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{"title":"The challenges of “Moving at the Speed of Trust”: how women navigate new public management dynamics in power-based community organizations","authors":"Mary L. Dungy, Amy Krings","doi":"10.1080/10705422.2023.2175754","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10705422.2023.2175754","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The practice of professional community organizing aims to create a more equitable, inclusive society. However, power-based community organizing in the Alinsky tradition has historically been criticized for being unwelcoming to women, especially those who are caregivers at home. To better understand the paradox of working for social justice within an occupational context where one is not fully welcome, this exploratory interview-based study used an Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis to explore how women organizers understand, experience, and navigate gendered features of new public management within power-based community organizations in Chicago. Our findings indicate that women community organizers experience significant tensions due to professional demands and a culture of overwork that is incompatible with caregiving responsibilities. Nonetheless, practices of building authentic relationships, engaging in trauma-informed practices, and taking time for rest and reflection–practices that are not always consistent with neoliberal pressures to “produce” – brought them hope and meaning. Though organizing can be plagued by a sense of urgency, slowing down can be a political act of inclusion.","PeriodicalId":46385,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Community Practice","volume":"31 1","pages":"24 - 43"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47918550","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":"A community-based case study of the co-construction of an online intervention with gay and bisexual men who use substances","authors":"Valérie Aubut, M. Goyette, J. Flores-Aranda, M. Saint-Jacques, Frédérick Pronovost, K. Bertrand","doi":"10.1080/10705422.2023.2183920","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10705422.2023.2183920","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Collaboration between academic researchers and community members is a cornerstone of community-based research. The success of a project’s results depends on this collaboration. Currently collaborative practices are mostly documented from the researchers’ perspective. Based on a case study of the development of the MyBuzz.ca online intervention for gay and bisexual men who use substances, this article aims to describe components associated with the co-construction process to identify practices that have enabled stronger collaborations with community stakeholders and led to their increased involvement in research. A thematic analysis of eight semi-structured interviews was conducted to identify participants’ perceptions of their participation, their roles, and decision-making with respect to the development of the brief online intervention. Results highlight the importance of establishing prerequisites to foster a positive co-construction experience. Working on an issue that affects the community was one of the elements that encouraged participation in this project. The perspectives of stakeholders (other than academic researchers) support the importance of prerequisites and working on issues affecting the community in successfully conducting community-based research. This study also provides an opportunity to model these elements to foster the co-construction process in community-based research. It highlights facilitators and obstacles to co-construction while underscoring the benefits for various members of the community to participate in this type of study.","PeriodicalId":46385,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Community Practice","volume":"31 1","pages":"44 - 62"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46048157","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":"Working from the Ground Up and Participatory Action Research: An old urban neighbourhood in Hong Kong","authors":"K. Fung, Y. Chan, S. Hung","doi":"10.1080/10705422.2023.2181900","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10705422.2023.2181900","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This article presents a community-based action research project in a low-income neighborhood in Hong Kong that adopted the Working from the Ground Up (WFGU) model. In the context of the neoliberal turn, the WFGU approach reminds researchers and practitioners to begin with the disadvantaged groups’ perceptions of the neighborhood and priorities for changes. The WFGU and action research process involved four phases: observation, reflection, planning, and actions. The four-year action research project indicates the potential of promoting the participation of tenants of sub-divided units (SDUs), a type of sub-standard housing in Hong Kong. The SDU tenants used Photovoice in community assessment. They critically assessed the causes of neighborhood issues and were committed to making changes collectively.","PeriodicalId":46385,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Community Practice","volume":"31 1","pages":"63 - 81"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47024179","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":"Community engagement: evolution, challenges and opportunities for change","authors":"Mary L. Ohmer, Amy Mendenhall, Michele Mohr Carney, Deborah Adams","doi":"10.1080/10705422.2022.2144061","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10705422.2022.2144061","url":null,"abstract":"The role of community engagement in the field of community practice and generally in social work have continuously evolved over the last century. Included in this issue is “From the archives: Jesse Frederick Steiner assesses community organization in 1922” by Paul Stuart (Stuart, 2022). Stein’s 1922 article “Community organization: A study of its rise and recent tendencies” discusses the origins of the community organization in social work, including case study examples that illustrate community engagement strategies used by early community organizers. Stein described community organization practice as focusing on “the needs of the larger social group, the community,” while “the other area of social