This document discusses community dynamics and community action. It defines community as a group of people who share common characteristics or interests. Communities can be geographical, based on location, or non-geographical, based on shared social attributes. Studying community is important as it encourages social cooperation, helps people improve their lives, and informs community participation policies. Community dynamics refer to changes within a community from social, cultural, or environmental factors. Community action aims to increase community understanding, engagement, and empowerment to address community issues and provide services. Key aspects of community action are raising awareness, collaborative work, and empowering communities to control their own situations.

1. COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT,
SOLIDARITY AND
CITIZENSHIP
LESSON 1:
COMMUNITY DYNAMICS AND COMMUNITY ACTION

2. COMMUNITY

3. Why study our community?
The study of community entails us to
understand our very own community life.
It gives us the idea on how to perceive
reality by becoming involve in the day to
day process which is socialization.
In the interaction process, people grasp
the challenges of the contemporary
community life.

4. COMMUNITY
The word community was
derived from the Latin word
communis, which means
“common” or “shared”.

5. GEOGRAPHICAL
COMMUNITY
It is a community where members
share the same geographical
vicinity such as a village, province
or neighborhood.

6. NON-GEOGRAPHICAL
COMMUNITY
It is a community formed based
on needs, ideas, interests,
identity, practices, and roles in
social institutions.

7. MICRO-LEVEL
COMMUNITY
A community wherein a group is
formed based on personal ties.
This may include groups for pursuing common
interests or goals like forming a small
organization to hold a fund-raising activity.

8. MACRO-LEVEL
COMMUNITY
Large group affiliation is formed
such as national, international
and virtual communities.
Companies and corporations may develop
various programs that would include different
members across the country.

9. Why is it important
to study
COMMUNITY?

10. 1. It motivates people to work together – people
feel a sense of community and recognize the
benefits of their involvement.
2. It encourages social, religious, or traditional
obligations for mutual help.
3. People see a genuine opportunity to better
their own lives and for the community.
IMPORTANCE of STUDYING COMMUNITY

11. 4. It understands policies promoting
community participation that values social
capital.
5. Community participation could be
understood as the direct involvement of
citizenry in the affairs of planning,
governance, and overall development
programs at local or grassroot levels.
IMPORTANCE of STUDYING COMMUNITY

12. COMMUNITY DYNAMICS
The changes in the community
brought about by social, cultural
and environmental experiences
whether it is positive or negative
development that impacts within
the community.

13. COMMUNITY ACTION
is any activity that aims to
increase the understanding,
engagement and empowerment
of communities for the intention of
giving services to people.

14. 3 KEY POINTS in COMMUNITY ACTION
Understanding
 It raises an awareness about certain communal
issues that needs to be addressed.
 People develop the feeling of involvement once
they truly comprehend the situation within.
 They come together to support advocacies that
will overcome community needs and difficulties.

15. 3 KEY POINTS in COMMUNITY ACTION
Engagement
 Once issues are assessed properly and people in the
community understand the needs, they work
collaboratively to act on it.
 The main goal of engaging in the community is to
improve the partnership and coalitions among the
community.
 It is important that engagement occurs so that
members will be able to involve meaningfully in the
activities that they have created.

16. 3 KEY POINTS in COMMUNITY ACTION
Empowerment
 It enables the people to independently decide, plan-
out and take action to control the situation they have
in the community.
 This means, initiative and decisions come from
internal group organized for the benefit of everyone.
 It is also necessary that the community can provide
significant networks and linkages that will genuinely
serve the advocacies that they have built.

19. Modified TRUE or FALSE: Examine the underlined word from the
given statements below. Write T if the statement is True. If false,
write the correct word or words to make the statement correct.
____ 1. One of the importance in studying the community is that the people
see an opportunity to understand the policies within and values cultural
capital.
____ 2. The interaction taking place in the community is community
dynamics itself.
____ 3. Changes in the community can be brought about by social, cultural
and historical experiences.
____ 4. Geographical communities are formed based on needs, ideas,
interests and identity, practices and roles in social institutions.
____ 5. Macro-level perspectives are focused on pursuing common
interests or goals like forming a small organization to hold an advocacy.

20. Modified TRUE or FALSE: Examine the underlined word from the
given statements below. Write T if the statement is True. If false,
write the correct word or words to make the statement correct.
_____ 6. Empowerment is to raise awareness about certain
communal issues that needs to be addressed.
_____ 7. Community Action is any activity that aims to
increase the understanding, involvement and empowerment
of communities for the intention of giving services to people.
_____ 8. It is important to identify the different needs of the
community that should be addressed.
_____ 9. People in a community share something in
common.
_____ 10. It is important that engagement occurs so that
members will be able to involve meaningfully in the activities
that they have created.