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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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT This essay will out line plans for a project based on Community Development (CD) principles to assess and address health inequalities within the Black African community. The chosen community to be involved with is the western part of Brockley (South East London) which consists three blocks of high rise flats within the estate. There are approximately 600 families living in this area. The reason for choosing this community is of poor accessibility to services and high number
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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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Communities are Key According to StatisticBrain.com‚ there are over 1‚000 cities in the world that have 500‚000 people living in them. That is a lot of people. Inside each of those cities there are hundreds of various communities. Some communities are small and while others are large; some are welcoming and some are intimidating; some are important and some are just those that you pass through to get to bigger and better ones. None the less‚ there are many different kinds of communities but one
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Community Service Paper What I learned by completing 20 hours of community service? Michelle Erskine People get involved in community service for a variety of reasons. For example‚ there are many who suffer from starvation and need someone willing to make sure they receive the necessary nutritional values. There are elderly people in this world who are looking for someone to talk to‚ and someone to comfort them. There are many people in the world seeking a friend and others who are searching
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are part of a community? Why? No‚ Because I don’t support any sporting teams and I’m not from another country so I don’t think that there is any other ways that you can be in a community Do you think that being in a community is beneficial? Why? Yes‚ Because you get to share your fondness of something with others that like the same thing. Do you think that being in a community has any down-falls? You can get to familiar with your community and forget about life outside of the community. How important
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Community policing Community policing is defined as a " philosophy that promotes organizational strategies‚ which support the systematic use of partnerships and problem-solving techniques‚ to proactively address the immediate conditions that give rise to public safety issues such as crime‚ social disorder‚ and fear of crime" according to the U.S. Department of Justice. (U. S. Department of Justice). In other words the main goal of community policing is the allocation of various police agencies/staff
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Community service is one of many ways to help the surrounding community and make society a better place. There are many different forms of community service which include volunteering at local hospitals‚ churches‚ fire stations‚ clinics‚ and schools as well as other public or private organization within the community. Each task preformed at any of these establishments may help improve not only the economy of the society but help the performance of the organization. The efforts put forth to better
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Somali Community Centre of Birmingham Business Plan 2013 Introduction Directors Mission statement Our aim is to provide the Somali Community with assistance to become self-sufficient providing education‚ access to technology and assistance to integrate into the British society. In addition‚ we aim to reach out to other under-served communities. Somali Youth at Risk Outreach Program (SYROP) provides a place for young people to meet‚ get together‚ and receive help with their studies
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2013 Race and My Community I have wondered what it would be like if everyone in my community was the exactly the same as the next person. When I think about this I wonder how it would be different if we were all exactly the same race‚ from the same cultural background and the same ethnicity. Throughout my local community‚ Henderson‚ Nevada‚ many differences can be seen and I am thankful for that. The cultural differences and many races and ethnicities make this community what it is. Henderson
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