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Informationen zum Autor Benjamin Shepard, PhD, LMSW, is an associate professor of human services at City Tech/CUNY. Dr. Shepard trained at the University of Chicago School of Social Services Administration, the City University of New York Graduate Center, and the William Alanson White Institute of Psychiatry, Psychoanalysis, and Psychology. In 2010, he was named to the Playboy Honor Roll as one of twenty professors in the nation "reinventing the classroom." Shepard frames community projects as social activism and has done organizing work with numerous organizations including ACT UP, Right of Way, and Occupy Wall Street. He is the author/editor of six previous books on social movements and community activism. A social worker who has worked in AIDS services and activism for two decades, Shepard remains involved in organizing efforts around transportation, HIV/AIDS, labor, public spaces, and environmental policy. Klappentext Zusammenfassung Outlines a distinct approach to community practice born out of the intersection among social movements! day-to-day organizing! and the lessons of five decades of community change practices. This book is suitable for anyone involved in community organization! community health! and community activism practice research and policy. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword, by Steve Burghardt Acknowledgments About the Author Part I: Theory, Contexts and Understandings Chapter 1: On Community Practice A Framework for Action Community Practice: Theory and the "Real" World Chapter 2: Activism in a Changing World-Looking Back to Move Forward The Assault on the Poor Organizing for Social Justice Getting Started--Playfully Chapter 3: Learning from Community Projects Approaches to Community Engagement Community Projects and Service Learning Part One - In Conclusion Part II: Practice and Power Chapter 4: Introduction to Part II on Social Action and Power Case Study: "Set Jean Free!" The Changing Face of Social Movements & Social Work Taking Power and Addressing Needs Chapter 5: Identifying Issues The "Winnable Win" Case Study: Jim Eigo and the ACT UP Treatment and Data Committee Chapter 6: Research as Action Participant Action Research Community Analysis Framework Social Settlements and Community Projects Case Study: David Crane and the "We Can't Breathe" Campaign The Advocate as Researcher Chapter 7: Mobilization and Spreading the Message Text Messaging, Media Activism, and Social Justice Organizing and Narrative Case Study: Jay Blotcher and the Stop the Church Protest Media Activism On Media and Language Video Activism Occupy Wall Street and the Media Chapter 8: Direct Action and "Getting the Goods" A Short History of Civil Disobedience Some Practical and Ethical Guidelines for Direct Action Direct Action: Theory and Practice Case Study: Eustacia Smith-Social Ministry to Direct Action Action, Reaction, and Narratives of Disobedience Direct Action and Storytelling Chapter 9: Legal Strategies Know Your Rights Case Study: Greg Berman and the Red Hook Community Justice Center An Afterword Chapter 10: From Joy to Justice: Mixing Fun and Community Building Defiant Laughter and the Power of Play Case Study: Mark Andersen and the Transformative Power of Punk Cultural Animation Play as a Low Threshold Entry into Politics Part Two-In Conclusion Part III: Praxis: From Direct Action to Direct Services Chapter 11: Social Movement to Social Services: From the Black Panthers to the Young Lords Black Panther Community Survival Programs Do-It-Yourself Direct Action with the Young Lords Common Causes Chapter 12: From Critique to Coexistence with Capital: The Woodlawn Organization and the Dilemmas o...
