Community Engagement, Solidarity and Citizenship: Module 1

1. CESC 12
COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT,
SOLIDARITY &
CITIZENSHIP

2. WHAT IS CESC?

3. LESSON 1:
Definition And
Characteristics Of
Community

4. Community is a social group of any size
whose members reside in a specific locality,
share government, and often have a
common cultural and historical heritage.
 Intent
 Belief
 Resources
 Preferences
 Needs

5. TYPES OF COMMUNITY
1. Urban
Community
 include cities
 lots of people are close together in a
small amount of space
 no open space of natural resources

7. TYPES OF COMMUNITY
2. Rural
Community
 open space of land that has few homes
or buildings, and few people

9. CHALLENGED COMMUNITY
SLUM
 Highly populated urban area
 Incomplete infrastructure
 Poor housing
 Poor living conditions

12. TYPES OF COMMUNITY
3. Suburban
Community
 residential that’s located outside of a
city or town, but still within commuting
distance

14. Classifications OF Community
(According to Murphy & Cunningham, 2003)
a. Small – small place-based
community of a barangay/village

15. 3 Interacting People:
(small community)
1) Social Fabric – an underlying
web of human relationships

19. 3 Interacting People:
(small community)
2) Unique Community Power
Structure

21. 3 Interacting People:
(small community)
3) Set of Resource Flows that
constitute a local economy

22. Classifications OF Community
(According to Murphy & Cunningham, 2003)
b. Large – region, state, or
nation

23. 5 Common Features of Community:
Interest (passion)
Action (change)
Place (geographic boundaries)
Practice (same profession)
Circumstance (external events)

24. 4 Elements of Community:
membership
influence
Needs fulfillment
Shared emotional connection

25. COMMUNITY ACTION
- an activity that increases the
understanding, engagement and
empowerment of communities in the
design and delivery of local services
- involves the different core values and
principles

26. Why is community action
important?
Build community and social capacity
Community resilience
Early access to services/support
Maintain and create wealth

27. Role of Community:
Community consultation
Joint planning
Joint design
Joint Delivery
Community-led activities

28. Core Values & Principles of
Community Actions Initiative
Human Rights
Social Equality
Gender Equality
Participatory Development

29. Human rights
- Defined as the supreme, inherent, and
inalienable rights to life, dignity, and self-
development
“The state values the dignity of every person
and guarantees full respect for human
rights.”

30. Human rights
 Right to life
 Right to liberty
 Right to security
 Right to education

31. SOCIAL EQUALITY
- Defined as the equality and fairness in
terms of the treatment of human beings,
access to resources, and life chances
- reflects ideas of “fairness” and “justness”

32.  Fair distribution of public service
 Non-discrimination against individuals with
disabilities in employment applications,
contrast, dismissals, compensations, and
conditions
SOCIAL EQUALITY

33. GENDER EQUALITY
- State of equal ease of access to resources
and opportunities regardless of gender

34. Participatory development
- Elicits the involvement of the local
population in creating policies and in
planning, implementing, monitoring, and
evaluating development programs and
projects that are designed to empower
people to make effective choices

35. COMMUNITY
DYNAMICS
- refers to any changes or interactions
taking place within a group of people
- arise when decision makers or members
take action

36. Community Dynamics in terms of:
Education
Population
Health Care
Employment
Peace and Order
Infrastructure Development

37. Factors that Influence Community Dynamics:
Social Factors
Economic Factors
Cultural Factors
Environmental Factors
Political Factors
Technological Factors
External Factors

38. Factors that Influence Community Dynamics:
Needs of the society
Interests of the citizens
Availability of the resources

39. Thank You