Chapter 11 & 12

Chapter 11 & 12 Answer the questions regarding the Field Exercise A on page 287 & 288 (Chapter 11) and Field Exercise B on pages 313 & 314 of Ohmer & DeMasi (2009) (Chapter 12). page 287 & 288 (Chapter 11) Use the City of San Jose, California 1. How are youth engaged in existing community organizations? Are they seen as recipients of services only? Are they positioned in roles where they can make a contribution to the community? Are they positioned in leadership roles? Describe. 2. What issues and/or problems do youth care about? Are these issues being addressed at all by existing organizations? If so, how? How do the youth view these efforts? 3. If you were the consensus organizer in this neighborhood, how would you engage youth? What Strategies would you use? Why? How? pages 313 & 314 (Chapter 12). 1. Think about your own life. Is there a problem solving experience where consensus organizing strategies would have been or could be useful? 2. How might you have used or could you use consensus organizing strategies to solve the problem? 3. What specific strategies and tactics would be helpful in solving this problem? 4. What might you do differently in the future, now that you have an understanding of how to "think like a consensus organizer"? Required Texts: Ohmer, M. L., & DeMasi, K. (2009). Consensus organizing: A community development workbook: A comprehensive guide to designing, implementing, and evaluating community change initiatives. Los Angeles: SAGE. ISBN # 978-1412939836 Include at least one scholarly* reference. References and in-text citations are to be done in correct APA 6th edition style