Experts Online - Pitfalls and Promises of Community Engagement in Comprehensive Change
Date Published: 08/15/2007
One of the most challenging of the Comprehensive Community Initiative (CCI) core concepts, community engagement refers to efforts to involve community residents and neighborhood leaders in the planning, implementation, and assessment of comprehensive initiatives. Community involvement is hard enough to do well in the planning stages of CCIs; what are the best ways to sustain meaningful engagement as initiatives unfold? How can intermediaries, one step removed from on-the-ground organizing, encourage effective community mobilization on the part of lead agencies, without being overly prescriptive?
> Questions for Community Engagement (PDF, 24 KB)
> Presentation Packet (PDF, 1.13 MB)
> Presentation Multimedia (ZIP, 10.3 MB)
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Type: Live Webcast - Experts Online