Tara Blagg, Lilian G Perez, Michael A Mata, Gabriela Castro, Kathryn P Derose
{"title":"<i>\"The Force is In Our Union\":</i> Church-Based Advocacy Training and Neighborhood Change in East Los Angeles.","authors":"Tara Blagg, Lilian G Perez, Michael A Mata, Gabriela Castro, Kathryn P Derose","doi":"10.1080/10705422.2026.2708019","DOIUrl":"10.1080/10705422.2026.2708019","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>There is limited evidence regarding strategies that policymakers can use to revitalize neighborhoods without contributing to displacement, particularly those involving community advocacy. This study examines how a sample of Latino Catholic parishioners in the eastern Los Angeles area perceive advocacy and neighborhood change before and after participating in a park environmental advocacy training. Two groups with a total of 16 participants (85% women, median age 68) of a faith-based physical activity intervention received a two-day advocacy training in December 2023 and March 2024. The training involved conducting a park audit to identify environmental issues and developing advocacy plans to engage local decision-makers. Participants completed pre- and post-training surveys (n=12) on advocacy knowledge and post-training interviews (n=13; 85% in Spanish) on perceptions of advocacy, neighborhoods, and the training. Interviews were analyzed using a reflexive thematic approach. Participants reported general barriers to advocacy such as lack of time, knowledge, and distrust of government officials. General facilitators included past advocacy success and social responsibility. Although survey results showed no statistically significant change in advocacy knowledge post-intervention in this small sample, interviews suggested that participants experienced increased perceived social cohesion and motivation to engage in future advocacy. Participants described how advocacy could improve neighborhood cohesion and satisfaction. Findings support the role of community-led advocacy in neighborhood revitalization efforts to advance health and environmental equity in Latino communities.</p>","PeriodicalId":46385,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Community Practice","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-07-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13460262/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148714079","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mary L. Ohmer, Amy Mendenhall, Michelle Mohr Carney, Deborah Adams
{"title":"Community organizing and engagement for social change","authors":"Mary L. Ohmer, Amy Mendenhall, Michelle Mohr Carney, Deborah Adams","doi":"10.1080/10705422.2024.2389743","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10705422.2024.2389743","url":null,"abstract":"Published in Journal of Community Practice (Vol. 32, No. 3, 2024)","PeriodicalId":46385,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Community Practice","volume":"41 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142260358","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Training community organizers in the austerity state: lessons from the field","authors":"Robert Fisher, Lukas Champagne","doi":"10.1080/10705422.2024.2385622","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10705422.2024.2385622","url":null,"abstract":"Community organizing can play a critical role as a grassroots form of democratic activism which challenges austerity politics sweeping the globe. What is required is not only a democratization of t...","PeriodicalId":46385,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Community Practice","volume":"122 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-08-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141944596","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Cultivating community-engaged pedagogy: a case study exploring student choices with community-based organizations in a volunteer management course","authors":"Kelly J. Ramella, Rory Wilson","doi":"10.1080/10705422.2024.2385619","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10705422.2024.2385619","url":null,"abstract":"Educators teaching at community-engaged universities can benefit from learning best practices to prepare 21st century citizens. This case study explores why undergraduate students in an online volu...","PeriodicalId":46385,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Community Practice","volume":"56 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-07-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141883715","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Remembering and storytelling: community engagement through a service-learning partnership","authors":"Lynn Mandarano","doi":"10.1080/10705422.2024.2385630","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10705422.2024.2385630","url":null,"abstract":"This article highlights a four-year community engagement project to engage residents in remembering historic and iconic places, which served the community during its heyday, and envisioning future ...","PeriodicalId":46385,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Community Practice","volume":"217 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-07-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141883714","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Adrienne Young, Noor Toraif, Catherine Le, Katherine Gergen Barnett, Astraea Augsberger
{"title":"Facing power: navigating power dynamics in a youth participatory action research project situated within a healthcare setting","authors":"Adrienne Young, Noor Toraif, Catherine Le, Katherine Gergen Barnett, Astraea Augsberger","doi":"10.1080/10705422.2024.2385624","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10705422.2024.2385624","url":null,"abstract":"Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR) is oftentimes cited as a method guided by social justice principles to uplift youth voice and pursue youth priorities in research. However, to uphold thes...","PeriodicalId":46385,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Community Practice","volume":"19 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-07-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141774271","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Amy N. Mendenhall, Ana H. Santiago-SanRoman, Michelle Mohr Carney, Mary Ohmer, Deborah Adams
{"title":"Pulling back the curtain on scholarly publishing: the journal of community practice experience","authors":"Amy N. Mendenhall, Ana H. Santiago-SanRoman, Michelle Mohr Carney, Mary Ohmer, Deborah Adams","doi":"10.1080/10705422.2024.2334608","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10705422.2024.2334608","url":null,"abstract":"Published in Journal of Community Practice (Vol. 32, No. 1, 2024)","PeriodicalId":46385,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Community Practice","volume":"21 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140587892","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Institutional transformation to nurture restorative justice practitioners: a cross-sector exploration of a regional community practice in Southern California","authors":"Gwynn Alexander, Schoene Mahmood, Jessica Sunio, Michele Romolini","doi":"10.1080/10705422.2024.2311251","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10705422.2024.2311251","url":null,"abstract":"Restorative justice offers an interdisciplinary framework to create communities that nurture the emotional well-being of all. In recent decades, there has been a proliferation of research into the ...","PeriodicalId":46385,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Community Practice","volume":"25 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140056649","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Cambodian American social services providers in pursuit of social justice for the well-being of the Cambodian American community members","authors":"Kristina Lovato, Meghan Orr, Suzie S. Weng","doi":"10.1080/10705422.2024.2313545","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10705422.2024.2313545","url":null,"abstract":"Since the Khmer Rouge genocide in the late 1970s and the subsequent mass relocation of Cambodian refugees to the United States, the Cambodian community has struggled to achieve social justice and e...","PeriodicalId":46385,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Community Practice","volume":"225 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-02-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139910741","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Social change strategies of Jewish-Orthodox women activists in Israel","authors":"Edith Blit-Cohen, Ayelet Makaros","doi":"10.1080/10705422.2024.2310300","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10705422.2024.2310300","url":null,"abstract":"This study examines Jewish women’s activism in Orthodox and ultra-Orthodox society in Israel. In order to gain an in-depth perspective on their experience and coping in leading change processes in ...","PeriodicalId":46385,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Community Practice","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-02-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139764096","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}