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Empowering Social Change: Strategies and Impact Measurement in Community Psychology

Explore citizen participation, grassroots activism, and professional change agents in creating sustained social change through community initiatives. Understand the importance of education, public policy, and effective elements for impactful community empowerment. Learn how to measure changes and improve quality of life for all.

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Empowering Social Change: Strategies and Impact Measurement in Community Psychology

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  1. PSY 270COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY Week 9 Day 2

  2. Creating and Sustaining Social Change

  3. Citizen participation • grass roots activism • self-help/mutual help • Examples CP

  4. Activism: Can you fight city hall? • internal and external locus of control (social psychology constructs) • perceived injustice + personal power=activism

  5. Networks • enabling systems • umbrella organizations (clearing houses) • community development corporations/neighborhood associations

  6. Professional Change Agents • Consultants • “Experts” • Costly • Fine line: overpower vs. empower

  7. Education/Dissemination to produce social change • Wide application • Education attitudes in US • Dogmatic individuals can impede • How to measure impact? • Culturally sensitive

  8. Public Policy • Focus is to improve quality of life for members • Policy science: making the findings of science relevant and useful for governmental and organizational policy • Politics and community psych are intertwined • Research and lobbying activities

  9. Elements of Effective Community Change Initiatives • Multiple areas of action, linkages among programs • Local design of change initiatives • External linkages and resources • A plausible theory of community change • Effective intensity of intervention • Strengthening sense of community • Long-term perspective

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