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Section 8. Some Lessons Learned on Community Organization and Change

Tool #1 Supporting the Work of Community Organization and Change

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.

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 Community planning

Community planners need to help people agree on common goals and means for addressing them.

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Community action and mobilization

Community leaders and members must commit to act with and learn from each other in this hard work.

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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.

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Intervention and maintenance of efforts

Community practitioners must be able to implement multiple strategies and sustain local efforts.

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Promoting community change

Community leaders and members must be able to change programs, policies, and practices related to shared goals.

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Our Model of Change conceptual pieces

Influencing systems (or broader) change

To enhance chances of success, community practitioners try to change the conditions under which local communities seek improvement.

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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.

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Stephen B. Fawcett