Reading on: Kenny‚ Susan (2010) ‘The Nature of Community Development’. Developing Communities for the Future: Community Development in Australia. Melbourne: Nelson ITP Tesoriero‚ Frank (2010) Community Development: Community-Based Alternatives in an Age of Globalisation. French Forest‚ NSW: Pearson Education Summary: Community development is an ‘activity or philosophy’ (Kenny 2010) initiated by or facilitated among a group (collectively called community) out of dissatisfaction with existing social
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in the community is a wonderful thing when it all comes together and benefits the organization and the community. Matthew Wagner‚ Assistant Director or the Cincinnati Reds Community Fund said‚ “Our biggest challenge is not players who want to be involved but finding the time for them to be involved” (M. Wagner‚ personal communication‚ March 23‚ 2016). Baseball games are being played everyday and even though players are trying to fit it in their schedules to make an impact in their community that doesn’t
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I belong to a relatively tightknit community within my subdivision. Here‚ everybody knows everybody! Whenever a neighbor is in need‚ we drop what we’re doing to go and help them. Simple as it may be‚ that’s just the way things work around here. I can define my place within this community in a couple words: friend and leader. Recently‚ a neighbor of mine was diagnosed with stage IV pancreatic cancer. The whole subdivision was shocked. In her time of need‚ I knew the right thing to do would be to
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school‚ or music group. Researchers have deemed these groups as discourse communities. Ann Johns explains discourse communities as‚ “a basis for sharing and holding in common: shared expectations‚ shared participation‚ commonly held ways of expressing” (320). Discourse communities hold certain standards and actions that lead to the functioning of the group. The Bartlett City Court Clerk’s Office is a stand out discourse community that has certain vocabulary‚ genres‚ and tasks that allow them to work
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Did you know that there are four types of discourse communities? There’s the professional community‚ which is your job‚ career or working environment. Your social communities are your friends and family. The civic community is the clubs‚ hobbies and extracurricular activities you attend to or participate in. The last one is your cultural group‚ religion‚ ethnicity‚ environment cultures all play into this one. My discourse community happens to be a mix of all four of these. I am a competitive dancer
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Is Community Education a myth? Over the course of this project I intend to answer the question‚ is Community Education a myth? To do this I will use my own experience of Community Education in a range of settings along with some in depth research to critically examine the question. I will start by defining the key terms in the question such a ‘myth’‚ ‘community’ and ‘education’ to ensure my purpose is clear. Following this‚ I will look at the origins of Community Education as a professional practice
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America is fortunate to be one of the world’s birthplaces of the concept of community service. Early pilgrims had to serve each other to keep from dying in early times. When the early colonists realized they had a choice between tyranny or freedom they banded together in every community and formed minutemen militia to keep their communities safe from the tyranny of British military oppression. Men‚ woman‚ and children with deep conviction and high integrity rose to face the difficulty of the times
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Answers: 1. In your own understanding‚ What is Community Organizing? Community organizing is a process where people come together to strengthen bonds and the community for a positive change. They work together to achieve a functioning community for themselves and the future generations. 2. Explain the phases of Community Organizing (give example/s). 1. PHASE ONE: COMMUNITY SELECTION- this is the stage where the organizer will choose an area in the community where he will conduct a social investigation
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Community Development (CD) is a broad term applied to the practices and academic disciplines of civic leaders‚ activists‚ involved citizens and professionals to improve various aspects of local communities. Community development seeks to empower individuals and groups of people by providing them with the skills they need to effect change in their own communities. These skills are often created through the formation of large social groups working for a common agenda. Community developers must understand
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solution for communities to restore themselves though knowledge and action so that people in the community have a structure for belonging. The community that is stuck is constantly addressing the negative of the world and the problems that need to be faced. Along with this Block explains that the people that have the most information about the community can place the fault on the reasons for being stuck to come to a conclusion. Reverend Nelson Johnson has contributed to the community with his information
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