Social Action 104: Intro to Community Organizing 6/7/18 #MacroSW

By Rachel L. West
Join #MacroSW on June 7^th for Social Action 104: Intro to Community Organizing. Chat partner Rachel West (@poliSW) will host. The chat starts at 9:00 PM EST/6:00 PM PST.

This is the fourth chat is the Social Action series. This chat will provide an overview of community organizing, touching on community organizing theory and types of organizing.

Questions:

Q1: What is community organizing?

Q2: What does being a facilitator and coordinator mean?

Q3: What theories and perspectives is community organizing theory born out of?

Q4: What are 4 types of community organizing?

Resources:

Center for Community Health and Development. (2018). Chapter 1: Section 8. Some

Lessons Learned on Community Organization and Change, Retrieved from The

Community Tool Box: http://bit.ly/2xC2Kxw

Rothman’s Three Models of Community Organizing. (n.d.). Retrieved from

http://www.calgary.ca/CSPS/CNS/Pages/Publications-guides-and-directories/Community-Assessment-Handbook/Rothman%27s-Three-Models-of-Community-Organizing.aspx

Spangler, B. (2003, June). Coalition Building. Retrieved from

http://www.beyondintractability.org/essay/coalition-building

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