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Watch the movie “Selma” 2014 and write a synopsis about and connect the movie to my classes key concepts. such as community organization. In your own words, describe the many skills of an effective community organizer.
They can:
Build coalitions & partnerships
Anticipate and address ethical issues
Select and cut an issue
Engage tools such as the Midwest Strategy Chart and Power Maps to analyze targets, power dynamics, and potential tactics
Conduct media advocacy using social media, with ability to prepare op-eds and press releases
Pay attention to self-care in order to not burn out![a]
On the first day of class, we discussed how the term ‘community’ has many definitions. Very briefly explain at least 2 different ways that community can be defined with an example for each. (See slide #5; Minkler, p. 40)
1) Functional spatial units meeting basic needs for sustenance
2) Units of patterned social interaction
3) [b]
Community organizing was officially defined as a concept in the early 1800s, and its frameworks, models, strategies and tactics have evolved ever since. What were early social movements led by community organizers?
The early social movements led by community organizers in the early 1800s were the Settlement movement, the Lowell Mill Walkout movement, the Populist movement, and the Newsboys Strike of 1899 movement.
The early social movements led by community organizers in the 1900s were the Labor and Workers rights movement, the Children’s Crusade movement, the Civil Rights movement, Anti-war movement, Feminism, LGBTQ movement, the marriage equality movement, and the Healthy Cities movement.
COMMUNITY ORGANIZING THEORIES & MODELS (1/24)
Key Concepts (1/24)
Conscious contrarian (p. 10):
Definition: There are 3 components that identify a conscious contrarian:
A particular world view or set of beliefs and values about people and society
Power analysis that rejects the dominant way of thinking about power and how power is distributed
A deliberate selection of work that is consistent with the other two
Example: Some health educators, social workers, and other social change professionals may be described as conscious contrarians; they engage in community organizing and community building. They also are concerned with justice, fairness, and the application of democratic principles.
Empowerment (p.45):
Definition: A process in which a group of individuals or communities take control of their lives and environment.
Example/Application: Zaman International in the Dearborn/Dearborn Heights community aims to teach women how to support themselves in their communities and how to take care of their families by providing ESL classes, cooking classes, and sewing classes. They hope to not only educate them but also provide them with skills that may allow them to find jobs by working in their homes or in the workforce.
Critical consciousness (p.45):
Definition: A consciousness based on reflection and action in making change. (See Freire.)
Example: Engage people in dialogue that links root causes and community. La Casa can facilitate clients in achieving critical consciousness. They can help participants to share their experiences, identifying oppressive systems and solutions that may address the issues that face their community.
Community capacity (p.45):
Definition: Community characteristics affecting its ability to identify, mobilize, and address problems.
Example: Community campaign where leaders, doctors, nurses, and combined effort to get individuals vaccinated. This could change the overall health of the community. [c]
Issue selection (p.45):
Definition: Identifying specific and winnable targets of change that unify and build community strength. Identify issues through specific targets of change community participation; that unify and build decide targets as part of a community strength larger strategy (See More: ‘Cutting & Selecting’ Issues)
Example: Community groups can use a variety of methods to obtain data for issue selection, including analysis of available secondary data; and face-to-face processes, such as focus groups, door-to-door surveys, town halls, and others, which assess felt needs, increase the sense of participation, and ensure relevance to the community
Participation & relevance[d] (p.45):
Definition: Participation of community in different areas of the organization. This creates awareness of how things are going for the people affected, and it increases the quality of the work because the people are working for the benefit of themselves and their community.
Example: Community members taking an active role in any event or plan that is being undertaken. Playing critical roles in implementation and development to better understand what is going on and increase the accountability of the plan.
Cultural humility (p. 6 & elsewhere):
Definition: ability to maintain an interpersonal stance that is other-oriented (open to the other) in relation to aspects of cultural identity that are most important to that person. A process of reflection and lifelong inquiry involves self-awareness of personal and cultural biases as well as awareness and sensitivity to significant cultural issues of others.
Example:[e] Ask questions in a humble, safer manner, seek self-awareness, suspend judgment, express empathy, kindness, and compassion, support and maintain a welcoming environment for all community members, and start where the member is at.
Praxis (p. 67 & elsewhere):
Define: “Liberation Education has at its core the Freirian concept of praxis – the fusion of theory (or reflection) and action that people engage in to create personal and community change. Praxis both feeds and results from the process of critical consciousness.”(Minkler pp.67)
Example: The Parkland student activists are an example of young people engaging with each other and with the larger online community to reflect on a shared traumatic experience. The result of these reflections and conversations are found in actions such as student protests and demonstrations.
Social capital (p. 9):
Definition: It is a network of relationships ( people who live in a particular society) enabling the society to function effectively.
Example: Healthy Dearborn coalition aims to create a culture of health in Dearborn where everyone enjoys access to a healthy lifestyle.[f]
What book captures the basic tenets of Alinsky’s approach to organizing? What book captures the basic tenets of Freire’s approach to organizing?
The book that captures the basic tenets of Alinsky’s approach to organizing is called Rules for Radicals
The book that captures the basic tenets of Freire’s approach to organizing is Pedagogy of the Oppressed
What are the three types of organizing according to Rothman’s framework? Pick a specific issue. Can you provide an example of each?
The Rothman consist of the three distinct but overlapping models of practice:
Community capacity development (Locality development)
Social planning and policy (Social planning)
Social advocacy action (Social action)
For community capacity development it stresses on the consensus and cooperation, building group identity, and problem solving. The power resides with the people.
Social planning planning example would be the use of data and rational empirical problem solving while also making room for new approaches.
For social advocacy action it emphasizes pressure tactics such as confrontation.[g]
Pick a social issue in your community that you would like to address. What is a related policy you would campaign for to address this issue? Describe an Alinksy- vs. a Freire-based organizing approach to policy advocacy. Explain why the strategies you provide align with the respective organizer’s approach.

