Learning community

Those who run nonprofits and many who work in them are very passionate about their clients and community. This is often a point of contention due to the lack of resources and the need of many communities. The leaders working together need to try and set aside their passions when learning they didn’t get funding for x or y and another nonprofit did. This is difficult to do and human nature to protect your people and company are hard to overcome…

keep parents up to date on their students learning. Kim has a way of making people instantly feel comfortable and heard. She is skilled in deescalating situations and is not afraid of conflict. She is very direct and handles problems with staff members quickly. Negativity is not something that is going to be tolerated at Mill Creek. I admire her communication skills and respect her as Mill Creek’s principal. It was evident that Mill Creek is lacking community involvement. Our school does work…

Introduction What is a community? A community is a group of people that inhibit the same area or neighborhood; they are a group of people bond by social, religious, cultural, race, economic, ethnic and professional ties. Examples of that would be the church community, African American community, educational community, homeless community, homosexual community, business community, medical community, and the elderly community. This paper will highlight the workings of the organization Women…

activities. The community detection in such mul- tidimensional social networks has attracted a lot of attention in the resent years. When dealing with these networks the concept of community de- tection changes to be, the discovery of the shared group structure across all network dimensions such that members in the same group interact with each other more frequently than those outside the group. Most of the studies presented on the topic of community detection…

will look at two regions, the Annapurna Conservation Area (ACA) in Nepal and the Mkomazi National Park in Tanzania. The two regions have both implemented conservation initiatives, and have a strong relationship with tourism. This paper will examine community conservation in the ACA (ACA) that draws on Hulme and Murphree 's (1999) idea of “new conservation”, which involves “the merging of conservation and development goals”, conservation to be “based in society” and the notion that the…

all first-year students are required to live on campus. The University provides several housing options, including thematic communities like Honors Program housing or Business Connections Learning Community housing, gender-inclusive housing, and standard co-educational, non-thematic options. Regardless of a student’s housing selection, the student will live in a community that is maintained by Resident Assistants. Depending on the housing configuration, an on-campus student, referred to as a…

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…

Summer Ortiz Sociology Dr. Wakoko 9 October 2014 Learning Objective Chapter 6 1. The essential feature of a group is that its members have one special quality that they share, and they believe that quality is important. From our groups we find out who we are (Henslin). 2. Five types of society a. Hunting and gathering- This society was divided between men and women. They had few divisions. The men were the hunters and the women were the gathers. Once animals and plants were domesticated,…

only social service agency within the community. It has been providing services to Fishtown and the Philadelphia area since 1902. The services since then may have changed but it’s core mission of “empowering individuals, families, and communities to achieve and maintain self-sufficiency through an integrated program of social, educational, and advocacy services” has not ("History | Lutheran Settlement House | Empowering Children, Adults, Families, and Communities Since 1902," n.d.). Today,…

improvements to three key areas of the community and city design: (1) the physical and built environment; (2) the social environment; and (3) housing. Physical and built environment Menec et al. (2011) describe the built environment as comprising the outdoor spaces (e.g. green spaces, parks, walking trails), buildings and natural environment of a community, such as its air and water quality. The physical and built environment are important factors in age-friendly community design. For older…