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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Examining the Internet in Everyday Life[1] Barry Wellman‚ Anabel Quan-Haase‚ Jeffrey Boase‚ and Wenhong Chen Centre for Urban and Community Studies‚ University of Toronto wellman@chass.utoronto.ca www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Keynote address (given by Barry Wellman) to the Euricom Conference on e-Democracy‚ Nijmegen‚ Netherlands‚ October 2002 Introduction As the Internet evolves‚ its users and uses grow and diversify globally. Internet use dramatically increased worldwide between 1995 and 2000
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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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Functional Health Patterns Community Assessment * Value/Belief Pattern Predominant ethnic and cultural groups along with beliefs related to health. The racial makeup of the city is as of 2010: 75% White‚ 15% Black or African American‚ American Indian & Alaskan Native 1%‚ 10% Hispanic or Latino American‚ 2% Asian American‚ 0.34%‚ and 2% two or more races. The Hispanic/Latino population continues to grow the fastest. Predominant spiritual beliefs in the community that may influence health
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towards religion for many reasons. One being that religion holds the community together and keeps the poorer people involved with society. Davie suggests that religion helps maintain tradition‚ cohesion and community solidarity. Some religions even use their place of worship as community centres for people of the religion to come and spend time with friends and family in the community. For example; Mosques multi function as community centres aswel as having traditional places of worship. This creates
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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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What exactly is “Ubuntu Management‚” though‚ and how does it compare to the Christian world view? Major Points In the mid 1980’s a law was passed in South Africa that made it legally prohibited for a company to provide electricity to the black community. (Parnell‚ 2008) This didn’t stop Eskom‚ however‚ from embracing the thought of “electricity for all.” That motto was just the beginning‚ however‚ today their values‚ according to their website are‚ “zero harm‚ integrity‚ innovation‚ sinobuntu (caring)
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