Community Organizing and Community Building for Health and Social Equity, 4th edition

by Meredith Minkler (Editor), Patricia Wakimoto (Editor), Meredith Minkler (Contribution by), Patricia Wakimoto (Contribution by), Lionel J. Beaulieu (Contribution by)

Overview

The fourth edition of Community Organizing and Community Building for Health and Social Equity provides both classic and recent contributions to the field, with a special accent on how these approaches can contribute to health and social equity. The 23 chapters offer conceptual frameworks, skill- building and case studies in areas like coalition building, organizing by and with women of color, community assessment, and the power of the arts, the Internet, social media, and policy and media advocacy in such work. The use of participatory evaluation and strategies and tips on fundraising for community organizing also are presented, as are the ethical challenges that can arise in this work, and helpful tools for anticipating and addressing them. Also included are study questions for use in the classroom. 
 
Many of the book’s contributors are leaders in their academic fields, from public health and social work, to community psychology and urban and regional planning, and to social and political science. One author was the 44th president of the United States, himself a former community organizer in Chicago, who reflects on his earlier vocation and its importance. Other contributors are inspiring community leaders whose work on-the-ground and in partnership with us “outsiders” highlights both the power of collaboration, and the cultural humility and other skills required to do it well. 

Throughout this book, and particularly in the case studies and examples shared, the role of context is critical, and never far from view. Included here most recently are the horrific and continuing toll of the COVID-19 pandemic, and a long overdue, yet still greatly circumscribed, “national reckoning with systemic racism,” in the aftermath of the brutal police killing of yet another unarmed Black person, and then another and another, seemingly without  end. In many chapters, the authors highlight different facets of the Black Lives Matter movement that  took on new life across the country and the world in response to these atrocities.  In other chapters, the existential threat of climate change and grave threats to democracy also are underscored.

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Supplementary instructor resources are available on request: https://www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/communityorganizing

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781978824744
Publisher:	Rutgers University Press
Publication date:	12/10/2021
Edition description:	Fourth Edition, Fourth Edition
Pages:	558
Sales rank:	704,339
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.25(h) x 1.50(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

MEREDITH MINKLER is professor emerita in community health sciences in the School of Public Health at University of California, Berkeley, and the founding director of the university’s Center on Aging. A long time community organizer, she is the coauthor or editor of numerous books, including Community-Based Participatory Research: From Processes to Outcomes (with Nina Wallerstein).

PATRICIA WAKIMOTO is a researcher at the Nutrition Policy Institute at the University of California at Davis and has worked many years with diversity programs, community engagement  and pipeline programs for youth. 

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations xiii

Foreword Antony B. Iton xv

Part 1 Introduction

1 Introduction to Community Organizing and Community Building in a New Era Meredith Minkler Patricia Wakimoto 7

2 Why Organize? Problems and Promise in the Inner City Barack Obama 26

Part 2 Contextual Frameworks and Approaches

3 Improving Health through Community Organizing and Community Building: Perspectives from Health Education and Social Work Meredith Minkler Nina Wallerstein Cheryl A. Hyde 35

4 Anti-racism Praxis: A Community Organizing Approach for Achieving Health and Social Equity Derek M. Griffith Heather Came 53

5 Contrasting Organizing Approaches: The "Alinsky Tradition" and Freirian Organizing Approaches Marty Martinson Celina Su Meredith Minkler 62

6 It's All Organizing, It's All Love: Building People's Power in Jackson, Mississippi Makani Themba 78

Part 3 Building Effective Partnerships and Anticipating and Addressing Ethical Challenges

7 Community, Community Organizing, and the Forming of Authentic Partnerships: Looking Back, Looking Ahead Ronald Labonté 91

8 Ethical Issues in Community Organizing and Capacity Building Meredith Minkler Cheri A. Pies Patricia Wakimoto Cheryl A. Hyde 110

9 Communities Driving Change: A Case Study from King County's Communities of Opportunity Roxana Chen Kirsten Wysen Blishda Lacet Whitney Johnson Stephanie A. Farquhar 129

Part 4 Community Assessment and Issue Selection

10 Community Health Assessment or Healthy Community Assessment: Whose Community? Whose Health? Whose Assessment? Trevor Hancock Meredith Minkler 147

11 Mapping Community Capacity John L. McKnight John P. Kretzmann Lionel J. Beaulieu 166

12 Selecting the Issue Lee Staples Rinku Sen 183

Part 5 Community Organizing and Community Building within and across Diverse Groups and Cultures

13 Education, Participation, and Capacity Building in Community Organizing with Women of Color Lorraine M. Gutiérrez Edith A. Lewis 205

14 Mobilizing Black Barbershops and Beauty Salons to Eliminate Health Disparities: Lessons Learned on the Road to Health Equity during a Global Pandemic Laura A. Linnan Stephen B. Thomas Susan R. Passmore 220

