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Community Organizing Practices in Academia: A Model, and Stories of Partnerships
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Avila, Maria – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2010
This article describes a model of civic engagement based on four key community organizing practices, created at Occidental College and implemented since 2001. The foundations of this model do not include confrontation, mass mobilization, or demonstrations--tactics commonly associated with the term community organizing. This model, instead,…
Descriptors: Community Organizations, College Faculty, Models, Personal Narratives