work” (e.g., direct practice) focused on the “problems of the individual and the family.” Stein emphasized that working with communities could not be separated from working with individuals and families. Community organization was also discussed by Stein as form of social work that was not entirely new but one that was integral and woven into social work to address the “conditions of community life.” Stuart (2022) highlighted the importance of community collaboration and engagement as central to community organization practice. The role of social settlements (e.g., settlement houses) were described as the “very essence of community organization” because of their role in developing a cooperative spirit with the communities in which they worked. Community organization’s purpose was seen as the socializing people by providing opportunities for them to address their common problems. Case studies discussed by Stein illustrated various forms of community organization practice in the early 19 century, including ways in which the community was engaged through collaborations among organizations, associations, or welfare agencies to address issues of recreation, health, and other public welfare issues. Most of the case studies described by Stein focused mainly on organizational forms of engagement and collaboration. However, there were a few exceptions where community organizing efforts engaged regular citizens and residents in advising and guiding programs. For example, the Community Council Movement, whose governing board was made up of official social and civic organizations, also engaged “citizens chosen by the people of the community at an open meeting.” The Cincinnati Social Unit Organization also engaged residents in a more democratic manner. Each block in the community elected a block council and chose its own executive or block worker who was essentially playing some of the same engagement roles that today’s community organizers play: building JOURNAL OF COMMUNITY PRACTICE 2022, VOL. 30, NO. 4, 351–358 https://doi.org/10.1080/10705422.2022.2144061","PeriodicalId":46385,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Community Practice","volume":"30 1","pages":"351 - 358"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2022-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47323483","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":"Jesse Frederick Steiner assesses community organization in 1922","authors":"P. Stuart","doi":"10.1080/10705422.2022.2140999","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10705422.2022.2140999","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This “From the Archives” article provides the text of Jesse Frederick Steiner’s 1922 article on community organization in 1922. The article was published in the November, 1922, issue of the Journal of Social Forces.","PeriodicalId":46385,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Community Practice","volume":"30 1","pages":"359 - 377"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2022-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47532502","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":"How community capacity building in urban agriculture can improve food access in predominantly Black communities","authors":"Saria Lofton, M. Kersten, Nanyombi Lubimbi, A. Odoms-Young","doi":"10.1080/10705422.2022.2138667","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10705422.2022.2138667","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Black Americans face disparate health burdens of diet-related chronic diseases. Black Americans who live in communities with inadequate access to healthy foods are at an even greater risk for disparate health outcomes. Urban agriculture in communities with inadequate access to healthy food can complement the existing traditional food system and can make a difference in the accessibility of fresh fruits and vegetables and subsequently, increase fruit and vegetable consumption. However, integrating urban agriculture into a local food system can be challenging. Community capacity-building efforts have the potential to enhance organizational development and enable collaborations to enhance efforts to incorporate urban agriculture into communities with inadequate food access. This study used Chaskin’s relational framework to describe community capacity-building efforts to enhance urban agriculture in predominantly Black communities. We found that strategies for community capacity building in urban agriculture include building on existing resources, community engagement, expanding organizational capacity, identifying threats to community capacity building, and identifying ideal solutions to enhance community capacity-building efforts. Urban farmers, gardeners, and advocates identified these strategies to strengthen local control of the food environment through sustainable urban agriculture. Additional research is needed to further identify community engagement strategies that emphasize sustainability, such as workforce development efforts, building networks for new growers, and strengthening connections between farmers, gardeners, urban agriculture advocates, and community residents.","PeriodicalId":46385,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Community Practice","volume":"30 1","pages":"395 - 417"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2022-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45132874","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 change to promote food access and healthy eating through participatory action research with youth","authors":"Ana Altares, Savannah Hobbs, Dana Sobel, T. Nelson, M. Serpa, L. Bellows","doi":"10.1080/10705422.2022.2139035","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10705422.2022.2139035","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Professionals such as social workers, public health officials, cultural networkers, researchers, and community leaders, who are designing and implementing programs and policies, can look to youth to gain a unique perspective on promoting community health. Across the United States, many communities experience inadequate access to nutritious foods that exacerbate poor health outcomes for marginalized populations – people of color, older or disabled adults, and those with lower education or income. To address food access disparities, providing youth voice and building youth empowerment may offer creative strategies