Building Communities
We have reached a point in our society where we must consider who our communities are built for and what legacy we are leaving for future generations. This topic becomes necessary especially now that a lot of communities are facing different types of challenges, including unequal access to basic amenities, lack of infrastructural development, non-inclusion, to name a few.
Nevertheless, some areas of our community have experienced some progress in terms of healthcare and technology. Yet, as with many other elements of our society, unequal access to these essential societal necessities still persists. This issue of inequality, among others, has caused a significant split among community members and is becoming too huge to ignore, as it has generated a black hole of poverty and unfairness into which the poor are being sucked and the rich are moving further and further away.
Building communities is an important process that promotes human connections and creates infrastructure for those connections to take place.
To achieve this, legal, policy frameworks, and regulation ought to be inclusive, and promote and uphold fair inclusive mechanisms in all aspects of execution, ensuring equal access to the basic facilities, public space, education, and information, and respecting and accommodating diversity and cultural pluralism.
However, establishing a diverse community does not automatically imply a community that embraces equity and inclusivity. There is a job to be done in every sector that appreciates differences to make each member feel important, respected, recognized, and valued. This necessitates a high level of empathy as well as a willingness to engage in tough topics.
We must be conscious of inclusivity as leaders and community builders. And you can't be a thoughtful or inclusive leader until you have a thorough understanding of what community members require to succeed.
An inclusive community means a safe community and safe communities stimulate intellectual curiosity, courteous dialogue, and personal growth. Working toward this objective, as well as working on our own personal development, demonstrates a dedication to lifelong learning and kindness, understanding, and respect.
Some populations in the United States have considerably bigger health inequalities than others. These inequalities are triggered not just by intrinsic disparities in health status between segments of the population, but also by inequities in factors that influence health status, known as determinants of health.
Leaders and community members should make it a priority to create sustainable, healthy, and egalitarian communities. An equitable, healthy community provides complete physical, social, and psychological well-being to all of its people at all life stages and incorporates the following themes into all of its elements: affordability, accessibility, sustainability, equity, safety, and diversity.
The goal of a successful community is to provide practical assistance to individuals in disadvantaged and growing multi-cultural community groups. This enables all people to plan for the future, establish great leadership, engage employees and volunteers, and successfully execute projects and events, among other things.
We can construct a better, more productive, equitable, flourishing, and fulfilled populace by following this method - community by community. If there is to be any profit at all, profit for a few must come to an end. We as a collective society (local, state, national, and global) have no potential without the success of all people who have it. It is both our job and our benefit to assist one another.
