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    WEST BAY LEARNING CENTER

    Sangi, Toledo City


    (032) 322- 7774

    Learning Module in COMMUNITY


    ENGAGEMENT, SOLIDARITY, AND
    CITIZENSHIP 12- HUMSS
    Fourth Quarter, Week 4
    Module No. 3

    APPROACHES OF COMMUNITY ACTION ACROSS DISCIPLINES


    COMMUNITY ORGANIZING
    TITLE

    LEARNING COMPETENCY

    Apply systematic methods of community action in understanding community (HUMSS_CSC12-IVa-d-18)

    OVERVIEW / TO DO LISTS
    LEARNER –In this module, learners are expected to determine the knowledge of the principles/ethics and the
    appropriate processes/methods in getting information. The activities here are carefully selected and organized
    to help develop your learning skills. You are expected to be active in answering every part of this module.

    FACILITATOR –This module is personal discussions. Please monitor the student to see if he or she can
    answer each part of the module and correct the task assigned to each part of the module
    immediately if all of them have been answered.

    INTRODUCTION TO THE LESSON


    Community organizers hep 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. This building process is long
    and difficult. Community organizers are confronted with a lot tensions and conflicts. However, their role is to
    process the conflict and translate this into an opportunity to strengthen people’s relationships.

    LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

    a. Explain the processes, methodologies, and approaches in the applied social sciences related to
    community action.
    b. Determine the awareness of community organizing.
    c. Develop commitment to participatory development for community well-being.

    PRE-ASSESSMENT (WHAT I KNOW)

    What is community organizing? What is its role in community action/community development?

    Lesson Proper

    COMMUNITY ORGANIZING: DEFINITION, STEPS, AND ROLE


    Community Organizing(CO) is the form and process of building a group of people who have a common vision and
    goal and who engage in community action. The process of CO includes the whole cycle of formation, organization,
    mobilization, action, and reflection/ evaluation. According to Stall and Stoeker (1997), CO involves the entire process of
    “organizing relationships, identifying issues, mobilizing around those issues, and maintaining an enduring organization”.
    Adams and Alinsky both contributed in the theoretical growth of community organizing. Adam’s philosophy on
    community organizing underscored social democracy, widespread participation, and the development of connected
    knowledge. Alinsky, “grassroots organizations democratically leverage power to address social injustices” (Hamington,
    nd). The two CO believers imparted a concern on the value of listening and learning from the community in order to gain
    perspective on its needs. They also both advocated for community members’ active participation in the organizing
    interventions.

    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 these steps and these are described below:
    1. Entry in the Community- entry to a particular community means you have done the necessary such as gathering
    basic information about political (security risk, ideological conflicts, etc), economic (business dynamics, basic
    sectors’ social issues, etc. and ecological condition in the area.
    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 like them. Live with them—eat what they eat, drink what
    they drink.
    3. Community Study/ Situation Analysis—Based on the data that the community organizers gathered, they will
    review the preliminary data and enhance analysis based on the new data.
    4. Identifying 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.
    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.
    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- to ensure sustainability, there will be a continouos human resource
    development, policy refinement, and development of organizational programs that will help strengthen the
    organization.

    THE ROLE OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZING

    CO is context-sensitive. The start and the notion of community organizing definitely vary from one context to the
    other. The requirements and the ingredients necessary in employing CO depend on the community context. Hence there
    are also different CO models or approaches. The way CO shapes and leads community action would be dependent on
    the model and approach used.
    Community Development aims to modify human attitudes and behavioural patterns through education, advice,
    and strategies. This model targets social progress through active participation of people and development of voluntary
    cooperation, self-help, educational development, and indigenous leadership.
    Social Action , on the hand, aims to refor community and societal legal and functional systems. It heavily
    depends on political mobilizations and policy advocacy, especially for the disadvantaged sectors of society that clamor
    for social justice.
    Social Planning, the third model, aims to change social conditions by changing the social policies of formal
    organizations. It entails amendments on the accessibility of goods and services.
    Saul Alinsky’s Conflict-Confrontation Model uses conflict or disagreement to shake or agitate people and
    mobilize them to advocate for social change. It relies on the acknowledgement and use of self-interest to stir discontent
    in order to get the people involved. It will work to mobilize as many people as possible to show strength and in order to
    get people’s attention. Negotiation is usually coupled with conflict confrontation. The mobilizations lead to the
    emergence and development of organizational structures for people power. Members undertake pressure tactics as a
    strategy to forward or advance an agenda.
    Paulo Freire’s Social Consciousness focused on the conscientization process. Conscientization is a process of
    developing the people’s critical awareness of their in relation to bigger social realities and their own capacity to
    transform realities. Freire’s principles include the following:
    1. Education is neutral or unpolitical—it domesticates so many situations by imposing on the people the value and
    culture of the dominant class or liberties, e.g., helping people become critical, free, active, and responsible
    members of society.
    2. Issues must have importance to the people—people will act on issues that are important to them. All education
    and development projects should start by identifying the issues that the local people feel strongly about.
    3. Problem posing approach—the whole education and development process is viewed as a common search for
    solution to problems with the people as partner or active participants in all phases of problem solving.
    4. Dialogue—education must be a mutual learning process. Community organizers serve as facilitators or
    animators whose roles are to set up a situation in which genuine dialogue can take place, where people can
    share experiences listen, and learn from each other.
    5. Refection and action---A community organizer or animator can provide a situation in which people critically
    reflect upon what they are doing.
    6. Radical transformation of life in the local communities and the whole society---a conscientizing type of
    education aims to involve the whole communities in actively transforming the quality of each person’sife, the
    environment, the community, and the whole society.

    EVALUATION
    1. What is community organizing? What is the role of community organizing in community
    action/community development?
    2. What is resource mobilization? What is its role in community action/development?
    3. What is partnership building? What is its role in community action?

    LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET

    NAME:_________________________________________________________________________________
    GRADE AND SECTION:_____________________________________________________________________
    DATE:_____________________________________________

    Direction: Determine your awareness of community organizing. Make a meta cards in three different colors
    (white, yellow, orange) and answer the following questions:

    1. What is community organizing?


    2. What are the steps in community organizing?
    3. What is the role of community organizing in the development and implementation of community
    action.

     Write your answer to question number 1 in he white meta card, your answer to question number
    2 in the yellow meta card, and your answer to question number 3 in the orange meta card.

    REFERENCES
    Phoenix Publishing House
    Zeal for Action
    Community Engagement, Solidarity, and Citizenship
    Ma. Lourdes F. Melegrito, PhD Cand. And Diana J. Mendoza, PhD

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