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Community Immersion & Organizing: Prepared By: Hubertlew M. Magrata

The document outlines the key concepts and steps of community organizing. It defines community organizing as a process of transforming a community into an organized, empowered and self-reliant entity through educating people, organizing collective action, and mobilizing people to address their needs. The steps include entering the community, integrating with people, investigating issues, forming a core group, setting up a community organization, and strengthening the organization. The role of a community organizer is as a facilitator, animator, enabler and catalyst to empower the community and develop local leadership and collective action. Key qualities for an effective community organizer include integrity, creativity, courage and cultural sensitivity.

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Community Immersion & Organizing: Prepared By: Hubertlew M. Magrata

The document outlines the key concepts and steps of community organizing. It defines community organizing as a process of transforming a community into an organized, empowered and self-reliant entity through educating people, organizing collective action, and mobilizing people to address their needs. The steps include entering the community, integrating with people, investigating issues, forming a core group, setting up a community organization, and strengthening the organization. The role of a community organizer is as a facilitator, animator, enabler and catalyst to empower the community and develop local leadership and collective action. Key qualities for an effective community organizer include integrity, creativity, courage and cultural sensitivity.

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COMMUNITY IMMERSION &

ORGANIZING
PREPARED BY: HUBERTLEW M. MAGRATA
COMMUNITY ORGANIZING
is a systematic, planned and
liberating change process of
transforming a complacent,
deprived and malfunctioning
community into an organized,
conscious, empowered and self-
reliant, just and humane entity
and institution.”
-Philippine Business for Social Progress
(PBSP)
COMMUNITY ORGANIZING IS A CONTINUOUS
PROCESS OF:
1. Educating the people to understand their critical consciousness
of their existing conditions;
2. Organizing people to work collectively and efficiently on their
problems;
3. Mobilizing people to develop their capacity and readiness to
respond and take action on their immediate needs towards
solving their long term problems. [UP College of Social Work
and Community Development]
COMMUNITY ORGANIZING (CO) IS BOTH A
PROCESS AND A METHOD.

PROCESS METHOD

It is a process in the sense that it consists of a dynamically


it is perceived as a progressive conscious and deliberate
and forward movement from undertaking to bring social
one condition to another. change.
BRIEF HISTORY: COMMUNITY ORGANIZING IN PHILIPPINE
SETTING

 Through the Philippine Ecumenical Council for Community Organization (PECCO), Community
Organizing was introduced in the Philippines during the First Quarter Storm of the seventies. The
group organized communities in the Tondo area where the program, Zone One Tondo (ZOTO) was
born.
 The program was replicated in other parts of the Philippines, including the rural areas and was usually
introduced through church structures. Organizing efforts continued even when the Martial Law was
declared.
 During this time, Community Workers began pushing for people‘s participation and community
organizing became the tool for achieving this. International Development Groups and government
both began to support and fund Community Organizing Programs. Community Organizing
began to proliferate.
BRIEF HISTORY: COMMUNITY ORGANIZING IN PHILIPPINE
SETTING

 Over time, the group develops concurrently with the development of group members’ confidence, abilities,
skills, knowledge, experiences and so forth.
 In short, the whole notion of community development is about human-centred development and change
for both community members and change agents.
PRINCIPLES OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZING

“Go to the People, Live Among the People”

 One cannot help the community towards


its development if the organizers stay and
work within the comforts of an office/
school and do not integrate with the
people.
PRINCIPLES OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZING

“Learn, Plan and Work with the People”

 The people know better than any other


outsider what their needs and problems
are. The community members, with the
assistance of the community organizer,
must be the one to determine the program
appropriate to answer their needs/
problems.
PRINCIPLES OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZING

“Start With and Build on What the People


Know”

Community organizers must begin with the


indigenous resources, technologies and
structures that the community has. Improve
on their strengths.
PRINCIPLES OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZING

Teach By Showing, Learn by Doing”

For the community to learn effectively,


the worker must demonstrate different
procedures or techniques and not merely
give instructions.
PRINCIPLES OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZING

“Not Piecemeal but an Integrated


Approach”

Community organizing is an inter-


relationship of various elements and
factors.
PRINCIPLES OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZING

“Not Relief, But Release”

Community organizing is a process that


liberates a community from its identified
problems.
STEPS IN COMMUNITY ORGANIZING

Entry into the community.

