Fast food workers went on strike around the world to advocate for higher wages from large fast food corporations. The strikes aimed to redistribute power and resources from the multi-billion dollar companies to better benefit the low-wage workers. Strikers particularly wanted wages high enough to allow single mothers working in fast food to afford basic needs for themselves and their families.

2. Social Action Model: Fast Food Workers Strike
Horovitz, B., Alcindor, Y., Woodyard, C., Macleod, C., & Hjelmgaard, K. (2014, May
15). Fast food workers rally for higher wages. USA Today. Retrieved from
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2014/05/15/fast-food-workers-
strike/9114245/
Fast food workers throughout
the world protested while on
strike outside large restaurant
chains to advocate for a living
wage from these multi-billion
dollar corporations.

3. RELATING SOCIAL ACTION TO FAST FOOD
WORKERS STRIKE
SOCIAL ACTION MODEL
(KIRST-ASHMAN & HULL, 2012)
• ADVOCATES FOR CHANGE TO CORRECT
UNFAIRNESS.
• SEEKS REDISTRIBUTION OF POWER TO BENEFIT
VICTIMS.
• REDISTRIBUTION OF RESOURCES TO BENEFIT
VICTIMS.
• ASSUMES INEQUITIES AND INJUSTICE FOR
VICTIMS.
INTERNATIONAL FAST FOOD
WORKERS STRIKE
• EMPLOYEES IN FAST FOOD PARTICIPATED IN GLOBAL
STRIKE.
• GLOBAL STRIKE SHOWS WORKER POWER AND
CAUSES RESTAURANTS TO CLOSE.
• STRIKERS ADVOCATING FOR LIVING WAGES FROM
BILLION DOLLAR CORPORATIONS.
• PARTICULARLY AFFECTS SINGLE MOTHERS WHO
UNABLE TO AFFORD BASIC NEEDS DUE TO LOW
WAGES.

4. SOCIAL PLANNING MODEL:
TEXTING AND DRIVING BAN
• TEXTING AND DRIVING HAS BEEN AN ISSUE IN THE
COMMUNITY OF KIRKWOOD, MO. THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE
WHO ARE ON FOOT, EITHER WALKING OR RUNNING. MANY OF
THESE PEOPLE DON’T FEEL SAFE BECAUSE THEY HAVE HAD
MANY CLOSE CALLS BY SOMEONE TEXTING WHILE DRIVING.
• KIRKWOOD’S TEXTING AND DRIVING BAN WAS SPARKED BY A
RESIDENT’S COMPLAIN THAT SHE WAS “NEARLY RUN OVER”
BY A DRIVER WHO RAN THROUGH A STOP SIGN WHILE
TEXTING.
Photo retrieved from: http://krnb.com/kj-midday/2013/08/21/city-of-
grand-prairie-bans-texting-while-driving/

5. HOW SOCIAL PLANNING APPLIES TO THE
TEXTING WHILE DRIVING BAN
SOCIAL PLANNING MODEL
(KIRST-ASHMAN & HULL, 2012)
• RELIANCE ON OUTSIDE EXPERTS TO WORK WITH
COMMUNITY LEADERS TO SOLVE A SPECIFIC
PROBLEM.
• COMMUNITY RESIDENTS ARE THE RECIPIENTS OF
IMPROVEMENTS, RATHER THAN ACTIVE PLAYERS IN
THE CHANGE PROCESS.
KIRKWOOD TEXTING & DRIVING BAN
• COMMUNITY WORKED WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT
AND CITY POLITICAL LEADERS TO SOLVE COMMUNITY
PROBLEM OF TEXTING AND DRIVING.
• COMMUNITY RESIDENTS SPARKED CHANGE EFFORTS,
BUT POLITICAL LEADERS LED PLANNING AND CHANGE
EFFORTS.
Kirkwood bans texting while driving for all. : News (2014, July, 3). Stltoday.com Retrieved
from: http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/kirkwood-bans-texting-while-driving-for-
all/article_82dc8d46-ed56-510d-a474-d041ca0f1307.html

