Community organizing

Community service involvement is generally seen as having a positive impact on adolescents by counselors and educators, but it is important to identify potential issues with effective service learning. (Middleton & Kelly, 1996). One of the biggest issues stems from a lack of facilitation on the larger social issues involved with community service. When there is a proper forum to discuss the experiences they receive while volunteering, students are given a chance to understand how policies and civic

For my service project, I chose to work at the Meadowlark Meals organization. This organization takes in donations of food and uses them to make meals for children at the school to take home on the weekends. If these children did not take this food home, they would not eat at all over the weekend. I chose to work at this organization because I love kids and it is sad to see them hungry when I have plenty of food to eat. I wanted to make a difference in their lives and I thought that this organization

may only see the negative side of the adolescents in their community. In fact, “sixty-one percent of American adults are convinced that today’s youth face a crisis in their values and morals, look at teenagers with misgiving and view them as undisciplined, disrespectful, and unfriendly” (Latham, 2003). One way to help change the attitudes of adults and also encourage youth personal development is service learning programs in local communities. By participating in service learning programs, students

have two separate groups to oversee the programs financial and educational development process. The first will be a 10-member Program Services Group made entirely of local community members. This first group will provide delivery of the program to the local community as well as being responsible for raising awareness and community support for Southwest Regional Youth Sports program development. The second group of members will consist 12 local business merchants and school board members that will

COMMUNITY HEALTH PROMOTION Introduction Community-Based Health Promotion is a comprehensive, systematic, coordinated approach to long-term health behavior change by influencing the community (cultural) norms through education and community organization. Studies show that most Americans want to lead healthy lives and are eager to improve their lifestyles. In fact, many continuously attempt to change unhealthy behaviors, only to fail. Most health promotion strategies assist individuals in changing

Community Assessment The community that I live in is an urban environment. I live in Rochester, New York, which is considered to be economically poor. My community has a lot of activities for people to be involved in; some activities are the neighborhood watch team, volunteer opportunities at local schools, recreation center and much more. However my community is struggle with funding. An idea or strategy to address the funding situation is to have a fundraiser to raise money and bring awareness

From illegal consumers to legal producers of community. Community TV in Colombia 1997-2007. Big satellite dishes cover the roofs of several community centers in city neighborhoods and towns in Colombia. Their visibility is a monument of a moment in history in which these devices accelerated the access to international media contents, years before the privatization of television distribution in the country. Images, ideas and practices that surrounded the introduction of these devices lead to a range

How have you become involved in your community? Why have you selected these activities? Why are you interested in making T4T one of the activities to which you dedicate your time? I have been very involved in my local community through the past school year and my young life. Being selected for membership in the National Honor Society, I have been involved in many community service activities and projects with the group. I helped run a local 5k to raise money for the local food bank and childhood

Community Immersion: Olympia Downtown District Kristen Doyle University of Southern California Professor Stacy Kratz May 25th, 2016 There is significant variation in how communities are defined in our world. The dominate themes found relate communities to space, people, interaction, and shared identity (Netting, Kettner, McMurtry, &Thomas, 2012). Understanding communities allows social workers to partner with community members and leaders in order to identify root-causes of social

Seeing my younger sister smile for the first time in months after watching her spend most of her childhood battling depression was one of the happiest moments in my life. I watched her transformation after three months of enrollment in an inpatient program. She returned home with an arsenal of tools to aid in her fight against her disorder. Though it was difficult, she left her program with resources she did not have before, such as therapists who stayed in contact and provided her with support as