COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT,

SOLIDARITY, AND
CITIZENSHIP
MS. ANNA MARIE MARZO, LPT
 OBJECTIVES:

 Define what is Community

 Importance of understanding community
dynamics and community action
 Definitions of community
a. Social sciences perspective
b. Institutional perspective
c. Civil society (e.g., people’s organization, civic organizations,
social movements, LGBT, etc.) d.Local and grassroots levels
 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, SOLIDARITY,
AND CITIZENSHIP
Some examples of the things that you will learn from this
subject:
Concept and Perspective of Community
 Importance of understanding community dynamics and
community action
 Definition of Community
Social Science Perpective
Institutional Perpective
Civil Society ( e.g peoples organization, social
movements, LGBT, etc.
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, SOLIDARITY,
AND CITIZENSHIP

 Local and grassroots levels

 Elements
 Community Action
 Purpose of Community Action
 Core Values and Principle of Community Action
Initiatives
Methodoklogies and Approaches of Community
and involvement Across Disciplines
WHAT IS COMMUNITY
What is Community

COMMUNITY – derived from the Latin

“communitas” – meaning ( the same )

which is turn in derived “communis”, which

means:
(common, public, shared by all or many )
 What is Community

• A community is a socially operative whole. A

body of people bound to a common social
structure which function as a specific entity
and which is unique from each other.
• The fact that they live in a same norm and
within the same social organization, they
have the sense of belongingness.
 COMMUNITY DYNAMICS

• Community dynamics is a natural phenomenon

because community changes and develops. The
People living in a community stimulate growth,
improvement, or modification within a system or a
process.
•
A community is dynamic shows progress and
growth. But we must take note that communities
have problems and community participation that
people can help each other.
 COMMUNITY ACTION

• Community action is an activity which motivates

people to help other people because of the
understanding to be engaged and this is
empowered through the delivery and partnership
of local services

• It can be described as “social action” “community

engagement”. It is helping out the community to
move and develop its local services.
 COMMUNITY ACTION

• Community action is an activity which motivates

people to help other people because of the
understanding to be engaged and this is
empowered through the delivery and partnership
of local services

• It can be described as “social action” “community

engagement”. It is helping out the community to
move and develop its local services.
Social Institutions in the
Community
MS. ANNA MARIE MARZO, LPT
OBJECTIVES

a. Identify the concept of institution, civil society

and local or grassroots level;
b. Relate the definition of this concepts in real life
experiences; and
c. Recognize the contributions of institution, civil
society and local or grassroots level in the
community.
In this activity, you must observe the components of social
institutions in your community. As a student, you must know
identify the concepts that are related to this lesson.
RUBRICS
Directions: Answer the following questions on what you
observe on the picture. Write the answer in your notebook.
WHAT IS SOCIAL INSTITUTION

Based on (Abenir and Alipao 2016), the term “

social institution"

refers to a social structures and social mechanisms of social order and

cooperation that govern the behavior of its members.
Also, it is a group of social positions, connected by social relations,
performing a social role. It constitutes that institution works to socialize
the group of people in a community.
 Characteristics of Social Institution

• Institutions are purposive.

• Institutions are relatively permanent in content.
• Institutions are structured.
• Institutions are a unified structure.
• Institutions are necessarily value laden.
Functions of Social Institution

1. Social Institutions simplify social behavior for the individual person.

2. It provides form of social relations and social roles for individual.
3. It serves as an act as agencies of coordination and stability for the
total culture.
4. It constitutes control behavior among the members of community.
 FAMILY
The smallest social institution with Click icon to add picture
the unique function or producing
and rearing the young. It is the
basic unit of Philippine society.

The basic agent of socialization

because it is where the individual
develops values, behaviors, and
ways of life through interaction with
members of the family.
CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS
CHARACTERISTICS OF FAMILY FUNCTIONS OF FAMILY
• The family is closely knit and has • Reproduction of the race and rearing of
strong family ties. the young.
• The Filipino family is usually an • Cultural transmission or enculturation.
extended one. • Socialization of the child.
• In the Filipino family, kinship ties • Providing the environment for
are extended to include the personality development and the growth
“compadre” or sponsors. of self-concept in relation to others.
• It provides social status.
 RELIGION

It is a system of beliefs and rituals

that serves to bind people together
through shared worship, thereby
creating a social group.

