Community Change
Craig Kielburger, Mohammed Yunus and Vandana Shiva are examples of this.
What are community change agents?
How community members feel about themselves and interactive with each other is known as...
What is the Social Psychological Perspective.
Keeping equilibrium and balance is fundamental to this theory.
What is system's theory?
Viewing communities based on their assets, skills and capacities vs. their needs is the definition for what?
What is asset mapping?
What is power?
A number of people who have something in common that connects them.
What is a community?
Educating a senior population on sexually transmitted diseases is an example of what type of community change.
What is community involvement?
A healthy neighbourhood that takes care of it's community members and which functions to serve all is an example of what theory.
What is System's Theory?
Documents individual skills/traits that are advantageous for the community like organizational assets, voluntary associations, citizen groups and religious and cultural groups.
What is asset mapping?
Easier access to material objects and influence is an example of this.
What is money Basis of Power?
Neighbourhoods, job environments, religion affiliation and hobbies are examples of this.
What are types of communities?
What is an Indigenous Worldview?
Large institutions, government, religious organizations and the economy are examples of this system.
What is Exosystem?
ABCD stands for what?
What is Asset-Based Community Development?
Possession of knowledge & ability to control information.
What is Information Basis of Power?
These individuals have the primary responsibility for decision making in the community.
Who are the community?
The belief that every person has value and potential and one is not defined by their limitations.
What is Strength-Based Perspective?
Recognizing that everyone has cultural and life experiences that are different but that we also have similarities is an example of what theory.
What is Multiculturalism?
The Principles of ABCD are?
Everyone has gifts, relationships build communities, citizens are at the centre, leaders involve others, people care, listen, ask.
Informal research to uncover how power works in a community is important. Questions to ask would be...
Who influences people? Who are their most difficult opponents?
Get lists of every group, organization that involves community power
Local newspapers
Who is asking questions and who responds?
Where are limited resources allocated?
The five targets for community change are:
What are: community involvement, improving service delivery systems, making improvement within your own agency, political involvement, using the courts.
Using one's power responsibly?
Remain friendly and intentional.
You do not need to ease the discomfort of those who benefit from the status quo by pursuing your goals.
As long as you take your lead from the community, you should remain confident.
This theory addresses the prejudicial and inequitable relations that communities experience.
What is AOP?
8 Actionables for ABCD are?
1.Establish a Community Building Team
2.Recruit a Community Animator
3.Host Community Conversations
4.Engage Community Groups and Organizations
5.Build Connections and Social Interactions
6.Inspire Vision and Plan for the Future
7.Implement Change
8.Foster Celebration
Creating a Base Power involves the these three components.
what is:
mobilizing interest,
taking action,
and accessing the power of others.