Apart of a Community? What is a community? A community is a group of people who have similar characteristics in common. They provide is with a sense of stability‚ they serve our needs‚ and they also accept us for who we are. When most people think of a community they automatically think about the neighborhood‚ town or city they live in‚ or the religious group they are apart of. No one really thinks about the people who are involved in high-risk behaviors as being apart of a community. Groups engaging
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“HOW I WOULD IMPROVE MY COMMUNITY” “The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you” B.B. King If I were given the chance to improve my community‚ I would try to build a safe haven for youth from violence‚ gangs‚ and etc. With the recent outbreak of violence‚ I feel that my community especially would benefit by having a recreation center that would have activities‚ gym equipment‚ and studio equipment that would occupy the time of youth and put their energy to
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work ABS 497 Week 1 Assignment Community Change Applied Behavioral Science Capstone has the review of this problem: "Solving Community Problems ". General Questions - General General Questions Community Change . Write a two- to- three- page paper (excluding title and reference pages) that identifies a problem faced by your community. Discuss how a model of community change could be implemented to improve the problem. 1. Describe six features of your community (e.g.‚ cultural make up‚ size
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After leaving my high school life behind me‚ I looked for a way to escape my dreary surroundings. I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life and even if I had‚ I had no plan to achieve them. I spent my last year trying to enjoy my time and desiring that other people invited me to be in their company that I had no plan for when that last school bell rang. When it finally rang out‚ I was again lost. The only difference was that I no longer had classes. Going to Rock Valley rectified that. Like
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These issues keep on recurring in our neighborhoods‚ and we are tired of them. In Lesley’s‚ neighborhood‚ bullying is the biggest issue‚ and would say it is an epidemic. In my community the biggest issue is single-parent households. Lesley also mentioned depression and peer pressure from negative friends affecting her community. I also put down racial discrimination because I feel that racism is everywhere now and it affects people in their lives. Lesley says “bullying is a chain reaction.” I also
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Reflective Essay Growing up as a minority often hindered my interactions and changed my perspective of the people around me. Because of the dominating white supremacy in my community‚ I was forced to believe that being white was "better" and people with a fairer skin tone were "prettier" than my darker complexion. My friend‚ especially‚ made me feel that my skin tone only put me at a disadvantage. Throughout grade school‚ I was always the one with the short end of the stick often because
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writing my paper‚ and began to reread it I found some passive sentences. All I did was revise the sentence which helped my writing flow better. Initially‚ I read the first paper I wrote for the Quarter 1 Writing Assessment and I noticed that I didn’t follow the directions completely. As I read on‚ there were many simple sentences and not many transitional words.
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My Behavior Change was mainly on improving my nutrition‚ by intaking better foods such as fruits and vegetables and less amounts of fats. This change would help in achieving my long term goal which was losing weight‚ but gaining it back in lean muscle mass. I chose to focus on my weight‚ because it has always been something that I have had on the back of my mind. I found this project to be a great opportunity in order to change this‚ but in order to do so I had to identify my obstacles. I had a total
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this world‚ each beating heart goes through their own changes‚ whether it’s becoming a military personnel or simply running away from your home and experience the world through your own eyes. My significant change came at an early stage‚ without any hesitation my parents sent my sister and I to Nicaragua for 4 years. After we landed the only person I knew that spoke English or was from Miami was the flight attendant itself‚ after that it was my sister and I against a family that we briefly recognize
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6 disadvantages of growing tourist numbers January 23‚ 2011 - Elmer W. Cagape 1 Comment » Year after year it seems that the number of visitors coming to Hong Kong is setting new records. The 30 million annual visitors the city recorded a few years ago (over 23 million in 2005‚ over 28 million in 2007) was easily eclipsed by the 36 million tourists who arrived last year. The 21.8 per cent climb is quite a big jump; if not for the recent financial crisis and swine flu scare that affected inbound
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