12 SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

Community Engagement,
Solidarity, and Citizenship
Quarter 4 – Module 3
Community-Action Initiatives Based
on its Core Values and Principles

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Community Engagement, Solidarity, and Citizenship - Grade 12
Alternative Delivery Mode
Quarter 4 – Module 3: Community-Action Initiatives Based on its Core Values
and Principles
Second Edition, 2021

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Introductory Message
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 What I Need to Know

COMMUNITY-ACTION INITIATIVES BASED ON ITS CORE

VALUES AND PRINCIPLES

This lesson focuses on community-action initiatives such as community

engagement, solidarity and citizenship as guided by the core values of human
rights, social justice, empowerment and advocacy, gender equality and
participatory development. It aims at enhancing the students' sense of shared
identity and willingness to contribute to the pursuit of the common good of the
community. It enables students to integrate applied social sciences into
community-action initiative.

At the end of this module, you should be able to:

1. Recall students’ knowledge on the core values and principles of

community-action initiatives.
2. Assess selected community-action initiatives based on its core values
and principles.
3. Recognize the relevance of community-action initiatives towards creating
a better community.

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 What I Know

Direction: Read each item carefully and write your answers in your notebook.

I. TRUE OR FALSE
Direction: True or False. Read and understand the statements below. Write T if
the statement is true and write F if the statement is false.
___1. Social Justice is the reasonable relationship between the individual and
society.
___2. Practicing equal treatment to each and every one in a community is an
example of existing social justice.
___3. Enjoying one’s wealth is a form of social justice.
___4. Giving alms to the poor for your political agenda is good practice of
social justice.
___5. Having a productive community is the significance of having social
justice.
___6. Advocacy and participatory development seek to achieve change within
a community.

II. FILL IN THE BLANK: Write the most appropriate answer for each item in
your notebook.
7. __________ is a process wherein stakeholders can influence and share
control over development.
8. _________ is someone who provides advocacy support when you need it.

III. Answer the following with the phrases “IN EVERY CASE”, “IN MOST
CASES” AND “IN SOME CASES”.
9. Killing is wrong.
10. All people should be treated equally.
11. All people have the right to medical help if they are ill.
12. All people have a right to education.
13. People should be allowed to travel and leave the country if they wish.

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 What’s In

This module on Community Engagement, Solidarity, and Citizenship

(CSC) will allow you to explore and assess selected community-action
initiatives based on various core values and principles. Amidst these trying
times, possible means are still available in creating a better community.
People just have to work hand in hand in achieving this dream of unity,
solidarity and social justice that we have long been waiting for.

TASK 1: Before you proceed with the lesson proper, what came into your
mind upon seeing the picture below?

(Cooper, Ephesiology.com 2020)

Write your insights in your notebook/paper:

________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________

TASK 2: Arrange the jumbled letters to form the appropriate terminologies

necessary for this module’s lesson. Write your answers in your notebook.

AVLUSE = ______________________

MUSSANOITP =_______________________

ELPICPRIN =_______________________

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 What’s New

What Do We Mean by Values, Principles, And Assumptions?

The terms values, principles, and assumptions are sometimes used as if they
all mean the same thing – the underlying truths on which we base our dealings with
the world. In fact, although they are all “truths” to some extent, they are different in
meaning and substance. Although we realize how similar they are, we’ll try to consider
each of the three. Understanding the definitions of the aforementioned terms will help
us sort out especially when we operate on facts or well-examined experiences, when
we apply moral or ethical rules or judgments, and when we respond to emotions or
biases or unexamined “knowledge” that may not be accurate.
VALUES
Values are our guidelines for living and in choosing the right behavior. Each of
us has a set of deeply held beliefs about how the world should be. For some people,
that set of beliefs is largely dictated by a particular religion, denomination/ sect, culture,
peer group, or the society at large. For others, it has been arrived at through careful
thought and reflection on various experiences. For most of us, it is probably a
combination of the two. Values often concern the core issues of our lives: personal
relationships, morality, gender and social roles, race, social classes, and the
organization of the society, to name just a few.
PRINCIPLES
Principles are the fundamental scientific, logical, or moral/ethical “truths” arising
from experience, knowledge, and values on which we base our actions and thinking.
ASSUMPTIONS
Assumptions are the next level of truths. The ones we feel to be irrelevant we
can take for granted, given the principles we have accepted. If we accept, for instance,
that life is an “unalienable right” – a right of every human being that cannot be taken
away – then we will usually assume that killing another person is wrong, or at least
that we don’t have the right to do it.
https://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents/overview/model-for-
community-change-and-improvement/core-principles-and-
values/main

https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/communityengagement/pce_usefu
COMMUNITY ACTIONS
l.html

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/284729432_ANAL
YSIS_OF_VALUES_AND_PRICIPLES_OF_COMMUNITY_
Community Action is any activity that increases the understanding, engagement, and
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empowerment of communities in the design and delivery of local services.

