Community Organizing Flashcards
Name the 2 processes involved in community organizing
Planning= identifying problem, causes, and solutions
Organizing = developing constituencies and deriving strategies
Define community organization
Method of intervention where individuals, groups, and organizations engage in planned action to address social problems
T or f community organizing focuses on psychological needs
False social needs
Enhancement of participatory skills of citizens, resource distribution, development of resources, empowerment, development of leaders are examples of what
Ways community organizing helps communities
Define cooptation
Including the enemy in your group
Name the keys to prevention
- Prevent a problem before initial onset
- Treat symptoms and prevent reoccurrence
- Reduce duration of problem
Name the steps to problem solving
- Acknowledge problem
- Define & analyze
- Generate solutions
- Evaluate options
- Implement choice
- Evaluate outcome
What does collaboration involve?
Interpersonal communication, group process skills, and empathy
What is key to the work of community interventions
The phase of intervention