James Ptacek (ed.)
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- February 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780195335484
- eISBN:
- 9780199864331
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195335484.001.0001
- Subject:
- Social Work, Children and Families, Crime and Justice
Despite significant accomplishments over the past 35 years, antiviolence activists know that justice for most abused women remains elusive. Most victims of violence against women do not call the ...
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Despite significant accomplishments over the past 35 years, antiviolence activists know that justice for most abused women remains elusive. Most victims of violence against women do not call the police or seek help from the courts. Are there new ways that survivors might find justice? This book examines new alternative justice practices for victims. These informal, dialogue-based practices, referred to as “restorative justice,” seek to decrease the role of the state in responding to crime, and increase the involvement of communities in meeting the needs of victims and offenders. Restorative Justice and Violence Against Women considers both the dangers and potential benefits of using restorative justice in response to these crimes. The contributors include antiviolence activists and scholars from the U.S., Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. A range of perspectives on these alternative justice practices is presented. This book also contains rich descriptions of new programs that combine restorative justice with feminist antiviolence approaches. The hope is that this will inspire survivors, advocates, community activists, and scholars to create new ways for abused women to find justice.Less
Despite significant accomplishments over the past 35 years, antiviolence activists know that justice for most abused women remains elusive. Most victims of violence against women do not call the police or seek help from the courts. Are there new ways that survivors might find justice? This book examines new alternative justice practices for victims. These informal, dialogue-based practices, referred to as “restorative justice,” seek to decrease the role of the state in responding to crime, and increase the involvement of communities in meeting the needs of victims and offenders. Restorative Justice and Violence Against Women considers both the dangers and potential benefits of using restorative justice in response to these crimes. The contributors include antiviolence activists and scholars from the U.S., Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. A range of perspectives on these alternative justice practices is presented. This book also contains rich descriptions of new programs that combine restorative justice with feminist antiviolence approaches. The hope is that this will inspire survivors, advocates, community activists, and scholars to create new ways for abused women to find justice.
Melvin Delgado and Lee Staples
- Published in print:
- 2007
- Published Online:
- January 2009
- ISBN:
- 9780195182767
- eISBN:
- 9780199865192
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195182767.003.0011
- Subject:
- Social Work, Communities and Organizations, Children and Families
This chapter presents some concluding thoughts. It discusses the future directions of youth-led organizing. It argues that the movement will continue to grow and increase its social impact in the ...
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This chapter presents some concluding thoughts. It discusses the future directions of youth-led organizing. It argues that the movement will continue to grow and increase its social impact in the years ahead.Less
This chapter presents some concluding thoughts. It discusses the future directions of youth-led organizing. It argues that the movement will continue to grow and increase its social impact in the years ahead.
Melvin Delgado and Lee Staples
- Published in print:
- 2007
- Published Online:
- January 2009
- ISBN:
- 9780195182767
- eISBN:
- 9780199865192
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195182767.003.0001
- Subject:
- Social Work, Communities and Organizations, Children and Families
This chapter begins with discussions of the importance of the youth to a nation, the socio-demographic profile of the youth in the United States, and youth organizing. It then discusses the book’s ...
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This chapter begins with discussions of the importance of the youth to a nation, the socio-demographic profile of the youth in the United States, and youth organizing. It then discusses the book’s goals, target audience, author’s qualifications and interests, and other books on community organizing.Less
This chapter begins with discussions of the importance of the youth to a nation, the socio-demographic profile of the youth in the United States, and youth organizing. It then discusses the book’s goals, target audience, author’s qualifications and interests, and other books on community organizing.
Melvin Delgado and Lee Staples
- Published in print:
- 2007
- Published Online:
- January 2009
- ISBN:
- 9780195182767
- eISBN:
- 9780199865192
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195182767.003.0004
- Subject:
- Social Work, Communities and Organizations, Children and Families
This chapter discusses the principles and an analytical framework for youth-led community organizing. Specifically, it presents nine principles and ten elements of the analytical framework aimed at ...
