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Module 5 Strategies For Community Organizing

The document outlines the steps for community organizing which include entry into the community, integration with people, community study/situation analysis, identifying and developing potential leaders, core group formation, setting up the organization, and strengthening the organization. These steps are meant to build a group with a common vision around identifying issues, mobilizing resources, and sustaining community action. The document then provides an example of how these steps could be used to organize a community around addressing a specific issue such as transportation, housing, or the environment.

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Module 5 Strategies For Community Organizing

The document outlines the steps for community organizing which include entry into the community, integration with people, community study/situation analysis, identifying and developing potential leaders, core group formation, setting up the organization, and strengthening the organization. These steps are meant to build a group with a common vision around identifying issues, mobilizing resources, and sustaining community action. The document then provides an example of how these steps could be used to organize a community around addressing a specific issue such as transportation, housing, or the environment.

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Module 5

Strategies for Community


Organizing
EXPECTATIONS

1. Cite different strategies on community organizing.


2. Examine the strategies presented based on their effectiveness
in addressing particular issues of community.
3. Present a strategy that will fit the condition in the student’s
community.
LESSON
COMMUNITY ORGANIZING
DEFINITION, STEPS, AND
ROLE

COMMUNITY ORGANIZING - is the form and process of building a


group of people who have a common vision and goal and who engage in
community action.
According to Stall and Stoecker (1997), CO involves the entire process of
“organizing relationships, identifying issues, mobilizing around those
issues, and maintaining an enduring organization”
Community organizers help make the people realize the power of
collective action, which starts from identifying common problems in the
community, defining and addressing the problems together, mobilizing
resources as a collective and sustaining community action as one body.

STEPS IN COMMUNITY ORGANIZING

Community organizers may employ different strategies in organizing a


community, but there are basic steps that they usually adhere to. Manalili
(1985) as cited by Quintin (1988) presented the following steps.
1.ENTRY IN THE COMMUNITY – Entry to a particular
community means you have done the necessary preparations like
gathering basic information about political, economic, cultural
and ecological conditions in the area. Also, there are
psychological –and perspective –setting, such that you are not
there to save them, that you are not superior to them, and that
you need to dress accordingly.
2. INTEGRATION WITH THE PEOPLE – The most difficult
stage is the
integration part of the process. There is a possibility that the
people will ignore you. Thus, you try to live them.
Live with them – eat what they eat, drink what they drink.
Learn to do things their way. Get to know the
people. Join conversations smoothly and listen intently to what
they are saying and not saying.
3. COMMUNITY STUDY/SITUATION ANALYSIS - Based on
the data that the community organizers have gathered, they
will review the preliminary data and enhance analysis based on
the new data. Since the organizers have considerable
knowledge of the community, the CO can discuss some pressing
problems with them casually. The CO grabs every opportunity
to be able to raise social consciousness of the people.
4. INDENTIFYING AND DEVELOPING POTENTIAL COMMUNITY
LEADERS -While integrating and discussing social issues with the
people, the CO consciously observes and spots potential community
leaders, those with deep concern for the people and a good grasp of the
community’s problems. The CO will train and develop these potential
leaders by letting them facilitate and initiate discussions.
5. CORE GROUP FORMATION - the Co will form a core group
comprising of potential leaders. The Co will have regular discussions and
training with the group. As much as possible, each member of the group
should represent a particular sector such as the farmers, youth, and
women. Once ready, each sector, member will form his/her own group,
such as a farmer’s group or a youth group.
6. SETTING – UP THE ORGANIZATION - Once the
organization is set – up structures will be formed,
organizational leaders will be elected, and necessary policies
will be established. Then training of the members will be
carried out.
7. STRENGTHENING THE ORGANIZATION – In ensuring
sustainability, there will be a continuous human resource
development, policy refinement, and development of
organizational programs that will help
strengthen the organization.
Development and Peace understands the importance of strong
communities. When communities are united, cohesive and organized,
they have to power to improve their living conditions and to be more
resilient in the face of natural disasters. Choose one with the given issue
below,
use the Steps in Community Organizing to organize a community that
can help with these
issues.
VALU I N G

Organizations are important for your community because they focus each community's needs
specifically. These organizations are the gateway to voice your opinion to government
organizations. Community based organizations make improvements at a family level according
to your environment. More transportation, housing, environmental protection, emergency
response and petitions are issues each community addresses. Attending community board
meetings will help you create relationships with others in your neighborhood and create a tight
knit community, and a tight knit community can benefit everyone in the neighborhood and can
keep small businesses going, as well as preserving historical significance, safety, and keeping
your neighborhood clean. At the community meetings, members of the community as well as
yourself, can voice opinions and concerns to help find solutions and push for new ideas and
changes that can improve your neighborhood. It's your community, and the change can start
with you. If you were to choose one issue in the community that you want to change what is it?

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