Community Engagement Midterm PDF

Community Engagement Midterm Lesson 1: Civil society groups in the community **Civil Society groups in the community** - it is compared to groups or organizations working in the interest of the citizens but operating outside of the governmental and profit sectors. **Context of Society in the Phil...

Community Engagement Midterm Lesson 1: Civil society groups in the community **Civil Society groups in the community** - it is compared to groups or organizations working in the interest of the citizens but operating outside of the governmental and profit sectors. **Context of Society in the Philippines** - basis for civil society in the philippines comes from the Filipino concepts of *Pakikipagkapwa and kapwa.* **Voluntary assistance or Charity** connotes for Filipinos an equal status between the provider of assistance and the recipient *damayan and pagtutulungan*. **Legal bases of CSO in the Philippines** (*1987 Constitution, Article XIII: Social Justice and Human rights, Section 15*) **-** The state shall respect the role of independent people's organization to enable the people to pursue and protect, within the democratic framework, their legitimate and collective interests and aspirations through peaceful and lawful means. **Civic Society groups in terms of legality** - - - **Non-governmental organization** - a membership organization formed in providing welfare and development services to the poor. Consist of complex citizens and groups outside government but working in the public arena. **Characteristics of Non-governmental organization** - - **Legal bases of NGO in the Philippines** (*1987 Constitution, Article XIII: Social Justice and Human rights, Section 15*) **-** The state shall respect the role of independent people's organization to enable the people to pursue and protect, within the democratic framework, their legitimate and collective interests and aspirations through peaceful and lawful means. Types of non-governmental organization (NGO's) 1. 2. 3. 4. 1. 2. 3. 4. **Community Social Structures** - refers to the rules of expectations that people develop in the community to help regulate and manage interactions with one another. **Sub-concepts of community social structures:** 1. 2. 3. **Ascribed status** - assigned at birth or is acquired in the course of one's life. **Achieved status** - acquired based on merit or accomplishment in one's course of life. 4. **Community Cultural Status** - refers to institutional patterns of ways of life that are shared, learned, developed, and accepted by people in the community. **Symbols** - shared words, gestures, objects, or signals which people in community use to convey and develop recognizable meanings. **Language** - symbolic system that allows people to develop complex thoughts and records and explain new ideas. **Norms** - refers to specific expectation on how to behave in a given situation **Values** - the abstract standards in a community that define the ideal principles of what is good, just and desirable. **Beliefs** - shared ideas of what is held collectively true by people in a community. **Rituals** - refers to the established sacred or secular procedures and ceremonies. **Artifacts** - any objects or things that have special meaning for people in the community. Lesson 3: Functions of communities in terms of political and economical structures. **Community political structure** - according to (*Abenn and Alipao, 2016*) it refers to the people's established ways of allocating power and making decisions in running and managing community affairs. **Four (4) elements of political structure** 1. 2. **Political Organization** - pertains either to political parties or political groups in the community who engage in political activities. **Citizenship Norms** - shared set of expectations about the citizen's role in politics.