Community development

=----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------= How hard would it be for you, if you had to leave your school and everyone you knew, to go to a place where you were different and stood out. In the book The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie, Arnold a 9th grader stands up for his culture and takes on a higher academic education. But for him to do this, he needs to leave the reservation and go to a rich white…

Both sides of the capitalism rift often express disdain for the other, each side firm in their beliefs on what is best for the global economy with the focus being primarily on developing economies. Pro-capitalists have gone so far as calling capitalist critics a “ragtag army of save-the-world crusaders” (Meredith and Hoppough), and pro-capitalist economists have been accused of being guided by “badly flawed models” and missing real-world problems by anti-capitalists (Tverberg). This…

As discussed earlier, decisions carrying potential long-term ramifications become strategic by their very nature. More than ever, due to many challenges in the professional marketplace over the last several decades, serious-minded career formulation entails collecting and assimilating relevant information before pulling the trigger on any long-term career endeavor. As an illustration, occupations once gained strictly through vocational venues, now find their divisions from traditional higher…

student financial aid, especially in the form of grants or outright scholarships. There was little investment in administrative services that either could enhance student life or advance institutional resources through such offices as fund raising or development. Building and maintaining libraries, laboratories, and other facilities for serious scholarship and research were neglected.”(Thelin, 2015) “Even in the wake of the Great Recession, which hit young people harder than anyone else, those…

With the rising popularity of social networking websites such as Facebook, YouTube and Twitter, an increasing number of people are using these sites as tools for promoting civic engagement and collective action (Gil de Zúñiga, Jung, & Valenzuela, 2012). Recently, scholars have debated whether these are effective in facilitating civic engagement (e.g. Loader, Vromen, & Xenos, 2014), or if they merely encourage widespread slacktivism – a willingness to perform a relatively costless, token display…

8) Hulme points out it has been very difficult, if not impossible, to generate social movements of poor people or poor nations to advocate on national or global levels for action to redress poverty and inequality. Why is this? Are the advocacy efforts emanating from the rich countries nevertheless worthwhile? Can or should they help foster poor people’s movements from afar? The subject matter “Global poverty” is an important issue that is addressed nationally and internationally by various…

Inside the Michigan Research Community I. Introduction to MRC and Learning Communities As a large public institution, the University of Michigan can be very overwhelming for some students. However, the University of Michigan does a great job of creating small communities for students with similar backgrounds, identities, or interests. One of the small learning communities at the University of Michigan is the Michigan Research Community, otherwise known as MRC. In MRC, all of the individuals…

graphical information system (GIS) to conduct a viewshed analysis of undesirable vantage points on this scenic byway. Alongside this data I created before and after imagery in Photoshop to identify locations that would benefit the greatest from the development of a wall of trees which would block an undesirable view. After presenting this research at a science fair, I continued forward in partnership with a local non-profit…

family and friends became far and few. I no longer had the free time to spend laying around with my cousins or watching TV with my dad. My school work consumed so much of my time that I didn’t realize how disconnected from my family, friends, and community I really was. I was no longer a part of weekly church functions such as Bible study, choir rehearsals, and organization…

During the Anglo-Saxon period, every person within the community was made responsible for ‘maintaining law and order’ according to (Villiers 2009 p.33). They had a duty to maintain the Kings peace; this resulted in citizens being able to arrest offenders if it was necessary; all of the citizens carrying out this duty were unpaid. After this, the old policing system was put in place which meant every citizen had to work as a constable for a one year period. Again the citizens were unpaid, had no…