Models of Macro Practice

By: Tracy Hutton, BethAnne Havis, Alyssa Badami, Ellie Brink

Locality Development Ferguson Tears Down Buildings, to Rebuild Again http

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Locality Development Cont. Locality development focuses on creating

infrastructure within a community to impact community wide problems. After the death of Michael Brown, many buildings were burnt down during the protests. A grant of $500,000 was given to the city to demolish buildings and begin rebuilding. This is a great example of community capacity building. The community is using the grant (financial capital) to rebuild businesses and eventually increase future capital.

Social Planning Ferguson Residents Petition for Police Body

Camera Rules http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/06/23/

ferguson-residents-push-for-body-camera-rules/29179439/

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Social Planning Cont. A group of Ferguson residents launched a petition

for a bill to require police officers to wear body cameras, which were donated. The group is hoping to gain 1,300 signatures to get the issue on ballots of the municipal election of April of 2016. The Ferguson community has shown a need to implement body camera use on police officers. The petition goes about things in a rational way to solve this issue. It’s still in the process of using the rational problem solving strategy. Because it has not been implemented yet it can not be evaluated.

Social Action Protestors shut down streets in South St. Louis

city http://www.stlamerican.com/news/local_news/arti

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Social Action Cont. Around 150 protestors shut down five major

intersections in South St. Louis wanting justice for Michael Brown. They stood in the crosswalks for 4.5 minutes representing the 4.5 hours that Michael Brown’s body was in the street. The protest was organized by a group called Millennial Activists United. This is a perfect example of social action because it is using strength in numbers by gathering people who want the same change as you do. In order to get that change, they confronted the power structure by protesting for justice and shutting down the highways.