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Why is community action important?
Community action is necessary because it focuses on putting communities at
the heart of their own local services.

REVIEW:
CORE VALUES AND PRINCIPLES OF COMMUNITY-ACTION INITIATIVES

1. Human Rights

Human rights are universal and inalienable. All people everywhere in the
world are entitled to them.
“All human beings are born free
and equal in dignity and rights.”

No one, therefore, should suffer

discrimination on the basis of race, color,
ethnicity, gender, age, language, sexual
orientation, religion, political or other
opinion, national, social or geographical (iStock.com n.d.)

origin. The rights of everyone to an adequate standard of living cannot be

compromised at the expense of other rights, such as the right to health or the right to
education, property, birth or other status as established by human rights standards.

Rights are inherent to all human beings regardless of race, sex, nationality,
ethnicity, language, religion, or any other status. Human rights include the right to life
and liberty, freedom from slavery and torture, freedom of expression, the right to work
and education, and many more.

In essence, the human rights-based approach is the way in which human rights
can be protected in clinical and organizational practice by adherence to the underlying
core values of fairness, respect, equality, dignity and autonomy.

2. Social Justice

Social justice is a concept of fair and just relations between the individual and
society. This is measured by the explicit and tacit terms for the distribution of wealth,
opportunities for personal activity, and social privileges.

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 Social justice assigns rights and duties in the institutions of society, which
enables people to receive the basic benefits and burdens of cooperation, including
taxation, social insurance, public health, public school, public services, labor law and
regulation of markets, to ensure fair distribution of wealth, and equal opportunity. It is
based on the concepts of human rights and equality, and can be defined as "the way
in which human rights are manifested in the everyday lives of people at every level of
society". A number of movements are working to achieve social justice in the society.
Social justice principles refer to values “that favor measures that aim at decreasing or
eliminating inequity; promoting inclusiveness of diversity; and establishing
environments that are supportive of all people. "The social justice principles include
equity, diversity and supportive environments.
3. Empowerment and Advocacy

Empowerment - Authority or power given to someone to do something.

- Seeks to engage local populations in development projects.
Advocacy - Public support for or recommendation of a particular cause or
policy.
An advocate is someone who provides advocacy support when you need it.
Empowerment and advocacy are social democratic practices that enable
people to overcome barriers and contribute to practice a focus on social justice. They
enable social workers to help give people chances to better understand and change
their lives. Both are concerned with a shift of power or emphasis towards meeting the
needs and rights of people who otherwise would be marginalized or oppressed.
Social work skills: Empowerment and advocacy. Qualified social workers are
expected to have the necessary skills to empower service users to participate in
assessments and decision-making and to ensure that service users have access to
advocacy services if they are unable to represent their own views.
4. Participatory Development
- Seeks to engage local populations in development projects.
- A process wherein stakeholders can influence and share control over
development.
To give the poor a part in initiatives designed for their benefit in the hopes that
development projects will be more sustainable and successful if local populations are
engaged in the development process.
5. Gender Equality

Gender equality, also known as sexual equality, is the state of equal ease of
access to resources and opportunities regardless of gender, including economic

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participation and decision-making; and the state of valuing different behaviors,
aspirations and needs equally, regardless of gender.
https://prezi.com/p/vk8einckdjml/community-engagement/

Gender equality is achieved when women and men enjoy the same rights and
opportunities across all sectors of society, including economic participation and
decision-making, and when the different behaviors, aspirations and needs of women
and men are equally valued and favoured.
https://www.scribd.com/presentation/442615521/Selected-cases-of-community-action-
initiatives-pptx

What is It

COMMUNITY ACTION is any activity that increases the understanding,

engagement and empowerment of communities in the design and delivery of local
services.
CORE VALUES and PRINCIPLES of community-action initiatives includes Human
Rights, Social Justice, Empowerment and Advocacy, Participatory Development and
Gender Equality.

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.
SOCIAL JUSTICE is a concept of fair and just relations between the individual and
society. This is measured by the explicit and tacit terms for the distribution of wealth,
opportunities for personal activity, and social privileges.
EMPOWERMENT AND ADVOCACY are social democratic practices that enable
people to overcome barriers and contribute to practice and observe social justice.
GENDER EQUALITY is achieved when women and men enjoy the same rights and
opportunities across all sectors of the society.

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 What’s More

Task 1: A Human Rights Tree.

Procedure
1. Draw a tree on a large chart paper.
● Write on the tree (in the form of leaves, fruits, flowers, or branches) those
human rights that they think all people need to enjoy and practice in order to
live a dignified life.
● A human rights tree needs roots to grow and flourish. Give the tree roots and
label them with the things that make human rights flourish. Examples are
healthy economy, the rule of law, or universal education.

