Implementing the Community's Chosen Action

• Organizing Without Action is Not Mobilizing
• Implementing the Community Plans
• Oops! They Need More Skills
• Include the Monitoring, Too
• Celebration (Necessary Work)

Key points

Since action is needed to distinguish organizing from mobilization, the community must act in accordance with its plan and project design. The mobilizer stimulates and encourages that action. While they are engaged in a project, community members become more aware of the skills they need, and the mobilizer must be prepared to assist them on obtaining those skills. Monitoring of the project by the community is needed. Celebration of its completion is public recognition and an opportunity to repeat the cycle

Reading

Into Action Module Introduction Organizing Without Action is Not Mobilizing Action Key Words Entry Implementing the Community Plans Implementing Community Plans Discussion Handout Oops! They Need More Skills Skills Discussion Handout Needs Discussion Handout Include the Monitoring, Too Monitoring Discussion Handout Celebration (Necessary Work) –– Avoid veisalgia) Celebration Discussion Handout

Outcomes

The student will recognize that community action is vital for community empowerment The student will know how to stimulate the community to take action by implementing its plan The student will recognize that after the action starts the community members become more aware of the skills they need The student will be prepared to provide needed skills when the community recognizes their need The student will recognize the need for the community to monitor its own action, and will be able to encourage and guide the community to do so The student will recognize the need for public celebration, that it is part of the necessary work of the mobilizer. The student will learn to look up words like veisalgia