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    Engaging ourselves as well as engaging in the community with issues of our society makes us open to different things. Community engagement is the process of working with individuals and groups to achieve specific goals. It involves community members with making decisions and taking action. This process of creating a relationship with community members in society that can maintain a mission with an ultimate goal of making something better. It’s an ongoing process with collaborative work, cooperative

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    feel that the youth group is lacking in the area of service. Not only is community service important to our church, I also believe it is crucial to have our youth involved in community outreach to promote emotional and spiritual growth. I believe our youth should participate in more community outreach because it will counter selfish tendencies, allow the youth to feel helpful, and promote our church’s presence in our community. Let’s face the fact, in general, the youth today are very selfish and

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    Community assessment and analysis Presentation Red group Interview with Community health Nurse Essex County New Jersey Demographic of Essex County Essex County is located in the North eastern part of new jersey. The history of Essex county dates back to 1666 when 30 families from Connecticut established settlement along the banks of Passaic river. Essex County was officially established in 1682 by east jersey legislature. Essex County is

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    Have you ever thought about what community service would do for your community or the community of others? Or at least thought of the impact that it could have on not only you , but others as well? Community Service or volunteering has a certain importance to it. Community service is helpful when trying to build or better a community for not only those in the community but you as well. By volunteering people gain compassion and understanding of the world around them. When people volunteer, they

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    Small Town Communities The neighborhood I live in is called Sugar Mill Pond; it’s surrounded by fields and has a huge pond in the middle of it; it’s located in South Louisiana in Youngsville in between two cities New Iberia and Lafayette. The town Youngsville and Sugar Mill Pond has become one of the happiest places to live and work; both have become both my community because of how small the town is so everyone knows everybody. It accommodates residents; it is surrounded by multiple schools, retail

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    Sense of Community It is interesting the idea of a community, what is it stand for in the general perspective? Does it mean a nation state, a specific group, or just a neighborhood for that instance? There are many metrics make up a perfect community, from a utilitarian perspective to a unique personality one community has to offer. Above it all, in my opinion, the metric that has an outsized impact would have to be the priority of its people's welfare. The term “ideal community” tends to

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    Discourse Community

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    The conversation of assimilation into a discourse community has been a long standing presence in academic conversation. Especially if a religious community is given the title of a discourse community. Typical methods of assimilating new members into a desired religion usually standout. For example, representatives of a religious organization go door to door to give out information about the religion is common practice, it a simply direct. Daniel Olson states in his research that smaller religious

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    Defining Community

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    Defining Community What makes a community? To get a better handle on this question, it may be useful to analyze a specific encounter between the individual and his community(s). Let's take, for example, the much-publicized soccer match between Mexico and the U.S. in the summer of 1996. This game received a great deal of media attention because, even though the match was held in Los Angeles, on U.S. soil, the vast majority of fans were cheering for the Mexican team. The U.S. team members, on

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    Communities Essay

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    When most people talk about community, they think of a location, an area in which people live. By definition “community” is a group of people living in the same location and under the same government. Community can also be defined as a group of people with the same common interests or segments in society. However, these definitions, which can be found in any dictionary, are only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to explaining what community really is. Community is the memories and traditions

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    Community Health

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    Community Health and Population-Focused Nursing Joanna Carreon Western Governors University The town of Colma is located in San Mateo County within the state of California. Colma was established on August 5, 1924. It has an elevation of 100 feet above sea level, and measures 1.91 square miles. Population Economic Status Assessment The Population Economic Status Assessment tool assisted in obtaining statistical facts about the population

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    Community Of Practice

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    invest in each other’s success. These networks or communities of practice take many different forms, such as professional learning communities (PLC), professional learning networks (PLN), mentoring, coaching, social media groups, or social media chats. Even though each community may take many different shapes and forms, they share common characteristics, such as a mutual interest, meaningful interaction, and the investment of time. Although communities of practice require a significant investment of

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    Community Volunteering

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    I have made a difference in my community by volunteering for many organizations. To start, I have participated in the Lisbon Community Band and provided musical entertainment for the community to enjoy free of charge. Each year, my town band has a winter and summer concert. These concerts include a new set of songs for the community to hear. Music relaxes the mind and is believed to have certain healing properties. I have been in my town’s community band for eight years now and I plan to be a member

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    Community Outreach

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    NR 443 Guidelines for Caring for Populations: Community Outreach Purpose The purpose of this assignment is to provide an opportunity to develop a community health nursing flyer that will be utilized for community outreach. It is the basis for your proposed intervention in the final assignment. Course Outcomes This assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcomes: 4. Evaluate effective communication with client populations and healthcare providers in managing the healthcare

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    Community Reflection

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    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

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    Community Analysis

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    Community is like an extended family. We support each other in so many ways, whether it’s volunteering at a fundraiser, offering advice or even just a smile and kind words. I live in a small town which means a lot of things, but most importantly that I grew up with a strong sense of community. I'll be graduating with a class of about eighty of my peers this year and I've gone to school with about half of these students since Kindergarten. This gave me the opportunity to grow strong bonds with those

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    National and Community Service, the state of Nebraska spends 61.3 million hours a year doing community service. It also take 20 hours to learn and know something very well, according to Forbes (Schawbel). With those two facts in mind, Nebraskan’s could have potentially learned 306,500 new things a year volunteering. When you 're introduced to something new, you will gain a lot experience or knowledge in that new area. Therefore, when we are spending that much time with our community, we will learn

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    Community Assessment Part One Crawford County, Kansas is very familiar to me; it is where I was born and raised and now, as an adult, it is where I work as a nurse. Barriers to healthcare exists in every community. There is a high amount of poverty in Crawford County that contributes to barriers to access to healthcare. Furthermore, Crawford County has several stakeholders that influence the health of the community and advanced practice registered nurse (ARNP) practice. In this assessment of

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    Community service is simply defined as non-paid work done by an individual, group, or organization that benefits the community. While community service is commonly interchanged with volunteerism, these two terms should not be interchanged with each other since the former could be a mandatory task or requirement in certain situations. These situations include requirements for being granted citizenship to a country, class projects or requirements, and it can also serve as a corrective sanction for

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    identity within a larger community, when entering new writing contexts, who has authority in a discourse community, and, how might negotiation with authority affect an outsider? When we write an individual piece before we are aware of discourse communities, we as writers have no rules because we are the writers and readers of our own works. However, once we as individuals communicate within a community we share concepts that we understand while learning what a communities’ limitations and rules are

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    Community is very important and has many factors like kinship, unity, and identity. Community helps society because it creates solutions, provides security and reveals dedication. It discovers truthfulness. Communities are part of everyday life and have positive affects on its members. Communities can be found everywhere and can be created anywhere. You may be unaware of it, but you are part of a community not only based on your location, but also based on your lifestyle,

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