Community Engagement (CES) Notes 

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1. Understanding Community:

• Definition and importance of learning about communities.
• Perspectives: Social Science, Institutional, and Civil Society.

2. Community Dimensions:

• Structural (Geographic, Socio-political, Economic, and Cultural).
• Individual (Interrelationships and Organizations).

3. Community Typologies:

• Formal-Informal, Local-Global, and Rural-Urban.

4. Functions and Dynamics:

• Power structures (Formal and Informal).
• Leadership and Social Change.
• Community Action and Development:
• Community engagement principles and processes.
• Public-Private Partnerships and Participatory Development.

5. Challenges:

• Common community problems.
• Characteristics of a community problem.

6. Human Rights:

• Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
• Constitutional Bill of Rights and Writs (Habeas Corpus, Amparo, and Habeas Data).

7. Social Justice:

• Concept and objectives.
• Article XIII of the Philippine Constitution.
• Approaches to Community Development:
• Profiling, Ethnography, and Ethical considerations.

1. Concepts and Perspectives of Community:

• Importance and dynamics of community action.
• Definitions and different perspectives (Social Science, Institutional, Civil Society, Organic).

2. Structural and Dynamic Dimensions of Community:

• Geographic, Socio-political, Economic, and Cultural dimensions.
• Power structures (formal and informal), leadership, and influencers.

3. Typologies of Community:

• Formal vs. Informal.
• Local vs. Global.
• Rural vs. Urban.

4. Functions of a Community:

• Production, distribution, and consumption.
• Socialization, social control, participation, and mutual support.

5. Community Action:

• Key concepts: Engagement, Solidarity, and Citizenship.
• Major issues for marginalized communities and youth involvement.
• Examples of initiatives (health, waste disposal, sanitation, housing, etc.).

6. Core Values and Principles of Community Action:

• Human Rights (Natural, Civil, Political, Social, and Economic rights).
• Social Justice (objectives like poverty elimination and equality).
• Empowerment, advocacy, and the 4 pillars of community engagement.
• Participatory development and gender equality.

7. Steps/Methods of Community Action:

• Community profiling, needs, and resources assessment.
• Participatory action planning and leadership development.
• Resource mobilization, plan implementation, and evaluation.