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

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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 ANOTHERI 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

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AccountabilityUCMJ

Your ACCOUNTABLE FOR YOUR guys to THE left and rightFamily back home

CountryCommunity as Self led agent of change

Make a difference in the worldFight 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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ANOTHERYard maintenance asking for help

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ASSOCIATIONAL LIFEPartiesEvents

Sporting activities

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