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My Communities

My Communities. Bridget E spinola. Three communities. Everett, WA Geographical Low-High functioning Northeastern University (sorry WWU) Community of Interest High functioning Boston Geographical Low-High functioning. Everett, wa. History.

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My Communities

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  1. My Communities Bridget Espinola

  2. Three communities • Everett, WA • Geographical • Low-High functioning • Northeastern University (sorry WWU) • Community of Interest • High functioning • Boston • Geographical • Low-High functioning

  3. Everett, wa

  4. History • Land acquired from 1855 Treaty of Point Elliott • Plans for town started 1890 • Rucker Brothers, Henry Hewitt, Charles Colby, and Colgate Hoyt begin land development • Hewitt-Colby name city after Colby’s son Everett • Railroad developments, mining ties • Survivors of the 1907 Bellingham riots settled • …until beaten and forcefully evicted two months later • Everett Massacre 1916 • It’s still pretty nice here for the most part

  5. Cultural Capital • Fine Arts highly valued • Everett Historic Theatre, Village Theatre, Everett Symphony • Schack Art Center, Imagine Children’s Museum, Café Zippy (best place ever!!) • Everett Art Walk, public sculptures throughout city • Music in the Parks (Marina..) – every Thursday, free, during Summer • August “Street Tunes” – painted pianos in the streets • Love for farmers and nature • June “Sorticulture” – garden arts & crafts, nursery festival at Legion Park • Farmers Market – every Sunday at the marina • Country Farms, Red Barn (Triangle Fruit Market), Sno-Isle Co-op • Every Christmas a tree is hung in the Hewitt-Colby intersection • Sausage Fest (aka the best festival ever) – held at Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church (very nice church, African preacher that my mom finds adorable apparently)

  6. So…so much capital • Natural Capital • Jetty Island • Spencer Island • Forest Park • HowarthPark • Evergreen Arboretum • Multiple other parks • Political capital • SSA office • DSHS office • County Seat • County Jail • Naval Base • Physical Capital • Everett Community College • Multiple satellite programs, including WWU • Providence Medical Center, Everett Clinic • Library, Everett Herald • Transportation hub • I-5, HWY 99, train/bus station • Largest public marina on the West coast • Comcast Arena • Economic Capital • Boeing, BECU

  7. Social/HumanCapital Assessment • Diversity leaves something to be desired • Crime rates are appalling for a city that is as “developed” as Everett • Needs more anti-crime community programs, rehabilitation for convicts released from County Jail • It’s interesting to see such rallying for local produce and art juxtaposed with moderately large gaps in social services • There are still neighborhoods in desperate need of community intervention • Fragmented community, no real sense of connection to one another • Demographics • Pop. 104,655 (6th largest in WA) • 49% females • 25.4% people of color • 20.2% Bachelor’s or higher • $47,491 median household income • 16.9% in poverty • Crime Rates • Twice as much property crime as national average • 2010 had twice the rate of rapes than national average • Most dangerous city in NW aside from Tacoma, statistically • Boeing relocation • USS Abraham Lincoln ticker-tape parades (no more..) • Desolation of paper mill, no more stinky egg smell

  8. Conversations, accountability, and block (2009) • Focus on gifts: “community is built by focusing on people’s gifts rather than their deficiencies” (p. 12). • Everett needs to improve focusing on the city’s gifts rather than on the deficiencies • Too much focus is placed on the deficiencies of at-risk neighborhoods and on crime rates • The “mask” of Everett can be used to address community deficiencies • Increasing population = bigger economy • Government service hub; guide at-risk members to needed services • Community involvement through art and farming • Conversations • We often put down our community • Crime rates and the majority of neighborhoods are not in good shape • There is a wide consensus that Everett is trashy and that is often the focus of discussion • Environmental issues • Sustainable farming • Marine life conservation & clean-up • Conservation parks • Accountability • “Operation Warm” firefighters donate coats to school kids • “Meet Your Farmer” school program • Arsenic clean-up • Annual field trips to Jetty Island to eradicate invasive species

  9. Northeastern university

  10. History • Founded in 1898 as the “Evening Institute for Younger Men” at the YMCA • 1909 Co-operative program begins • 5-year degree program with one year of paid internships, no classes • Included in university system in 1916 • 1922 name changed to Northeastern University • Began admitting women after WWII • 1996-2006 huge expansions in facilities, staff, colleges • Reorganization of academic calendar • 2 semesters and 2 “mini-semesters” in Summer for co-ops • Start school in early September, end in mid-April (not joking)

  11. Capital • Cultural Capital • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhl6o-pdN9I • Experiental Co-Op programs – “middler” • HOCKEY!! • NEU Huskies – fans are referred to as “The Doghouse” (and we’re simply the loudest fans there are) • Annual Beanpot tournament between NEU, BU, BC, and Harvard • Physical Capital • Ruggles Station, Green Line stop • Curry Student Center • afterHOURS entertainment venue • The only Taco Bell in Boston (it really is an actual fact) • A Starbucks that is open until 3am during Finals • Boston Police Department • State-of-the-art facilities and technology • Underground tunnels

