community social work db

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For this week’s discussion, you will not only describe the characteristics of a selected community, but you will also post a picture you have taken of your community that reflect its strengths and/or challenges. As social workers, we often look for strengths in our clients. Often the client is a single individual, family, or groups with common experiences.

 

This discussion topic explores the perspective of social work practice in communities or macro practice.  How is macro practice distinct from micro practice? Assessing the challenges in a community (poverty, poor housing, limited labor opportunities) is sometimes easy to discern. But what about a community’s strengths? How do you assess the strengths of a community? How are these ideas reflected in your selected community when thinking about your role as a community change agent? How might you promote community activism for positive social change? How do you help a community to recognize its strengths if it is overwhelmed with poverty, crime, and marginalization?

Consider these points as you prepare your posts.

Another thought…

Before the onset of COVID-19, the economic downturn, and the rising street activism around race relations and policy brutality, social activism seemed to have less prominence in our local communities. Citizens in various communities, including youth, are now well engaged in raising their voices about issues that matter to them.  A lot of this effort occurrs at the grassroots level, meaning ordinary citizens are raising their collective voices without the guidance of professionals to direct them. This is recently evident following last week’s Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v Wade on abortion rights. Many women are now taking to the streets.

As you look at your community this week, consider if social activism is present or absent in your community. Are residents engaged to speak up for what they see are needed changes in the community? Is your community engaged in current activism on race and equity, police reform, voter suppression, women’s rights, or gun laws? Are varying perspectives in the community becoming more apparent, more volatile? Can you capture activism occurring in your community in a snapshot?

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