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MY COMMUNITI

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LOW VEGASGET IT?...CAUSE LAS VEGAS IS MY LOW FUNCTIONING COMMUNITY!

I took that pic

FABULOUS LAS VEGAS• LAS VEGAS IS SPANISH FOR THE MEADOWS,

BECAUSE IT WAS SO GREEN.

• 1855 - THE FIRST SETTLERS ARRIVED. THEY WERE MORMON, AND THEIR FORT IS STILL THERE!

• LAS VEGAS BECAME AN OFFICAL CITY IN 1905.

• THE FIRST RESORT/CASINO WAS FOUNDED BY A MOBSTER KNOW AS BUGSY SIEGEL

• POPULATION IS AROUND 2 MILLION

• LAS VEGAS IS KNOWN AS A PARTY AND GAMBLING TOWN.

• FUN FACT: THE KILLERS, IMGAINE DRAGONS,& NEYO

SOCIAL CAPITALMY NIEGHBOR HOOD

• AROUND 80% OF THE FAMILIES IN MY AREA WERE CONSIDERED LOW INCOME

• LACK OF NETWORKING BETWEEN THE LOCAL POPULATION, POLICE, SCHOOLS, AND GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES.

• HIGH CRIME RATE… STORY TIME

• LARGE DIVERSITY, HOWEVER PEOPLE KEPT TO THEIR OWN RACES, UNLESS YOU WERE MIXED, THEN EVERY ONE HATED YOU

• HAD, AND STILL HAS, THE HIGHEST DROP OUT RATE IN THE COUNTRY

THE ECONOMIC CAPITALLACK THERE OF

• ONE OF THE HIGHEST UNEMPLOYMENT RATES IN THE COUNTRY- 8.9%

• 47% OF THE JOBS ARE SUPPORTED BY TOURISM (MGM RESORTS HAS 54,250 EMPLOYEES)

• SECOND WOULD BE WAL-MART

• CONSTRUCTION WAS BIG MONEY UNTIL THE BUBBLE POPPED

• MEDIAN HOUSE HOLD INCOME IS AROUND $50,000

• NEVADA - NUMBER ONE IN IN FORECLOSURES IN THE COUNTRY, HIGHEST % COMING OUT OF LAS VEGAS

NATURAL CAPITALWHAT, THERE'S NATURE IN VEGAS????

• LAKE MEAD - IT’S ONE OF THE LARGEST MAN MADE LAKES

• VALLEY OF FIRE - NAMED AFTER THE RED SAND STONE, AWESOME CAMPING

• RED ROCK CANYON - AWESOME ROCK CLIMBING• MT. CHARLESTON - IT’S THE END OF THE ROCKY’S AND A

HIKE TO THE TOP TO SEE ALL OF VEGAS.

COMMUNITY CONVERSATION CAN WE TALK? NO!

• THERE WAS NO COMMUNTION GOING ON OUTSIDE THE NIEGHBOR HOOD

• CONVERSATIONS ABOUT GANGS, DRUGS, B&E’S AND WHO GOT SHOT

• WHY WE COULDN’T GO ON THE STRIP AFTER NINE

• NO WAY IS THIS PLACE IS GOING TO BECOME A FAMILY TOWN

• I GOT A JOB AT STRIP CLUB OR CONSTRUCTION SITE … SO I’M GOING TO DROP OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL (YES IT WORKED BOTH WAYS)… SLANGING ROCK WAS A GOOD SOURCE OF EMPLOYMENT

ACCOUNTABILITY I NEVER LEARNED HOW TO COUNT

• LAS VEGAS IS – 14TH SAFEST CITY IN THE COUNTRY (100 IS THE SAFEST)

• LAST YEAR THERE WERE 4,720 VIOLENT AND 18,970 PROPERTY CRIMES

• 1 IN 124 BECOMING A VICTIM

• PAST FEW YEARS THE COPS WILL SHOOT YOU

• SEVERE LACK OF HUMAN SERVICE TYPE ORGANIZATIONS

• NEVADA TOOK THE 47-51 (THE LOWEST IN COUNTRY) FOR EDUCATION STANDARDS

BLOCK CONCEPTSCHOOSING FREEDOM

WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS STAYS IN VEGAS

NOT ME, I HAPPENED IN VEGAS AND I GOT THE HECK OUT!!!

