Cupcakes And Canvas: A Community Analysis

A community is a social group established by geographic boundaries or common values and interests. Its members know and interact with one another and function in a particular social structure and exhibit and create norms, values and, social institutions (Stanhope, 2008).

Community exists between a social group of people who have a common culture, heritage, or share a common government. Community acts as a positive social value by giving people a sense of belonging. Huxley perverts community in his World State to exemplify the society as dystopian.

The formal definition of a community, is a group of people living in the same vicinity while having a common characteristic(s). However a community is much more than that, a community is a place that everyone can benefit and gain from people around them, as well as learn from experiences that they have faced and share it with others to avoid the same mistakes. In adittion to that, it is also a place where you can count on in times of trouble and dire need.This philosophy of a community is what allows individuals and eventually groups of people to be better off and achieve their goals while helping others in the process. If selected for the Forty Acres Scholars Program I hope to contribute my time, energy, and brain power to the essential scholar

A community is a group of people living in the same place or have a particular characteristic in common. In todays society where you grow up has a huge impact on your life that could be negative or positive. If you are the individual who did not turn out like others in your community then you should be proud of yourself because you beat out the odds of every statistics thoughts. “You choose the life that you put out to live”. Which means that if you choose to live by a tough boy image than that’s the image you will pay for if you do not change the way you are living. A community can make or break people of good quality and positive role models. A negative affect a community could partake in is having you get involved and doing things you never done before. A positive effect that your community can have on you is helping you be knowledgeable of life and paying attention to your surroundings. Even so, their may be times when you do not feel loved

The best way to define a community will never be clear. You have your own feelings on communities and our thoughts on it will always be different from everyone else's. Everyone has a different perspective on communities, it is endless. All of the definitions relate to what I think about a community. Community to me means “home”. A community is where I have grown up and learned important life lessons. The things that matter most to me in my community are my family, my

Community is defined as the area in which the corporation is doing their business and usually a city, a town or the assets of an area. Having a good community to

The word community may bring to mind, a group of people coming together under a common interest or background. In every community, there are positives and negatives. The city of the Simi Valley’s positives outweigh the negatives. Some might say it is almost an “ideal” community. An old African proverb states “If you want to go quickly, go alone, If you want to go far, go together”. This quote refers to the structure and collaboration of a community, how it functions. In our English class, we have been reading about the successfulness of a community. Texts we have read by range from civil rights leaders to insightful patriots. All of these texts have pointed to one conclusion. The successfulness of a community relies on the actions the community takes when facing outside groups.

Community is often defined as “a group of people who live in the same area” (Webster, n.d., p. 1), however deepening the definition one may describe a community as a feeling which “happens when people come together for the good of the whole” (Farmer, 2010, p. 1). A collective sense of belonging within a community is essential to planning and building healthy communities for the future.

Taking in these multiple perspectives of community, I have learned through my life that community, as I understand it, is a group of people—the amount or cultural background may vary—that live in the same area—area being defined in multiple ways as well—that interact either directly or indirectly causing either mutual, commensal, or harmful

A community is a group of people who live in the same area, interact with each other, and share certain norms and values. A community is defined as a locality-based entity, composed of systems of formal organizations reflecting societal institutions, informal groups, and aggregates that are interdependent and whose function or expressed intent is to meet a wide variety of collective needs (Stanhope & Lancaster, 2012).

What is a community? It is such a vague word that a community is. According to science a biological community is an interacting group of various species that share a common location. To a sociologist however a community is defined as a group of people who have something in common, whether it is norms, values, identities or neighborhood. A community can be described in many ways. In fact a single person can be a part of many communities. However, many take this concept in vain, a community is more important than one might think. Being involved in a community is imperative to a person intellectual and social development and in reciprocal each single individual is necessary for the community to flourish

2. Community - In pursuing their interest, members engage in joint activities and discussions, help each other, and share information. They build relationships that enable them to learn from each other.

Community is a broad concept within the social sciences (sociology specifically) and one that is used frequently. It is one of the most vague and ambiguous terms, yet is commonplace to everyday life. The core concept of the term refers to social bonds and connections that exist between individuals in a particular geographical location. However vague the term may be, ‘Community’ as a construct is indeed of great importance when attempting to understand the impact of an era of social, political, economic, cultural and technological change.

Throughout my life, I have been privileged to know a strong sense of community. My understanding of community has been carved out and shaped by each community that I have been a part of and the subsequent life experiences that I have had by being a part of these communities. To me, community means a sense of belonging with people who have some capacity of like-mindedness. When you belong to a community, you feel like a piece of a larger puzzle that comes together to create a whole. Each community you belong to both influences you, and is influenced by you. Moreover, your belonging to a community generates a sense of unity and shares a common goal, value, or outlook.

A community is a social unit of any size that shares common values, whose members resides in a