Black Community Essay

To an entire segment of the Black religious community, Gospel (Christian) Rap has found its way to the footsteps of the church. The rapid emergence of this music and its subculture has left the church and clergy alike asking the question-- why? Especially since much of what I would call secular Rap is "off the hook" these days. How so, do you ask? There is a surplus of gratuitous violence, and sexually explicit Rap lyrics, that currently ride the airwaves and is uploaded into countless IPODs

into the limelight when a McKinney, Texas police officer said, “Go back to your section 8 home,” to a group of African American teens who were using a community pool in a primarily white neighborhood (The Washington Post, 2015). The term “section 8 home” is loaded, and refers to an old public housing community created by the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, which was considered viable for white Americans at the time of its creation, that has unfortunately become a place where poverty

Community collaboration and leadership, with emphasis upon entrepreneurial leadership, and the role of sustained dialog in the application of economic development and growth in rural regions, are the subjects of this essay. Multi-community collaboration is a broader, more horizontal interaction of people to meet their common needs. This process is a popular strategy for rural development (Wilkinson, 1992). It is an emergent process that does not just occur, but evolves through a complex and

Throughout this semester teaching the theories that resonated with me the most were: Cross and Fhagen-Smith’s Model of “Black Identity Development”, and Yasso’s “Community Cultural Wealth Model.” As a minority these two identities have shaped my life profoundly. My personal theory philosophy comes from my lived experience and my time working as graduate assistant in the Multicultural Center. As a first generation, African American woman I credit student affairs with much of my academic and social

I am a Social Worker and community organizer with a 20+ year history of assisting children, individuals, and families from diverse backgrounds in achieving their goals. I am familiar with social media, promoting, advertising, and as well, working with young adults, under-served population and those with HIV/AIDS and other physical and or mental disabilities. I have over 12 years of working with the LGBTQ community, organized, facilitated and hosted various panel discussions and films on race, sexuality

A windshield survey is an assessment and evaluation of a community performed by traveling throughout the community in a car or public transportation to make observations about a community. The data gathered will help identify health care strengths and weaknesses in the specified community. A community is a social group established by geographic boundaries or common values and interests. Its members know and interact with one another and function in a particular social structure and exhibit and

COMMUNITY OPPRESSION vs COMMUNITY PRIDE The True authenticity presents itself when an individual experiences, exposure to multiple Viewpoints and influences which they can use to either create their own standpoint or agree with an existing standpoint. It is only after an individual has the opportunity to experience multiple viewpoints when they ultimately possess the power to decipher for themselves what is true in their reality. Claims & Evidence Exposure to multiple viewpoints creates unbiased

and values. However, it is not necessary that their lifestyles and beliefs have to be exactly the same. For example, in relation to religion, it is possible that the people can pray to the individual gods they believe rather than everyone in the community to be part of the same beliefs. It is what they referred to as a social contract. A social contract defines as the understanding of the people in a society that is able to keep up the certain standard for the well being of the whole society. This

Everything is the same. The Giver, directed by Phillip Noyce, is set in a utopian society. This community was created to bring sameness to people and leave out pain, emotion, and differentness. Ruled by “The Elders”, the members of the community are assigned to a specific job, which dwelling you live in and who you live in it with. The Elders also decide all of the rules including a ban on lying, a community curfew, and the words you use. When the leading role, Jonas (Brenton Thwaites), is assigned to

Elements Descriptors Physical Environment Sunnyside is a community in the southern part of Houston, There are significant amount of hazardous waste   in Sunnyside  with   eight  Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) reporting facilities,   three Large Quantity Generators (LQG) of hazardous waste, two  major dischargers, of air pollutants, and a  facility which treats, stores  or disposes of hazardous waste.    ● Boundaries Sunnyside  boundaries are on the North is 610 south loop, it is bounded on