Political community

and addition of knowledge in discourse communities. A discourse community is a group of people that develop and share a sense of identity primarily through the sharing and exchanging of information on a specific subject or field. The two main form of communication in discourse communities are through reading and writing. Through reading one becomes familiar and starts to understand a community, and writing is when one participates in it. Each discourse community develops its own unique technical language

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

My community has always been an important part of my life. I have actively served in my community through 4-H, and National Honor Society (NHS). I joined 4-H when I was 6 years old and since then I have served in many different ways. My 4-H club has local flower planters in town, and every week we take turns watering them. I have helped clean the road ditches in the surrounding areas to help out the environment. I have also delivered May Day baskets, Valentines, and gone Christmas caroling for the

for, communities toward addresses an assessed need.” (Jennifer Guzman, Michelle Perez, Florence Mueni, Jordan Butler, and Andrew Foresman). Another definition from our class was The efforts or actions of an individual or entity performed in order to affect positive change and improve the public good. We qualify that this ‘public good’ is a subjective ideal that must be constantly evaluated for its impact upon others and ourselves. Public Service requires engagement with served communities and developing

One act of service that really changed my outlook on life was making blankets for Project Harmony. Project Harmony is on organization located in Omaha that tries to protect and support children who have been abused. They are equipped with a large range of staff from medical to forensics in pursue of help every child no longer be a victim and seek the help that they need. Every year around late fall, early winter my summer softball club team and I spend two weekends making as many fleece blankets

to start a service club at our school. One of my friends suggested that we charter a Key Club, an international high school service club that she had at her past high school. To get chartered, we had to get support from the school and the local community. We had to obtain a sponsorship from a local Kiwanis club. It can be hard for adults to take teenagers seriously but with firm persistence we prevailed and as a unit, we successfully chartered a Key Club chapter, which began the first

I believe that community is essentially the atmosphere that not only you can call home for yourself, but an environment where others, regardless if already established as a part of your community or brand-new to area, have equal access to nourished growth and opportunities to explore and connect with one another. Coming to Pomona College, from North Carolina, was a daunting transitioning for me and honestly had a me a little worried in regards to how I would have the chance to meet new friends and

Empowering the community is essential to its vitality and continuation. Within my small hometown of Riner, we try to support one another as much as possible and care deeply about our community. Despite recently moving to a town 30 minutes away, I still try to be an active participant in the Riner community. Service is an important aspect of my life and I am proud to help others however possible. BETA Club and National Honor Society promote academic excellence and service, therefore I have helped

I am a member of Service Knights, we do community work. For example, we helped tutor elementary students with their homework every Monday and Tuesday for about a month and a half. Me tutoring elementary students required patience as some children were frustrated with their homework and expressed anger toward us tutors. We taught them patience and that It sometimes takes a while to fully understand the material but in the end, they would be able to learn it. Tutoring the elementary students allowed

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