Course Details

What does it take to engage and activate residents in meaningful ways?

This foundational course provides effective strategies and tools to understand how various engagement and activation strategies strengthen communities. Participants will be able to identify personal and societal factors that support and hinder community engagement and activation efforts. Through interactive activities, you'll recognize the power dynamics influenced by privilege and discrimination on the community and the decision-making structures that impact it. Using the asset-based community development approach we will explore how to engage and activate communities through partnerships, coalitions, and collaborations. The course will help you understand the role of accountability in building trust for community engagement and activation. You will leave the class with a plan that strengthens your current community engagement and activation efforts.

Course Length: 2 Days

Tuition: $800.0

Course counts toward a professional certificate (PCP): Yes