Community organization

beings to create an atmosphere of enriched community. The tour at Brain Coyle Center has been a unique experience. There were a few knowns and a lot of unknowns. My initial thought process going to the center was, I have been there before to play basketball, what else can I learn. How naïve of me, because there were more to the center than I could ever imagine. This experience has taught me a lot, but also gave me somethings to think about in the Cedar community. All the speakers did a great…

idea of a sustainable community too many seem far out of reach; however with science and technologies advancing in this new generation, sustainable communities are within our reach. In Scientific American Kaid Benfield describes a sustainable community as one in which pollution, water contamination are things of the past and natural resources are all being used less. Kaid Benfield is the project director of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). The vision of communities with green…

same as this course when I was studying at King Saud University. Doubtless, the topics that I had in that course were similar to some extent to what we talked about during this semester. We were totally concentrating on the understanding of our community needs and how we bridge gaps between our museums and its audiences through reinforcing the educational role of our museums and making them more accessible for people with disabilities. Yet, today, the educational role in our museums is not as…

are rebuilt and the poorer class are being replace. Gentrification has extremely negative effects on inner city communities that are generally populated by African Americans. These communities suffer from the effects of gentrification for years by losing their homes and businesses to a higher class of people. Many areas that have and are being gentrified are African American communities because of the poverty most people of color live in. When a neighborhood has abandoned buildings or old…

As of today, many churches, ministries and some individual Christians embrace, practice, and tap into some of the 8 key components of the CCDA in various ways. All who are engaged in the process of transforming communities, whether directly through their affiliation with the CCDA or individually understand that we “are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepare in advance for us to do” (Ephesians 2:10). In the following paragraphs…

was social engagement, me practicing social engagement was included in all three of my activities by me just being able to be social within the community. Rather it was within the community (ambassador), in leadership class when I had to hold conversations with the other classmates in the online community or just working and helping out in the community as…

Communities and organizations can collaborate to promote resilience with families and children. In order to increase protective factors in a high risk community, it is often necessary for agencies to work together in order to provide comprehensive services. As a human service professional it is important to recognize both the benefit and challenges of providing these services. Communities, agencies, and families can work together to increase the protective factors identified in resilience.…

In this essay, I will focus on the community development in the Taiwan situation by using the Sunflower student movement. In the beginning part, I will introduce the background of the incident and the role of different stakeholders. Then, I will focus on talking about the short-term and long-term impact towards the communities and finally I will share my opinion towards this incident. Introduction of the Sunflower student movement In the March 18, the university students have occupied the…

thought by a group that is the correct answer and any stray is disloyalty. There can be consequences to disagreeing with the groupthink (Henslin). Chapter 7 1. The rationalization of society is “a widespread acceptance of rationality and social organizations that are built largely around this idea.” The ramifications are Marx discussing about capitalism breaking tradition and Weber saying religion broke tradition (Henslin). 2. Karl Marx talked about how capitalism broke tradition. He thought…

well as by providing space for self-expression. It holds the idea of an internal community, where artists have their own singular space to live/work. Having a community of people with similar ideals and interests that allows them to grow internally, and that mutually benefits and inspires its inhabitants, is the fundamental goal of this project, and is a strong point in the relationship between architecture and community growth. The Glass Loft project (by Front Studio Architects) analyzes the…