1 Chapter Four: Engaging the CommunityStrengths and Gaps in your present membership Who is missing? Who else do we need to have in the room? Who else in the community cares about your issue? Who might you engage?
2 Agency-Based and Community-Based ApproachesIssues Agency-Based Community-Based Approach Weakness/Deficit Strength/Asset Definition of Problem By Agencies, Government By Local Community Role of Professional Central to Decision Making Resource to Community Problem Solving
3 Agency-Based and Community-Based ApproachesIssues Agency-Based Community-Based Primary decision makers Agencies, Gov’t Community Potential for Community Ownership Low Hi Community’s Control of Resources
4 Who are the people most affected by the issues you are addressing?List the five groups of people who are most affected in order of importance: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
5 Who might you engage? Who else cares about your issue in your community?
6 Benefits of Involving Grassroots Organizations and LeadersCan reach “high risk” and “hard to reach” populations Work with “formal” and informal” leaders Know what works in their communities 4. Community organizations are community archivists (continued....)
7 Benefits of Involving Grassroots Organizations and Leaders (continued)Promote ownership and participation They are the best architects of solutions Build local leadership Create positive “norms” in the community Promote community ownership
8 Formal and Informal Sectorsthose parts of the community that represent the major institutions in the community such as government, education, health,& business Informal Sectors: those parts of the community best connected to the residents themselves such as neighborhood associations, PTOs, and church groups
9 THE INFORMAL SECTORS Informal Sectors:those parts of the community best connected to the residents themselves such as neighborhood associations, PTOs, and church groups 9
10 THE INFORMAL SECTORS Who do you have? Who are you missing?Church groups Service Clubs PTO Neighborhood Association Missing Tenant Associations WIC advisory groups Head Start parent groups
11 THE FORMAL SECTORS Formal Sectors:those parts of the community that represent the major institutions in the community such as government, education, health,& business Animate groups that go into the various pie sectors: Health providers Hospitals Head Start Pprograms Schools Girls and Boys Clubs Local Government Now add a Heading to the right of the circle (can move circle over if needed) tha says “Missing Sectors” Now add to that list: Businesses Elected officials Faith based organizations 11
12 THE FORMAL SECTORS Who do you have? Who are you missing?Healthcare providers Hospitals Schools Head Start Programs Animate groups that go into the various pie sectors: Health providers Hospitals Head Start programs Schools Girls and Boys Clubs Local Government Now add a Heading to the right of the circle (can move circle over if needed) tha says “Missing Sectors” Now add to that list: Businesses Elected officials Faith based organizations Missing Faith-based organizations Businesses Elected Officials 12
13 Consulted and InformedCommunity Initiated (shared decision making) Community Initiated and Directed (shared decision making) Agency Initiated (shared decision making) Consulted and Informed Assigned Roles Tokenism Degrees of Involvement Ladder of Participation Decoration Manipulation
14 Stakeholder Analysis Capacities, skills, resources? Potential role?Self interest? Why should they join? How will you recruit? Barriers to recruiting? Who? When?
15 Stakeholder Analysis Stakeholder Formal InformalWhat are their capacities, skills and/or resources? What is their potential role in the collaboration? What is their self interest? Why should they join? How will you recruit them? What barriers might exist to recruiting them? Who will approach them? When?
16 The main reason that someone volunteers is that someone they know asks them!
17 Four Ways to Commit Resources to Increase Community EngagementMini grants Leadership development Community outreach workers Community organizers
18 How do we engage the community?GO OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY! Door to door visits – one on one Community Meetings – public forums and listening sessions House meetings Street outreach and tabling Focus Groups Photovoice Attending existing community meetings Go one at a time
19 So, what could happen if we fail to involve the community?We might create a program that no one wants We trap ourselves into always doing “for” and can never get to doing “with” The community may never own the issue We fail to respond to the diversity and culture of our communities Talk about the example of Youth Centers that youth avoid
20 Retention _ The 6 R’s of ParticipationRecognition Respect Role Relationship Reward Results
21 Examples from European Tolerance Coalitions in Engaging Specific PopulationsEngaging Youth An Online Coalition Example https://www.nohatespeechmovement.org/campaign Welcome to the No Hate Speech Movement Campaign of Young People for Human Rights Online The Campaign Internet offers us the possibility to create, publish, distribute and consume media content fostering therefore a space of full participation, engagement and self-expression. With the development of social networks we all can participate in cyberspace in a variety of ways ranging from keeping in touch with your friends and developing new contacts to sharing content and exploring your self-expression. This online space gives us new opportunities: engaging with others for causes that we care for. But we may equally be victim and agent of abuse and human rights violations, among them, hate speech in various forms and cyberbullying. The online world is not without values either. Hate speech* as such is not a new issue on the Internet, nor in the human rights debate. Its online dimension and the potential damage on democratic processes gives us all new reasons to act.
22 Coexister: The Youth Interfaith MovementCoexister, the youth interfaith movement, was founded in 2009, after a meeting for peace in Paris, in the aftermath of the crisis that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was going through at that time. Initially, the idea was to hinder the spreading, among the young and through Facebook, of a conflict, which is more political than religious. It all started with 11 young Jews, Christians and Muslims united under the motto ‘Diversity in faith, Unity in action’. Together, they organized the association’s first campaign ‘Ensemble à Sang%’ and saved 150 people’s lives by collecting 150 blood donations. The recently created Coexister group officially became an association, under the French law (not-for-profit organization), on September 11th, 2009, with the objective of exploring all the dimensions of interreligious contacts among the young. Coexister is now four years old and its members, i.e. young people from all religious backgrounds, act in five fields: dialogue, solidarity, outreach, training, and study trips. des-jeunes/
23 NDI’s Regional Roma InitiativeTo redress their problems and assert their human rights, Roma themselves must drive change through the political process, as candidates to elected office, as advocates petitioning the government, and as watchdogs monitoring the work of police, employers, healthcare providers and others. Political parties, parliaments and civic organizations must also engage Roma on their issues and incorporate Roma into their ranks. NDI’s regional Roma initiative launched in 2004 with the premise that, if Roma gain political clout, government responsiveness to Roma-related issues will follow. NDI’s initiative operates in Bulgaria, Hungary, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia and Slovakia. The Institute has worked with more than 1,000 Roma activists, in capital cities as well as at the village-level, providing training and guidance in civic education, political activism and election campaigning. Roma are entering politics by joining mainstream political parties; undertaking grassroots and national advocacy campaigns to secure their human rights and change public attitudes; and sitting in elected chambers to steer public policy toward pro-Roma outcomes.
24 Forgotten women: The impact of Islamophobia on Muslim women from ENARThis project aims to document the disproportionate effect of Islamophobia on women and develop alliances between the anti-racism and feminist movements in order to better address the intersectional discrimination affecting Muslim women. The project is taking place in 8 countries, chosen to get a representative picture of the situation of Muslim women in the European Union: Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Sweden and United Kingdom. The project aims to: Document the disproportionate effect of Islamophobia on Muslim women Provide analysis to improve the implementation of equality law in cases of discrimination against Muslim women Counter stereotypes about Muslim women and promote positive messages Foster cross-group partnership and develop alliances between the anti-racist and feminist movements in order to better address the intersectional discrimination affecting Muslim women (gender, religion, race and class) Disseminate the findings of the research in advocacy settings (European and national), communication activities and lawyers’ workshops