1. Strategies for Community Organization and Improvement: An Overview

2. Community Organizer: The process by which people get to know each other

3. Community Organizing Includes
Identify common goals
Mobilize resources
Develop strategies
Accomplish goals
Identify common goals
Mobilize resources
Develop strategies
Accomplish goals

4. Why Organize To bring about change Empowerment
Increase self-sufficiency
Increase social support

5. Strategies for Organizing
Locality development
Social planning
Policy change
Systems advocacy
Coalitions

6. How to create change Involve the community Identify the problem
Reframe as an issue
Develop a strategy
Develop tactics
Choose action steps
Create short-end wins
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