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This chapter discusses the principles and an analytical framework for youth-led community organizing. Specifically, it presents nine principles and ten elements of the analytical framework aimed at helping both practitioners and academics better appreciate the dynamic nature of social interventions such as youth-led community organizing. The nine principles capture a broad arena for readers, while the ten elements constitute the analytical framework used to examine youth-led organizing in the United States.Less
This chapter discusses the principles and an analytical framework for youth-led community organizing. Specifically, it presents nine principles and ten elements of the analytical framework aimed at helping both practitioners and academics better appreciate the dynamic nature of social interventions such as youth-led community organizing. The nine principles capture a broad arena for readers, while the ten elements constitute the analytical framework used to examine youth-led organizing in the United States.
Melvin Delgado and Lee Staples
- Published in print:
- 2007
- Published Online:
- January 2009
- ISBN:
- 9780195182767
- eISBN:
- 9780199865192
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195182767.003.0008
- Subject:
- Social Work, Communities and Organizations, Children and Families
This chapter discusses the similarities, or crosscutting themes, of youth-led organizing with other organizing campaigns. It identifies fifteen crosscutting themes which fall into four categories: ...
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This chapter discusses the similarities, or crosscutting themes, of youth-led organizing with other organizing campaigns. It identifies fifteen crosscutting themes which fall into four categories: (1) purpose of organizing; (2) recruitment and support; (3) group structure; and (4) youth and adult roles.Less
This chapter discusses the similarities, or crosscutting themes, of youth-led organizing with other organizing campaigns. It identifies fifteen crosscutting themes which fall into four categories: (1) purpose of organizing; (2) recruitment and support; (3) group structure; and (4) youth and adult roles.
Mark Wolfson and Maria Parries
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- September 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780195388299
- eISBN:
- 9780199866519
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195388299.003.0008
- Subject:
- Political Science, American Politics
This chapter discusses the institutionalization of community action in public health. To say that some kind of activity is “institutionalized” means that it has become “routine,” a relatively stable ...
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This chapter discusses the institutionalization of community action in public health. To say that some kind of activity is “institutionalized” means that it has become “routine,” a relatively stable and fixed part of supported and required behavior. Community participation in public health activities and policy has become supported and mandated in the public health funded programs of the U.S. government. Social movements have been deeply intertwined with the public health profession and state policy. The paper discusses the adoption, standardization, and dissemination of community action in its several forms (e.g., community organizing, community coalitions, and community‐based participatory research). They are able to chart the dramatic increase in the funding of community action methods, using a data base of federally funded biomedical research.Less
This chapter discusses the institutionalization of community action in public health. To say that some kind of activity is “institutionalized” means that it has become “routine,” a relatively stable and fixed part of supported and required behavior. Community participation in public health activities and policy has become supported and mandated in the public health funded programs of the U.S. government. Social movements have been deeply intertwined with the public health profession and state policy. The paper discusses the adoption, standardization, and dissemination of community action in its several forms (e.g., community organizing, community coalitions, and community‐based participatory research). They are able to chart the dramatic increase in the funding of community action methods, using a data base of federally funded biomedical research.
Andrea Smith
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- February 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780195335484
- eISBN:
- 9780199864331
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195335484.003.0012
- Subject:
- Social Work, Children and Families, Crime and Justice
This chapter critiques both criminal justice and restorative justice models for addressing violence against women. While advocates for criminal justice and restorative justice models have sharp ...
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This chapter critiques both criminal justice and restorative justice models for addressing violence against women. While advocates for criminal justice and restorative justice models have sharp disagreements with each other; they all tend to uncritically rely on the state-based approaches for addressing violence. Such approaches fail to address the role of the state itself in instigating and perpetuating violence against women, particularly poor women and women of color. In contrast to such state-based approaches, this chapter offers non-state based grassroots organizing models as an alternative strategy for addressing the root causes of gender violence.Less
This chapter critiques both criminal justice and restorative justice models for addressing violence against women. While advocates for criminal justice and restorative justice models have sharp disagreements with each other; they all tend to uncritically rely on the state-based approaches for addressing violence. Such approaches fail to address the role of the state itself in instigating and perpetuating violence against women, particularly poor women and women of color. In contrast to such state-based approaches, this chapter offers non-state based grassroots organizing models as an alternative strategy for addressing the root causes of gender violence.
