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    This document discusses the purpose of community action and the role of youth. Community action involves greater community engagement in local services to achieve objectives like building social capacity and resilience. It addresses major issues facing poor and marginalized communities like causes of poverty, inequality, and marginalization of groups like immigrants, women, LGBT individuals, and those of differing religions or abilities. The role of youth in community action is also covered, noting that youth can be community organizers, participate in government, and serve as community planners to engage others and address important issues.

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    Purpose of Community Action

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    This document discusses the purpose of community action and the role of youth. Community action involves greater community engagement in local services to achieve objectives like building social capacity and resilience. It addresses major issues facing poor and marginalized communities like causes of poverty, inequality, and marginalization of groups like immigrants, women, LGBT individuals, and those of differing religions or abilities. The role of youth in community action is also covered, noting that youth can be community organizers, participate in government, and serve as community planners to engage others and address important issues.

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    This document discusses the purpose of community action and the role of youth. Community action involves greater community engagement in local services to achieve objectives like building social capacity and resilience. It addresses major issues facing poor and marginalized communities like causes of poverty, inequality, and marginalization of groups like immigrants, women, LGBT individuals, and those of differing religions or abilities. The role of youth in community action is also covered, noting that youth can be community organizers, participate in government, and serve as community planners to engage others and address important issues.

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    This document discusses the purpose of community action and the role of youth. Community action involves greater community engagement in local services to achieve objectives like building social capacity and resilience. It addresses major issues facing poor and marginalized communities like causes of poverty, inequality, and marginalization of groups like immigrants, women, LGBT individuals, and those of differing religions or abilities. The role of youth in community action is also covered, noting that youth can be community organizers, participate in government, and serve as community planners to engage others and address important issues.

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    PURPOSE OF COMMUNITY ACTION

    A. MAJOR ISSSUES AFFECTING POOR AND MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES


    B. THE ROLE OF THE YOUTH IN COMMUNITY ACTION
    WHAT IS COMMUNITY ACTION?
    Community action includes a broad range of activities and is sometimes described as ‘social
    action' or ‘community engagement'. These activities can vary in their objective, the role the
    community plays, the types of activities involved, their scale and their integration within the
    council. What they have in common is that they all involve greater engagement of local citizens
    in the planning, design and delivery of local services.

    PURPOSE OF COMMUNITY ACTION


    Community action is about putting communities at the heart of their own local services. Involving
    communities in the design and delivery of services can help to achieve a number of objectives,
    including:

    Building community and social capacity – helping the community to share knowledge, skills
    and ideas.

    Community resilience – helping the community to support itself.

    Prevention – a focus on early access to services or support, engagement in design, cross-


    sector collaboration and partnerships.

    Maintaining and creating wealth – for example helping people into employment or developing
    community enterprises.

    MAJOR ISSUES AFFECTING POOR AND MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES


    Causes of Poverty
    —Low to moderate economic growth

    —Slow poverty reduction growth

    —Low employment and quality of work

    —Lack of fully developed agriculture


    —Inflation occurs when crisis happens

    —Overpopulation

    —High level of inequality in income

    —Exposure to risks

    Marginalization
    The process whereby something or someone is pushed to the edge of a group and accorded
    lesser importance. This is predominantly a social phenomenon by which a minority or sub-group
    is excluded, and their needs or desires ignored.

    -Immigrants, Refugees, and Migrants

    -Women and Gir...

    -Immigrants, Refugees, and Migrants

    -Women and Girls

    -Victims of Human Trafficking

    -Mentally Ill

    -Children and Youth

    -People of Differing Sexual Orientation (LGBT community)

    -People of Differing Religions

    -Developmentally Delay...

    -People of Differing Religions

    -Developmentally Delayed, Physically Disabled, or Mentally Ill People

    -Incarcerated People (and their Families)

    People Released from Incarceration-

    -People of Low Socioeconomic Status

    -Unemploy...
    -People of Low Socioeconomic Status

    -Unemployed People

    -People of a Particular Ethnicity/Country of Origin

    -People with a Differing Political Orientation

    The Role of the Youth in Community Action


    The Role of the Youth in Community Action
    "KABATAAN ANG PAG-ASA NANG BAYAN"

    Ways Youth can Change the World through Community Development


    Youth as Community Organizers — When governments won’t engage youth, community
    groups and nonprofits can step in to engage youth as community organizers. Through training
    and empowerment, they can develop unique, powerful campaigns that engage many people,
    including children, youth, adults, families and elders.

    Youth and Government — Participating in regular and sustained government positions, roles
    and activities can allow youth community developers to change the world. Roles should be rull
    voting and frequent, and focus on engaging diverse young people.

    Youth as Planners — Young people can participate as community planners in community


    development work. Using education and training, they can learn the skills and knowledge they
    need, and applying their knowledge they can guide their peers, younger people and adults, too.

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