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Community Organizing

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Community organizing is a process through which individuals and groups come together to identify common issues, mobilize resources, and develop strategies to effect social change. It emphasizes collective action, empowerment, and the building of relationships within communities to address systemic inequalities and improve local conditions.
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Community organizing is a process through which individuals and groups come together to identify common issues, mobilize resources, and develop strategies to effect social change. It emphasizes collective action, empowerment, and the building of relationships within communities to address systemic inequalities and improve local conditions.

Key research themes

1. How does distributed and collaborative leadership enhance effectiveness in community organizing across complex, multi-stakeholder settings?

This research theme focuses on the role and mechanisms of distributed leadership and collaboration in community organizing initiatives that involve multiple stakeholder groups addressing complex social problems. The studies analyze how shared leadership responsibilities, effective coordination, and inclusive engagement of diverse actors contribute to overcoming challenges such as resource limitations, competing interests, and fragmentation. Understanding these dynamics matters because modern community organizing increasingly requires cross-sector partnerships and volunteer contributions to tackle entrenched issues like public health disparities and social inequities, necessitating sustainable leadership models and collaborative processes.

Key finding: This study empirically demonstrates how developing distributed leadership through community organizing practices in volunteer multistakeholder groups enabled over 3,000 residents in Columbia, South Carolina, to exercise... Read more
Key finding: The article proposes a formal model of collaborative community problem solving that integrates a community-centered focus, a formal decision-making process, role-based behaviors, and skillful system management of actors. It... Read more
Key finding: This study distinguishes various forms of interorganizational relationships—networking, coordination, cooperation, and collaboration—highlighting collaboration as the most integrative and mutually beneficial level involving... Read more
Key finding: Through analysis of emergent, temporary, and improvised collaborations—characterized as 'knotworking' or formation of 'communities of action'—this research reveals how collaborative groups spontaneously assemble across... Read more

2. How can digital technologies and online platforms be designed to support and enhance community-led organizing and stakeholder collaboration?

This research theme investigates the development and deployment of digital media, online communication tools, and digital platforms tailored for community-led initiatives and multi-stakeholder collaboration. The focus lies in understanding user needs, mediating communication among diverse actors, enabling information sharing, and sustaining collaboration in territorial and issue-based community contexts. This matters because digital tools have transformative potential to connect local agents, facilitate resource mobilization, and strengthen community capacity if designed with consideration of the unique social dynamics within organizing processes.

Key finding: This study used focus groups with small and large community-led initiatives in Portugal to identify differential needs and usages of digital communication and mediation tools. It discovered that varying initiative sizes... Read more
Key finding: This paper reflects on the evolution and limitations of early community networks conceived as localized ICT platforms, observing their inability to influence political decision-making significantly. The authors advocate for... Read more
Key finding: The study analyzes a neighborhood association's attempt to revitalize engagement through Facebook, Twitter, and email lists, finding minimal participation despite initial efforts. Survey data revealed that social media... Read more

3. How does community-engaged research align with diverse community organizing approaches to build grassroots power and promote equity?

This research theme explores the intersection of community-engaged research (CER) methodologies and community organizing strategies, emphasizing the importance of aligning research methods with organizing goals to strengthen grassroots leadership and systemic change. It considers how research partnerships between academics and community organizers can produce actionable knowledge while sharing control, respecting community knowledge, and transforming hierarchical power relations. This alignment is essential for maximizing CER’s impact on social justice and sustained community empowerment.

Key finding: This article demonstrates that critical CER collaborations benefit from methodologically matching research methods with community partners’ organizing strategies to advance justice goals effectively. Using environmental... Read more

