Community Action & Phases of Community Organization

Question 1

A collective grasp and ownership of a community of a problem which impacts them

Answer 1

Community Action

Question 2

An element of community action that emphasizes a community’s lens and perspective of specific problems

Community members must come from a similar BACKGROUND

Answer 2

Common Context

Question 3

An element of community action which emphasizes a community’s ability to relate and be united by pursuing a common cause

Answer 3

Common Experience

Question 4

An element of community action which elevates a community’s relation from feeling to thinking

Subjective experiences become more objective

Answer 4

Common Understanding

Question 5

An element of community action that establishes core values and principles that can make or break a community

A blend of objectivity (establishing principles) and subjectivity (establishing values)

Answer 5

Common Analysis

Question 6

An element of community action that encourages compromise, established standards, and common summaries

Answer 6

An Acceptable Standard

Question 7

An element of community action that emphasize the ability of the community to take charge, mobilize resources, and agree on an action

Answer 7

An action acceptable to the community

Question 8

A phase of community organization that identifies real needs over felt needs

Answer 8

Issue identification, Analysis, and Dissemination

Question 9

A phase of community organization that gathers people to discuss problems, plan, formulate mechanisms and systems, and identify community leaders

Answer 9

Mobilization of Community

Question 10

A phase of a community organization that identifies resources, strengths and weaknesses, and implement plans in an organized matter

Answer 10

Organization

Question 11

A phase of community organization that enhances skill, human resources, and establishes community members duties and responsibilities

Answer 11

On Education