1. Strategies for Community Organization and Improvement: An Overview

2. Community Organizer: The process by which people get to know each other.

3. Community Organizing Includes • Identify common goals. • Mobilize resources. • Develop strategies. • Accomplish goals.

4. Why Organize • To bring about change. • Empowerment. • Increase self-sufficiency. • Increase social support.

5. Strategies for Organizing • Locality development. • Social planning. • Policy change. • Systems advocacy. • Coalitions.

6. How to create change • Involve the community. • Identify the problem. • Reframe as an issue. • Develop a strategy. • Develop tactics. • Choose action steps. • Create short-end wins. • Continue working!