Community Action

Community Engagement, Solidarity and Citizenship

 Art is Fun 2

Instructions: Back in Unit I, you were

instructed to draw your community. Now
we will do it one more time. With the
knowledge you have gained now, redraw
the community that you know.
 Lesson. Mapping the Community

Learning To understand the

Objective mechanisms of
community
development and
engagement
 Community Development

• It is a process where community members are

supported by agencies to identify and take
collective action on issues which are
important to them.
• It empowers community members and creates
stronger and more connected communities.
Community Virtues

• Resilient
• Vigilant
• Progressive
• Adaptive
• Accountable
 Resilient Communities

Resiliency- is the ability

of the community to get
back on its feet after a
calamity and continue
with its existence.
 Vigilant Communities

Vigilance- It is the
sustained
assessment of not
just threats or
danger but of
progressive ideas
and solutions
 Progressive Communities

• To be progressive means to challenge and have

new ways of thinking.
• It is about action.
• It strives to avert future problems by creating
innovative schemes and ideas that will further
enhance and keep up with changes in its
environment.
 Adaptive Communities

It is being able to
face challenges and
obstacles and making
a choice.
 Accountable Communities

Community development
is reflective, meaning, all
we input as people in the
community will be
reflected back to us.
 • Engagement

Five- Point • Planning

Community • Implementation
Initiatives
• Development
• Sustainability
 Engagement

• Community engagement is all about connecting

to the community and its people.
• Methods such as key informant interviews,
focus group discussions, or surveys
 Planning

• This is the stage where communities

hold rounds of discussions and
meetings with community members
along with external consultants.
 Implementation

• After setting up plans and choosing

among the viable options,
implementation is the next point of
emphasis.
• Advancing a program from paper to
procedure
 Development

• The community should strive to

develop programs or projects that
last by enhancing their processes.
 Sustainability

• It is the goal that each program

aspires to reach.
• The program should have passed
the rigorous standard of the
public.
 Discuss

• What is community development?

• What are the critical issues that are being
addressed in community development?
• How can an individual be part of the
community action?
Thank you!