MICHELLE KIM B.

GALLEGO
Instructor 1

Adapted from: Mr. Jan Remel Tabi

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Chapter 5
COMMUNITY ORGANIZING, SOCIAL MOBILIZATION
&
COMMUNITY EXPOSURE

INTRODUCTION
Modern societies and cultures continue to become more fluid and dynamic. Factors
contributing to this include the communications revolution, enhancement of information
technology, and the ever – increasing specialization and division of labor. By building people as
a team and organizing them into a cohesive work force the paramount problem of effectiveness
and efficiency is avoided by making people work with a common vision, mission and goal. So, in
this chapter you will learn the concepts and goals of community organizing, social mobilization,
and community exposure.

LEARNING OUTCOMES
By the end of this module, you are expected to:

To improve knowledge and understanding on community organizing, social mobilization, and community
exposure;
To develop appreciation to social mobilization as a process of developing people.

LEARNING CONTENT

Community Organizing – is a social development approach that aims to transform the

apathetic, passive, individualistic and voiceless, the underprivileged, less fortunate and
marginalized poor to become dynamic, active, participatory, and politically responsive
community.

Conditions to consider in community organization

1. Recognize and deal with the problem accordingly.

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2. Provide the community self – determination.

3. Engage and involve the community in the solution of the problem actively.
4. Make at a pace that is deemed comfortable for the community.
5. Encourage growth through problem solving.
6. Encourage community self – integration and understanding.

Goals of Community Organizing

1. People’s empowerment – It aims to overcome powerlessness, passiveness, and develop

people’s capacity to initiate and develop themselves, realize their plans, attain their goals
in life, assert their rights, and stand with dignity.
2. Building Permanent Structures and People’s Organization – It aims to establish and
sustain aspirations of people to ensure to maximize their involvement and participation.
3. Improved Quality of Life – Through the mobilization of resources, people’s needs are
addressed. Better programs and projects which are responsive to the challenges of time
and geared towards a better quality of life. All these aim to have a more equitable
distribution of power, wealth, and income, thus improving the lot of the poor.

Social Mobilization
Involves planned actions and processes to reach, influence, and involve all relevant
segments of society across all sectors from the national to the community level, in order to create
an enabling environment and effect positive behavior and social change.

Social mobilization enhances participation of rural poor in local governance. It is the

cornerstone of participatory approaches in rural development and poverty alleviation programs.
It is a powerful instrument in decentralization policies and programs aimed at strengthening
human and institutional resources development at local level.

Main Role and Functions of a Community Organizer

1. Catalyst or Agent of Change – Initiate debates and actions regarding critical problems,
monitors and natures growth of individuals and groups to facilitate long terms structural
transformation for the people’s welfare.

2. Facilitator – Helps enhance individual and group strengths and helps minimize
weaknesses and conflicts heighten group unity, assist individuals and groups respond to
common interest.
3. Advocate – Helps analyze and articulate critical issues, assist others to understand and
reflect on these issues and evokes and provokes meaningful discussions and actions.
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4. Planner – Conducts initial analysis of area resources and potentials; assists local group
in planning for their common good, including appropriate strategies and alternative
actions and helps systematize group actions to attain desired goals.

5. Researcher – Conducts social analysis; engages in participatory research wherein people

become co – investigators; simplifies appropriate research concepts and skills in order to
make these functional for the poor’s interest, engages in social integration to understand
social phenomena from the people’s viewpoint and standpoint.

REFERENCES
Book

 NSTP course book. Soria J.R. et.al; Pg. 138 – 142