Community Action

and Community
Dynamics
PREPARED BY MS. ATHENA CELINE DABATIAN
Welcome,
Students!
Most Essential Learning
Competencies
1. Explain the importance of
studying community dynamics and
community action in relation to
applied social sciences and the
learners’ future career options.
Community
The word "community" was
A group of people in derived from the latin word
the same geographic communis, which means
area under common "common" or "shared." Thus,
laws that has a sense of the general understanding
fellowship belonging an of the word community is
obligation to the group. that it is a social unit
compose of people who
have something in common.
Communities may be
formed in two ways…
NON-GEOGRAPHICAL
GEOGRAPHICAL This communities are
The members of a formed based on needs,
community share the ideas, interest, identity,
same geographic practices, and rules and
vicinity, such as a social institutions such as
village, province, our at home, at work, and
neighborhood government, society, or
the community at large.
Communities may also be
divided into two levels...
MICRO LEVEL MACRO LEVEL
a group is formed based large group affiliations are formed
on personal social ties. such as national communities,
This may include groups international communities, and virtual
formed for pursuing communities. companies and
corporations may develop various
common interest or goals,
programs that would include the
like forming a small
different members across the country.
organization to hold a They will work on meeting certain
fundraising activity such objectives and expand on the aspect
as concert. of the community involvement.
COMMUNITIES PLAYS
DIVERSE ROLES
REGARDLESS OF ITS TYPE
Community Consultation
Joint planning
Joint Delivery
Joint Design
Implementation of
Community-led Activities
Members of the
community consult
one another to be
able to implement
their plans and
collaborate with
one another to
achieve them.
TYPES OF ACTIVITIES THAT CAN BE
PLANNED AND EXECUTED BY THE
COMMUNITIES
ASSET TRANSFER
The first is asset transfer or the process of
transferring ownership or leasehold of a
property or something of a value from one
person or party to another.
An example would be the transfer of a
specific property to community interest
companies or transfer of management to
local company and voluntary groups.
TYPES OF ACTIVITIES THAT CAN BE
PLANNED AND EXECUTED BY THE
COMMUNITIES
MAKING BETTER USE OF
PHYSICAL RESOURCES
Another activity with me the use of physical
resources such as rooms, buildings, open
areas, or courts to support and conduct
community-led activities.
TYPES OF ACTIVITIES THAT CAN BE
PLANNED AND EXECUTED BY THE
COMMUNITIES
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
IN DECISION MAKING
Another activity would be decision making
as the community engages in public events.
The community may decide on their
priorities, designs, and services to be
conducted based on their goals.
TYPES OF ACTIVITIES THAT CAN BE
PLANNED AND EXECUTED BY THE
COMMUNITIES
COMMUNITY NETWORKS
Another important activity which was first
used to refer to making contacts through
face-to-face interaction at events such as
meetings and conferences but has since
expanded in definition.
 Two Fundamental
Components
PHYSICAL SOCIAL INFO-
INFRASTUCTURES STRUCTURE
Includes the wires, Consist of ongoing
computers, and process of engaging
technologies people in purposeful
required to establish applications of the
internet connectivity physical connectivity
Community Action
any activity that aims to increase the understanding,
engagement, and empowerment of communities for
the intention of giving services to people.
It is also described as a social action or community
engagement.
Activities are aligned with the objectives based on
the roles that the community plays. In community
action, local citizens engage in planning, design,
and delivery of local services.
 OBJECTIVES IN COMMUNITY ACTION
1. BUILDING COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL CAPACITY
Community action will serve as an avenue for local citizens to
share their knowledge, skills, and ideas with one another.

2. COMMUNITY RESILIENCY
Through community action initiatives, the committee is
motivated to be able to support itself, and face possible
challenges.
OBJECTIVES IN COMMUNITY ACTION
3. PREVENTION
The members of the community will be able to prepare ahead of
time because of the community action plans.
Collaborations and partnerships are achieved to prevent the
common concerns.
4. MAINTAINING AND CREATING WEALTH
Community action focuses on helping people in the long term,
and one significant way to do that is allowing people to
pursue employment, are by developing community exercises.