to encourage community change. The Youth CAN (Change.Activity.Nutrition) project aimed to engage and empower adolescents to become agents of change for health within their community. Youth became active researchers through participatory action research (PAR) using socially engaged art platforms such as photovoice (photography), street art (graffiti-style art), and spoken word (poetry) to explore their environment and identify facilitators and barriers to healthy eating within their community. The World Café activity facilitated conversation among youth and adults to generate ideas to improve community food access. Collaboration between adult and youth researchers, and community leaders led to proposed solutions for improving access to healthy foods within an urban, low-income neighborhood. The Youth CAN project demonstrated how engaging and empowering youth through PAR is fundamental in promoting positive youth development and enabling youth to become advocates for equitable food access in their communities.","PeriodicalId":46385,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Community Practice","volume":"30 1","pages":"378 - 394"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2022-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43627861","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":"Community experiences and aspirations of young Syrian newcomers in a neighborhood in Amsterdam, the Netherlands","authors":"Kyohee Kim","doi":"10.1080/10705422.2022.2137873","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10705422.2022.2137873","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT In the Netherlands, several housing projects have housed local young adults and refugees together, attracting media and academic attention. Along with praise for complementing the integration process of newcomers, criticism has also been leveled that such projects are often located far from residential areas. Meanwhile, the SET project located in a residential area in Amsterdam attempt to extend the active participation of locals in facilitating the integration of newcomers. This qualitative study investigated the community experiences of Syrian newcomers, the elements which stimulate or hinder newcomers’ participation in community activities and care programs in their everyday lives.","PeriodicalId":46385,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Community Practice","volume":"30 1","pages":"418 - 438"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2022-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45857930","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":"Financial education as political education: a framework for targeting systems as sites of change","authors":"Terri L. Friedline, Anna K. Wood, So’Phelia Morrow","doi":"10.1080/10705422.2022.2140737","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10705422.2022.2140737","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The ability of individual-level interventions to improve people’s financial conditions is compromised when the root causes of precarity develop at systems levels. While it can be a challenge to intervene at the systems-level, we contend that one approach is for social work and allied professions to treat financial education as political education. Building on the activist organizing approaches of Paulo Freire and the Black feminist scholarship of bell hooks, we offer a framework to target systems as critical sites for change. If we wish to empower people to transcend rather than cope with the oppressive power of racial capitalism, there may be no choice but to find ways to raise people’s consciousness about structural oppression as the root cause of financial precarity. Implications for practice are discussed in the contexts of labor organizing and the Black cooperative movement.","PeriodicalId":46385,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Community Practice","volume":"30 1","pages":"463 - 481"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2022-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46439847","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":"“We have to learn how to balance all of that”: Community health needs of a state-recognized Gulf Coast Indigenous tribe","authors":"J. Liddell, Tess Carlson, H. Beech","doi":"10.1080/10705422.2022.2138668","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10705422.2022.2138668","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The community and health programmatic needs of state-recognized tribes vary in comparison to tribes who are federally recognized. Federal recognition provides tribes with access to federal programs through Indian Health Services (IHS) and ensures a certain level of sovereignty. Little research explores the gaps in community programs experienced by state-recognized tribes as a result of their non-federal status or explores their resilience as a community in filling these gaps through other supports. Through collaboration with a community advisory board (CAB), a qualitative descriptive methodology was used to conduct 31 semi-structured interviews with adult women that self-identify as members of a state-recognized Gulf Coast Indigenous tribe. Using conventional content analysis, the following themes were identified: (a) Wellness Programs and the Power of Connection (b) Transmission of Traditional Knowledge (c) The Need for Women’s Support Groups; (d) Gaps in Programs; and (e) Barriers to Participating in Community and Tribal Programs. These results demonstrate the immense importance of community events as opportunities for transmission of cultural knowledge for tribal members, an integral aspect of securing tribal holistic wellbeing. Although social support and enculturation activities contribute to Indigenous groups’ overall health, this topic has been less studied for state-recognized tribes, particularly for those in the Gulf Coast tribe. Key implications of this study include the need for federal recognition and increased access to programmatic resources and highlights the importance of increased support and sovereignty for state-recognized tribes.","PeriodicalId":46385,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Community Practice","volume":"30 1","pages":"439 - 462"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2022-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46543157","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}