Community Reflection

step in to take risks and protect those around me. In today's society, crime is such a common thing and often occurs within small communities. I remember reading and learning about history and how communities would always be there to help one another. But today, community is such an overused word, and does not describe what one is at all. The foundation of a community revolves around the people who risk their lives day in and day out, to be there to protect us and get us out of harm's way. The

privilege of spending a week with a community called Furaha Community Center that provides education, social services, and community action efforts within a slum community called Haruma located in Nairobi, Kenya. The community of Haruma has roughly 500,000 people living in the equivalent of 12 square blocks. The community suffers from poor sanitation, rampant disease, and violence. Furaha Community Center serves the poorest and the sickest of the community in efforts to provide food, education

I have enjoyed taking this class this semester. Even though I hit a few hiccups along the way I pushed through. I think it will help in my future endeavor in community development. Many people can benefit by taking this class and learning more about the health issues within a community. The information can also be carried on and utilized within many other professions. I have shared many of my learning experiences from this class with family and friends and have passed on a lot of knowledge. I honestly

group and I ended with the Seniors group. I enjoyed my time with “Mujeres”, unfortunately the group was dissolved. One lady was very worried about this group ending. In her words “It is a biblical thing to do, it is our responsibility to the community, and we should be very upset”. It was a very sad day. We ended our last session in prayer, and to my surprise, Alice prayed for the SHOOTER and families of the Sutherland Springs shooting. I had heard so many mean words from other people about

PS282B Community Psychology Community Service-Learning In-Service Reflection Describe the experience/situation in some detail (e.g., What happened? What led up to the event? Who was involved? Where did it happen?). My placement is with Nutrition for Learning (NFL) which is a program the provides breakfast to all students (regardless of socioeconomic status), so that they have the opportunity to eat breakfast which fuels their learning in school. I have my placement at a local public school in the

discourse community as an exclusive group of people brought together by a common goal. According to John Swales (1990), every discourse community has six characteristics that makes them a discourse community. Overall the group must have a shared goal, in which they communicate with each other through different genres and lexis they have developed; genres are different types of communication that the group employ and lexis is the specialized language utilized by that particular discourse community. They

The community service that I had done was, I worked with the High School Wilderness Club during the events that they do for Hamburg and surrounding areas. For most of the events I helped out by setting and cleaning up the trash cans, barricades and signs that had to be put out before and after the events, and during the events I would work by making sure the trash cans were not getting too full or just to make sure that everything was running smoothly. I chose this work because I am a member of the

volunteered at Jubilee Park Community Center on Thursday, November 16, 2017 for their annual Thanksgiving Dinner Feast from 11:00am to 2:00 pm. The local church in the area provided a delightful meal consisting of Turkey, dressing, mashed potatoes, gravy, green bean casserole, rolls and an assortment of holiday deserts. Dozens of volunteers were on hand to make sure that this celebration went off without a hitch. I had the pleasure of signing guests into the community center and directing them to

Community and Public Health Nursing Reflection Lorraine Gambino NUR/405 May 6, 2013 Bonnie Schoettle Community and Public Health Nursing Reflection Incorporating preventative recommendations into clinical work can be a complicated and multidimensional obligation. According to Silva, Cashman, Kunte, & Candib, “addressing preventative recommendation alone for patients in a typical day requires in excess of 7.4 hours” (2012). Health care providers are also aware that within the community

knows that his or her achievement depends on a community of persons working together.” We do not often realize how important it is for everybody to work together to achieve a goal. A community is a group of individual people gathered together to form a whole, like a school, local church, government entity, non-profit organization, sport team, etc. This whole can make reference to a discourse community. According to John Swales, discourse communities are unions where individuals have a common purpose