Community Projects as Social Activism (EPUB) von Benjamin H. Shepard

Presenting a new framework for linking direct service in the community to direct action, this book takes students through the entire process of organizing a community protest all the way through to achieving sustainable and lasting change/action. It is organized in three parts, the first part presents the framework; the second presents narratives from community organizers; the final part is an in-depth case study of a program that presents and illustrates the exact process from protest to action.

Foreword, by Steve Burghardt
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Part I: Theory, Contexts and Understandings
Chapter 1: On Community Practice
A Framework for Action
Community Practice: Theory and the “Real” World
Chapter 2: Activism in a Changing World—Looking Back to Move Forward
The Assault on the Poor
Organizing for Social Justice
Getting Started--Playfully
Chapter 3: Learning from Community Projects
Approaches to Community Engagement
Community Projects and Service Learning
Part One – In Conclusion
Part II: Practice and Power
Chapter 4: Introduction to Part II on Social Action and Power
Case Study: “Set Jean Free!”
The Changing Face of Social Movements & Social Work
Taking Power and Addressing Needs
Chapter 5: Identifying Issues
The “Winnable Win”
Case Study: Jim Eigo and the ACT UP Treatment and Data Committee
Chapter 6: Research as Action
Participant Action Research
Community Analysis Framework
Social Settlements and Community Projects
Case Study: David Crane and the “We Can’t Breathe” Campaign
The Advocate as Researcher
Chapter 7: Mobilization and Spreading the Message
Text Messaging, Media Activism, and Social Justice
Organizing and Narrative
Case Study: Jay Blotcher and the Stop the Church Protest
Media Activism
On Media and Language
Video Activism
Occupy Wall Street and the Media
Chapter 8: Direct Action and "Getting the Goods"
A Short History of Civil Disobedience
Some Practical and Ethical Guidelines for Direct Action
Direct Action: Theory and Practice
Case Study: Eustacia Smith—Social Ministry to Direct Action
Action, Reaction, and Narratives of Disobedience
Direct Action and Storytelling
Chapter 9: Legal Strategies
Know Your Rights
Case Study: Greg Berman and the Red Hook Community Justice Center
An Afterword
Chapter 10: From Joy to Justice: Mixing Fun and Community Building
Defiant Laughter and the Power of Play
Case Study: Mark Andersen and the Transformative Power of Punk
Cultural Animation
Play as a Low Threshold Entry into Politics
Part Two—In Conclusion
Part III: Praxis: From Direct Action to Direct Services
Chapter 11: Social Movement to Social Services: From the Black Panthers to the Young Lords
Black Panther Community Survival Programs
Do-It-Yourself Direct Action with the Young Lords
Common Causes
Chapter 12: From Critique to Coexistence with Capital: The Woodlawn Organization and the Dilemmas of Community Development
Improve, Don’t Move
Chapter 13: ACT UP to the World: Direct Action to Direct Services
Social Services and Global Social Movements in AIDS Activism
Chapter 14: Affinity Group to Movement Organization: Housing Works
Housing and the AIDS Pandemic
Chapter 15: Harm Reduction and Human Services: Experiments in Syringe Exchange
From the War on Drugs to Harm Reduction
Experiments in Syringe Exchange
Chapter 16: The Perils of the Non-Profit Industrial Complex
The “Iron Cage”
A Virus in the System
Beyond Psychic Prisons
Chapter 17: DIY Politics and World-Making: Mutual Aid, Anarchism, and Alternative Solutions
Do It Yourself to Create Counterpower
Anarchism, Mutual Aid, and Communities of Support
A Politics of Freedom
A Short History of Anarchism
Anarchist Social Services
Chapter 18: Multi-Issue Organizing From the Women’s Movement to Struggles for Global Justice
Women, Social Work, and Social Movements
Ella Baker and the Civil Rights Movement
Gay Liberation and LGBT Organizing
The AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power
Prefigurative Politics within the Global Justice Movement
Creating a New Multi-Issue Politics
Chapter 19: Community Building against Inequality: Zapatistas, Occupations and Transnational Advocacy
The Occupy Movement
Common Preservation
The OWS Sustainability Committee
Rejecting Scarcity in Favor of Economic Democracy
Zapatismo from Oaxaca to the Bronx
Postscript: Concluding Notes on Friendships, Social Networks and Social Change
References
Index