Nikki Tate - Better Together: Creating Community in an Uncertain World

4-H club,

acceptance,

activists,

activity-based communities,

adoption,

Afghanistan,

African Americans,

age: cohorts,

Altos de Chavn,

American Tarantula Society,

Andropov, Yuri,

animal communities,

Antarctica,

ant colonies,

apartment building, worlds largest,

artists,

athletes village, ,

Australia,

babies,

basic human needs,

basketball, all-Native tournament,

bees,

beliefs,

birth parents,

birthplace,

birthrate,

bonds, between people,

Breadwinner, The,

British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal,

Byblos, oldest inhabited city,

Canadian Women for Women in Afghanistan,

Casa de Campo, Dominican Republic,

celebrations,

childcare,

childrens rights,

China: Chinatown,

Chinese Canadians, discrimination against,

cities: ant,

Civil Rights Movement, . See also equality

civil war,

CoAbode,

collaboration: animal,

communal housing,

communes,

community: activity-based, . See also friends

conflict, . See also war

conflict-resolution skills,

Convention on the Rights of the Child,

cryptophasia,

culture,

DArcy Island leper colony,

daycare, . See also childcare

discrimination, . See also racism

Dunant, Henry (Swiss businessman),

Earth Guardians,

ecovillages,

education: basic human right, . See also school

Eisenhower, President Dwight D.,

Ellis, Deborah (author),

Ellis Island, NY,

emergencies, . See also natural disasters; UNICEF

environmental concerns,

equality,

Esperanto language,

ethnicity, . See also race

extended family,

fair trade,

families: adoptive parents,

fear, misunderstanding,

fitting in. See acceptance

flags,

food: athletes village,

foster families,

friends: best,

friendship: importance of,

fundraising,

gangs,

gay marriage,

Gay Pride festivals,

Global Ecovillage Network,

goodwill ambassadors,

government programs,

grandparents,

Guinness Book of World Records,

Hands Across the Sand,

Hansens disease,

health: care,

Heiltsuk First Nation,

Hierarchy of Needs theory,

homeless community,

homosexuality,

households: composition of,

housing: apartments,

Human Genome Project,

humans: basic needs,

Humanitas nursing home,

identity,

immigrants, . See also refugees

India: education,

Indian Act,

Indigenous people,

intentional communities,

International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC),

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC),

International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement,

International Space Station (ISS),

isolation, . See also ostracism; segregation

Israel: kibbutzim,

Jackson, Jesse (civil rights activist),

jail. See prison

jobs. See work

Journey to the Soviet Union,

kibbutzim,

Kipling Acres Long-term Care Home,

Klingon language, Star Trek,

languages: as culture,

Le Lignon apartments,

leper colonies,

LGBTQ community,

Little Rock High School,

Little Women for Little Women in Afghanistan,

London, England,

long-term care facilities,

Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD),

love: basic human need,

Malala Fund,

Martinez, Xiuhtezcatl,

Masai people,

Maslow, Abraham (psychologist),

maypole dance,

misogyny,

mixed-race families,

mobile street cafes,

monasteries,

moving,

music,

natural disasters,

neighborhoods,

neighbors,

Netherlands,

New York, NY: Chinatown,

nuclear family,

nuclear weapons,

nursing homes. See long-term care facilities

Olympic Games,

one-child policy, China,

online communities,

online safety,

ostracism, . See also isolation; segregation

O.U.R. Ecovillage,

overpopulation,

Palestine,

Paris, France,

partnerships,

Parvanas Journey,

peace,

Peres Center for Peace,

persecution, . See also discrimination; racism

playing: chess,

Podmorow, Alaina,

Power Africa project,

Pride festivals,

prison,

privacy,

problem-solving,

projects, community,

protests,

quarantine,

race,

racism,

rainbow flag,

Red Cross,

refugee camps,

refugees, . See also immigrants

religion,

retirement,

rights: childrens,

Rio+

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,

Rwanda, civil war,

sailing community,

same-sex couples, . See also gay marriage

school: classrooms, . See also education

security,

segregation, . See also isolation; ostracism

self-determination,

seniors,

Shakespeare and Company,

shelter,

Simon Community,

single-child families,

single-parent households,

Smith, Samantha (good will ambassador),

social connections, . See also collaboration; friends

solar power,

spirituality, . See also beliefs; religion

sports:

stereotypes, . See also discrimination

Tawang monastery,

travel,

treaty of Antarctica,

UNESCO,

UNICEF,

United Nations (UN),

United Nations Day,

Uruk, first city,

Vassilyev, Valentina,

VIDEA,

Vietnam,

Villages, The, retirement community,

violence,

war: civil,

Wilson, Josiah,

Windsor House School,

women: education for,

work: careers,

working together. See collaboration

World Health Organization,

Yugoslavia, civil war,

Zamenhof, L.L.,

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adoption a process whereby a person assumes the parenting of a child and all rights and responsibilities from the biological parent or parents

age cohort a group of people of a similar age

birth parent a biological parent as opposed to an adoptive parent

census an official count or survey of a population, typically recording various details of individuals such as age, gender and ethnicity

charter a document that sets out an organizations goals

commune a group of people living together and sharing possessions and responsibilities, sometimes known as a collective or a cooperative

community a group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common; also a feeling of fellowship with others as a result of sharing common attitudes, interests and goals

convent a group of nuns; also the place where a group of nuns lives

cryptophasia a phenomenon of a language developed by twins (identical or fraternal) that only the two children can understand

culture the beliefs, customs, arts and way of life of a particular society, group, place or time

discrimination the practice of unfairly treating a person or group of people differently from other people or groups of people, especially on the basis of race, age or gender

ecovillage an intentional community that has a strong focus on environmental and economic sustainability

Esperanto a made-up language that was invented to be easy to learn and could be understood by people around the world