Shoreline Community College

Although we are individuals we are all part of a community. Communities can be seen as things such as the school we go to, our neighborhood, work place, etc. In community conversations, we talk to honor and explore differences with one another. The form of a conversation is dynamic to the way in which participants work through their differences. The Public Conversations Project (PCP) recommends that members follow a shared set of principles that include genuine listening, respectful…

Bloomington is a town, which is full of different kinds of nonprofit organizations, and there are always events that held by those organizations going on daily. It is hard to catch every single event, but because of the large variety of nonprofit organizations, people who live here can have lots of choices to participate into them and experience the voluntarism and altruism at the same time. According to Indiana.edu, there are approximately 1,082 nonprofit organizations at Bloomington (Indiana…

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…

Food discourse online community are a group of people who are very opinionated about food and share online recipes with one another. What I found was that people online compare recipes as well as restaurants based on personal experiences. Sometimes these comments under the sites blog can get pretty reckless. When people don't agree they tend to get messy by disrespecting each other online which some may consider as cyber bullying depending the case. But these online food sites are created so…

I feel that it is important to give back to your community because you get to see all the different families and their perspective on life. Also, you get to know your community better and start relationships that could last life time. When giving back to the community you realize many things. Such as, having food to eat for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. While some people only eat one meal a day or couple days. Also, you realized how lucky you are to have a house to live in and a bed to sleep…

Legends player. The discourse community of League of Legends is defined to be an exhilarating experience with a structure of rules implemented to make entertainment polite yet fresh. The recent interview of Runescape 2007 along with observations of the discourse community prove to follow Swales’ six characteristics. Whether the League of Legends is toxic or alluring, it will prove to be an interesting discourse community. Elo; the goal of the League of Legends community is to gain Elo (ranking…

My response to this scenario is based on my experience with volunteers at the Tyler Texas Corps. At this Corps, volunteers were used in various Corps programs and activities. The Corps relied on the help of these volunteers, however, for all their advantages and benefits there were many challenges and drawbacks. Managing the massive amount of volunteers required much responsibility more than the “Volunteer Coordinator” could handle alone. The challenges with volunteers is that the majority of…

The many discourses that people utilize are amazing, discourses reflect who a person is and define their characteristics. People can have so many discourses that people can even keep track of and it's amazing how they can vary from person to person. Now i’m going to start describing my discourses that I mainly use, and describe how they define me as a person. To begin, the first and main discourse is the Friend Discourse. The way that I speak with my friends is interesting because I use a…

Community service is not as bad as some people make it out to be. I myself had an internal groan when I heard that community service was required and would be set as a grade. I had only known volunteerism as doing a dull boring task with no discernible reward. But after experiencing it for myself I found it quite the contrary. Volunteering is a way to meet new people and witness a group working toward a greater cause. Looking to the future I hope to volunteer at the local library and Humane…

Pitchon 10/2/16 References Fast, Danya, Jean Shoveller, Will Small, and Thomas Kerr. "Did somebody say community? Young people's critiques of conventional community narratives in the context of a local drug scene." Human organization 72, no. 2 (2013): 98-110. This article focused on drug user communities specially among youth in Vancouver. The article focused on what it means to be a community to these individuals involved in drug use. The purpose of this study was to develop effective…