6. LOCALITY DEVELOPMENT
• NEW ST. ELIZABETH’S HOSPITAL
IN O’FALLON, ILLINOIS.
• HOSPITAL PLANS TO BUY 106
ACRES OF LAND FOR NEW FACILITY
WHICH WILL HOUSE ACUTE CARE
SERVICES, EMERGENCY ROOM, AND
OUTPATIENT FACILITIES.
Source: Owners of Belleville hospital plan purchase of land for O'Fallon, Ill., facility : News. (2011, November
22). stltoday.com. Retrieved July 9, 2014, from http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/illinois/owners-of-
belleville-hospital-plan-purchase-of-land-for-o/article_d2938dc6-1511-11e1-a787-0019bb30f31a.html

7. ST. ELIZABETH’S AS
LOCALITY DEVELOPMENT
• THE NEW ST. ELIZABETH’S RELATES WELL TO LOCALITY DEVELOPMENT INMANY DIFFERENT WAYS. FIRST,
ACCORDING TO KIRST-ASHMAN & HULL (2012), LOCALITY DEVELOPMENT REFERS TO “CREATING
INFRASTRUCTURE AIMED AT IMPACTING COMMUNITY WIDE ISSUES”. THE NEW HOSPITAL WILL
FUNCTION TO MEET THE MEDICAL NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY.
• THE 300 MILLION DOLLAR HOSPITAL COMPLEX WILL BRING IN FINANCIAL CAPITOL TO THE CITY OF
O'FALLON THROUGH INCREASED TAX REVENUE AS A RESULT OF MORE JOBSFOR COMMUNITY RESIDENTS,
AS WELL AS THE LIKELY INCREASE IN HOMES BEING SOLD IN THE AREA BECAUSE OF THE JOBS CREATED.
THE HOSPITAL ALSO CREATES HUMANCAPITOL THROUGH THE MANY JOBS IT WILL CREATE AND THE
INCREASED KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS EMPLOYEES WILL BRING TO THE FACILITY.

8. REFERENCES
KIRST-ASHMAN, K. & HULL, G. (2012). GENERALIST PRACTICE WITH ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMUNITIES (5TH ED.)
BELMONT, CA: BROOKS/COLE, CENGAGE LEARNING.
OWNERS OF BELLEVILLE HOSPITAL PLAN PURCHASE OF LAND FOR O'FALLON, ILL., FACILITY : NEWS. (2011, NOVEMBER
22). STLTODAY.COM. RETRIEVED JULY 9, 2014, FROM
HTTP://WWW.STLTODAY.COM/NEWS/LOCAL/ILLINOIS/OWNERS-OF-BELLEVILLE-HOSPITAL-PLAN-PURCHASE-OF-
LAND-FOR-O/ARTICLE_D2938DC6-1511-11E1-A787-0019BB30F31A.HTML
KIRKWOOD BANS TEXTING WHILE DRIVING FOR ALL. : NEWS. (2014, JULY, 3). STLTODAY.COM. RETRIEVED JULY 11, 2014
FROM: HTTP://WWW.STLTODAY.COM/NEWS/LOCAL/METRO/KIRKWOOD-BANS-TEXTING-WHILE-DRIVING-FOR-
ALL/ARTICLE_82DC8D46-ED56-510D-A474-D041CA0F1307.HTML
HOROVITZ, B., ALCINDOR, Y., WOODYARD, C., MACLEOD, C., & HJELMGAARD, K. (2014, MAY 15). FAST FOOD WORKERS
RALLY FOR HIGHER WAGES. USA TODAY. RETRIEVED FROM
HTTP://WWW.USATODAY.COM/STORY/MONEY/BUSINESS/2014/05/15/FAST-FOOD-WORKERS-STRIKE/9114245/