CESC 1a

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT,
SOLIDARITY AND CITIZENSHIP

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS and
COMMUNITY ACTION
What is Community and Why is there a
Need in Studying this?
It may share a certain sense of place whether it is geographical
area or through a virtual space.
Geographical community is a
community where members
share the same geographical
vicinity such as a village,
province or neighborhood.
It may share a certain sense of place whether it is geographical
area or through a virtual space.
Non-Geographical community is a
community formed based on
needs, ideas, interests, identity,
practices, and roles in social
institutions such as at home, all
work, in government, society, or
the community at large.
Communication and
relationships are imperative in
building community. As people
communicate and interact,
relationships foster. It develops
pattern by which adopted in the
environment.
Communities may also be in two levels:
Micro-level community : a group is

formed based on personal ties.
This may include groups formed for
pursuing common interests or goals
like forming a small organization to
hold a fund-raising activity such as
concerts.
Communities may also be in two levels:
Macro-level community : large group

affiliation is formed such as national
communities, international communities,
and virtual communities. Companies and
corporations may develop various
programs that would include different
members across the country. They will work
on meeting certain objectives and expand
on the aspect of community involvement.
Mores, values, and identity is a
commonality that form culture.
Hence, the
interest of social sciences focused
in the study of communities.
IMPORTANCE OF STUDYING
COMMUNITY
Importance of studying community:
1. It motivates people to
work together – people feel
a sense of community and
recognize the benefits of
their involvement.
2. It encourages social,
religious, or traditional
obligations for mutual
help.
3. People see a
genuine opportunity to
better their own lives
and for the community.
4. It understands policies
promoting community
participation that values
social
capital.
5. Community participation could
be understood as the direct
involvement of citizenry in the
affairs of planning, governance,
and overall development
programs at local or
grassroot levels.
Have you noticed some recent changes in
your community?
Community dynamics are the
changes in community structure
and composition over time, often
following environmental
disturbances such as volcanoes,
earthquakes, storms, fires, and
climate change.
The changes in the community are
brought about by social, cultural and
environmental experiences whether
it is positive or negative
development that impacts within the
community. People adopt the
changes and it has shaped their way
of life.
COMMUNITY ACTION
Community Action is any activity
that aims to increase the
understanding, engagement and
empowerment of communities for
the intention of giving services to
people. There are 3-key points in
grasping the definition more
meaningful:
Understanding – raise an awareness
about certain communal issues that
needs to be addressed. People
develop the feeling of involvement
once they truly comprehend the
situation within. They come together
to support advocacies that will
overcome community needs and
difficulties.
Engagement – Once issues are assessed
properly and people in the community
understand the needs, they work
collaboratively to act on it. The main goal of
engaging in the community is to improve the
partnership and coalitions among the
community. It is important that engagement
occurs so that members will be able to
involve meaningfully in the activities that
they have created.
Empowerment – enable the people to
independently decide, plan-out and take
action to control the situation they have in
the community. This means, initiative and
decisions come from internal group
organized for the benefit of everyone. It is
also necessary that the community can
provide significant networks and linkages
that will genuinely serve the advocacies that
they have built.
Hence, the study of community action is
imperative in the field of social sciences and
other related disciplines as it lays on the
foundation that individuals and families – as
basic unit, are embedded in different social
structures that shape the behaviors in the
system. Having knowledge in community
action makes an individual understand
better by being aware in the environment,
have meaningful engagement and accept
empowerment to create significant impact.

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COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT,

SOLIDARITY AND CITIZENSHIP

Micro-level community : a group is

Macro-level community : large group

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