Community cohesion refers to the aspect of togetherness and bonding exhibited by members of a community, the "glue" that holds a community together. This might include features such as a sense of common belonging or cultural similarity.
Examples of community cohesion are evident in community organizations that attempt social integration of multicultural societies and ethnic minority group communities through raising awareness, involvement in community programs, youth engagement, and linking charitable organizations. Examples of community cohesion can come in various forms, from charitable grant foundations to voluntary youth club organizations that provide culturally sensitive youth work.
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“I do not mean to imply that the good old days were perfect. But the institutions and structure—the web—of society needed reform, not demolition. To have cut the institutional and community strands without replacing them with new ones proved to be a form of abuse to one generation and to the next. For so many Americans, the tragedy was not in dreaming that life could be better; the tragedy was that the dreaming ended.”
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