LECTURE NOTES OF

DR. INES V. DANAO, RSW,

MSSW
Goals of Community Organization

1. People’s empowerment
2. Building organization
3. Building alliances
4. Popular democracy
5. Social transformation
6. Development of local indigenous
leaders
 Three Different Types of Community
Organization (Karina David’s
Typologies)
Typology
Perspective APOLOGETIC LIBERAL LIBERATIVE

A. Assumption Believes in There should be There should be

on Present viability of some overhauling of
Keys existing alterations in the existing
systems the systems system
B. State of Society is based Since Conflict is
Society on consensus relationship is based on class
or cooperation unequal, thee is struggle
a state of
conflict in
certain sphere
of life
C. View of the State serves the Government is Government is
State / people, is not responsive not responsive
Government responsive to the for as long as the
needs of the system is not
people, promotes changed
common good

D. Role of Change A technocrat who Reformist Revolutionary

Agent comes up with
beautiful
program but does
not question. A
fascist who gets
order from above.

E. Change Agent’s Condescending, Only the masses The masses have

View of the (people don’t can solve their wisdom, inherent
Masses know anything) problems. Follow ideology, that
and prescriptive whatever the comes from
people desire experiences. “No
revolution is ever
 Successful unless
the inherent
ideology is
matched with
reflective
ideology”
F. Emphasis in Change attitudes Process-centered Consciousness
Organization of the people with emphasis on raising
tactics

G. Basis for Based on Based on felt Based on

Organization predetermined needs objective needs
needs, service
delivery

H. Mass Work Superficial Issue based Class based

meeting
I. Method Dole-out program Evocative which Provocative:
implementation leads to welfare provokes people
to think, deal with
issue in terms o
wider context and
try to experiment
which alternative
social system

J. Goal of CO Unity between the Minimize the Let the people

masses the state strain that exist become aware of
and if you’re within the system, the class struggle
looking for unity, lessen the so that they can
the masses should inequality. be fully involved
be submissive, Equalize the
reticent, servile power.