Melvin Delgado and Lee Staples
- Published in print:
- 2007
- Published Online:
- January 2009
- ISBN:
- 9780195182767
- eISBN:
- 9780199865192
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195182767.003.0010
- Subject:
- Social Work, Communities and Organizations, Children and Families
This chapter provides a comprehensive view of the considerations and challenges found in all phases of the youth-led community organizing process. In the case of youth organizing, particular ...
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This chapter provides a comprehensive view of the considerations and challenges found in all phases of the youth-led community organizing process. In the case of youth organizing, particular attention is paid to how age and gender become both facilitating and hindering factors in campaigns for social change.Less
This chapter provides a comprehensive view of the considerations and challenges found in all phases of the youth-led community organizing process. In the case of youth organizing, particular attention is paid to how age and gender become both facilitating and hindering factors in campaigns for social change.
Mark R. Warren
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- May 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780199751242
- eISBN:
- 9780199943326
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199751242.003.0005
- Subject:
- Sociology, Race and Ethnicity
This chapter looks at activists' experiences in engaging other whites. Activists take on the responsibility of engaging with other white people to change their racialized ideas and practices. White ...
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This chapter looks at activists' experiences in engaging other whites. Activists take on the responsibility of engaging with other white people to change their racialized ideas and practices. White activists face many tensions and dilemmas in trying to influence other whites within a system that perpetuates racism on a daily basis. The chapter starts with a key dilemma faced by all white activists who try to influence others, that is, how to challenge a white person's racism in a way which moves them forward rather than causes defensiveness and retreat. It turns to a close examination of how activists seek to influence other whites in the three different fields of action represented in the study: community organizing, education, and policy advocacy and criminal justice work.Less
This chapter looks at activists' experiences in engaging other whites. Activists take on the responsibility of engaging with other white people to change their racialized ideas and practices. White activists face many tensions and dilemmas in trying to influence other whites within a system that perpetuates racism on a daily basis. The chapter starts with a key dilemma faced by all white activists who try to influence others, that is, how to challenge a white person's racism in a way which moves them forward rather than causes defensiveness and retreat. It turns to a close examination of how activists seek to influence other whites in the three different fields of action represented in the study: community organizing, education, and policy advocacy and criminal justice work.
Mark R. Warren
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- May 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780199751242
- eISBN:
- 9780199943326
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199751242.001.0001
- Subject:
- Sociology, Race and Ethnicity
This book uncovers the dynamic processes through which some white Americans become activists for racial justice, reporting accounts of the development of racial awareness drawn from in-depth ...
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This book uncovers the dynamic processes through which some white Americans become activists for racial justice, reporting accounts of the development of racial awareness drawn from in-depth interviews with fifty white activists in the fields of community organizing, education, and criminal justice reform. Drawing extensively on the interview material, the author shows how white Americans can develop a commitment to racial justice, not just because it is the right thing to do, but because they embrace the cause as their own. Contrary to much contemporary thinking on racial issues focused on altruism or interests, he finds that cognitive and rational processes alone do little to move whites to action. Rather, the motivation to take and sustain action for racial justice is profoundly moral and relational. The author shows how white activists come to find common cause with people of color when their core values are engaged, as they build relationships with people of color that lead to caring, and when they develop a vision of a racially just future which they understand to benefit everyone: themselves, other whites, and people of color. He also considers the complex dynamics and dilemmas white people face in working in multiracial organizations committed to systemic change in America's racial order, and provides a deeper understanding and appreciation of the role that white people can play in efforts to promote racial justice.Less
This book uncovers the dynamic processes through which some white Americans become activists for racial justice, reporting accounts of the development of racial awareness drawn from in-depth interviews with fifty white activists in the fields of community organizing, education, and criminal justice reform. Drawing extensively on the interview material, the author shows how white Americans can develop a commitment to racial justice, not just because it is the right thing to do, but because they embrace the cause as their own. Contrary to much contemporary thinking on racial issues focused on altruism or interests, he finds that cognitive and rational processes alone do little to move whites to action. Rather, the motivation to take and sustain action for racial justice is profoundly moral and relational. The author shows how white activists come to find common cause with people of color when their core values are engaged, as they build relationships with people of color that lead to caring, and when they develop a vision of a racially just future which they understand to benefit everyone: themselves, other whites, and people of color. He also considers the complex dynamics and dilemmas white people face in working in multiracial organizations committed to systemic change in America's racial order, and provides a deeper understanding and appreciation of the role that white people can play in efforts to promote racial justice.
