Initiating Grassroots Community Development Cathy Cutrell December 11, 2006

Understanding People, their Concerns and Hopes Building relationships Meeting with key community members Identifying leaders in the community Listening to the community

Building relationships

Meeting with key community members

Identifying leaders in the community

Listening to the community

Social Mapping Who are the different peoples? What are key associations that connect people? Do other affinities affect connections, e.g., livelihoods, etc.

Who are the different peoples?

What are key associations that connect people?

Do other affinities affect connections, e.g., livelihoods, etc.

Social Mapping (cont) How do people organize? How do things get done? How are decisions made?

How do people organize?

How do things get done?

How are decisions made?

Mapping of Important Community Resources What does the community see as their important resources? Such things as … Ecological Natural Resources Skills Infrastructure Services Sociological Family Religious Groups

What does the community see as their important resources? Such things as …

Ecological

Natural Resources

Skills

Infrastructure

Services

Sociological

Family

Religious

Groups

Storyboarding a Community’s Past/Present/Future Who we were? Who are we now? Who do we want to become?

Who we were?

Who are we now?

Who do we want to become?

Planning from Vision to Reality What is our Vision? (Digging Deeper) What are the Contradictions / Obstacles? Further Clarifying the Vision? Eliminating the Obstacles? (Strategic Direction) Who does What, When, How? (Action Planning)

What is our Vision?

(Digging Deeper)

What are the Contradictions / Obstacles?

Further Clarifying the Vision?

Eliminating the Obstacles?

(Strategic Direction)

Who does What, When, How?

(Action Planning)