It is a set of beliefs and practices

that pertain to a sacred or
supernatural realm that guides
human behavior and gives meaning
to life among a community of
believers.
 CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS

CHARACTERISTICS OF RELIGION FUNCTIONS OF RELIGION

• It serves as a means of social control.
• Belief in a deity. • It preserves and transmits knowledge,
• A doctrine of salvation. skills, spirituality and cultural values
• A code of conduct. and practices.
• Religious rituals. • It serves as an instrument of change.
• It promotes closeness, love,
cooperation, friendliness and
helpfulness.
 EDUCATION

It provides a form of learning

in which the knowledge, skills,
and habits of a group of
people are transferred from
one generation to the next
through teaching, training, or
research.
 FUNCTION OF EDUCATION

• Described the school as first and foremost a social institution, that is, an
established organization having an identifiable structure and a set of
functions meant to preserve and extend social order.
• School is the place for the contemplation of reality, and our task as a
teacher, in simplest terms, is to show this reality to our students, who are
naturally eager about them.
 ECONOMICS

It is concerned with the factors

that determine the production,
distribution, and consumption of
goods and services.
 FUNCTIONS OF ECONOMICS AS SOCIAL INSTITUTION

• Economy fulfills society’s need for products, services and an

organized system of distribution.
• The economic system pertains to what to produce, how
much to produce, for whom to produce and how to distribute
the output
 GOVERNMENT

It is the institution which

solves conflicts that are
public in nature and
involve more than a few
people.
 FUNCTIONS OF GOVERNMENT AS SOCIAL
INSTITUTION

• The primary functions of government are to protect the basic human

rights which include right to life, liberty and to possess property.
• It has a duty to fight poverty and improve the quality of life of its citizens.
In order to achieve this, the government must create a conducive
environment for material prosperity and economic growth.
• Defend its citizen against internal and external enemies.
QUIZ
QUIZ
Civil Society groups in
the Community
MS. ANNA MARIE MARZO, LPT
Civil Society in the Community

• civil society are comprised of groups or

organizations working in the interest of the citizens
but operating outside of the governmental and for-
profit sectors. Also, it is state or situation of people
living in a community or nation having shared
interest, values and purpose getting benefit to have
right of individuals, enjoying liberty, and to have
resources to develop personal potential.
 The Context of Civil Society
• It is also an organization and institution that make up civil society
that includes labor unions, non-profit organizations, churches, and
other service agencies that provide an important service to society
but generally ask for very little in return.

• It is often populated by organizations such as registered charities,

development non-governmental organizations, community groups,
women's organizations, faith-based organizations, professional
associations, trade unions, self-help groups, social moements,
business associations, coalitions and advocacy groups.
 Legal Bases of CSO in the Philippines: (1987
Constitution, Article XIII: Social Justice and
Human Rights, Section 15)

• Organizations to enable the people to pursue and protect, within the

democratic framework, their legitimate and collective interests and
aspirations through peaceful and lawful means.”
Local Government Code in terms of CSOs (Chapter 4. Relations with
People’s and Nongovernmental Organizations)
• Section 34. Role of People’s and Non-Governmental Organizations
• Section 35. Linkages with People’s and Non-Governmental Organizations.
• Section 36. Assistance to People’s and Non-Governmental Organizations
 The Context of Civil Society in
the Philippines
• The basis for civil society in the Philippines comes from the Filipino
concepts of pakikipagkapwa (holistic interaction with others) and
kapwa (shared inner self)
• Voluntary assistance or charity connotes for Filipinos an equal status
between the provider of assistance and the recipient, which is
embodied in the terms damayan (assistance of peers in periods of
crisis) and pagtutulungan (mutual self-help).
• The Western notion of kawanggawa (charity) may have been
introduced to the Philippines by Catholic missionaries (ADB, 2007).
 Historical Context of CSO in the
Philippines (Abenir and Alipao
2016)
• The Roman Catholic Church and the religious orders
established the first civil welfare organizations in the Philippines.
• The Roman Catholic Church founded parochial schools,
orphanage, and hospitals that were mostly reserved for the local
elite.
• The church also established foundations and cofradías
(brotherhoods) which encouraged neighborly behavior such as
visiting the sick and helping with town fiesta preparations.
 Historical Context of CSO in the
Philippines (Abenir and Alipao
2016)
• During the Marcos administration, many civil society
organizations (CSOs) built up strong relationships with
poor communities.
• • It is not legally mandatory for CSOs in the Philippines
to register with the government, and many people’s
organizations and other small organizations do not do
so.
• • However, only registered organizations gain a legal
status that permits them to enter into contracts and
open a bank account.
 Civil society groups in terms of
legality
• Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) - many types of CSOs register with
the SEC, including development NGOs, including people’s organizations, farmers’
associations, athletic organizations, and sports associations, social welfare and sports
associations, social welfare organizations, and civic clubs.
• Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) - The DOLE registers labor unions,
labor federations, and rural workers’ associations federations in accordance with the
Labor Code of the Philippines.
• Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) - It has a directory of
CSOs with valid registration, license to operate and accreditation as social welfare and
development agencies as well as those with development agencies as well as those
with expired validity and with revoked registrations and licenses