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Promoting Empowerment: Community-Based Organizations and Emergent Groups

Promoting Empowerment: Community-Based Organizations and Emergent Groups. Session 34. Session Objectives. Explain disasters as a mechanism for social change Define “community-based organization” and distinguish it from “non-governmental organization”

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Promoting Empowerment: Community-Based Organizations and Emergent Groups

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  1. Promoting Empowerment: Community-Based Organizations and Emergent Groups Session 34

  2. Session Objectives • Explain disasters as a mechanism for social change • Define “community-based organization” and distinguish it from “non-governmental organization” • Identify the role of community-based organizations in reducing vulnerability to disaster • Define “emergent groups,” and explain how and when they emerge in disaster

  3. Disasters as a Mechanism for Social Change • Disasters may bring to light structural changes that were already in motion prior to the catastrophe • Actors may struggle to re-establish equilibrium in society if they perceive its attainment in a reasonable amount of time; otherwise, people will passively accept the disaster’s consequences • Whenever hope is perceived, and people are permitted access to mechanisms of social and political power, efforts to bring about social change will be made

  4. Non-Governmental Organization An independent, flexible, democratic, secular, non-profit people’s organization working for and/or assisting in the empowerment of economically and socially, marginalized people Source: Cousins, William. 1991. “Non-Governmental Initiatives.” cited in bbnet’s “An NGO is …”. Available online at http://www.bbnet.org.yu/bcnet/yug_e/whatisngo.htm

  5. Community-Based Organization Arise out of people’s own initiatives ... There are a lot of variety of these, some supported by NGOs, and others independent of outside help. Source: Cousins, William. 1991. “Non-Governmental Initiatives.” cited in bbnet’s “An NGO is …”. Available online at http://www.bbnet.org.yu/bcnet/yug_e/whatisngo.htm

  6. Coalitions of CBOs INFO LINE http://www.infoline-la.org Grassroots International http://www.grassrootsonline.org ENLA http://www.enla.org VOAD http://www.nvoad.org PrepareNow http://www.,preparenow.org CARD http://www.preparenow.org/ccg.html

  7. 10 Steps in Holistic Recovery • Get organized • Involve the public • Coordinate with other agencies • Assess the equity problem • Evaluate the problem • Set goals and objectives • Explore alternate strategies • Plan for action • Get agreements • Implement the plan

  8. 10 Rules of Community Organizing • Nobody’s going to come unless they’ve got a reason to come • Nobody’s going to come unless they know about it • If an organization doesn’t grow, it will die • Anyone can be a leader • The most important victory is the group itself • Sometimes winning is losing • Sometimes losing is winning • If you’re not fighting for what you want, you don’t want enough • Celebrate • Have fun!

  9. Typology of Organizational Response to Disaster(Simplified) Structure Regular New Responsibilities Regular New Established Organizations Expanding Organizations Extending Organizations Emergent Organizations

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