you must watch the film Cesar Chavez (2014) and give a quick synopsis and discuss my class course concepts sucks as community organization, and how they empowered communities to push for a change. I provided a list of my classes course concepts you must watch the movie.

In your own words, describe the many skills of an effective community organizer.
They can:
Build coalitions & partnerships
Anticipate and address ethical issues
Select and cut an issue
Engage tools such as the Midwest Strategy Chart and Power Maps to analyze targets, power dynamics, and potential tactics
Conduct media advocacy using social media, with ability to prepare op-eds and press releases
Pay attention to self-care in order to not burn out![a]
On the first day of class, we discussed how the term ‘community’ has many definitions. Very briefly explain at least 2 different ways that community can be defined with an example for each. (See slide #5; Minkler, p. 40)
1) Functional spatial units meeting basic needs for sustenance
2) Units of patterned social interaction
3) [b]
Community organizing was officially defined as a concept in the early 1800s, and its frameworks, models, strategies and tactics have evolved ever since. What were early social movements led by community organizers?
The early social movements led by community organizers in the early 1800s were the Settlement movement, the Lowell Mill Walkout movement, the Populist movement, and the Newsboys Strike of 1899 movement.
The early social movements led by community organizers in the 1900s were the Labor and Workers rights movement, the Children’s Crusade movement, the Civil Rights movement, Anti-war movement, Feminism, LGBTQ movement, the marriage equality movement, and the Healthy Cities movement.
COMMUNITY ORGANIZING THEORIES & MODELS (1/24)
Key Concepts (1/24)
Conscious contrarian (p. 10):
Definition: There are 3 components that identify a conscious contrarian:
A particular world view or set of beliefs and values about people and society
Power analysis that rejects the dominant way of thinking about power and how power is distributed
A deliberate selection of work that is consistent with the other two
Example: Some health educators, social workers, and other social change professionals may be described as conscious contrarians; they engage in community organizing and community building. They also are concerned with justice, fairness, and the application of democratic principles.
Empowerment (p.45):
Definition: A process in which a group of individuals or communities take control of their lives and environment.
Example/Application: Zaman International in the Dearborn/Dearborn Heights community aims to teach women how to support themselves in their communities and how to take care of their families by providing ESL classes, cooking classes, and sewing classes. They hope to not only educate them but also provide them with skills that may allow them to find jobs by working in their homes or in the workforce.
Critical consciousness (p.45):
Definition: A consciousness based on reflection and action in making change. (See Freire.)
Example: Engage people in dialogue that links root causes and community. La Casa can facilitate clients in achieving critical consciousness. They can help participants to share their experiences, identifying oppressive systems and solutions that may address the issues that face their community.
Community capacity (p.45):
Definition: Community characteristics affecting its ability to identify, mobilize, and address problems.
Example: Community campaign where leaders, doctors, nurses, and combined effort to get individuals vaccinated. This could change the overall health of the community. [c]
Issue selection (p.45):
Definition: Identifying specific and winnable targets of change that unify and build community strength. Identify issues through specific targets of change community participation; that unify and build decide targets as part of a community strength larger strategy (See More: ‘Cutting & Selecting’ Issues)
