COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT,
SOLIDARITY AND
CITIZENSHIP
PREPARED BY: ROMEA JANE S. ALEJANDRO
OBJECTIVES
OBJECTIVES
At the end of the lesson, learners must be able
to:
a. Discuss the nature of community dynamics
and community action,
b. Discuss the relationship between applied
social sciences and community dynamics and
community action; and
c. Identify future career pans and relate it with
community dynamics and community action.
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Activity
Activity
Nature of Community
According to Kathleen M. MacQueen
et.al, (2001, American Journal of Public
Health), a community is a “group of people
with diverse characteristics who are linked
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by social ties, share common perspectives,
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and engage
intoolsjoint action in geographical
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Nature of Community
Add to this the definition given by
the Business Dictionary which states
that a community is a “self-organized
network
of
people
with
common
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agenda, cause, or interest, who
collaborate by sharing ideas,
information, and other resources.”
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that can be used as demontrations,
lectures, reports, and more.
Nature of Community
Lastly, Chavis and Lee
(2015) wrote that a
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community
is both a feeling
and a set of relationships
among people.
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that can be used as demontrations,
lectures, reports, and more.
If we are to sum it up, a
community
refers
to
the
people who live and coexist
with each other and who share
a lot of things in common.
Despite the fact that these people
possess characteristics different from
each other, there could be meeting of
minds at certain points like their ideas
over matters involving their coexistence,
about their cultural perspectives or
regarding their established relationships,
or the like.
And these people have built
relationships
anchored
from
trust,
love,
and
sense
of
belongingness, compassion and
responsibility.
Peculiar features (as culled from
www.yourarticlelibrary.com/society) of
community. They are the following:
1. An
aggrupation
of
people,
without
regards
to
their
demographic accounts, and the
size, where a community is either
small or large, is immaterial for
the
organization
of
the
community.
2.
If
it
is
a
national
community,
the
second
important element is the
definite locality where the
members live in.
3. Community sentiment which
is shared by the community
members, which pertains to the
shared feelings of the people
towards any endeavor involving
the community in general.
4. Naturality which pertains to the
fact that a community is organized as
naturally as can be, that it becomes
instinctive among the members of the
community to come together to form a
socio-political
aggrupation
organization.
5. Permanence refers to the
permanent
nature
of
the
aggrupation
in
terms
of
its
existence and the physical location
of their territory. A community is
not as temporary as a crowd.
6. Similarity has reference
to the cultural details, historical
accounts,
and
normative
standard of behavior, usages
and the like which are common
to
the
members
of
the
community.
7. Organized social life
which means that all aspects
of the social life of the
people are included in the
community life, and with this
essence, a community is the
miniature of the society.
8. Wider ends which
refers to the different
objectives that the
community is geared at
and not focused ln just
one end or purpose.
Community Action
According to Local Government
.
Association (info@local.gov.uk ), community
action is any activity that increases the
understanding, engagement and
empowerment of communities in the design
and delivery of local services. It includes a
broad range of activities which are
sometimes called ‘social action' or
‘community engagement’.
As per this .definition, we
are made to understand
that community action is
in itself the sum total of
the collective endeavor of
the people.
An example of which is capacitating the
women in the production of face masks
using indigenous or local materials.
In the said sample activity, the women
would not only be trained but they will be
empowered- empowered in the sense that
these women will be given an employment
opportunity not just for a day or a week but
probably for months or even a year or years.
.
3-key points in grasping the
definition more
meaningful
.
1.Understanding – raise an
awareness about certain communal issues that
needs to be addressed. People develop the
feeling of involvement once they truly
comprehend the situation within. They come
together to support advocacies that will
overcome community needs and difficulties.
2. ENGAGEMENT
.
Once issues are assessed
properly and people in the
community understand the
needs, they work collaboratively
to act on it.
The main .goal of
engaging in the
community is to improve
the partnership and 10
coalitions among the
community.
It is important that
.
engagement occurs so
that members will be able
to involve meaningfully in
the activities that they
have created.
EMPOWERMENT
.
enable the people to
independently decide, plan-out and
take action to control the situation
they have in the community. This
means, initiative and decisions
come from internal group organized
for the benefit of everyone.
It is also necessary that the
.
community can provide
significant networks and
linkages that will genuinely
serve the advocacies that they
have built.
PURPOSE OF COMMUNITY
ACTION
1.To help and encourage the children
and the youth.
2. To help and support the
marginalized sector.
3.To invigorate and honor the elderly.
4.To strengthen the community, as a
whole.
Importance of Community
Action
1. Community action is about putting
communities at the heart of their own local
services. (https://brainly.ph/question/152455#)
2. Building community and social
capacity.
3. Community resilience.
Community
Dynamics
What is meant by community
dynamics?
What has it to do with the
community?
Does it have any significance at all
in community initiatives and
community development programs?
According to Oxford Languages
and Google, “dynamics refer to the
forces or properties which stimulate
growth, development, or change
within a system process.”
The word dynamics entails vigor,
energy, stamina, strength
enthusiasm, and any other positive
stimulus within the person and
beyond him, so as to bring about
growth and development or any
welcome change in the person.
Community dynamics then would
refer to a process of change in the
midst of the people in the
community, powered by the
unequalled vigor and enthusiasm of
the same people. Further, there
shall exist community dynamics
when the people are capacitated as
well.
Significant Indicators
of Community
Dynamics
1. Community dynamics allows the
members of the community to think
creatively and act strategically
towards the achievement of
community set goals
1. With community dynamics at hand,
the quality of living of the more
vulnerable sectors of the community
is alleviated.
3. Community dynamics
allows the people to
develop a good insight of
how and what they feel
about the place they live
in.
Community Dynamics
and Applied Social
Sciences
Community Action and
Applied Social Sciences
Career Choices and
Community Dynamics
and Community Action
PROJECT
03
Activity
Direction. There are three questions or
scenarios below for you to discuss. Explain each
according to your own understanding. Each
item shall merit ten points each. Your
explanation shall be composed of 3-5
sentences.
1. Do community action
and community dynamics
pose any significance to a
communications
practitioner? Expound
your answer.
2. Social worker Danaya was not
exposed to actual community action
programs earlier. She is now on a field
work at a remit barangay. Do you think
she will perform her task efficiently
and effectively? Why? Why not?
3. What to you is a community?
Rubrics
Assignment
COMMUNITY
ACTION
PLAN
PROJECT
03
Direction. First, choose what sector in your barangay will
become the proposed participants in your community
action program. Second, think of a possible program or
activity where you could empower the sector of your
choice. Then, design the plan to include activities, time
line and who are the persons who could be tapped to help
you out in the activity. Please follow the table below for
the format. Use a separate sheet of bond paper or long
pad paper for your output.
Guide in writing a community action plan
(culled from findyanswer.com)
1. Gather community profile, particularly the
demographic details.
2. Review and analyze the gathered information
(in number 1).
3. Identify people who could help you in the
implementation of your action plan.
4. Identify issues or problems and who in the
community are affected by these issues or
problems.
5. Identify policies (governmental policies, if any)
to address the issues or problems
6. Identify activities to be done/conducted in the
implementation of your action plan.
Reference:
HUMSS- Community Engagement, Solidarity and Citizenship
Grade 12 Quarter 1:
Week 1 and 2-Module 1 First Edition, 20201
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