Community Engagement and Power
COMMUNITY CAMPUS PARTNERSHIPS FOR HEALTH
COLECTIVO FLATLANDER
HOUSTON, TX – APRIL 2012
Pancho Argüelles/Colectivo Flatlander/CCHE – Maria Jiménez/UT School of Public Health – CCPH 2012
What does community engagement means to me?
1.Please choose one word that comes to you today when thinking about community engagement?
Pancho Argüelles/Colectivo Flatlander/CCHE – Maria Jiménez/UT School of Public Health – CCPH 2012
Nested Diagram
Pancho Argüelles/Colectivo Flatlander/CCHE – Maria Jiménez/UT School of Public Health – CCPH 2012
Nested Diagram II
Pancho Argüelles/Colectivo Flatlander/CCHE – Maria Jiménez/UT School of Public Health – CCPH 2012
Elements of a Learning Experience “Banking” Model
Pancho Argüelles/Colectivo Flatlander/CCHE – Maria Jiménez/UT School of Public Health – CCPH 2012
Elements of a Learning Experience Popular Education Model
Pancho Argüelles/Colectivo Flatlander/CCHE – Maria Jiménez/UT School of Public Health – CCPH 2012
Elements of a participatory approach (PICOSO)
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ntegration
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Popular Education:
Popular Education is about putting information and experiences in context through dialogue for actionInformation in context is knowledge , our experiences in dialogue produce collective knowledge that leads to collective actionIn order to have hope we need not only a vision of a better future but also a collective memory of endurance and past victoriesPancho Argüelles/Colectivo Flatlander/CCHE – Maria Jiménez/UT School of Public
Health – CCPH 2012
The historical process of our communities resisting oppression and fighting for liberation is based not just on knowledge and information but on a wisdom that comes from the human experience of walking through suffering and hope
Walking through suffering and hope
Pancho Argüelles/Colectivo Flatlander/CCHE – Maria Jiménez/UT School of Public Health – CCPH 2012
Pancho Argüelles/Colectivo Flatlander/CCHE – Maria Jiménez/UT School of Public Health – CCPH 2012
Community Engagement requires a commitment to listen and honor the stories (information, knowledge and wisdom) from the people in the communities we are working with.
A better understanding of the social determinants of community engagement in a particular context opens the door for genuine collaboration
Colectivo Flatlander – HKHC Community Engagement Follow Up – September 2011
Some “issues” become visible when you change your background… and you still need to look closely to see them!
To be effective in our work wee need to find ways for us to connect to our deeper sources of personal and collective power
Paradoxically, it is not just about “educating” the uneducated or engaging the disengaged; it is more about accompanying a process of collective transformation, “concientización” and organizing
Our hope is based upon our collective memory…
Pancho Argüelles/Colectivo Flatlander/CCHE – Maria Jiménez/UT School of Public Health – CCPH 2012