Discount Stores, Discount(ed) Community? Parent and Family Engagement, Community Outreach, and an Urban Turnaround School

2017 ◽  
Vol 50 (8) ◽  
pp. 675-696
Author(s):  
Craig Peck ◽  
Ulrich C. Reitzug
Keyword(s):  
Urban Schools ◽  
Family Engagement ◽  
Community Outreach ◽  
School Personnel ◽  
Reform Effort ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Community Based Organizations ◽  
Turnaround School ◽  
Discount Stores

What roles do parent and family engagement and community outreach play in educator efforts to improve low-performing urban schools? To address this question, we considered findings from our 3-year case study of Brookdale Elementary (a pseudonym), which was undergoing a state-mandated, district-directed turnaround reform effort from 2011 to 2014. Specifically, we investigated how and why school personnel engaged with and reacted to parents and families, community-based organizations, and the surrounding locale. In the end, the school’s educators encountered complicated obstacles yet generated some tangible victories in their pursuit of productive school, parent/family, and community connections. We conclude by considering implications of our findings.

scholarly journals KHF Entrepreneurship Support and the Impact of COVID-19 on Jordanian Entrepreneurs

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lami Raei
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Financial Support ◽  
Youth Participation ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Community Based Organizations ◽  
Self Employment ◽  
Start Ups ◽  
The Impact

The King Hussein Foundation (KHF) partners with Oxfam in the Youth Participation and Employment programme (YPE) to promote entrepreneurship through supporting youth to engage in business start-ups and scale-ups. KHF projects support community-based organizations (CBOs) in establishing revolving funds, training CBOs in microfinance management and building the capacity of potential entrepreneurs. Apprenticeships and shadowing are two examples of popular approaches to facilitating entrepreneurship and self-employment. During the COVID-19 crisis, KHF has continued the implementation of activities virtually. This case study presents examples of young people utilizing financial support, reaching out to new clients using ICT, and eventually exploring ways to mitigate the impacts of COVID-19.

scholarly journals Participatory Development of Technologies as a Way to Increase Community Participation: the Cidade de Deus Web Portal Case

2011 ◽  
Vol 7 (1-2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Celso Alexandre Souza de Alvear ◽  
Michel Thiollent
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Community Participation ◽  
Community Organizing ◽  
Local Development ◽  
Participatory Development ◽  
Web Portal ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Main Hypothesis ◽  
Community Based Organizations

This article aims to discuss the process of development and improvement of a community web portal from the perspective of references such as social capital, solidary technology, local development and community organizing. As a case study we used the Cidade de Deus web portal (www.cidadededeus.org.br), result of a project of the Technical Solidarity Lab (Soltec / UFRJ) with community-based organizations (CBOs) of Cidade de Deus. Our main hypothesis is that more important than the technology itself, the process of developing this technology in a participatory manner can encourage community participation.

Zoned for Change: A Historical Case Study of the Belmont Zone of Choice

2012 ◽  
Vol 114 (10) ◽  
pp. 1-40
Author(s):  
Ramón A. Martínez ◽  
Karen H. Quartz
Keyword(s):  
School District ◽  
School Reform ◽  
Education Reform ◽  
Strategic Alliances ◽  
Community Organizing ◽  
Educational Leaders ◽  
Historical Case Study ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Community Based Organizations

Background/Context Over the past two decades, scholars have increasingly called for educational leaders to collaborate with community-based organizations in their efforts to bring about school reform. Observing that school reform efforts often fail to include those most impacted by failing policies and practices, these scholars have turned their attention to the role of community organizations that advocate on behalf of parents and students in under-served communities. These scholars have explored the potential of community organizing strategies for transforming public schools, documenting the crucial role of strategic alliances between community-based organizations and school district officials in bringing about greater equity and improved student outcomes. Purpose/Objective/Research Question/Focus of Study The purpose of this study is to explore how educational leaders and community-based organizations collaborated to bring about unprecedented education reform in the nation's second largest school district. Research Design This historical case study is based on in-depth interviews with 11 high-profile school district, union, community, and other educational leaders across seven key partner institutions and organizations that were involved in the development of the Belmont Zone of Choice from 2001 to 2009. Conclusions/Recommendations This study reveals the kinds of obstacles facing reformers in large urban school districts, and it illustrates how concerned educators, community-based organizations, and educational reformers can form strategic alliances to fight for meaningful change in underserved communities. Rather than provide a simplistic or idealistic depiction of collaboration, however, this case study illustrates the tensions and struggles that emerged as diverse—and sometimes antagonistic—social actors collaborated to bring about education reform at the local level. It also illustrates that strategic alliances are not necessarily sufficient to ensure successful reform implementation within contexts of political and economic asymmetry. As such, the history of the Belmont Zone of Choice highlights both the promise and challenge of community organizing for school reform.

