Community development

What happens when a government passes an unjust law? Must the people succumb to that law forever? No, there is a very practical, nonviolent way to overturn an unjust law: civil disobedience. Civil disobedience positively impacts a free society by overturning government injustice efficiently and effectively. Government injustice is seen throughout the world. Even in America, one of the freest countries, unjust laws are passed. What is an unjust law? According to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., “An…

Festival and saw the movie “Puzzles” and “Orlando Strong.” The movies were about homophobia and hate that ended up in two separate violent attacks on the LGBTQ community. I was able to talk to Patty Sheehan and Beth Tura, advocates and political representatives for the LGBTQ community. They convinced me that as a member of the gay community I must do more to advocate for our…

While a statewide report, there are many suburbs in Minnesota that have are majority white, and their schools are majority white with advanced courses, which shows that race, ethnicity, and economic class do play a role in enrollment in advanced courses, as students of a higher economic class had the opportunity to take advanced courses. The bit of diversity in my advanced courses, however, was not reflected in the students who actually took the exams. While there are no longer any policies…

for is Craven Community College (CCC) in New Bern, NC. Their mission statement: Craven Community College is a dynamic and responsive institution of higher education committed to improving and enriching individual lives and society through comprehensive, high quality and accessible learning opportunities that allow students to contribute and compete in a diverse and global community. Their vision statement: By 2017, Craven Community College will be recognized as a vibrant community college…

It ‘til You Make It”: Why Community College Students’ Aspirations “Hold Steady,” written by Kelly Nielsen. The article focuses on people who come from low-income families and are also in the lower class of society and how their aspirations of attending a four-year university might change while attending a community college. The purpose of this research is to find out the reasons why people’s aspirations of attending a four-year university change after attending community college. I decided to…

Community policing is a policing strategy that focuses on building ties between the police and the community. It requires the police officers to adopt a proactive approach in dealing with public safety issues. The approach acknowledges the fact that the police cannot solve all the problems alone and it creates a partnership between community members and the police. In this set up, the police are no longer the sole guardians of law and order and the members od the community become allies with the…

President Barack Obama has released a proposal of making community college free but it’s very controversial because its just limited to the community colleges. Overall a community college is not that expensive as a CSU, UC, or private. Thus making a community college free would be pointless if the student has to move on to a university where they have to pay. In the article “As He Promotes It, Some Question Obama’s Free Community College Idea” by Joanne Jacobs published in February 23, 2015…

strategies, one is community police and the other is problem-orientated policing. Both strategies are used with the citizens of the community to prevent crime. This paper will discuss the goals within the styles of policing, also how community and problem-oriented policing work, and Some of the criticism of community and problem-orientated policing within the organization and outside. Community Policing Community policing is a proactive style which involves strictly the community, it is meant to…

school, however, comes with a price. Along with four -year institutions, community colleges charge tuition to students that may exceed their ability to pay. When they are able to pay, the debt they incur while in school may be a large burden in comparison to the wages the earn in entry-level jobs. The cost of college is more than some can bear but because employers demand Associate’s degrees at higher and higher rates, community college tuition should be free for all students. The American…

(TOPIC SENTENCE) What would you do if you were affected by severe bullying? (BACKGROUND) Jamie Nabozny from Ashland, Wisconsin had to deal with this from middle school to almost the end of high school. He was openly gay and at the time the thought was “Maybe you shouldn’t be so openly gay”, so that was quite unusual which as a result enabled others to make fun of him to empower themselves. (ATTENTION GRABBER) However, Jamie was able to stand up for himself and had started an amazing court case…