Introduction to Community Empowerment/Community needs/Why Empower a Community?

{{Key_points| {|cellpadding="5" cellspacing="6" style="width:100%;background:#FFFFDF; border-style:solid; border-width:1px; border-color:#888855;" Read the Human Factor paper to get an idea of the empowerment process, including the eight elements of the process, the six dimensions of culture, and the sixteen elements of strength. The rest of the course is based on these things, so they should be read first.}} Why Empower a Community?
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 * The Community is the Most Effective Medium
 * Power, Capacity, Ability
 * Choosing Which Communities
 * Wealth and Poverty, A Social Approach
 * Participation (Necessary but not Necessarily Sufficient)