rey ty. community development lessons learned and best practices

Best Practices & Lessons Learned

© 2014 Rey Ty

Serve the

People!

THE WORLD TODAYCommunity Development

Follow Your Heart

Follow Your Passion

State

SocialMovement

Civil Society

Power

Elite

PopularEducators

Grassroots

Social Action

1Advocacy

2Development

Advocacy & Development

Work

Social Action

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2Semi-Legal

3Illegal

1. Power relations between you & the community. Do not be the know-all & do-all person.

2. You cannot solve all the problems in the world. Choose a cause & focus your energies.

Work in

coalitions.

3. Network with like-minded

groups.

4. Don’t impose project on communities based on your own “expert” knowledge. Rather, engage in grassroots self-empowerment.

5. Empower the poorest of the poor with the greatest need.

6. Let the community come up with their own

needs assessment.

7. Work with grassroots

leaders.

8. Develop

second-liner

leaders.

9. Community members & leaders are most important, not you!

10. Empower the community by making

sure they have the necessary skills for

their advocacy & development work.

11. As an outsider, you need to earn the

trust of the community members.

12. There are so many different ways to bring about change.

13. Have a Plan B, C, D, etc.

© 2008 Rey Ty’s Notes

14. Have an Appreciation Day to celebrate the work

of employees & volunteers.

No to Opportunism

No to Economism

Assess Your Personal Safety

Concerns.

Talk is cheap!

Engage in concrete work that benefits

the grassroots.

Serve the People!

Dialectically reflect on

your actions

Talk with the people, not to the people.

Learn from the

People!

Advocacy & Development

Work