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The Egan Urban Center. Partnerships that foster social action John Zeigler Director of DePaul Egan Urban Center. The Egan Way. Influenced by the work of Msgr. John J Egan The pursuit of social justice. Building Partnerships for Social Justice and Social Action. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
The Egan Urban CenterThe Egan Urban Center
Partnerships that foster social Partnerships that foster social actionaction
John Zeigler Director of DePaul Egan Urban John Zeigler Director of DePaul Egan Urban CenterCenter
The Egan WayThe Egan Way
Influenced by the work of Msgr. John J Influenced by the work of Msgr. John J EganEgan
The pursuit of social justice The pursuit of social justice
Building Partnerships for Social Justice and Building Partnerships for Social Justice and Social ActionSocial Action
Community partners identify, Community partners identify, strategize, and organize around strategize, and organize around significant community issues that significant community issues that impact their lives such as:impact their lives such as:
Affordable housing, school reform, Affordable housing, school reform, living-wage jobs, land-use and living-wage jobs, land-use and zoning, economic development, zoning, economic development, health care, and neighborhood safety health care, and neighborhood safety
Community PlanningCommunity PlanningActively engaging community partners in Actively engaging community partners in being better informed about what is being better informed about what is happening in their neighborhoodshappening in their neighborhoods..
Helping to create safe spaces to build Helping to create safe spaces to build social capital social capital
Equip residents with data and information Equip residents with data and information on policy that can better help them on policy that can better help them understand their optionsunderstand their options
An example would be the Egan Urban An example would be the Egan Urban Center’s Olympic reportCenter’s Olympic report..
Community Builders Learning Community Builders Learning TogetherTogether
What happens when CBOs come together What happens when CBOs come together from different communities to learn from from different communities to learn from
each other?each other?
Building social networks across Building social networks across communitiescommunities
Lessons learned Lessons learned Sharing resources Sharing resources Developing new partnerships and Developing new partnerships and
coalitionscoalitions
SankofaSankofa
understanding the past in order to understanding the past in order to move forwardmove forward
Self reflection and positionalitySelf reflection and positionality Identify organizations, stakeholders and Identify organizations, stakeholders and
the historical and political context of the the historical and political context of the communitycommunity
Understand the community in relation to Understand the community in relation to larger context (e.g. current policies)larger context (e.g. current policies)
Understand communities past relationship Understand communities past relationship with university and communitywith university and community
Community Engagement and Community Engagement and PartnershipsPartnerships
Asset-based community engagementAsset-based community engagement Identify internal assets and resources Identify internal assets and resources
through relationship networks, through relationship networks, grassroots efforts, or researchgrassroots efforts, or research
Build social capital by linking assets and Build social capital by linking assets and resources in a meaningful way through resources in a meaningful way through relationship-buildingrelationship-building
Identifying Community AssetsIdentifying Community Assets
Community EngagementCommunity Engagement
Community Engagement and Community Engagement and PartnershipsPartnerships
Community-driven and participatory Community-driven and participatory approachapproach Community as experts, colleagues, and Community as experts, colleagues, and
co-investigatorsco-investigators Building upon work in which the Building upon work in which the
community is already engagedcommunity is already engaged Continuous dialogue and reflection within Continuous dialogue and reflection within
and between community and university on and between community and university on capacity-building projects, research, and capacity-building projects, research, and the nature of the partnershipthe nature of the partnership
Maintaining MomentumMaintaining Momentum
What happens when the participation What happens when the participation ebbs and the energy dissipatesebbs and the energy dissipates
Develop Proactive Strategies for Develop Proactive Strategies for SustainabilitySustainability
Deepen and Broaden the FocusDeepen and Broaden the Focus Expand the Geographical ReachExpand the Geographical Reach Develop New or Non-Traditional Develop New or Non-Traditional
PartnersPartners Develop a Graceful Exit StrategyDevelop a Graceful Exit Strategy
Sustainable Partnerships with Schools: Sustainable Partnerships with Schools: The Chicago Public School InitiativeThe Chicago Public School Initiative
Creating mutually beneficial partnerships Creating mutually beneficial partnerships between schools and their communitiesbetween schools and their communities
Creating sustainable Community Liaison Creating sustainable Community Liaison positions within each schoolpositions within each school
Community Liaison-organized Community Liaison-organized community asset-mapping and community asset-mapping and relationship-building to connect relationship-building to connect resources resources
Critical Reflective MomentsCritical Reflective Moments
The process of reflection consists of: The process of reflection consists of: Stepping back into ones experience by Stepping back into ones experience by
retrieving its most important moments.retrieving its most important moments. Reviewing its process with the eyes of its Reviewing its process with the eyes of its
diverse actors.diverse actors. Analyzing carefully those more relevant Analyzing carefully those more relevant
momentsmoments Drawing lessons useful for the futureDrawing lessons useful for the future The Critical Moments are “turning points”, The Critical Moments are “turning points”,
they are moments of change, when they are moments of change, when situations or feelings became better or situations or feelings became better or worse.worse.
ConclusionConclusion
investing in the time that supports “real”investing in the time that supports “real”
relationships, networks, connections andrelationships, networks, connections and providing resources, information and providing resources, information and
helping community partners to develop helping community partners to develop their own knowledge around issues that their own knowledge around issues that effects their communityeffects their community
this allows for the creation of a powerful this allows for the creation of a powerful structure, mechanisms, foundations that structure, mechanisms, foundations that builds support for social action.builds support for social action.