Planning and Effecting Community Change

Catalog description

This course examines participatory planning as a systematic process for creating community change. It critically analyzes the sociopolitical context and core concepts of “planning for change,” major models and methods of practice, and practical tools for engaging community members, assessing community strengths and needs, setting goals and making action plans, building support and collaborative partnerships for implementation, and evaluation as a participatory community-based approach. Emphasis is placed on working with oppressed groups in racially segregated and economically disinvested areas.