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The word “community” stimulates many different images in the minds of those that hear it. For many, community is the city or town in which they live, for some community is a network of professionals with whom they work and associate each day, for others it means a family or group of friends with whom they share common interests or goals. ... Community, with all its definitions and manifestations, can at times be a source of harmony and happiness, but it can also be a source of discord and discontent.
Most often when community is discussed it is considered a positive part of society. ... The picture of a perfect small town where everyone knows everyone else is an image evoked by thoughts of community. ... In the chapter, “Collective Trauma: Loss of Communality,” from his book, Everything in Its Path: Destruction of Community in the Buffalo Creek Community, Kai Erikson provides a definition for those people within a community with whom you would find a sense of family: “A neighbor, then, is someone you can relate to without pretense, a familiar and reliable part of your everyday environment; a neighbor is someone you treat as if he or she were a member of your immediate family.
Approximate Word count = 934
Approximate Pages = 3.7
(250 words per page double spaced)
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