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  1. When a group comes together to start thinking about an idea that they aim to develop and implement, they go through a process where members take on roles, tasks, and...
  2. Leadership

    Often, people who want to make social change think of themselves as leaders, or are referred to as leaders by others. In many senses, doing working together in...
  3. At times of crisis or perpetual struggle, people working as part of initiatives to counter the effects on the community often deal with intense periods of heightened emotions and stress. People tend to...
  4. Conflict among team members happens. It is natural and expected to occur when people come together to work in a team towards a common goal as part of their initiative or project. The process of...
  5. Opting Out

    One very powerful ways that communities mobilize is by choosing to not participate in powerful systems that are hurting them. This is what happens when...
  6. Often an idea for a mobilization will begin as something shared among a group of friends, colleagues, or neighbors. They will...
  7. Many organizations work through proposing projects to funders, and then carrying out those projects. However, often times the...
  8. When people in a community have an idea for something they would like to do, sometimes they choose to implement it by themselves, starting a new...
  9. Community mobilization is a technique that can be used to meet many different goals. That is one of the reason that community mobilization skills are so useful: as communities and...
  10. Pick a Model

    You can think about most types of community mobilizations as either utilitarian, addressing specific needs for developing local communities, or transformative, changing the...