  12. Social/HumanCapital Assessment • Racial diversity can be improved • Impressive international representation • Students take advantage of their co-op experiences to create services in response to their own needs • This university makes waves in collaboration between students, faculty, and community members by taking advantage of their own human capital • Demographics • 51% females (WWU 55.5%) • 28.7% people of color (WWU 21.3%) • 18.5% international students (WWU 1%) • 139 countries represented • Students working together • Laundry delivery service (yes, I know) • Husky Environmental Action Team • #1 “Green” College in US • Used Beanpot to promote Relay for Life • “50 Years Forward” year-long commemoration of civil rights leaders • Delivering digital literacy sessions to low-income families • Community military tributes, high military support

  13. Conversations, accountability, and block (2009) • Associational life: “groups of people voluntarily coming together to do some good” (p. 13). • Countless students and faculty come together regularly to find solutions to problems or to leave a positive impact somewhere • Student Veterans Organization – memorial & hockey stadium chair • “Our Marathon: The Boston Bombing Digital Archive” • “World AIDS Day” faculty panel • NEU-Comcast digital literacy workshops for low-income people • Spring Break “Spring Into Action” service projects • "Turning water into rice" student business proposal to feed orphans in Bali • Spearhead of diversity, environmental, science, technology, and liberal arts community efforts • Conversations • Faculty & student panels which speak about important topics • Automatic/robotics warfare, nuclear power • LGBTQ future • Healthcare, human connection • Accountability • Student Government voting • “How diversity strengthens our community” – how to increase campus diversity discussion; interfaith activism • Everything. Just everything.

  14. boston

  15. history • Puritans from England founded the city in 1630 • Played central role in the American Revolution • Boston Tea Party, Battle of Bunker Hill, Boston Siege, Boston Massacre, Freedom Trail • 1800s transportation, intellectual, educational, medical, financial center of the US • Funded essential railroads across the nation • Base for anti-slavery activities during Civil War • Controlled by "elite" Boston Brahmins during 19th century • Irish Catholics took back control in 1900 • 1950 industrial market peaked and went into decline • recovered by 21st century and maintained status as central hub of education, medicine, and technology

  16. capital • Physical Capital • Over 20 universities and colleges in the city • Harvard, MIT, Boston University, Boston College, Northeastern University (woopwoop represent), Berklee College of Music, Tufts University, UMASS • Boston Public Library, JFK Library • Fenway Park, TD Garden • Tufts Medical Center, Harvard Medicine, and more • South Station, huge subway/train hub; Logan Airport • Boston Common/Garden, The Fens • Museum of Fine Arts (MoFA), other museums.. • Freedom trail, historical statues, Boston National Historical Park, Faneuil Hall • Prudential Building/Mall, Copley Plaza, John Hancock Building • Cheers Bar (with funny t-shirts) • Economic Capital • With $363 billion, is the 6th largest economy in the nation and 12th largest in the world • Post-secondary students contribute $4.8 billion annually to economy • Federal Reserve building, Financial District • Rated top life sciences cluster in the nation, receives the most NIH funding • Several major corporations • Bain Capital, Liberty Mutual, Google, IBM, Microsoft, Facebook, Twitter, Novartis and Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Zipcar, Bentley Motors

  17. Social/HumanCapital Assessment • Even though it is highly diverse, Boston is still heavily segregated • Don’t go past Columbus… • The poverty level is saddening considering the financial capital of Boston • Inclusivity is undermined by the fact that Boston is consumed by the Irish and baseball fans • Of the three days where bikes are prohibited on subways, 2 of them are St. Patrick’s Day and any Red Sox home game • Demographics • Population 636,479 • 24.4% African-American • 17.5% Latino • 8.9% Asian • 0.4% Native American • 47% White (whoaaaaa) • 43.4% Bachelor’s or higher • $53,136 median household income • 21.2% living in poverty • 5th largest LGBTQ community in nation (only slightly behind Seattle) • Boston bombing impact • International holidays and activism practiced in open, inclusive participation • LGBTQ St. Patrick’s Day parade • Red Sox World Series 2013

  18. Conversations, accountability, and block (2009) • “Citizens who use their power to convene other citizens are what create an alternative future” (p. 31) • LGBTQ St. Patrick’s Day Parade controversy • Community programs, such as the “Stay in School” program • Boston Ukraine Community • Conversations • City looks like a celebration of heritage and history • “Boston Homicide Map” hmmm… • Science, technology, diversity, healthcare, globalization, and politics are widely discussed and applied to the community • Accountability • Expected to be informed, to have an opinion that is backed by valid sources • Boston Celtics “Stay in School” program– attendance prizes • Boston Cares – equivalent WVC

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