Community organizing was born out of protest against inequality, powerlessness, and overbearing government control to gain civil rights and end discrimination (as cited in Waites, 2008). Waites further states; that community organizing is not just a set of techniques or a means to win issues, but also to build powerful community organizations, in the process of which community relationships are rebuilt, and individuals are empowered (p. 172).
Thus, the intergenerational perspective with community organizing creates a more shared public space that fosters social connectedness and provides ongoing opportunities for open dialogue between diverse groups and all potential vehicles for promoting interdependence and a new kind of citizenship in communities (as cited in Waites, 2008).
Waites’s information about intergenerational community organizing within the African-American community warns us that there are challenges. It is important to remember, “The African American community” is not monolithic and does not lend itself to singular strategies to address the community’s concerns. Therefore, as a Social Worker or Human Services Practitioners, how do you envision incorporating intergenerational community organizing to confront issues and problems within the African American community?
Domains to be used in discussion:
structural, consensual, normative, associational, functional and affectional.
Community organizing was born out of protest against inequality, powerlessness, and overbearing government control to gain civil rights and end discrimination (as cited in Waites, 2008). Waites further states; that community organizing is not just a set of techniques or a means to win issues, but also to build powerful