Virtual communities

School, Home and Community Partnerships It seems that everybody agrees that it is important to form strong partnerships between schools, homes and their communities, but there is a decided lack of information about how to go about achieving that goal. In 2010, President Obama signed the executive order, White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics which includes provisions for strengthening home and community partnerships with schools. The President pointed out that only…

important to consider is the neighborhood. The term neighborhood has many definitions. From a political aspect, a city may define a neighborhood as the geographical group in a designated political precinct (Data Center Research). The real estate community likely subscribes to “the small group of houses in the immediate vicinity of one’s house” (Data Center Research). The functioning definition of a neighborhood to a sociologist likely includes the following: “an area surrounding a local…

A., Loth, J., & Ross, D. (2016). Applied theatre techniques for community workers - towards a performative and anti-oppressive ethical approach. Australasian drama studies, 68(1), 118-142. This article examines how theatre techniques can be implemented in community work as a form of addressing discrimination and oppression. These techniques enable empowerment and the disruption of the status quo, particularly, in those communities where the prevailing power relationships might be confronted…

to contractors and homeowners with in-store assistance from trained and licensed staff. The current problem plaguing Home Depot involves its stakeholders which are contractors, customers, communities, day laborers, and the company 's corporate social responsibility. Home Depot is under scrutiny because communities and local governments are depending on the company to assist with social disparities involving labor for immigrants. In Austin Texas and many other cities across the nation, day…

In an effort to provide a comprehensive benefits program and offer an opportunity to bring on full time frontline employees we must establish expense and bonus policies that are corporately responsible. Expense Policy effective 30 days from the documents’ acceptance. ● All expenses should be reasonable and required to support the business. ● All expenses must be submitted on a business expense report in a timely manner. ● All expenses in excess of $25 must have a receipt. ● Any expense…

The theme for my storyboard for the book Seedfolks by Paul Fleischman was about helping out in the community that you are in. I picked this theme because in Seedfolks all of the characters put in effort to help make the garden a better place. All of the characters had something against someone but they get involved in the garden because the either notice how the garden community were kind and helpful or they were forced to go by someone who thinks the garden will help their problems. The…

millennial activist, and the co-founder and CEO of Service Never Sleeps (SNS), a non-profit that mobilizes communities to promote…

deal with. The human will learn something every day and it will be useful in their life. Even though, If someone does not work, they should do some community work or volunteer work to help the society and keep themselves busy. Otherwise, lack of work not only causes loss of creativity, but it also makes you lose to be in contact with the community. Humanity can take the society to the right directions and help them with their needs. People only should work when they need it, but if they don’t…

of wealth have the least amount of influence. This leaves entire communities systematically barred from uprooting their situations. Many people would argue that these aforementioned individuals should just vote, or work harder, or focus on family values. But in Race in America, our course book, the important argument and distinction is made between superficial representation and substantive representation. Even if these communities—many times of color—voted, it is possible that their…

because of the property values and average household income, making the community cleaner and more upkept than some of the communities that surround it. Scottsdale’s community values include the preservation of its uniqueness and heritage, the connectivity to surrounding neighborhoods, having efficient transportation options, and the social, environmental and economical sustainability of the city as a whole. It strives to be a community that has high standards of appearance and aesthetics while…