Mod 4 Unit 1 Topic 1 Flashcards
“process through which communities are helped to identify common problems or goals, mobilize resources, and in other ways develop and implement strategies for reaching their goals they have collectively set.”
Community organizing
Not a science but an art of consensus building within a democratic process
Community organizing
They emphasized place-based community
organizing
Murphy and Cunningham (2003)
“The characteristics of a community that affect their ability to identify, mobilize, address social health problems”
Community capacity
“One in which individuals and organizations apply their skills and resources in collective effort to meet their respective needs”
Empowered community
“Community organizing that starts where the people are and engages community members as equals”
Participation and Relevance
“Relationships and structures within a community that promote cooperation for mutual benefit”
Social capacity
Primary methods of community organizing
“It is heavily process oriented, stressing consensus and cooperation aimed at building group identity and a sense of community.”
Locality development
Primary methods of community organizing
“is heavily task oriented, stressing rational-empirical problem-solving”
Social planning
Primary methods of community organizing
“Both task and process oriented”
Social action
