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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 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.
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
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
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
BLOCK
LEARNING FROM ONE ANOTHER
Yard maintenance
asking for help
snow cave
ASSOCIATIONAL LIFEParties
Events
Sporting activities