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From Class Assignment to Organizing Your Neighborhood: One MSW Student's Journey

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Title: From Class Assignment to Organizing Your Neighborhood: One MSW Student's Journey
Language: English
Authors: Fred Brooks, Gloria Claudio
Source: Journal of Teaching in Social Work. 2024 44(3):301-308.
Availability: Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 530 Walnut Street Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Tel: 215-625-8900; Fax: 215-207-0050; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 8
Publication Date: 2024
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education
Postsecondary Education
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Masters Programs, Social Work, Neighborhoods, Neighborhood Improvement, Community Development, Citizen Participation, Community Control, Social Capital, Community Relations, Community Study, Needs Assessment
Geographic Terms: Georgia
DOI: 10.1080/08841233.2024.2344461
ISSN: 0884-1233
1540-7349
Abstract: This article documents how an MSW student in an introductory community practice course took her class assignment and over the course of two years revitalized, democratized, and transformed a sclerotic, corporate-run Home Owners Association (HOA). While the community analysis assignment required the student to interview six of her neighbors, the resulting increase in social capital in the neighborhood led, over the next two years, to the student being elected President of the HOA and organizing the community to win streetlights, clean up a polluted retention pond, create positive relations with city officials, and increase the social capital and collective efficacy of the neighborhood.
Abstractor: As Provided
Entry Date: 2024
Accession Number: EJ1427515
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:This article documents how an MSW student in an introductory community practice course took her class assignment and over the course of two years revitalized, democratized, and transformed a sclerotic, corporate-run Home Owners Association (HOA). While the community analysis assignment required the student to interview six of her neighbors, the resulting increase in social capital in the neighborhood led, over the next two years, to the student being elected President of the HOA and organizing the community to win streetlights, clean up a polluted retention pond, create positive relations with city officials, and increase the social capital and collective efficacy of the neighborhood.
ISSN:0884-1233
1540-7349
DOI:10.1080/08841233.2024.2344461