established following support tools for student services by challenging students growth and development by challenging their educational and leadership opportunities. Also by guiding students to commit to their own educational experience, develop their own set of morals and beliefs and establish goals for their future career. Lastly, it is important provide students with community to establish their identity as emerging…

Readings, Service Learning is defined as, “a method by which young people learn and develop through active participation in thoughtfully-organized service experiences: that meet actual community needs, that are coordinated in collaboration with the school and community, that are integrated into each young person’s academic curriculum, that provide structured time for a young person to think, talk, and write about what he/she did and saw during the actual service activity, that provide young…

Social inequality is prevalent amongst urban communities in the United states. There are many implications of linking community development and social capital. There are many impacts of social inequality in urban communities such lacking socio-economic opportunity, inaccessibility to education, healthcare, and social mobility. There are many structural and cultural factors that need to be included in order to fully analyze the impacts of social inequality in communities. For the purpose of this…

For years, community groups, neighborhood organizations, and concerned residents from all walks of life have been working to make their communities healthier. They have fought against the closing of local hospitals, pushed for increased funding for clinics, and developed new programs to address the needs of the underserved. Their work, grounded in the history and experience of efforts to effect social change, offers valuable lessons we can use to improve the quality of health care in our own…

I believe the best way to describe a typical TCNJ student is in one word - talented. Throughout my multiple visits at the college it’s never surprising to find someone on the lawn painting at a level to impress Monet or hear something amazing play coming from the windows of Mayo Hall. Out of all the schools in New Jersey my heart remains set on TCNJ because it’s an institution with a personality. There is a perfect balance of academics and opportunity that many schools are striving to achieve.…

at New Life Community Development and at the St. John’s Bread and Life Mobile Soup Kitchen, I learned quite a few valuable things. When I first started my academic service learning, I went in with the attitude of getting the job done and leaving. I had no intention of enjoying the experience. Although that changed when I walked into the Mobile Soup Kitchen on a grimy Monday afternoon with a whole line of people waiting outside the truck. I immediately started to prepare for the long hours inside…

stable society and legal system. They may bring peace because the practices need negotiation, common agreement and mutual satisfaction. I use the theory of network relations by referring Mauss’s working on gift because it has a greater moral implication in the contemporary socio-political activities. His work cannot be oversimplified as a romanticization of a primitive society or non-market society. In modern societies, people do not always maximize their individual gain in some way, but they…