What I Have Learned

The Lesson of a Broomstick. Together Everyone Achieve More

Each and every one of us can contribute for the development of our community
because each of us has talents, knowledge and abilities. By sharing our 3Ts’ (Time,
Talent and Treasure) we can make a difference in other people’s lives, in our
community and by doing this, we will find out that we are also making a difference in
our own lives. The commitment of each and every one of us is important in attaining
this goal. Just like what Cardinal Gaudencio Rosales
said, “Munti man at maliit basta’t malimit patungong
langit.” If only we have the commitment to work
together, we will surely achieve our dreams for our
community. Each one of us can contribute for the (Minnesota n.d.)

development of our community whatever color, gender, or social status we have just
like the battle cry of “Gawad Kalinga.” No one is too poor that he cannot share. No one
is too poor that he cannot care.”

Self-reflection: In everything we do why do we need to be committed?

Task 5: Copy and fill out the form in your notebook.

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 I have learned that ________________ ________________ ______.

I have realized that ________________ _________________ _____.

I will apply _____________ _________________ _______________.

What I Can Do

Task 1: Direction: Read or sing the lyrics of the song “Bayan Ko”.
Write the answers of the following questions in your notebook:
1. What is the message of the song?
2. What basic right is stressed in the song?

BAYAN KO
Freddie Aguilar
Ang bayan kong Pilipinas
Lupain ng ginto't bulaklak
Pag-ibig na sa kanyang palad
Nag-alay ng ganda't dilag

At sa kanyang yumi at ganda

Dayuhan ay nahalina
Bayan ko, binihag ka
Nasadlak sa dusa

CHORUS
Ibon mang may layang lumipad
Kulungin mo at umiiyak
Bayan pa kayang sakdal-dilag
Ang 'di magnasang makaalpas

Pilipinas kong minumutya

Pugad ng luha at dalita
Aking adhika
Makita kang sakdal laya
[Repeat Chorus]

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 Assessment
Direction: Read each item carefully and write your answers in your notebook.

I. TRUE OR FALSE
Direction: Read and understand the statements below. Write T if the statement is
true and write F if the statement is false.
1. Social Justice is the reasonable relationship between the individual and
society.
2. Practicing equal treatment to each and every one in a community is an
example of existing social justice.
3. Enjoying one’s wealth is a form of social justice.
4. Giving alms to the poor for your political agenda is a good practice for
observing social justice.
5. Having a productive community is the significance of having social justice.
6. Advocacy and participatory development seek to achieve change within a
community.

II. FILL IN THE BLANK WITH THE CORRECT ANSWER.

7. __________ is a process wherein stakeholders can influence and share
control over development.
8. _________ is someone who provides advocacy support when you need it.

III. Answer the following with the phrases “IN EVERY CASE”, “IN MOST
CASES” AND “IN SOME CASES”.
9. Killing is wrong.
10. All people should be treated equally.
11. All people have the right to medical help if they are ill.
12. All people have a right to education.
13. People should be allowed to travel and leave the country if they wish.

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 Additional Activities

Direction: Compose an original nationalistic or patriotic: commitment / pledge/ poem/

song/ or oratorical speech that strongly convey patriotic love for our
country.

Rubrics: Originality/ Pinoy Pride 20

Content/ Message 10
Creativity 10
Ideas and concepts 10

Overall Score 50

Answer Key
Essay. Answer may vary
In some cases
In every case
In every case
In every case
In every case
Identification
advocate
development
Participatory
Identification
TRUE
TRUE
FALSE PRINCIPLE
TRUE
ASSUMPTION
TRUE
VALUES
TRUE
True or False: TASK 2
LEARNED WHAT’S IN
ASSESS WHAT YOU HAVE

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References
https://ephesiology.com/blog-post/what-is-social-justice-anyway/
https://www.local.gov.uk/our-support/guidance-and-resources/community-
action/community-action-overview/what-community-action
http://www.1000ventures.com/business_guide/partnerships_main.html
http://www.jsi.com/JSIInternet/Inc /Common/_download_pub.cfm?id =14333&lid=3

https://www.dhhs.tas.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/85093/Community_Profiling
.pdf

https://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents/assessment/assessing-community-needs-and
resources/conducting-needs-assessment-surveys/main

https://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents/analyze/where-to-start/participatory-
approaches/main

(http://www.chs.ubc.ca/archives/files/Participatory%20planning%20for%20sustainabl
e%20develo pment.pdf (pp36-42) Retrieved 2017-05-11)

http://studylecturenotes.com/what-is-social-action-definition-types-elements-with-
examples/

https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/communityengagement/pce_program_phases.html#:~:text
=The%20program%20evaluation%20process%20goes,issues%2C%20methods%2C
%20and%20procedures.

http://meera.snre.umich.edu/evaluation-what-it-and-why-do-it
http://hrlibrary.umn.edu/edumat/hreduseries/hereandnow/Part-3/Activity2.htm

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