Discussion Post: Critical Community Engagement
• The qualities and skills that matter most for intersectional leadership are curiosity, listening, openness and creativity. Give an example of how this type of leadership could manifest itself on a present issue in a community.
• Your organization is beginning a partnership with a community-based organization. What are some Asset Based approaches to developing an authentic relationship with a potential community partner? What should you know before hand? What underpinning attitudes and beliefs get in the way of asset-based community engagement?
• In the film The First Rainbow Coalition what were some of the community-building strategies that was used in building the Rainbow Coalition? The Rainbow Coalition's strategy of community organizing was in stark contrast to Saul Alinsky's. Identify the contrast and the similarities.
• Community engagement is a practice that does take work and, for organizations and individuals who embrace it as part of how they operate, it also requires a recognition that engagement work is often "messy and unpredictable." What makes it messy and unpredictable?
The response should include a reference list. Double-space, using Times New Roman 12 pnt font, one-inch margins, and APA style of writing and citations.