Organizing the Community

• Organizing for Decision Making and/or Action
• Management Training (and Union Organizing) for Communities
• Community Plan and Action Plan
• Project Design

Key points

The community must be organized for making decisions, and must be organized for action. The technique of community organizing is a combination of management training and trade union organizing. These are then used to guide the community in making a plan for its own development, and also for making a project design for its chosen action.

Reading

Organizing the Community Module Hub Organizing for Decision Making and Action Organising for Action Discussion Handout Management Training (and Union Organizing) for Communities Training as Mobilization Discussion Handout Community Plan and Action Plan Community Action Plan Discussion Handout Project Design Project Design Discussion Handout Project Design Module Hub

Outcomes

The student will know how to organize for decision making and organize for action, and be able to distinguish between them The student will recognize the origin and parallels or community organizing with both management training and union organizing The student will be able to guide the community in making a plan of action The student will be able to guide the community to design a community project