James Ptacek
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- February 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780195335484
- eISBN:
- 9780199864331
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195335484.003.0001
- Subject:
- Social Work, Children and Families, Crime and Justice
This introductory chapter discusses the recent interest in restorative justice among feminist activists and scholars. The interest is in part a response to the co-optation of antiviolence activism by ...
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This introductory chapter discusses the recent interest in restorative justice among feminist activists and scholars. The interest is in part a response to the co-optation of antiviolence activism by the criminal legal system. Feminist investigations of restorative justice are placed in the context of several other developments in community organizing. This includes the “safety and accountability audit” designed by Ellen Pence, and efforts to address violence against women of color by Incite! Women of Color Against Violence. While many feminists have been critical of using restorative justice for crimes against women, others have found restorative approaches beneficial in these cases, especially when they are adapted to meet the needs of survivors. These three developments—safety audits, organizing around violence against women of color, and restorative justice—present three different challenges to previous forms of antiviolence work.Less
This introductory chapter discusses the recent interest in restorative justice among feminist activists and scholars. The interest is in part a response to the co-optation of antiviolence activism by the criminal legal system. Feminist investigations of restorative justice are placed in the context of several other developments in community organizing. This includes the “safety and accountability audit” designed by Ellen Pence, and efforts to address violence against women of color by Incite! Women of Color Against Violence. While many feminists have been critical of using restorative justice for crimes against women, others have found restorative approaches beneficial in these cases, especially when they are adapted to meet the needs of survivors. These three developments—safety audits, organizing around violence against women of color, and restorative justice—present three different challenges to previous forms of antiviolence work.
Lauren Abramson and Elizabeth Beck
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- January 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780195394641
- eISBN:
- 9780199863365
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195394641.003.0007
- Subject:
- Social Work, Communities and Organizations
This chapter describes how a restorative process called community conferencing combined with a traditional community organizing effort transformed a neighborhood. The strengths and limitations of ...
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This chapter describes how a restorative process called community conferencing combined with a traditional community organizing effort transformed a neighborhood. The strengths and limitations of community conferencing are explored. The case study involves a seemingly intractable conflict involving football playing in a Baltimore neighborhood. The conflict which is described in the chapter led to a community conference that led to the creation of a football league and ultimately the transformation of a neighborhood. The chapter covers the history, principles, and practice skills associated with community conferencing. It suggests that community conferencing can be an important tool for addressing a conflict and is a very strong complement to traditional community practice interventions. The chapter further purports that community conferencing can be an effective strategy to support the development of collective efficacy, a condition that has been found to reduce crime, as neighbors know each other, share values, and are willing to intervene in neighborhood problems.Less
This chapter describes how a restorative process called community conferencing combined with a traditional community organizing effort transformed a neighborhood. The strengths and limitations of community conferencing are explored. The case study involves a seemingly intractable conflict involving football playing in a Baltimore neighborhood. The conflict which is described in the chapter led to a community conference that led to the creation of a football league and ultimately the transformation of a neighborhood. The chapter covers the history, principles, and practice skills associated with community conferencing. It suggests that community conferencing can be an important tool for addressing a conflict and is a very strong complement to traditional community practice interventions. The chapter further purports that community conferencing can be an effective strategy to support the development of collective efficacy, a condition that has been found to reduce crime, as neighbors know each other, share values, and are willing to intervene in neighborhood problems.
Melvin Delgado and Lee Staples
- Published in print:
- 2007
- Published Online:
- January 2009
- ISBN:
- 9780195182767
- eISBN:
- 9780199865192
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195182767.003.0007
- Subject:
- Social Work, Communities and Organizations, Children and Families
This chapter discusses the areas that should be addressed when new youth community organizers are selected, developed, and sustained. It focuses on recruitment, screening, and preparation. The ...
