Essays on Community

Examining Developmental, Contextual, and Historical Effects of Civic Engagement during the Transition to Adulthood: An Integrative Interdisciplinary Approach While writing this article, John Schulenberg clearly had several aims that he want to accomplish. He has used examples where necessary and that has a great way of ensuring he delivered his point....

The Preference of Electronic Games to Outdoor Activities 1. Description of Participants The participants were students of Yale school ranging from the lower level to the middle grade who actively participated in the gaming activity. In most cases, the entire...

Helping homeless disabled veterans can be done through forming a community-based group. The purpose of the group is to identify veterans in a specific region and establishing ways of assisting them. The group will consist of volunteers who would like to engage in the welfare of homeless disabled veterans. As...

Question 1: We are so happy that you have decided to apply to Global Encounters. What do you hope to learn from your time at Global Encounters? What do you hope to contribute to the Global Encounters community? Given your personal and academic aspirations, what would an experience like Global Encounters...

LGBT Community Demanding Equal Rights and Social Acknowledgment LGBT community has been currently fighting and struggling creating most media headlines protesting for equal rights and social acknowledgment of their existence.\u00a0 Without an alarm, the community which is composed of children, brothers, as well as friends, feels threatened by the neighbors and...

The 2014 Quadrennial Homeland Security Review contains the responsibility the Department of Homeland Security shares with various individuals across federal, local, state and tribal governments, non-governmental organizations and the private sector  (Dale, 2014) The real challenge in transforming the QHSR 2014 into a living reality lies in the difficulties in...

The rise in the number of money people have to pay for the public service busses is adversely affecting the low-income demographics who rely on them to get to various places in the nation. It is also worth noting that the rise will imply that they spend the significant amount...

Low Voter Turnout in Texas Low voter turnout has become one of the most common problems in the United States politics. In fact, it is admissible to indicate that less than a half of the country citizen vote in most elections. In particular, Texas has been of the most affected state...

A virtual community refers to a social network of people who communicate and interact through the use of computers. Unlike the traditional social interaction, virtual communities interact without the limitations of geographical and political boundaries. The term ‘virtual community’ gained popularity in the 19th century, raising different ideas from scholars. One...

The Engagement of a Community The engagement of a community is a process. It is whereby community groups collaborate to solve issues that affect the well-being of individuals and groups within such a community. Several activities provide solutions to such groups. They include transparent and credible reporting, meetings within town hall...

My name is Hudson Lukas a student at Laurier undertaking an undergraduate degree in Community Engagement Service under Ms. Amanda. Currently, I am in the final year of my education. I applied for community service learning at your organization for the position of Liaison Officer. I received a...

Heterosexism and LGBTQ Discrimination Heterosexism is the dominant sexuality in the society that refers to the prejudice and discriminatory practices and attitudes against homosexuals. The conviction that every societal member is straight has however been challenged by other forms of sexual orientation that include the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and the...