Community Projects as Social Activism

From Direct Action to Direct Services

Benjamin H. Shepard

• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Year: 2014
• ISBN:
  9781483314693
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Ciencias sociales
• Subtopic: Trabajo social

Community Projects as Social Activism: From Direct Action to Direct Services by Benjamin Shepard is an engaging and accessible work that will get today?s students excited about the very real prospect of achieving lasting, positive change within their communities. It outlines a distinct approach to community practice born out of the intersection among social movements, day-to-day organizing, and the lessons of five decades of community change practices. This invaluable resource is a must-have for anyone involved in community organization, community health, and community activism practice research and policy.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Brief Contents
• Detailed Contents
• Foreword
• Acknowledgments
• About the Author
• Part I Theory, Contexts, and Understandings
• 1 On Community Practice
• 2 Activism in a Changing World Looking Back to Move Forward
• 3 Learning From Community Projects
• Part I In Conclusion
• Part II Practice and Power
• 4 Introduction to Part II on Social Action and Power
• 5 Identifying Issues
• 6 Research as Action
• 7 Mobilization and Spreading the Message
• 8 Direct Action and “Getting the Goods”
• 9 Legal Strategies
• 10 From Joy to Justice Mixing Fun and Community Building
• Part II In Conclusion
• Part III Praxis From Direct Action to Direct Services
• 11 Social Movement to Social Services From the Black Panthers to the Young Lords
• 12 From Critique to Coexistence With Capital The Woodlawn Organization and the Dilemmas of Community Development
• 13 ACT UP to the World Direct Action to Direct Services
• 14 Affinity Group to Movement Organization Housing Works
• 15 Harm Reduction and Human Services Experiments in Syringe Exchange
• 16 The Perils of the Nonprofit Industrial Complex
• 17 DIY Politics and World-Making Mutual Aid, Anarchism, and Alternative Solutions
• 18 Multi-Issue Organizing From the Women’s Movement to Struggles for Global Justice
• 19 Community Building Against Inequality Zapatistas, Occupations, and Transnational Advocacy
• Postscript Concluding Notes on Friendships, Social Networks, and Social Change
• References
• Index
• Publisher Note