Example: Community groups can use a variety of methods to obtain data for issue selection, including analysis of available secondary data; and face-to-face processes, such as focus groups, door-to-door surveys, town halls, and others, which assess felt needs, increase the sense of participation, and ensure relevance to the community
Participation & relevance[d] (p.45):
Definition: Participation of community in different areas of the organization. This creates awareness of how things are going for the people affected, and it increases the quality of the work because the people are working for the benefit of themselves and their community.
Example: Community members taking an active role in any event or plan that is being undertaken. Playing critical roles in implementation and development to better understand what is going on and increase the accountability of the plan.
Cultural humility (p. 6 & elsewhere):
Definition: ability to maintain an interpersonal stance that is other-oriented (open to the other) in relation to aspects of cultural identity that are most important to that person. A process of reflection and lifelong inquiry involves self-awareness of personal and cultural biases as well as awareness and sensitivity to significant cultural issues of others.
Example:[e] Ask questions in a humble, safer manner, seek self-awareness, suspend judgment, express empathy, kindness, and compassion, support and maintain a welcoming environment for all community members, and start where the member is at.
Praxis (p. 67 & elsewhere):
Define: “Liberation Education has at its core the Freirian concept of praxis – the fusion of theory (or reflection) and action that people engage in to create personal and community change. Praxis both feeds and results from the process of critical consciousness.”(Minkler pp.67)
Example: The Parkland student activists are an example of young people engaging with each other and with the larger online community to reflect on a shared traumatic experience. The result of these reflections and conversations are found in actions such as student protests and demonstrations.
Social capital (p. 9):
Definition: It is a network of relationships ( people who live in a particular society) enabling the society to function effectively.
Example: Healthy Dearborn coalition aims to create a culture of health in Dearborn where everyone enjoys access to a healthy lifestyle.[f]
What book captures the basic tenets of Alinsky’s approach to organizing? What book captures the basic tenets of Freire’s approach to organizing?
The book that captures the basic tenets of Alinsky’s approach to organizing is called Rules for Radicals
The book that captures the basic tenets of Freire’s approach to organizing is Pedagogy of the Oppressed
What are the three types of organizing according to Rothman’s framework? Pick a specific issue. Can you provide an example of each?
The Rothman consist of the three distinct but overlapping models of practice:
Community capacity development (Locality development)
Social planning and policy (Social planning)
Social advocacy action (Social action)
For community capacity development it stresses on the consensus and cooperation, building group identity, and problem solving. The power resides with the people.
Social planning planning example would be the use of data and rational empirical problem solving while also making room for new approaches.
For social advocacy action it emphasizes pressure tactics such as confrontation.[g]
Pick a social issue in your community that you would like to address. What is a related policy you would campaign for to address this issue? Describe an Alinksy- vs. a Freire-based organizing approach to policy advocacy. Explain why the strategies you provide align with the respective organizer’s approach.

True or False: Freire advocated for a banking system of education, in which teachers are facilitators. False[h]

