02 Community Organizaing - The Rationale (1)

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Community Organizing:Community Organizing:

The Rationale


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1.1. The Environment: A SystemThe Environment: A System

of Oppression and Exploitationof Oppression and Exploitation

part of the social system becomes aware that

its interests are either threatened or not being

fairly served by those in authority/control, the

(coercive) power of those on authority begins

to be questioned or challenge, the socialsystem is composed of other subsystems and

component.


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the underdevelopment of society, especially

those at the bottom of the economic stratum,

has been primarily so as the result as the

pyramidal structure with societys elites atthe topmost.


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A Vicious CycleA Vicious Cycle

Disease/Malnutrition

Poor Health

Low Production

Low Income

Low TaxationLack of Health Facilities


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More Vicious CirclesMore Vicious Circles

Illiteracy, Lack of educationLack of knowledge, lack of skills, lack of

awareness, lack of self-confidence, lack ofinnovation, dependency thinking

Low production

Low income, lack of school fees

Low taxation

Inadequate and inappropriate educationalsystem

Inability to sponsor literacy programs


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The ClienteleThe Clientele

Culture of Silence


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Culture of SilenceCulture of Silence

Majority wallow in vicious circle of poverty

Poverty: rooted in oppression, injustice,

ignorance, calculated lack of opportunities

Poverty pervades culture of silence


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CharacteristicsCharacteristics

of culture of silenceof culture of silence

Strong feeling of marginality

Helplessness

Dependency

Inferiority complex

Fear (intimidation)


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Culture of Silence/PovertyCulture of Silence/Poverty

Marked present-time/hand-to-mouthorientation

Low participation in community decision-making, planning, implementation andfeedback activities

Apathy and indifference in socio-culturaland political affairs

High dependency attitudes


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The Change Agent System:The Change Agent System:

A Liberative Community Organizer


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stimulate peoples interests in their

individual and community situations

start by prodding and putting pressure on

the system to begin addressing the societal

injustice


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by making dissatisfaction known as

pervasive (spreading), the status quo will be

agitated and set in motion for the betterment


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What makes a change agent?What makes a change agent?

a realist who is always searching,

experimenting, employing various

techniques because people are so differentindividually and because situations change

from time to time.


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Role of the communityRole of the community

organizerorganizerpersuading, arguing, suggesting,

challenging, motivating, analyzing,

agitating, and facilitating.

does not take over the decision making

right from the clients (people).


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The community organizer must knowThe community organizer must knowwhere to draw the dividing line betweenwhere to draw the dividing line between

being catalyst (which he/she is) and notbeing catalyst (which he/she is) and not

being manipulator (which he/she is not).being manipulator (which he/she is not).In short, the community organizer is aIn short, the community organizer is a

change generator, the primary converterchange generator, the primary converter

of anof an enablingenabling issue into aissue into a feltfelt need.need.

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