GSLL 1503 - Community Mobilization and Organization

This course teaches principles and techniques that help students mobilize individuals and communities to participate in community-based development initiatives. The course covers a wide variety of tools that help in the process of community mobilization. It covers the theory of community organization and methods of institutional capacity building. A practical, hands-on approach is stressed.

After completing this course, participants will be able to:

• Conduct an appraisal and inventory of community resources and social networks.
• Identify motivated intervals and community leaders who can catalyze broader community participation.
• Facilitate formation of organizational structures that are bottom-up oriented.
• Understand how organizational structures and local cultures are interrelated.

Who should take this course? People who will work directly with communities as well as those who manage and support those working in Community development.

This course can be applied towards the:

• Community-Based Development Certificate

Noncredit courses do not produce academic credit nor appear on a Colorado State University academic transcript.

Instructors

David Bartecchi
david@villageearth.org

David is a Ph.D. Candidate in Sociology. He has an M.A. in Anthropology and a BA in Anthropology. He is Director of Program Development, Village Earth: The Consortium for Sustainable Village-based Development and an instructor in CSU's Anthropology department.

David's areas of expertise include: Community Capacity Building, Social Capital Theory, Participatory Action Research, Survey and Evaluative Research Methods, Development with Indigenous Communities, and Application of Information Communication Technologies in Rural Development.

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