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This chapter discusses the areas that should be addressed when new youth community organizers are selected, developed, and sustained. It focuses on recruitment, screening, and preparation. The chapter also discusses the importance of peer group supervision and individual supervision or mentoring.Less
This chapter discusses the areas that should be addressed when new youth community organizers are selected, developed, and sustained. It focuses on recruitment, screening, and preparation. The chapter also discusses the importance of peer group supervision and individual supervision or mentoring.
Melvin Delgado and Lee Staples
- Published in print:
- 2007
- Published Online:
- January 2009
- ISBN:
- 9780195182767
- eISBN:
- 9780199865192
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195182767.003.0009
- Subject:
- Social Work, Communities and Organizations, Children and Families
This chapter presents a case study to illustrate how youth-led community organizing can be done and how local circumstances help shape these efforts. Hyde/Jackson Square is an area that has been ...
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This chapter presents a case study to illustrate how youth-led community organizing can be done and how local circumstances help shape these efforts. Hyde/Jackson Square is an area that has been described by the Boston Redevelopment Authority and the United Way of Massachusetts Bay as one of the most densely populated minority-youth concentrations in the city of Boston. The chapter describes the formation of the Hyde Square Task Force and its participation in planning for the Jackson Square Development Area. It is shown that the campaign to establish a youth and family center emerged from the context of a traditional turf-based organizing effort by the Hyde Square Task Force that initially focused on gang and drug violence. As neighborhood residents joined together to gain greater control over the redevelopment of the area, the need for a youth center surfaced through a true “bottom-up” community-driven strategic planning process initiated by the task force’s executive director. Once it became clear that youth programming was an essential priority, and large numbers of young people became directly involved in the action group, strong elements of identity organizing based on age also emerged.Less
This chapter presents a case study to illustrate how youth-led community organizing can be done and how local circumstances help shape these efforts. Hyde/Jackson Square is an area that has been described by the Boston Redevelopment Authority and the United Way of Massachusetts Bay as one of the most densely populated minority-youth concentrations in the city of Boston. The chapter describes the formation of the Hyde Square Task Force and its participation in planning for the Jackson Square Development Area. It is shown that the campaign to establish a youth and family center emerged from the context of a traditional turf-based organizing effort by the Hyde Square Task Force that initially focused on gang and drug violence. As neighborhood residents joined together to gain greater control over the redevelopment of the area, the need for a youth center surfaced through a true “bottom-up” community-driven strategic planning process initiated by the task force’s executive director. Once it became clear that youth programming was an essential priority, and large numbers of young people became directly involved in the action group, strong elements of identity organizing based on age also emerged.
Richard L. Wood and Brad R. Fulton
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- May 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780226305974
- eISBN:
- 9780226306162
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- DOI:
- 10.7208/chicago/9780226306162.003.0002
- Subject:
- Sociology, Politics, Social Movements and Social Change
This chapter introduces the National Study of Community Organizing Coalitions, an original survey of all faith-based community organizing coalitions in the U.S.. This study, which achieved a 94% ...
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This chapter introduces the National Study of Community Organizing Coalitions, an original survey of all faith-based community organizing coalitions in the U.S.. This study, which achieved a 94% response rate, offers the first comprehensive data on this field; in combination with a more limited earlier study, it allows assessment of changes between 1999 and 2011. The movement has grown substantially on a foundation of mobilizing structures that have expanded and diversified. Three developments helped to catalyze this growth: a more ambitious political imagination that now informs the work of some sectors of the movement; new collaborative efforts at the local, state, and national levels that are forming emergent ‘federated structures’ which increase the field’s capacity to impact public life; and new financial resources and organizing talent that have entered the field. Together, these factors have contributed to the emergence of new organizational cultures, a heightened public presence, and new political sophistication across some sectors of faith-based community organizing. But the resulting new strategic capacity has spread unevenly across the movement; deeper innovation will be necessary if faith-based community organizing is to play a crucial role in shaping the future of American democracy.Less
This chapter introduces the National Study of Community Organizing Coalitions, an original survey of all faith-based community organizing coalitions in the U.S.. This study, which achieved a 94% response rate, offers the first comprehensive data on this field; in combination with a more limited earlier study, it allows assessment of changes between 1999 and 2011. The movement has grown substantially on a foundation of mobilizing structures that have expanded and diversified. Three developments helped to catalyze this growth: a more ambitious political imagination that now informs the work of some sectors of the movement; new collaborative efforts at the local, state, and national levels that are forming emergent ‘federated structures’ which increase the field’s capacity to impact public life; and new financial resources and organizing talent that have entered the field. Together, these factors have contributed to the emergence of new organizational cultures, a heightened public presence, and new political sophistication across some sectors of faith-based community organizing. But the resulting new strategic capacity has spread unevenly across the movement; deeper innovation will be necessary if faith-based community organizing is to play a crucial role in shaping the future of American democracy.