Implementing Evidence-Based Media Engagement Practices to Address Cancer Disparities

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Racquel E. Kohler ◽  
Shoba Ramanadhan ◽  
K. Viswanath
Keyword(s):  
Community Based Participatory Research ◽  
Public Understanding ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Public Programs ◽  
Project Impact ◽  
The Public ◽  
Community Based Organizations ◽  
Or Practice

Public knowledge and understanding of health disparities is critical to generate support for programs and policies that address social determinants of health (SDH). Yet, public programs and policies are little informed by evidence or the link between SDH and health outcomes. This case study, using community-based participatory research principles, draws from the evidence of SDH and communication sciences. We describe Project IMPACT, an intervention to build capacity among community-based organizations (CBOs) to engage with media strategically, with the goal of influencing the information environment. The case offers an example of implementation science supporting an evidence-based approach, rather than a specific program or practice. We report how IMPACT leveraged the role community partners play in legitimizing issues so SDH and disparities are part of the public agenda. We assessed how strategic media engagement practices were implemented with the ultimate goal of changing public understanding of SDH and disparities to support SDH-related policies.

scholarly journals Recruiting Older Adults With Functional Difficulties Into a Community-Based Research Study: Approaches and Costs

2018 ◽  
Vol 39 (6) ◽  
pp. 644-650 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manka Nkimbeng ◽  
Laken Roberts ◽  
Roland J. Thorpe ◽  
Laura N. Gitlin ◽  
Alice Delaney ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Community Outreach ◽  
Community Dwelling ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Community Based Research ◽  
Government Organizations ◽  
Functional Difficulties ◽  
Community Based Organizations

The CAPABLE (Community Aging in Place, Advancing Better Living for Elders) trial in Baltimore City tested whether an interdisciplinary team of occupational therapists, nurses, and handymen reduces disability and health expenditures in community-dwelling older adults with functional difficulties. This study describes methods and associated costs of recruiting 300 low-income, cognitively intact, older adults with functional difficulties into this study. Sources of participant enrollment included direct mailings (35%), government program referrals (19%), community-based organizations (16%), ambassador referrals (15%), and media (4%). Fifty six (30%) of 187 older adults referred through government organizations were enrolled, while 49 (7.6%) of 648 referred from community-based organizations were enrolled. Total recruitment costs were US$81,453.12. Costs per participant for mailings, media, ambassadors, and community-based organizations were respectively US$745.10, US$256.82, US$22.28, and US$1.00. Direct mailings yielded the most participants but was the most costly method per participant. Ambassadors were least expensive and may offer a low-cost addition to community outreach for recruitment of older adults into research.

scholarly journals Exploring the Links: Youth participation and employment opportunities in Jordan

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lamia Raei
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Youth Development ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Youth Participation ◽  
Market Demand ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Job Seeking ◽  
Community Based Organizations ◽  
Governmental Institutions

Oxfam partners with the Jordanian Hashemite Fund for Human Development (JOHUD) through its Youth Participation and Employment (YPE) programme in order to connect with communities and train local community-based organizations (CBOs). JOHUD’s aim is to build the job-seeking capacity of youth in four governorates in Jordan. The programme organizes informal activities involving peer-to-peer education to help young people engage in the community as volunteers, and links them to various governmental and non-governmental institutions. COVID-19 and the associated lockdowns have altered the organization’s operations, with most projects shifting online. JOHUD has adopted a youth-led initiative aimed at matching young people’s skills with labour-market demand in each governorate where the programme operates. This case study presents examples of how the programme has helped young people transform into professionals, and how youth-led employment centres can contribute to youth development activities.

GIS Use in Community Planning: A Multidimensional Analysis of Empowerment

2002 ◽  
Vol 34 (5) ◽  
pp. 905-922 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah A Elwood
Keyword(s):  
New Technology ◽  
Multidimensional Analysis ◽  
Complete Analysis ◽  
Neighborhood Revitalization ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Community Based Organizations ◽  
Political Implications ◽  
Neighborhood Organization ◽  
The Social

A growing body of research examining the social and political implications of geographic information systems (GIS) considers the extent to which the use of this technology may empower or disempower different actors and institutions. However, these studies have tended not to articulate a clear conceptualization of empowerment. Thus, in this paper, I develop a multidimensional conceptual framework for assessing empowerment (and disempowerment), and employ it in examining the impacts of GIS use by community-based organizations engaged in urban planning and neighborhood revitalization. Drawing on a case study conducted with a Minneapolis, Minnesota, neighborhood organization, I show how this multidimensional framework fosters a more complete analysis of empowerment, and therefore, development of a more detailed explanation of the impacts of this new technology.

“Building Together” in Baltimore? Corporate Megadevelopment and Coalitions for Community Power

2021 ◽  
pp. 107808742110213
Author(s):  
P. Nicole King ◽  
Meghan Ashlin Rich
Keyword(s):  
Coalition Building ◽  
Tax Increment Financing ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Community Based Organizations ◽  
Community Benefits ◽  
Community Power ◽  
Community Benefits Agreements ◽  
The City

We consider how various coalitions influence redevelopment projects in cities, especially as communities demand more inclusion in the development process. Based on qualitative research, we investigate the approval process for the 235-acre megadevelopment project at Port Covington in Baltimore, Maryland, and how stakeholders, including developers, community-based organizations, politicians, and impacted community members view the project, the tax increment financing (TIF) granted by the city, and community benefits agreements (CBAs). Community leaders leaned hard on the development corporation, demanding community and city-wide benefits before a TIF could be approved. We analyze the processes of the Port Covington CBA within the context of the political and economic dynamics of Baltimore. This case study adds to our understanding of how communities respond to corporate-led developments through coalition building, effectively gaining power in how elite governing regimes dictate development in cities.

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