Essays on Community

One of the goals of the City of Chicago’s Health Department is to develop ways to decrease teenage drug use. Since the number of adolescents who use illegal drugs is growing rapidly, new and innovative prevention methods must be experimented with in order to solve the problem. Approaching the issue of teenage drug use from…

First, let us examine the word Character. Webster’s New Collegiate Dictionary defines character as “The attributes and features that make up and distinguish the individual,” “The mental and ethical traits marking and often individualizing a person or group,” and “notable and conspicuous traits of a person.” In other words, Character has to do with the…

Consumption Subcultures: The Community and Market Creation of the Mac Users Introduction             When it comes to computing products, there are the two dominating consumer groups: the PC users and the Mac users.  The popularity of the Macintosh/Apple products have not reached the growth and the reach of PC users; the market share of Apple…

The guiding principle of community psychology from the very start has always concerned the setting or population as the basis for change rather than the individual (Revenson, et al, 2001).   Thus, how a community responds to a threat or a difficulty is viewed from the assumption that it should be seen as a problem of…

The Overlooking’s of Community College In Liz Addison’s essay, “Two Years Are Better Than Four”, she takes a strong stance against Mr. Perlstein’s argument that “College as America used to understand it is coming to an end” (qtd. 211). Addison argues that college is just of an equal importance today than it was and community…

Assessment evidence shows that you can: critically discuss the meaning of the concepts “community’ and “community development” discuss some of the difficulties encountered when explaining these concepts provide a historical background of community development critically discuss how the meaning of these concepts has changed over time and how scholars influenced by different ideologies and disciplines…

Oral history has always been how stories are passed down in Native American cultures. And it is these stories which taught generation after generation the history, values, and spiritual ways of each tribe. After Columbus came and “discovered” their land, the stories changed. They became laden with death, poverty, and a hatred for the White…

The main purpose or mission of the Greenhill Community Center was to provide human service programs for learning, growth, and enrichment throughout life within an intergenerational setting. The mission seems to fill the need in the demographical setting of the location. The center is located in one of the poorest cities on the East Coast….

Property theft has been one of the greatest problems faced by every community aside from drugs and homicide. In the community where I live, property theft has always been an issue. Day after day, more houses were being robbed in broad daylight. If there is a case of property theft; properties are broken and stolen,…

Community Service Involvement             I went through the most rewarding experiences in my life when I became more involved in various community services. One of the first experiences I had was when I volunteered at the Boys and Girls club, where I met many people of the younger generation during homework time. During those times,…