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Academe-Led Community Organizing In The Philippines’S Economically Disadvantaged Areas: The Case Of Science And Technology Community-Based For Inclusive Development (Stc4id) Program, Emilia S. Visco, Maria Emilinda T. Mendoza, Diana A. Torio, Dhino B. Geges, Clarice C. Pulumbarit, Jennifer Marie S. Amparo, Ron Jay P. Dangcalan, Regina Karla J. Gache, April Charmaine C. Soltura, Lorie M. Alborida, King Niño B. Manzano
Academe-Led Community Organizing In The Philippines’S Economically Disadvantaged Areas: The Case Of Science And Technology Community-Based For Inclusive Development (Stc4id) Program, Emilia S. Visco, Maria Emilinda T. Mendoza, Diana A. Torio, Dhino B. Geges, Clarice C. Pulumbarit, Jennifer Marie S. Amparo, Ron Jay P. Dangcalan, Regina Karla J. Gache, April Charmaine C. Soltura, Lorie M. Alborida, King Niño B. Manzano
Journal of Public Affairs and Development
Part of the mandate of educational institutions, particularly State Colleges and Universities (SUCs) is to provide various forms of community, public, and volunteer services that contribute to the country’s social and economic development, hence the emergence of extension programs facilitated by the academe. Considered a novel concept is the academe-led participatory extension program such as the DOST-PCAARRD’s Science and Technology Community-Based for Inclusive Development (STC4iD) Program. This program introduces new community organizing (CO) perspectives in the geographically, economically, and socially disadvantaged areas (GESDA) of the Philippines. Hence, there is much to be learned about how academe-led CO can be instrumental …
Theoretical Concepts And Practice Of Community Organizing, Josefina T. Dizon
Theoretical Concepts And Practice Of Community Organizing, Josefina T. Dizon
Journal of Public Affairs and Development
Community organizing, one of the methods in community development, is a Western concept adopted in the Philippines. The different definitions of foreign and local authors highlight the nature of community organizing as a process by which a community identifies its problems and finds solutions through collective mobilization of the people and resources. This paper discusses the theoretical concepts of community organizing, which include its ideological background and value orientations, assumptions and propositions, goals, approaches, and principles. Towards the end, the paper discusses the steps involved in community organizing and forwards a conceptual framework of community organizing focused on people empowerment …