This step enables the community organizers to


introduce themselves to the local community
officials and inform the local authorities about
the project, its objectives, and the nature of
their stay in the community. As a strategy, the
community organizers adapt a lifestyle in
keeping with the community and choose an
appropriate place or family to stay with.
STEPS IN COMMUNITY ORGANIZING
Integration with the people.
The purpose of this activity is for the community
organizers to imbibe community life and get to know the
culture, economy, leadership, history, and lifestyle of the
people. It is a means of establishing rapport with the
people and building mutual trust and cooperation. It
allows the community organizers to be one with the
people and learn or understand the people’s problems.
The community organizers participate in the economic
activities, household work, group discussion, and social
functions of the community
STEPS IN COMMUNITY ORGANIZING

Social investigation.
Through this step, the community organizers
systematically acquire information and analyze the
political and socio-cultural structure of the community to
identify issues around which to organize the people. The
different strategies include gathering and reviewing
secondary data sources such as records and documents,
holding personal interviews, conducting a survey, and
observing. The community organizers during this stage
assist the community in identifying, analyzing and
prioritizing current community needs and issues. A
compromise between the felt and objective needs must be
met.
STEPS IN COMMUNITY ORGANIZING
Identifying & Developing Potential
Community Leaders.

The Community Organizer should closely


observe those who seem to have deep
understanding and concern for the
community. Equip them with useful
knowledge and experience by initiating
discussions, and slowly educate and
convince the community that leaders must
come from ranks and not outside.
STEPS IN COMMUNITY ORGANIZING

Core Group Formation

The purpose of this step is to form a small group


of potential leaders to assist the community
organizers in organizing and mobilizing the
community. This involves identification of
contacts and potential leaders in the community,
and conduct of training in leadership and
organizing with the core group members as
participants.
STEPS IN COMMUNITY ORGANIZING

Setting-up the Organization


Through this step, the community organizers
facilitate wider participation and collective
action on issues and problems concerning the
community. The people are now ready to set up
their organization, election of leaders with the
participation of all its members. The community
organizer should educate the members to trust
their organization.
STEPS IN COMMUNITY ORGANIZING

Strengthening the Organization

Capacitate the organization by convincing the


people on the power of collective strength. Give
them the chance to move and work together on
their own. Avoid the notion that the people
cannot work without your help and let the
people learn how to handle issues and problems
on their own and conduct their own planning
and assessment.
ROLE OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZER

1. A Facilitator - Facilitates the


community process through
listening and questioning and by
giving continuous encouragement
and support to the local strivings.
ROLE OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZER

2. An Animator – Stimulates
the people to think critically
when identifying problems
and finding new solutions.
ROLE OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZER

3. An Enabler – Consistently
directed at freeing the community
(through key persons like leaders)
to realize their strengths and
potentials in cooperative work.
ROLE OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZER

4. A Catalyst – Hastens the process


of transformation/change
IDEAL PERSONAL QUALITIES OF A COMMUNITY
ORGANIZER

 Integrity
 Creativity
 Courage
 Flexibility
 Objectivity
 Self-discipline
 Tact
 Sensitivity
 Honesty
 Adaptability
 Imagination
 Sense of Humor
THE COMMUNITY ORGANIZER IS A VITAL PERSON IN FACILITATING THE
WHOLE COMMUNITY ORGANIZING PROCESS. A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER
SHOULD HAVE:

 An understanding of development theories and concepts and processing of community


organizing
 Good social and community relation skills to promote social integration in the
community
 An ability to work with other teams of professionals
 Knowledge and skills to enable communities to access specialized technical assistance
in instances when this is needed
 Sensitivity to the local culture
 Gender-sensitivity

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