What is locality development? ___Locality development is community-building through improving the process by which things get done. ___Locality development creates an infrastructure for community activism and action. ___Locality development emphasizes positive action on the part of a whole community. Why should you engage in locality development? ___Locality development breaks down barriers within the community by encouraging and improving communication among all individuals and groups in the population. ___Locality development brings together people who normally have no contact, and defines the community as including all of them. ___Locality development lays a solid base for community support of activism around issues of importance. ___Locality development helps individuals and groups acquire new skills and knowledge. ___Locality development brings forth the natural leaders from within the community. ___Locality development encourages the community to identify its own resources and understand its own strengths. ___Locality development makes the community self-sufficient and able to identify and solve its own problems. ___Locality development gives voice to everyone, and makes participatory democracy the normal method of community decision-making. ___Locality development builds a foundation for real community and equity, leading to a healthy community and long-term, positive social change. When should you engage in locality development? ___Locality development is appropriate at almost any time in almost any community. Who should be involved in locality development? ___Locality development should be inclusive and participatory, involving people from all sectors and areas of the community. How do you engage in locality development? ___Get to know the community by learning its history, spending time experiencing it, and establishing relationships with its members. ___Determine what will motivate the community to organize. ___Identify opinion leaders and other trusted individuals and groups, and work with them. ___Recruit people to the effort. ___Establish a communication system. ___Encourage leadership from within the community. ___Create a structure as a focus for the development effort. ___Define the most important issues that relate to the community's overall concerns. ___Develop a strategic plan. ___Continually monitor and evaluate your work. ___Make the locality development effort self-sustaining and community-run, so that it's established as a permanent fixture.
