CR6: Social Capital and Asset-Based Community Development

According to Mathie and Cunningham (2003), Asset based Community development, also known as the ABCD model, is an “innovative strategy for community-driven development in urban neighborhoods and rural communities” and also “… an…

CR #7: Transitional Justice in the 2020 Census

In the article, “On Suffering and Structural Violence”, Paul Farmer defines structural violence as “suffering [that] is “structured” by historically given (and often economically driven) processes and forces that conspire — whether through routine…

CR #7 Structural Violence and Transitional Justice

Structural violence is the unfairness and how society has structured what is deemed valued. My full understanding of the definition is that structural violence is the way society has created mistreatment based on gender, ethnicity, and…

Critical Reflection 6: Strategies For Community Development

Ayanna Berg

Emily Wu

CASC 3400

18 November 2019

Critical Reflection 6

CR6: Addressing Assets

When assisting a community in addressing obstacles and making positive change, it’s important to understand the variety of approaches as well as their strengths and weaknesses. Often a needs based approach is taken in which an outside individual or organization looks at what an…

CR6: ABCD Model with CED

The ABCD model is a strategy used for development controlled and decided by the community. The Model takes a look at the needs and assets that a community has and works alongside them to find areas in which they would like to further develop. When taking a look at the assets and needs…

Critical Reflection #6

Key characteristics of the ABCD model can be examined in four major elements which includes: “exploring the theory and practice of appreciative inquiry; the concept of social capital as an asset for community development; the theory of community economic development; and lessons learned…

CR #6: Achieving an Accurate Count Using the ABCD Model

There is a considerable difference between empowering and fixing. When someone helps another person, it ultimately highlights the resources that empowers them to succeed. When someone tries to “fix” an issue, it only further…

CR5: Faces of Oppression

Iris Marion Young in her piece entitled “Five Faces of Oppression” discusses the ways that oppression is embodied within our society, ways to intervene and make a change and what Oppression is. The writer shares its original meaning dating back to ancient Egypt, a term coined to…

CR #7: The importance of being an accompagnateurs

According to Paul Farmer, structural violence is the extreme suffering of premature and painful illnesses as well as torture, institutionalized racism, gender inequality etc. (Farmer, pg. 29). Farmer believes that suffering is only what makes…