Health Sciences 2250A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Kindness Club, Volkswagen, Food Bank
25 Apr 2018
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Community organization: what is a community, membership, identity, ownership, belonging, feeling part of something, this class, common symbol systems, language: ex. In this class we use words that we know together: rituals: ex. Raising your hand, come in sit down at 3:30: this class, shared values and norms, ex. In this class we value: kindness, health, education, grades: mutual influence, shared needs, with commitment, ex. Walkerton water crisis this community came together with shared commitment to identifying the problem and making sure never happens again: ex. In her community where their water comes from: ex. Impact if there was no graduation for us we would start a riot: shared emotional connection, through experiences, history, support, a certain experience that only certain individuals can understand, ex. Veterans, new yorkers after 9/11, being in a class with a very low mean: community-based programs have large potential for population changes, principles of participatory democracy and social justice.