Which groups did Alinsky work closely with early in his career as an organizer? Which groups did Freire work closely with early in his career as an organizer?
Alinsky worked with juveniles and worked with groups in industrial Chicago
Freire worked with
Describe the components of the Midwest Strategy Chart. How is it used? Can you think of an example of when this would be a useful tool? [i]
Goals (long-term objectives of a campaign)
Organizational Considerations (resources, problems that must be considered within the campaign)
Constituents, Allies, Opponents
Targets [j]- generally a person, who can help you achieve what you would like to do?
Tactics
Organizers are strategic in selecting which tactics to use and when to use them to achieve their goals. Keep in mind that these tactics and how they are applied may reflect different organizing styles (think: Alinsky, Freire, Rothman). List several organizing tactics with examples of when they have been used by various social movements.
PARTNERSHIPS & COALITIONS/ETHICS OF ORGANIZING (1/31)
What are advantages and barriers to starting or maintaining a coalition? (SLIDE 1)
Why start a coalition?
Advantages
●To address an urgent situation.
●To empower elements of the community – or the community as a
whole – to take control of its future.
●To actually obtain or provide services.
●To bring about more effective and efficient delivery of programs and
eliminate any unnecessary duplication of effort.
●To pool resources.
●To increase communication among groups and break down
stereotypes.
●To revitalize the sagging energies of members of groups who are
trying to do too much alone.
●To plan and launch community-wide initiatives on a variety of
issues.
●To develop and use political clout to gain services or other benefits
for the community.
Barriers
●Turf issues.
●Bad history.
●Domination by “professionals” or some other elite.
●Poor links to the community.
●Minimal organizational capacity.
●Funding.
●Failure to provide and create leadership within the coalition.
●The perceived – or actual – costs of working together outweigh the
benefits for many coalition members.
In your own words, describe Labonte’s cautions for forming authentic partnerships— Romanticized, Bureaucratization, Anti-professionalism, and Decentralization. (Chapter 6)
●Contested meaning of community:
●Romanticization: can be viewed as strong communities which can go extreme such as the Ku Klux plan.
“Although it is important to accept community self-determination in principle, it is also vital to recognize that
what communities do for their own health may be inimical ( cause harm) to a broader public health.” (Minkler,2012)
●Bureaucratization: cautions for forming authentic partnerships includes
●Anti-professionalism:
●Decentralization:
●Self-help:
What are several examples of partnership structures you might want to implement in your organizing efforts?
Coalitions- Multiple organizations work together to achieve a similar goal.
Executive committee
Steering committee
Advisory committee
Board of Directors
TaskForce
Action team

Read the related chapters and watch the short clips below prior to addressing the following:

The Making and Unmaking of an Islamic Terrorist (Links to an external site.)
The Making and Unmaking of an Islamic Terrorist

When it comes to domestic terrorism, it's hard to ignore white nationalists (Links to an external site.)
When it comes to domestic terrorism, it's hard to ignore white nationalists

My Son Joined ISIS | Nicola Benyahia | (Links to an external site.)
My Son Joined ISIS | Nicola Benyahia |

How Islamist militant groups are gaining strength in Africa (Links to an external site.)
How Islamist militant groups are gaining strength in Africa

What terrorist group do you believe is the greatest threat to the world today? To the United States?
What specific argument can be made that combining terrorism and other transnational crime (such as drugs and human trafficking) units together will be more effective?
Finally, based on what you have learned throughout the semester, do you believe it is possible to significantly decrease terrorist incidents? If so, how do we accomplish this?

Design a detailed business plan for a new product, service, or business venture of your choice. This could be an idea you have been contemplating or a product presently being marketed, but your business plan must reflect the uniqueness of the idea. For example, it might involve the modification of a certain product based on the unique needs of your community or peer group. Follow the business plan outline provided in Table 8.1 of the course textbook.

Trace a real or hypothetical new product through the steps in the new product development process, including idea generation, concept verification and testing, actual development, and test marketing. Discuss the establishment of “go/kill” points, meaning the criteria used to determine whether to proceed with the new product idea or abandon it at various stages in the process.

The idea generation stage should include potential sources of ideas such as trend monitoring, serendipity, or customer focus groups. The concept testing stage should include possible modifications based on feedback from potential customers, such as asking customers how this new product idea compares with present ways of the need the new product is intended to satisfy.

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Prepare an 18- to 22-slide visual presentation with speaker notes or a professional looking video requesting initial funding of $5,000-$500,000 to start and run a start-up company or a new project within an existing firm. The proposed start-up company could be a new idea, an existing business model, or a new business within an existing firm.

ERP implementations are at risk to extensive cost overruns. Discuss three of the more commonly experienced problems area.
Describe four advantages and four disadvantages of implementing an ERP system at a multinational corporation.
Why might a firm decide to implement only certain modules in an ERP system rather than a complete implementation?
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Group Portion:

ERP brings together all the functions of a company using one software program. When the “big-bang” approach is used, this is when the old system is shut down and the new ERP system is up and running, like going cold turkey. The “phased-in” approach is when only parts of the ERP system is implemented and when that part is up and running then the next part will be phased in.

As a group, complete the following:

After the core of an ERP system has been implemented, any of the modules may then be implemented separately. What is the implication of being able to implement an ERP system on a piece-by-piece basis?
Describe how an enterprise system can assist an organization in optimizing its value system.
Consider a business process that you have experienced at work, as a customer, or as a student. Examples might include any process in a work setting such as payroll and purchasing, or any process with which you have interacted, such as ordering from a Web site, obtaining a loan, eating at a restaurant, or registering for classes at your college or university. Describe the degree to which the steps in the process are integrated. What is/was the impact of that integration on you and on the organization?
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