Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Community Assignment: Comparing the Perspectives and Approaches of Three Organizations

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Over the course of the semester it has become clear that there are a multitude of perspectives and approaches used when engaging in communit...
Saturday, April 6, 2013

Urban Blight and Collective Consciousness: Responding to the Image of "Other"

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Bedford Park Avenue Station, Bronx, NY Photo Credit: Adam Moriera/City Limits In class we have had a number of discussions around the i...

A Comprehensive Response to Urban Poverty

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Photo Credit: City of Henderson, NV As a macro-level social work student the issue of community development and revitalization is at...
Thursday, April 4, 2013

Perspectives for Understanding the Urban Economic Divide

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Photo Credit:  http://liu.english.ucsb.edu/wiki1/images/2/2b/Sign.jpg In a previous post I referred to a series of recent articles exam...

Perceptions, Norms, and Social Integration: Dynamics of Community Safety

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Photo Credit: Gazette.net While working at my last organization, I was tasked with identifying programs that had demonstrated effectiven...
Saturday, March 2, 2013

Developing Leaders From Within

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Photo Credit: Youth UpRising I have grappled with the question of who is best positioned to ignite change in deprived communities—commun...
Thursday, February 28, 2013

Spectrum of Diversity: Can a Community Be Diverse Without Integration?

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Photo Credit: Forbes.com A recent class discussion spurred the question “what constitutes a diverse community?” In particular, the quest...