You understand that success in community organization comes through experience with: ___Understanding (and affecting) community context Practitioners must be able to both understand and create the conditions under which community organization efforts have the best chance for success. ___Community planning Community planners need to help people agree on common goals and means for addressing them. ___Community action and mobilization Community leaders and members must commit to act with and learn from each other in this hard work. ___Understanding (and addressing) opposition and resistance To be effective, community activists must be able to defeat and counteract the efforts of those with different interests. ___Intervention and maintenance of efforts Community practitioners must be able to implement multiple strategies and sustain local efforts. ___Promoting community change Community leaders and members must be able to change programs, policies, and practices related to shared goals. ___Influencing systems (or broader) change To enhance chances of success, community practitioners try to change the conditions under which local communities seek improvement. ___Achieving community-level improvements To make broader indicators of success, community members must build leadership and affect change that is large enough and long enough to make a difference. You know the characteristics that can define a "community" ___Shared geographic location ___Similar experiences ___Shared goal You know the types of community organizations that can work together ___Neighborhoods ___Union Workers ___Farmers ___Religious Groups ___Ethnic Groups ___Elderly ___Disabled You know the key points for community organization ___Plan ___Set goals and objectives ___Get assistance from within the community ___Take action ___Always follow-up and maintain Contributor Stephen B. Fawcett
