Neighborhood of Make-Believe

characteristics of each community they interact with. The way in which a community functions, make decisions and obtain any needed resource is essential. In a community there must be power for change to evolve. An individual or a sub-group within the community has to be appointed or decide to lead the community or as Koolhaas and Urhahn (2014) implied host. The way that Koolhaas and Urhahn (2014) took an initiative to make was change within a small community in Rio was to change their…

Some complain that there is a unconscious bias in the work force against people who aren’t white male. This idea makes it harder for minorities and women to make it to the top. Even though diversity is shown to be good for business, leaders are seen hesitant to work with people with different views then them. In addition, some companies haven’t figured out how to reach out to the minority’s…

According to Kevyn Aucoin,”Today I choose life. Every morning when I wake up I can choose joy, happiness, negativity, pain... To feel the freedom that comes from being able to continue to make mistakes and choices - today I choose to feel life, not to deny my humanity but embrace it.”I interpret this quote by believing that she means to portray the message that you can always choose your choices, whatever they may be and nobody should be able to change those choices. You can be happy, positive,…

You grab your lunch and make sure you have your supplies for the day. You walk to your bus stop and are surprised to see 4 new black students standing there. Some of the younger white kids are looking a bit nervous and confused. The bus comes to pick you up and everyone climbs awkwardly and drudgingly on. The next thing you realize is half of the bus is black and half is white. You decide to be the brave one and make the obvious joke and with a deep breath and a lot of…

Gentrification is the process of renewal by bringing in middle and upper middle class tenants and displacing lower class tenants. It is a powerful tool that on one hand is revitalizing neighborhoods that have seen better days but on the other is kicking it’s tenants out of their beloved homes – homes where they built a family and a community. I think that the idea of gentrification is and should be accepted but when done so in moderation. I think too much change at once can be traumatic and in…

Gentrification has been a controversial issue, when arguments are powered by feelings and incidents on which to happen are supposedly improving the people in the community. As big businesses move into an area that was normally populated by small businesses, the mom and pop shops are flat-out disappearing one by one. Thus, relocating into a new area is challenging for a store owner since they 're founded on a low-income community. These questions have been wrestling through my thoughts as I…

She has shown these traits by being a great leader and by helping build over a hundred homes in the Muncie community. Her dedication has made working for Habitat For Humanity fun and a privilege for many. As a young adult, Lindsey Arthur wanted to make the world a better place. While at Taylor University, her studies of the lesser populations helped her on this path. Lindsey states that when she was growing up, she was not aware her community was considered under-privileged. Since she grew up…

Dr. David Grusky, poverty expert, at Stanford University, discuss the “one big thing” he believes that if changed about American society would fundamentally reduce childhood poverty; His “One big change” to reduce it would be to have everyone live together no matter how rich and poor. In order words, to have no segregation within the communities. However, I don’t believe that this “one big idea” would work due to the fact that if this were to really happen. A lot of people would be living beyond…

going to be? You must wonder about these questions sometimes, just like Esperanza does when she moves to Mango Street with her family in Cisneros Sandro’s book, “The House on Mango Street”. In the book, she gradually realizes the limitations of the neighborhood, develops her own identity and finally escapes Mango Street. Scholars such as Eysteroy (1996) and Crawford-Garrett (2005) have debated how she develops her independent identity despite the cultural limitations around her, but their…

strengths and resources that within that community. “The key to neighborhood regeneration, then, is to locate all of the available local assets, to begin connecting them with one another in ways that multiply their power and effectiveness, and begin harnessing those local institutions that are not yet available for local development purposes” (Kretzmann J., McKnight J., 1996). When we use the resources that the community already has in order to make it even greater we create a sense of…