COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, SOLIDARITY, AND

CITIZENSHIP
Week 5 and 6

Name: _______________________________ Date: ____________________

Track: __________________ Teacher: ____________________________

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Video Presentation

- The Animal Team Work (1:23 mins.)

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7gF3hDoUqk
1. What is your observation about the animal ant team work?

The Importance of Solidarity

(Graham’s Grumbles)

SOLIDARITY IS MORE THAN UNIONS

SOLIDARITY IS DEFYING BOUNDARIES

SOLIDARITY IS FROM COMMUNICATION TO ACTION

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 SOLIDARITY IS MORE THAN UNIONS
Solidarity is about more than Unions. It’s about working with people on the things that matter to them.
It is also about removing the boundaries that prevent us from working together. It is about believing
that what hurts my neighbor also hurts myself, that when I need a neighbor I have no right to expect
help if I have not first helped others. It is both an emotion and a goal, a process and a state of being. I
try to tear down the fence that prevents others from experiencing the wealth and opportunities I
experience, but I also act for them here and now.

It’s certainly true that when Solidarity goes wrong, it usually ends in patronization or some kind of
corruption. If I say I’m acting in Solidarity with the First Nations most directly affected by Tar Sands,
by way of an example, am I first and foremost asking them what they think the priorities are? There is
room
for initiative, but to show solidarity, one must meet as equals and listen. There is Solidarity with those
closest to me, but this is merely helping out my friends; to misquote Jesus, even the Tories do that!

SOLIDARITY IS DEFYING BOUNDARIES

These boundaries that get in the way can be race, nation, gender, wealth, indeed anything upon which
a segregation can be created. These walls create several effects. First, that people on one side cannot
experience the privileges that are largely arbitrarily awarded to people on the other side. Second, that
those on the latter side cannot appreciate life on the first side, and therefore feel they are justified in
their current position. Third, it creates resentment, often both ways.

SOLIDARITY IS FROM COMMUNICATION TO ACTION.

So Solidarity can flow from communication, but it requires action to become a real and present force.
Sometimes that action needs to be confrontational, to improve the lot of one group relative to another, and
sometimes it needs to be conciliatory, taking down the walls and bringing people together as equals. I can’t
claim to be an expert in deciding which is which. What I do know is that without Solidarity, without
considering the needs of the other, without looking at what I have and realizing there are few valid reasons that
I should have so much when others have so little, is a necessary step towards creating a more civilized world.
The endless pursuit of profit at the expense of others, or the maintenance of these divides simply prevents us
from relating to each other properly as humans. As such, they prevent us from experiencing life in all its
fullness.

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CHARACTERISTICS OF SHORT AND LONG TERM COMMUNITY ACTION INITIATIVES

PICTURES OF DIFFERENT COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

FEEDING

DIFFERENCES BETWEEN SHORT-TERM & LONG-TERM PROJECTS

by Tara Duggan

Generally speaking, short-term projects take a few hours, days or weeks to complete. Long-term
projects take months or even years to finish. Typically, companies require more documentation and
infrastructure for longer-term efforts. Decisions about project governance usually depend on budget,
resources required, business impact, and the scope the project. Effective project managers start by
assessing the project need and determining how much time is needed to meet the desired outcomes.
Budget
Short-term projects typically require less money to complete than long-term efforts. An exception
might occur for a short-term disaster recovery effort or other unplanned event that requires immediate,
all-out attention. Because short-term projects typically cost less, they usually require fewer approvals
to get started and completed. Short-term project leaders may simply keep track of expenditures in a
spreadsheet, while larger, more complex projects might require the use of more sophisticated
accounting software packages to track and monitor forecasting and spending

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Resources
The number of resources required for a short-term project typically depends on the type of product or service
being developed. Short-term projects usually require specialized expertise. For example, you might institute a
short-term project to analyze a recurring product problem and devise a solution. Large, complicated T
development projects typically require numerous resources over the course of the project life cycle to initiate,
plan, execute, control, and close the project.
Impact
Short-term projects typically have a limited impact. You may initiate a project to handle a specific problem or
react to a situation. Once the problem is solved, the project team disbands. Longer-term projects tend to have a
larger impact on the business, community or employees. For example, you might institute a long-term project to
analyze complex problems and make sweeping changes that affect your entire company. Project team
members typically commit to working on the project for the duration of the effort. This ensures consistency and
continuity.
Scope
Long-term projects tend to be complex. Project plans describe multiple objectives, business needs and
interdependent requirements. Long-term projects may be divided into smaller projects to make them more
manageable and to produce more immediate results. Short-term projects typically focus on a single goal.
Evaluating short-term projects requires less effort and analysis than larger projects. Your company may require
a formal scope statement for projects that last more than a month. Establishing this type of governance ensures
that the number of features and requirements of the project is documented early on to prevent
miscommunication, misunderstandings and cost overruns later.

CHARACTERISTICS SHORT TERM COMMUNITY LONG TERM COMMUNITY

ACTION INITIATIVES ACTION INITIATIVES
BUDGET LOCAL FUNDS NATIONAL FUNDS
RESOURCES COMMUNITY OFFICIALS BUREAUS/GOV’T AGENCIES
IMPACT SPECIFIC NEEDS OF THE COMMON NEEDS OF THE
COMMUNITY COMMUNITIES
SCOPE LIMITED LARGER

THE INFOGRAPHICS

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Opportunities Contributory in Conducting Community Action

Direction: The evaluation is to appraise the opportinities that you are willing to consider to realize your
community action plan on your prospective community initiative in your respective communities. Select your
answer from the following scales:

Scales Descrptive Equivalent Interpretation

4 Strongly Agree Higly Encountered

3 Agree Encountered

2 Disagree Less Encountered

1 Strongly Disagree Not Encountered

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 CORE VALUES AND PRINCIPLES OF COMMUNITY-ACTION INITIATIVES
The learner will watch video clip about human rights.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwTeqyxOxo4

After watching the video, teacher will ask:

1. What have you observed on the video? Ans.
It talks about Human rights
2. Which is the most basic among the rights presented in the video?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_to_life

HUMAN RIGHTS is defined as the supreme, inherent,

and inalienable rights to life, to dignity, and to self-
development. It is concerned with issues in both areas of
civil and political rights and economic, social and cultural
rights founded on internationally accepted human rights
obligations

One major issue that pro-life groups stress is abortions

unfairness to the babies

Pro-life supporters say that it is murder

because the babies have a heartbeat.

Pro-life activists say that if a criminal is convicted of murdering

two people, if a woman is pregnant, what is the difference if you
have an abortion?

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 ABORTION ISSUES

An issue of abortion is that of mandatory notification

and consent. Some believe that a pregnant minor should
not be allowed to abort
guardian.

Likewise, some believe that consent of the

should be
required.

Not only is it unfair to the unborn child, but it

have the baby.

Activity Number 1
Listen to the song “Ang Bayan Ko”
Learners answer the questions.
1. What is the message of the song?
2. What basic right is stressed in the song? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCJHq9iDr1k (5
minutes

Activity Number 2
The learners will answer the following with the phrases: “in every case”, in most cases”, and “in some
cases”.
1. Killing is wrong.
2. All people should be treated equally.
3. All people have the right to medical help if they are ill.
4. All people have a right to education.
5. People should be allowed to travel and leave the country if they wish.