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Current Events, Social Change, and Community Planning

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Discuss a current event that exemplifies how community planning impacts social change and vice versa. For instance, the aftermath of the Trayvon Martin case can be considered a call for social change; it illustrates how community planning can impact community policing and how community policing policy affects social change. Also, mass shootings in schools, social gatherings can be considered a call for social change, and many more.

· In discussing your event, explain the community planning changes made due to the event. How does your example illustrate a call for social change?

Social Change

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As we near the end of the course, consider the topics we have covered these past eleven weeks. Why is the study of sociology important? Do you see any connections between changing social norms and the larger, global issues that face us today? We’ve learned about some of the complexities of social structures and interactions. Do you believe the current dynamics of our social reality has made for a better world for our children than that defined by our own parents and grandparents? If so, how? If not, what do you consider to be the most significant social changes to threaten our current way of life?