15 Popular Education, Participatory Research, and Community Organizing with Immigrant Restaurant Workers in San Francisco's Chinatown: A Case Study Charlotte Chang Alicia L. Salvatore Pam Tau Lee Shaw San Liu Meredith Minkler 236

Part 6 Using the Arts and the Internet as Tools for Community Organizing and Community Building

16 Creating an Online Strategy to Enhance Effective Community Building and Organizing: Harnessing the Power of the Internet Nickie Bazell Evan Vandommelen-Gonzalez 261

17 Using the Arts in Community Organizing and Community Building: An Overview and Case Studies Caricia Catalani Anne Bluethenthal Dierdre Visser María Elena Torre Meredith Minkler 280

Part 7 Building, Maintaining, and Evaluating Effective Coalitions and Community Organizing Efforts

18 Community Coalition Action Theory: Designing and Evaluating Community Collaboratives Frances D. Butterfoss Michelle C. Kegler 307

19 Addressing Food Insecurity and Tobacco Control through a Neighborhood Coalition: Applying Community Coalition Action Theory and Principles for Collaborating for Equity and Justice Patricia Wakimoto Susana Hennessey Lavery Meredith Minkler Jessica Estrada 325

20 Funding for Community Organizing: Tips for Raising Money While Promoting New Thinking in the Funding Environment R. David Rebanal 345

21 Participatory Approaches to Evaluating Community Building and Organizing for Community and Social Change Chris M. Coombe Patricia Wakimoto Zachary Rowe 362

Part 8 Influencing Policy through Community Organizing and Media Advocacy

22 Moving the Policy Dial through Equity-Focused Community Organizing Lisa Cacari Stone Manuel Pastor Joseph Griffin Rachel Morello-Frosch Meredith Minkler 385

23 Abolition as a Public Health Intervention: Building Multisector Momentum for Community Care and Criminal Legal System Policy Change Amber Akemi Piatt Christine Mitchell Wayland "X" Coleman Meredith Minkler 401

24 Media Advocacy: A Potent Strategy for Engaging Communities in the Fight for Equitable Public Policy Lori Dorfman Prisila Gonzalez Shaddai Martinez Cuestas 416

Appendixes

Note: In addition to the "Questions for Further Discussion" at the end of each chapter and the following appendixes, supplementary materials for instructors are available at rutgersuniversitypress.org/communityorganizing.

1 Challenging Ourselves: Critical Self Reflection on Power and Privilege Cheryl A. Hyde 431

2 Community Mapping and Digital Technology: Tools for Organizers Jason Corburn Marisa Ruiz Asari Josh Kirschenbaum 441

3 Action-Oriented Community Diagnosis Procedure Eugenia Eng Lynn Blanchard 447

4 Sample Community Health Indicators for Use in Health Impact Assessment Human Impact Partners 450

5 Skywatchers' Values-Based Methodology and Guidance for Practice Anne Bluethenthal Dierdre Visser Nancy Epstein Clara Pinsky 456

6 Ladder of Community Participation in Public Health Jennifer Lifshay Mary Anne Morgan 459

7 Member Assessment of Coalition Process and Outcomes Tom Wolff 461

8 Issue-Development Worksheet Rinku Sen 466

9 Choosing Tactics and Framing the Action: Key Questions and Considerations for Getting It Right Mark S. Homan 468

10 Engaging Coalition and Community Organization Members in a "River of Life" Exercise to Create a Historical Timeline Magdalena Avila Shannon Sanchez-Youngman Reva Hines Leslie Grover Nina Wallerstein 470

11 Using Force Field Analysis, SWOT Analysis, and Power Mapping as Strategic Tools in Organizing Meredith Minkler Angela Ni Chris M. Coombe Jennifer Falbe 476

12 Scale for Measuring Perceptions of Control at the Individual, Organizational, Neighborhood, and Beyond-the-Neighborhood Levels Barbara A. Israel Amy J. Schulz Edith A. Parker Adam B. Becker 485

Epilogue Kathleen M. Roe 489

Acknowledgments 493

Notes on Contributors 497

Index 519

Editorial Reviews

"This volume is a must have for those studying and practicing community building and organizing. It offers an abundance of voices and an array of approaches for those engaged in the difficult task of transforming communities to provide healthy and equitable environments. Leading scholars and organizers share their knowledge and insights—we all can learn from them."

professor of social work, University of Connecticut - Louise Simmons

"A fantastic book that provides extraordinary foundations for community engagement and mobilization in the pursuit of social justice. The voices from multiple scholars and community leaders invite us to embrace new ways of working for equity-focused systemic change in public health and beyond."

Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University - Carlos E. Rodríguez-Díaz

"A fantastic book that provides extraordinary foundations for community engagement and mobilization in the pursuit of social justice. The voices from multiple scholars and community leaders invite us to embrace new ways of working for equity-focused systemic change in public health and beyond."

Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University - Carlos E. Rodríguez-Díaz