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  • Peace And Justice Group
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    Five Guidelines for Our Organizing There is a very positive development happening in the anti-war movement. That is, people are actively trying to connect the war abroad with the struggles for power, resources, and freedom right here in our own neighborhoods. In the Boston area, members of United for Justice with Peace, local activists working to stop the state budget cuts, and progressive city councilors are holding informal meetings to develop strategies for how we can work together in order t...
  • Effectiveness Of A Neighborhood Watch
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    The Neighborhood Watch: One of the most effective crime prevention tools being utilized today is the Neighborhood Watch. The Neighborhood Watch was designed to help strengthen the relationships between neighbors and in the process build community wide crime prevention. Law enforcement officials have for years relied on the community to assist in apprehending criminals after the crime has been committed. With a Neighborhood Watch, this assistance is proactive instead of reactive, meaning that the...
  • Artificial Fires In The Lot And Gangs
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    My family and I live in a private zone in Visalia which has neat streets and attractive sidewalks decorating our neighborhood. In addition, we count with a secure playground area for our kids funny. It is surrounded by a high fence and has a soft carpet under the playground to protect our kids against fall downs. Many of our residents declare that is a pleasure to take a walk around our area. Laura, a woman who lives in front our home said: "It is a delight to walk to school every morning becaus...
  • Our Personal Isolation And Social Exclusion
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    This Halloween, Sean Clancy had the most original costume in his southern Pennsylvania neighborhood. The base layer of his costume wasn't very exciting at all- a flannel shirt, jeans and boots. However, the next layer really made Clancy's costume memorable. He tucked a street sign into his belt and draped a GAP bag from his left pocket. He hung a Coke can from his thigh and pinned a Sunoco gas rebate banner on his right knee. A KFC sign was just above his left knee, and Clancy's mask was a US ro...
  • Tight Community Neighborhood
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    Civic League Helen Sykes, a resident of the Norfolk area, feels that the tight community neighborhood is drastically decreasing. She is among many home owners whom feel this way. In order to restore our community we must work from every angle including those areas that may be less fortunate. Many of the children in this area have no where to go after school therefore they are becoming latch-key children because their parents have to work long hours. We all must work together to better this commu...
  • Transmutation Of Community Into Social Network
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    In the article, "The Community Question Re-Evaluated", the author Barry Wellman suggests that the change in nature of community is inevitable. Many people are stressful about changes their communities are going through such as loneliness, alienation leading to a "war of all against all". They would often compare their modern times community to of their pre-industrial predecessors. However, inhabitants of contemporary societies should have less to worry about than their ancestors with 'respect to...
  • Community Station
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    Arts in Transit It is never pleasant to wait in the cold for however long it takes for the train to arrive at the public transit stations, otherwise known in Boston as the T, during the winter. Nor is the thought of waiting during an intolerable heat wave in July to catch the subway across to the different communities of Boston. Honestly, there is never a time where I would call it enjoyable to sit inside of the MBTA. That was until I began to notice some of the art around me. I would have to sa...
  • Crucial Experiences And Interactions With My Community
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    In Callwood's depiction of life in "A Village Childhood", a very serene and affectionate village setting symbolizes the author's early childhood years. For me personally, a relatively similar community encompasses a similar amount of individual value for me. This community is the uncomplicated neighborhood where I spent the first eight years of my childhood. The somewhat brief period that I spent there was the essential foundation of my life; it was literally the primary stage of the development...

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