Community Engagement, Solidarity and Citizenship

1. Community Action

2. Learning Objectives
•Recognize the value of undertaking
community action modalities;
•Acknowledge interrelationship of self and
community in undertaking community
action;
•Explain forms of community engagement
that contribute to community development
through solidarity

4. Processing Questions:
1.Based on the video, how will you define
community action and community
engagement?
2.What do you think is the impact of the
project to the community?
3.Given the interventions provided by
people in the video, why do you think
community action is important?

5. •Community Engagement
•Solidarity
•Citizenship

6. What is community action?
Community action refers to
collective efforts done by people
directed towards addressing social
problems in order to achieve social
well-being.

7. Community Action
•Community Action is a campaign
undertaken by the people living in
a particular place.

8. Community Engagement
•Community engagement refers to the
process of developing partnerships and
sustaining relationships with and through
groups of people affiliated by geographic
proximity, special interest for the purpose of
working for the common good and
addressing issues that affect their well-being.

9. Community Engagement
•Community engagement refers to
the process by which community
benefit organizations and individuals
build ongoing, permanent
relationships for the purpose of
applying a collective vision for the
benefit of a community.

10. Origin of Community Engagement
•Community Engagement can trace its roots
to the concept of community benefit., a term
that grew out of an English common law
concept, articulated in 1891 legal decision
that defined four types of charitable
organizations; trust for the advancement of
education; trust for advancement of religion;
and trust for other purposes beneficial to the
community.

11. The goals of community engagement
1)To build trust;
2)To enlist new resources and allies;
3)To create better communication, and
4)To improve overall health outcomes as
successful projects, evolve into lasting
collaborations.

12. Key Concept of Community Engagement
•Friendraising
•Community impact planning
•Community-driven governance
•Asset-based resources development
•Vision-based community impact planning
•Organizational wellness planning
•Building programs on shared resources
•Community based-program development

13. Core Principles of Community
Engagement
1. Careful planning and Preparation –
through adequate and inclusive
planning, ensure that the design,
organization, and convening of the
process serve both a clearly defined
purpose and the needs of the
participants.

14. Core Principles of Community
Engagement
2. Inclusion and Demographic
Diversity – Equitably incorporate
diverse people, voices, ideas, and
information to lay the groundwork for
quality outcomes and democratic
legitimacy.

15. Core Principles of Community
Engagement
3. Collaboration and Shared purpose –
Support and encourage participants,
government and community institutions,
and others to work together to advance
the common good.

16. Core Principles of Community
Engagement
4. Openness and Learning – Help all
involved listen to each other, explore new
ideas unconstrained by predetermined
outcomes, learn and apply information in
ways that generate new options, and
rigorously evaluate community
engagement activities for effectiveness.

17. Core Principles of Community
Engagement
5. Transparency and Trust -. Be clear and
open about the process, and provide a
public record of the organizers, sponsors,
outcomes, and range of views and ideas
expressed.

18. Core Principles of Community
Engagement
6. Impact and Action – Ensure each
participatory effort has real potential to
make a difference, and that participants
are aware of that potential.

19. Core Principles of Community
Engagement
7. Sustained Engagement and
Participatory Culture – Promote a culture
of participation with programs and
institutions that support ongoing quality
community engagement.