While Community Is Shared, It Is Also Unique to Each Person

While community is shared, it is also unique to each person. In your reading about community you learned that each person can be a part of many communities based on different criteria. Your city or town, for example is a community that is based on geography. Below, describe the communities to which you belong and explain what criteria are used to define them. Once you have identified your communities describe which communities are most important to you and why.

After you have identified the community that you feel most involved with, think of a community problem or issue that bothers you.State the problem or issue and brainstorm the types of research that you would need to do in order to begin working towards a solution? Write your research strategy below including your topic sentence and at least four keywords.

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Describe the community values you believe are most vital to the sustainability of your

community. Given the values you selected, which problems listed by the class do you think need to be solved immediately? What values are related to the problems?

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After sharing and listening to your group’s selected problems/issues, reach a consensus to select the community problem most important to you. Explain how you would frame it to get citizens interested in the problem and support putting it on the agenda of local government. What perspectives would you show? What perspectives would you leave out?

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We have discussed the ways in which behavior, goals, and beliefs impact your community to create conflict. What are some of your behaviors that impact your community in a negative way? Do you think of your community when doing these things? What are some of the actions you could take to have a positive impact on community issues?

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We have discussed the involvement of young people in solving civic problems. What are some of the hurdles you believe you would face as a young person? How would you try to over come them? What advantages do you think you would have as young person? How would you use them to advance your cause?

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Think of all the things you would like done differently in the city. If you could be put in front of the city council, what problem would you speak about? Write draft of your presuasive presentation below.

Many people love to be a part of groups, but some people do not. Think about the types of organizations or groups you enjoy. What is it about those groups that you like best? Using that information, how would you design a group to addres a specific problem in your community that would attract people like you?

Choose a specific problem or issue. What would your strategy be for communicating with the public about it? Who would your audience be? What would your message be? What medium would you choose?