community organization
Americannoun
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an organization, often a charitable one, that is created to serve the needs of a specific community.
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work done in collaboration with community members to provide resources that improve community well-being.
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“Since the election, we have heard from numerous families paralyzed by uncertainty,” said Diego Rodrigues, chief operating officer of Alma Family Services, a community organization.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 26, 2024
The authors partnered with this community organization to broaden the sample of participants beyond the local New Brunswick area and to contribute to the larger conversations about cancer communication.
From Science Daily • Oct. 16, 2023
You could also investigate what should be reported to 311 to get a response from a city agency, and what a registered community organization can help to address.
From Salon • Sep. 26, 2023
The injunction was sought by several transgender children, parents and a community organization in a lawsuit challenging the ban.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 5, 2023
Ethnological and historical studies of individual communities furnish valuable comparative materials for a treatise upon human ecology which would serve as a guidebook for studies in community organization.
From Introduction to the Science of Sociology by Park, Robert Ezra
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