Melvin Delgado and Lee Staples
- Published in print:
- 2007
- Published Online:
- January 2009
- ISBN:
- 9780195182767
- eISBN:
- 9780199865192
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195182767.003.0006
- Subject:
- Social Work, Communities and Organizations, Children and Families
This chapter explores youth leadership within the context of youth-led community organizing. It discusses the manifestations of leadership in youth development and tensions in youth leadership. It ...
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This chapter explores youth leadership within the context of youth-led community organizing. It discusses the manifestations of leadership in youth development and tensions in youth leadership. It then outlines the characteristics of effective youth community leaders including open-mindedness, critical thinking, commitment to a cause, anger at social injustice, belief in social justice, and eagerness to learn.Less
This chapter explores youth leadership within the context of youth-led community organizing. It discusses the manifestations of leadership in youth development and tensions in youth leadership. It then outlines the characteristics of effective youth community leaders including open-mindedness, critical thinking, commitment to a cause, anger at social injustice, belief in social justice, and eagerness to learn.
Richard L. Wood
- Published in print:
- 2005
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780195162271
- eISBN:
- 9780199850365
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195162271.003.0010
- Subject:
- Religion, Religion and Society
The success of faith-based community organizing in Hispanic churches may be due partly to the fact that contemporary statements of this work were first pioneered in Hispanic barrios in San Antonio, ...
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The success of faith-based community organizing in Hispanic churches may be due partly to the fact that contemporary statements of this work were first pioneered in Hispanic barrios in San Antonio, Texas, largely by Hispanic organizers, clergy, and nuns like Father Virgilio Elizondo, MACC, and Ernesto Cortés. This chapter argues for the democratic promise of this kind of political organizing by Hispanics. First, it describes faith-based community organizing generally, including its origins and contemporary contours. Second, it notes current levels of Hispanic engagement in this work, both as participants and as professional staff. Third, it analyzes the movement's future democratic potential for Latinos. The chapter concludes by noting three kinds of challenges posed by this discussion: challenges to the literature on Hispanic civic engagement; challenges to the field of faith-based community organizing; and challenges to Hispanic youth and all those who work with them.Less
The success of faith-based community organizing in Hispanic churches may be due partly to the fact that contemporary statements of this work were first pioneered in Hispanic barrios in San Antonio, Texas, largely by Hispanic organizers, clergy, and nuns like Father Virgilio Elizondo, MACC, and Ernesto Cortés. This chapter argues for the democratic promise of this kind of political organizing by Hispanics. First, it describes faith-based community organizing generally, including its origins and contemporary contours. Second, it notes current levels of Hispanic engagement in this work, both as participants and as professional staff. Third, it analyzes the movement's future democratic potential for Latinos. The chapter concludes by noting three kinds of challenges posed by this discussion: challenges to the literature on Hispanic civic engagement; challenges to the field of faith-based community organizing; and challenges to Hispanic youth and all those who work with them.
Judah Schept
- Published in print:
- 1942
- Published Online:
- May 2016
- ISBN:
- 9781479810710
- eISBN:
- 9781479802821
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- NYU Press
- DOI:
- 10.18574/nyu/9781479810710.003.0009
- Subject:
- Sociology, Law, Crime and Deviance
While most chapters offer only glimpses into the local community organizing that challenged carceral expansion, Part 4 ends the book with a more robust examination. Chapter 8 looks primarily, ...