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মনে রাখা দরকার যে, রাত কেবলই কর্মহীন, দুঃশ্চিন্তা করার কোনো সময়কাল নয়। সেজন্য কারো একান্ত কাজ, কথা তো রাতেই ভালো হয়েই থাকে। হয়তোবা সে কারণেই ইসরা ও মিরাজের মতো মহান ঘটনা রাতের বেলাই ঘটেছিল।
প্রবন্ধে ‘আমাদের’ বলতে প্রিয় মাতৃভূমি বাংলাদেশে বসবাসকারী মানুষকে বুঝান হয়েছে। সামগ্রিক বিবেচনায় বর্তমানে আমরা অধিকতর আত্মকেন্দ্রিক জীবন যাপন করছি। যেখানে আমরা ভাষার বর্ণের মত বিচ্ছিন্ন-বিক্ষিপ্ত অবস্থায় রয়েছি। একদিকে ব্যক্তি জীবনের... more
গত কিস্তিতে জীবনের একটি আটপৌঢ়ে সংজ্ঞা দিতে চেষ্টা করেছি। এ সংখ্যায় ইসলামের জীবনবোধ নিয়ে কিছু বলতে চাই। মানবজীবন কয়েকটি পর্বে বিভক্ত অথচ এক অখণ্ড পথচলা। এর ভাগ বা পর্বগুলো আমরা কমবেশি জানি। ‘আলামে আরওয়াহ (রূহের জগত) বা পৃথিবীতে মানুষের... more
সামগ্রিক অর্থে মুসলিম উম্মাহ হযরত ইবরাহীম ও ইসমাঈল (আ.)-এর মহান ত্যাগ ও কুরবানীর নিদর্শন হিসাবে প্রতি বছর যিলহাজ্জ মাসের ১০ তারিখে হালাল পশু যবেহ ও দু‘রাকাত ওয়াজিব সালাত একত্রে আদায়ের মাধ্যমে যে আনন্দ উৎসব পালন করে থাকে, তাকেই ঈদ-উল-আযহা... more
কুরবানী শব্দটি আমাদের কাছে এক বিশেষ তাৎপর্য বহন করে। মুসলিম সমাজে শব্দটির ব্যবহার হয়ে থাকে নানাভাবে কখনো ঈদ-উল-আযহা ও পশু কুরবানী বুঝাতে, কখনো কারো বিশেষ অবদানকে উল্লেখ করতে। আবার ত্যাগ ও কুরবানী-এ যুগল শব্দের ব্যবহারও আমাদের সমাজে... more
ঈদ মুসলিম উম্মাহর প্রধান ধর্মীয় উৎসব। বহুমাত্রিক কল্যাণকামিতায় ভরপুর ইসলামের চিরায়ত উৎসবের এই দিনটি। এর রয়েছে দু‘টি দিক। একটি বাইরের যা আনন্দ প্রকাশ, ভাল খাওয়া-পরার মধ্য দিয়ে দেখা যায়। আরেকটি রয়েছে সর্বমানবিক দিক, যা কখনই খালি চোখে দেখা... more
মসজিদ আল্লাহর ঘর। পৃথিবীর সবচেয়ে পবিত্র এবং গুরুত্বপূর্ণ স্থান। মানবজাতির জন্য সর্বপ্রথম প্রতিষ্ঠিত গৃহ (বায়তুল্লাহ) মক্কায় অবস্থিত; তা বরকতময় এবং বিশ্বজগতের জন্য পথপ্রদর্শক (সূরা আলে ইমরান ৩: ৯৬)। ইসলামের দৃষ্টিতে মসজিদ এক মহিমান্বিত ও... more
ইসলামের অনুসারীদের মুসলিম হিসেবে নামকরণ করেছেন ইবরাহীম আলাইহিস সালাম। আল্লাহ তাআলা এ আদর্শের পূর্ণতাবিধান এবং একই সাথে রিসালাতের ধারার সমাপ্তিও করেছেন নবী মুহাম্মাদ সল্লাল্লাহু আলাইহি ওয়াসাল্লামকে প্রেরণের মধ্য দিয়ে। তাই মুসলিম উম্মাহকে... more
বিশ্বমানবতার মুক্তিদূত মুহাম্মাদুর রাসূলুল্লাহ সল্লাল্লাহু আলাইহি ওয়াসাল্লাম। নবী জীবনের ওপর আলোচনার সূত্রপাত করেছেন স্বয়ং আল্লাহ রব্বুল আলামীন এবং তাঁর আগমনের বহুকাল পূর্ব থেকেই। তাই কিয়ামত পর্যন্ত বিশ্বাসী অবিশ্বাসী নির্বিশেষে... more
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