Community Organizing Essay

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Concept Paper Relationships are a very important part of community organizing. I learned in this course how much of a role relationships play in community organizing. I also learned about the different type of relationships that are required for an organization to be successful. To be successful the people of an organization must have a good working relationship. It is very important that all of the people in the group are able to work with one another because if the organization members are not able to work well with one another, the organization and or its goals will fail. In addition to having good working relationships within the group,members must have good working relationships with other organizations as a whole and as individuals. This is important because organizations must work well together to accomplish common goals. Organizations that work together are usually more powerful than when they stand alone. Having good relationships with other organizations also offers excellent networking opportunities. Organizations can learn from one another about what strategies and tactics work best to gain momentum and to accomplish goals. Finally organizations must have a good relationship with political officials. This is very important because more times than not organizations are not going to be able to bully politicians around so good relationships must be established. One of the most important things that come from all of these different types of relationships is open lines of communication. Communication is probably the single most important thing in community organizing and without effective communication between people within organizations, organization to organization, and organization to political officials, organizational goals and agendas will not be me. This course has taught me how much technology is playing a major role in community development. The

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