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While most chapters offer only glimpses into the local community organizing that challenged carceral expansion, Part 4 ends the book with a more robust examination. Chapter 8 looks primarily, although not exclusively, at one group, Decarcerate Monroe County (DMC), which organized around abolitionist principles and in opposition to the justice campus. DMC’s work in Bloomington was difficult, as the group tried to construct a critique and enact a politics that disrupted the local liberal narrative of exceptional incarceration. Indeed, officials’ embrace of therapeutic justice and rehabilitation and active critique of punishment presented a formidable challenge to organizers against jail expansion. Organizers had to refine their analysis of the state and punishment to articulate a coherent critique of allegedly benevolent municipal criminal justice. Moreover, organizers encountered discursive and strategic challenges when county officials spoke not only of rehabilitation and human rights but also of debate, consensus, and public opinion. Thus, community organizers faced campaigns that relied on liberal discourses of incarceration to envision carceral expansion and the rhetoric of democratic process and community consensus to legitimate them. Chapter 8 examines DMC’s internal politics and processes as well as the group’s interventions into county carceral politics. In addition, the chapter includes a brief "insurrectionary interlude" to discuss some sabotage and other higher-risk activities undertaken in the city to halt incarceration.Less
While most chapters offer only glimpses into the local community organizing that challenged carceral expansion, Part 4 ends the book with a more robust examination. Chapter 8 looks primarily, although not exclusively, at one group, Decarcerate Monroe County (DMC), which organized around abolitionist principles and in opposition to the justice campus. DMC’s work in Bloomington was difficult, as the group tried to construct a critique and enact a politics that disrupted the local liberal narrative of exceptional incarceration. Indeed, officials’ embrace of therapeutic justice and rehabilitation and active critique of punishment presented a formidable challenge to organizers against jail expansion. Organizers had to refine their analysis of the state and punishment to articulate a coherent critique of allegedly benevolent municipal criminal justice. Moreover, organizers encountered discursive and strategic challenges when county officials spoke not only of rehabilitation and human rights but also of debate, consensus, and public opinion. Thus, community organizers faced campaigns that relied on liberal discourses of incarceration to envision carceral expansion and the rhetoric of democratic process and community consensus to legitimate them. Chapter 8 examines DMC’s internal politics and processes as well as the group’s interventions into county carceral politics. In addition, the chapter includes a brief "insurrectionary interlude" to discuss some sabotage and other higher-risk activities undertaken in the city to halt incarceration.
Melvin Delgado and Lee Staples
- Published in print:
- 2007
- Published Online:
- January 2009
- ISBN:
- 9780195182767
- eISBN:
- 9780199865192
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195182767.003.0002
- Subject:
- Social Work, Communities and Organizations, Children and Families
This chapter presents a four-part definitional and philosophical foundation upon which to build a contextualization of youth rights and their social-political status within society. It includes ...
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This chapter presents a four-part definitional and philosophical foundation upon which to build a contextualization of youth rights and their social-political status within society. It includes definitions of social justice, adultism, youth rights, and a social and economic justice agenda. These four perspectives on justice are influenced by moral philosophy and sociology. It is argued that these four concepts are intertwined and that a commitment to these four concepts is essential if adults are to play meaningful roles in working respectfully and effectively with young people in youth-led community organizing.Less
This chapter presents a four-part definitional and philosophical foundation upon which to build a contextualization of youth rights and their social-political status within society. It includes definitions of social justice, adultism, youth rights, and a social and economic justice agenda. These four perspectives on justice are influenced by moral philosophy and sociology. It is argued that these four concepts are intertwined and that a commitment to these four concepts is essential if adults are to play meaningful roles in working respectfully and effectively with young people in youth-led community organizing.
Melvin Delgado and Lee Staples
- Published in print:
- 2007
- Published Online:
- January 2009
- ISBN:
- 9780195182767
- eISBN:
- 9780199865192
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195182767.003.0005
- Subject:
- Social Work, Communities and Organizations, Children and Families
This chapter examines participatory democracy in youth-led community organizing. It discusses the elements and forms of participatory democracy and the evolution of civic participation. It then ...
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This chapter examines participatory democracy in youth-led community organizing. It discusses the elements and forms of participatory democracy and the evolution of civic participation. It then reviews literature on participatory democracy.Less
This chapter examines participatory democracy in youth-led community organizing. It discusses the elements and forms of participatory democracy and the evolution of civic participation. It then reviews literature on participatory democracy.
