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    I do not do a lot of community service‚ but when I do it is usually related to helping those who are less fortunate or those who have disabilities. My interest in such organizations began when I worked in the special interventions room in my high school. My earliest memories of volunteering come from helping out at the Shelby County Special Olympics. When it comes to community service I have a variety of strengths. One big strength is that I know everyone is different and instead of looking at this

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    on Discourse Communities Communication is key for every organization or group to make progress and achieve results. Whether an organization be purely academic or for entertainment‚ it is through communication both will meet their goals. Discourse communities as defined by Swales are communities of individuals who meet together to achieve a goal. Although‚ having a goal and communication does not make any community or group a discourse community. The definition of discourse communities relies on the

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    Community Immersion

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    Community Immersion Learning (Service) Community immersion is a version of service learning that is more integrated with a student’s passions and interests‚ is longer-term and is related to the on-going development of community and social justice issues. Whereas pulling debris from a river would be classified as community service‚ at EUACS an explicit educational component – such as studying the causes of river pollution and how to advocate for environmental policy reform – makes it community

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    Discuss Ken Dempsey ’s reading on Community In the reading Community: Its Character and Meaning‚ the author‚ Ken Dempsy stresses the difficulties that arise when attempting to define this concept of community. It is one of the most contested concepts in the social sciences‚ yet sociologists persist in using it because the informal relationships we have beyond the household continue to play a significant part in people’s daily lives‚ and they find the notion of community indispensable to talking about

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    Community Service is important for many reasons. Taking part and volunteering teaches compassion and understanding. Community service fun and rewarding‚ it also looks great on a resume or college application. Community service is fun and rewarding because you get to do selfless acts. You get to help people in your community. When you do community service you feel great knowing that you did something in the community. Community Service is important for many reasons. Taking part and volunteering

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    Community Assessment Reflection Cynthia Caston NUR/405 March 31‚ 2013 Willadene Walker-Schmucker Community Assessment Reflection Community Health Partnerships It is so important for different agencies in the community to partner with each other‚ this helps ensure that people get directed toward the community resource they are in need of. In my families community The Clay County Health Department does eligibility assessments and referrals for social services in addition to all the services

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    Communities Filled With Unique Individuals There are many people in the world who go out of their way to make themselves more unique and more of an individual‚ as well as people who will do anything to just be a part of a crowd or a community. Is it possible for an individual to be strictly an individual and not a member of a community‚ or visa versa? Although everyone is their own person‚ and has their own unique personality‚ thoughts‚ and beliefs‚ we are all a part of a community‚ whether that

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    Race and Your Community

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    influences of race as it relates to your community. In your paper‚ write your first-person account of how human interactions in your community have been racialized. For the community‚ you can consider relations within your neighborhood‚ local government‚ service groups‚ clubs‚ schools‚ workplace‚ or any environment of which you are a part. In your paper‚ be sure to answer and provide examples for the following core questions: o Do members of your community look like you? In what ways do they look

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    Unpaid Community Service

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    ­Some people believe that unpaid community service should be a compulsory part of high school programs (for example working for a charity‚ improving the neighbourhood or teaching sports to younger children) To what extent do you agree or disagree? Community service and pursuits such as charity work are praiseworthy and important ventures. There are both benefits for the individuals who are helped as well as for the volunteers. However‚ the issue of obligatory community service raises questions as to

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    Community organizing was utilized by involving the poor and working class communities. He espoused that it was a contest for power and between those who have money and those who have people. Since the poor greatly outnumber the rich in most communities in the United States‚ his tactic of dividing the rich and the poor made it easy to choose sides. Alinsky knew that participation in the political process was key to securing his demands. He also used the concept of an organization for organizations

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