LEARNING FROM ONE ANOTHER

I LEARNED FROM THE ONES AROUND ME THAT I DID NOT

WANT TO BE PART OF THE SYSTEM THAT IS VEGAS.

I WANTED TO MAKE SURE MY FUTURE FAMILY WOULD HAVE A

BETTER LIFE THEN I DID.

MARINE CORPS COMMUNITYHIGH FUNCTIONING BUNCH OF BAD A’S?!

U.S.M.C.WHAT MAKES THE GRASS GROW?!

• STARTED UP IN A BAR IN 1776

• IT IS A DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY (MEN'S DEPARTMENT)

• HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN EVERY CONFLICT INVOLVING AMERICA

• IS KNOW AS THE 911 FORCE

• SMALLEST BRANCH

• I JOINED AT 17

• SPENT FIVE YEARS IN THE INFANTRY, SNIPER PLATOON, AND MP’S

• STATIONED IN HAWAII

• DEPLOYED TO 7 COUNTRIES BY THE TIME I WAS 22

SOCIAL CAPITALWHEN YOU’RE IN YOUR’RE IN

• IT’S VERY DIVERSE

• ALL KINDS OF RACES, RELIGIONS, AND CREEDS HAPPENING

• MIXTURE OF SOCIAL CLASSES… WELL NOT TO MANY RICH FOLK, BUT WE HAVE SOME

• STRONG SENSE OF NETWORKING ACROSS THE RANKS AND AS VETERANS

• ONCE YOU BECOME A MARINE YOU ARE ONE FOR LIFE (I HAVE A NEW FAMILY NOW)

• WE STILL HAVE EACH OTHERS BACKS, EVEN WHEN WE ARE OUT

CULTURAL CAPITAL HOW DO YOU FIND IF SOMEONE IS A MARINE?

DON’T WORRY THEY WILL TELL YOU

• WE ARE OUR OWN CULTURAL

• WE EXCEPT OTHERS CULTURES

• WE Have A STRONG UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE WE COME FORM

• WE ARE VERY PROUD OF BEING MARINES… A LITTLE TO PROUD

• SEMPER FI

POLITICALIT’S NOT A DEMOCRACY!

IT’S A DICTATORSHIP!

• NOTHING GETS DONE WITHOUT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT’S APPROVAL

• BUDGET COMES FROM WHAT’S APPROVED BY THE COMMITTEES

• HIGHER-UPS HAVE TO ANSWER TO LEADERS IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

• DON’T ASK, DON’T TELL

• SEXUAL CRIMES

• OSAMA

BLOCK CONCEPTS

Accountability

UCMJ

Your ACCOUNTABLE FOR YOUR guys to THE left and right

Family back home

Country

Community as Self led agent of change

Make a difference in the world

Fight for those WHO can’t fight for themselves

LAKERIDGE LNGE-O THIS AREA IS BETTER THEN MY LAST PLACE

HISTORYIF MY BOYS COULD SEE ME NOW

• Used to be the Pig farm (it only had horses)

• Houses started being built around 30 years ago

• My house was built in the 90’s

• We moved in last year

• Used my VA home loan to get the house

SOCIAL CAPITALMIDDLE CLASS IS A TRIP

• Social capital is really important in the neighborhood

• Health of the community is important

• Great relationships between the majority the neighbors

• Safety is high priority

• A lot of networking going on

• Very cohesive neighborhood

NATURAL CAPITAL

HUMAN CAPITAL I GOT NOTHIN ITS 1130 AT NIGHT

• POSITIVE INTERACTION WITH one OTHER

• WE HAVE VETERANS, PROGRAMMERS,TEACHERS, ENGINEERS, MECHANICS, AUTHORS, BPD EMPOYEES, AND ME

• CHILDREN OF ALL AGES

• ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT IDEOLOGIES

• WE LOOK OUT FOR EACH OTHER

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LEARNING FROM ONE ANOTHER

Yard maintenance

asking for help

snow cave

ASSOCIATIONAL LIFEParties

Events

Sporting activities

Fin