LEARNING SYSTEM TOPIC: COMMUNITY ORGANIZING ADVOCACY AND SOCIAL MOBILIZATION REPORTER: AMADO B. TAMARES JR. M.A. IN EDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENT PROFESSOR: DR. VIOLETA A. AFABLE COMMUNITY ORGANIZING | DEFINITIONS OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZING Community Organizing * Refers to the framework and methodology used by social development workers in empowering people’s organization as a way of addressing poverty and social inequality. * Defined as a social development approach that aims to transform
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“Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy”‚ which was compiled in 2003 by the South Central Economic Development District‚ Franklin County ranks last in housing unit counts‚ wage and salary income‚ employer establishments. County population has declined over 34% from 5‚449 in 1960 to 3‚574 in 2000. (Gorman‚ 20) Is the future of Franklin‚ Nebraska a steady decline with an end as a ghost town in the future? Franklin has a chance to reverse this trend with lots of community involvement‚ and by taking
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Running head: The Importance of Schools in a Community "The Importance of Schools in a Community" Community Development Executive Summary This case study will focus on the effects of a redistricting decision in Calvert County‚ Maryland. There were three possible plans that were being considered. The redistricting plans centered on the opening of a new elementary school in central Calvert County. The proposed plans would all have profound effects on three different schools and many neighborhoods
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Research Method Paper A Community Needs Assessment Research is conducted in a variety of different ways using different methods and methodologies. How these methods are used is imperative to how clear and accurate research will be. Community needs assessment is a research method used by many researchers that assists in finding gaps within a particular target group within a particular community. Throughout this paper I will discuss what a community needs assessment is and when and how it is
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SOWK 543- Fall 2012 Assignment #1: Community Immersion Joseph Gossner 9/25/12 Stephanie Carter Abstract The purpose of this research paper is to compare and contrast two smaller sub-communities that are encompassed by the larger community of Santa Maria‚ California. This paper will promote the beliefs and theories of modern Social Workers‚ and address the resources and needs of the two communities in question. The compilation of this paper was derived from research that was conducted
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Community Oriented Policing In spite of the fact that the United States still exceeds many other industrialized nations in overall crime and violent crime‚ it has been effective in decreasing its crime rate‚ particularly during the 1990s. While some coalitions have attributed this positive development to changes in socio-demographic trends and rigid enforcement approaches‚ one coalition highlights the success of the community-oriented policing and problem-oriented policing in eradicating the root
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BENEFIT OF COMMUNITY SERVICE - to help others - to meet new people - to make a difference - to have fun - to feel better about yourself - to feel an increase sense of community - increase your productivity - to learn a new skill - to use skills you already have - to give hope to others - to help make others happy - to help the environment - to feel valued and appreciated - to give your life purpose Benefits Of Community service Though‚ the concept of community service is not very
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the structures of community power remains one of the central challenges of community development theory and practice. Researchers have long sought to understand and measure the distribution of power in organizations‚ local communities‚ nations and around the world. Hence classical studies of community power tended to identify elitist (Hunter‚ 53; Mills‚ 56) or Pluralist (Dahl‚ 61; Truman‚ 51) structures. These studies were carried out using different methods in different communities. The observed differences
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definitions of CO based on your literature search a. Community organizing is the process of building power that includes people with a problem in defining their community‚ defining the problems that they wish to address‚ the solutions they wish to pursue‚ and the methods they will use to accomplish their solutions (Susan‚ Stall & Stoecker‚ 1997). b. Community organizing is social work concentrating upon the organized development of community social welfare through coordination of public and private
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Community Conceptual Model Community Conceptual Model Conceptual models are effective guides and tools used for nursing practice. They merge concepts and ideas providing a framework for how to think or demonstrate the elaborate connections between concepts‚ structures‚ or a system. They categorize existing interrelationships amid concepts into ways that can effectively direct actions and interventions. The objective of this paper is to define and examine the social ecology model and its
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