I have had lots of opportunities to work as a member of a team especially as a student of Honors Program. Honors Program is a two years research based program that provides space and resources for students to conduct group research in the first year‚ and independent research in the second year. I am working with two other students to complete a semester-long research project. For our research‚ we are looking at how plastics bottles can be repurposed to build walls of houses. My teammates are art
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Defining Community 1. How have Lee and her colleagues defined community? Lee and her colleagues defined community as people who share characteristics and problems; elderly living in poverty. 2. What theoretical perspectives would you use to define community in this case? The theoretical perspectives I would use to define community is conditions and problems‚ and strengthens and weaknesses. Participatory Processes and Actors 1. Identify the social networks that the agency has forged with the
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THE FAMILY AND COMMUNITY Week 1 Experience of family in the Jamaican context and impact of family structures and patterns on community development WHAT IS A FAMILY? A Family is: “a kinship unit‚ essentially of primary kin of the household head‚ but it allows for extension‚ either patrilineal or matrilineal.” (UNESCO‚ 1992) There are times when they do not share the same residence but the family still exists as a Unit WHAT IS A HOUSEHOLD? A household is: “a commensal (share the same food
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duties‚ they still have to take the communities wishes into consideration. The quality of community-police relationships strengthens when the police achieve the goals of the community for public safety. If the community is satisfied with the work done by police not only are the relationship strengthened‚ but it also builds
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What does the OAA do in your community it is a source that challenge the aging generation and the amenities of our health system that shed light on the decline of quality health and the care that the community provides for the aging. A number of these important resources are through the Howard County Office on Aging as regulated by the federal legislation‚ OAA provides funding for the aging community. The OOA structure and support enhanced living program combine an attractive lifestyle with health
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you imagine a child being miles and miles away from their parents for days‚ weeks‚ months‚ or even years on end? A child in this circumstance is left wondering if their parent is safe and when they will see them again. Studies have shown that having an incarcerated parent can have negative effects on a child throughout their lifetime. Murray & Sekol wrote about numerous study results that included‚ “7‚374 children with incarcerated parents and 37‚325 comparison children …showed that parental incarceration
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Tony Lowery February 26‚ 13 1St Block Shakespearian Theatre (Globe) The Shakespearian globe was built in 1599 In Southwark on the South bank of London’s River Thames by Richard Burbage. The globe was built large‚ round and open aired. There was a roof around the circumference which covered the seating area‚ leaving the theatre looking like a doughnut from above. Old wood from “The Theatre “created by Richard Burbage was re-used to make the globe. The globe held up to 3‚000 spectators and sold
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Introduction In the following assignment I will attempt to produce a community profile‚ which will be based on the Hawbush Estate in Brierley Hill in the West Midlands. The Hawbush Estate in Brierley Hill in the West Midlands was built by the Brierley Hill District Council in the 1930’s. I chose to create a community profile on the Hawbush Estate because it is local to where I live and over the last couple of years I have read in the local newspapers about local facilities closing down
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section 61 9/16/14 A Discourse Community Have you ever been among people who are very much like you? That it does not matter what differences you have you all have a lot more in common. A member of 4-H constitutes a discourse community because of an agreed set of common public goals‚ level of membership‚ and something that provides information and feedback. An agreed set of public goals for our community is that as a whole group we do a lot of community service. For a couple of years my
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Community Policing Issues Part I Contemporary Police theory or Modern policing is focusing on crime and social disorder through the delivery of police services‚ which include aspects of traditional law enforcement‚ as well as prevention‚ problem-solving‚ community engagement‚ and partnerships. The community policing model balances reactive responses to calls for service with proactive problem-solving which centers on the cause of crime and disorder. Community policing requires police and citizens
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