What Makes a Community Prosper The word community is derived from the Latin prefix communitatus which is comprised of three elements Com meaning togetherness‚ Munis meaning exchange‚ and Tatus meaning intimate. Individuals --who are interdependent of each other-- may provide each other with sustenance‚ monetary aid‚ physical aid‚ guidance and other forms of facilitation that benefit their fellow community member. In a prosperous community‚ the only way for all members to achieve prosperity is if
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Links: ____________________ Prepared by Claire Reinelt for the Leadership Learning Community (May 2001)
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normal?”: Language and identity practices in a community of nerd girls.” Bucholtz first described what both speech community‚ and community of practice were? According to her definition‚ Speech community was a language-based unit of social analysis used in traditional sociolinguistics research. The community of practice‚ on the other hand‚ was an ethnographic‚ activity-based approach. In her research paper‚ she strongly agreed with the theory of community of practice. The reason why she strongly supported
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Different Drum: Community and Making Peace‚ describes community as "people living together in both freedom and love." Communities cannot be formed around people (individualists) who are busy satisfying their own needs first and who are not willing to work hard to make love work. Upon entering this class I realized that a community is not an automatic thing. It does not just appear out of thin air. A group must work together to build bonds between each other. The community in which we are trying
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Describe a problem in your community and how it affected you and the community. Tell how the problem was resolved. Theft is a problem in many communities. Our community‚ Muirland Community experienced perpetrators entering our homes rampantly last year. The members of our community decided to fight back. With the help of community awareness campaigns‚ round the clock watch volunteers and full cooperation of community members‚ we were able to resolve the problem. I myself was unable to avoid
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Better Together brings together a dozen case studies of successful community-building efforts in the United States. The book is an outgrowth of the Saguaro Seminar on Civic Engagement in America‚ a three-year dialogue among leading thinkers and activists about how to build and strengthen the American community (though it bears little resemblance to the Seminar’s final report of the same name). As Robert Putnam and Lewis Feldstein note in the book’s opening pages‚ the stories in the book represent
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Responsibility initiatives of BPCL BPCL‚ a well-known petroleum brand called Bharat Petroleum Company Limited is committed to the welfare and development of the society and the local community. It works in various areas to help develop the community and society. BPCL’s commitment towards society and local community is very high‚ according to the CMD‚ ‘We are committed to the societies where we operate and understand that business success is not possible when the needs of the society are ignored.’
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long history in this regard. While continuing to build its reputation as a brand that stands for durability‚ ruggedness & the American outdoor since 1950 ‚ Timberland has been constructing a reputation of integrity and commitment to the community as well. Timberland is committed to ensuring that the workers who produce products are provided with fair‚ safe and non-discriminatory workplaces. Their products are produced in factories across the globe—in 38 countries by roughly
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is a nonprofit organization supporting the communities of Maple Grove‚ Rodgers‚ Osseo‚ Champlin (west)‚ Corcoran‚ and Dayton‚ Minnesota. Since CROSS was established in 1977‚ they have been supporting low income families and individuals by providing grocery service‚ meal delivery‚ clothing‚ and social services support (“Welcome to CROSS‚” 2017). Over the period of three days‚ February 8th‚ 10th‚ and 12th‚ I spent 10 hours volunteering at CROSS. Community Need When thinking of the population in need
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to further connect with his crowd. ------------------------------------------------- Speech – “Avoiding Child Hunger Through Community” 16.7 million Children under 18 are unable to consistently access nutritious food necessary for a healthy life. (Feeding America) Not only do I believe this is unacceptable‚ but I also believe it is fully avoidable. As a community‚ we must learn to do a better job of taking care of ourselves and others. We must learn to place the common good above that of our
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