COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT,

SOLIDARITY AND
CITIZENSHIP
First Quarter – Module 5a:
COMMUNITY ACTION

Prepared by

LEO ALEXES L. MILA

Subject Teacher

Approved:

MARLO D. ALVAREZ, PhD

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UEPLHS PRINCIPAL
INTRODUCTION

People will always be fascinated by the power of communities which are vital to

improve our lives. To be connected with each other and become a unified body of individuals

give us more opportunities to reach our goals, make us feel safe and secure, and most

importantly, provide us the privilege to lend our hands to others. As a 21st century learner,

community involvement is crucial to mold your whole being.

This first lesson of the module will help you discover the importance of taking

community action in society not just only as an individual but as a member of community. It

will introduce you to the different elements that need to be considered in undertaking

community action and later on, discover its impact in improving lives within a community.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

By the end of this lesson, you will be able to:

1. recognize the value of undertaking community action modalities;

2. appreciate the importance of community engagement, solidarity, and

citizenship as part of community action; and

3. show the impact of community action to the lives within a community.

VOCABULARY LIST

Before you start your learning adventure, please be familiar with the following terms

that would be essential in understanding our discussions:

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Stakeholder. It refers to an individual or organization who shares the same interest in the

fulfillment and success of a project in a given community.

Civic Obligation. A responsibility of a citizen comprised of actions which include

participation in government, non-government organizations, and community activities.

Psychosocial Program. It helps individuals and communities to heal the

psychological wounds and rebuild social structures after an emergency or a critical event.

PRETEST

Now, please do the task below. This activity will give you an overview

of what you will learn as you go along the way to this module. Make sure to finish this task.

Good Luck!

Identify the words in the box which corresponds to the statements below.

Please do it in your notebook.

Community Action Community Engagement

Solidarity Citizenship

1. It refers to collective efforts done by people directed towards addressing social

problems.

2. It refers to the process of developing partnerships and sustaining relationships

with and through groups of people affiliated by geographic proximity, special

interest for the purpose of working for the common good.

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3. It is a legal status defined by civil, political and social rights. This means that a

person is free to act according to the law and have the right to

claim the law’s protection.

4. It is a unity or agreement of feeling or action, especially among

individuals with a common interest and mutual support within a group.

Were you able to identify the meaning of the words?

Score:

3 - 4- Amazing! You were able to find the clues!

2 - below- It’s okay! Just focus in our discussions and pay attention to those terms.

You can also check your dictionary if you encounter some words which are

still unfamiliar to you as we go along with our discussions. Now, I think you are

ready to unveil our learning paths!

ACTIVITY 1
Video Analysis

You will watch a video about community project called “3Rs: RePLAY, ReLIVE,

ReCREATE” for the empowerment of local human resources. The project is intended as

intervention to victims of Typhoon Yolanda in Leyte through sports development.

Sports Management Council of the Philippines, “Replay, Relive, Recreate in Tacloban: Community Engagement through
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Sports,” December 14, 2015. http://sportphil.com/replay-relive-recreatein-tacloban-community-engagement- through-sports/
Video Credits: Sports Management Council of the Philippines YouTube Channel.
Try to analyze the video in relation to understanding community action. You can access the

video through this link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kI_6quF_sJ4.

Write your analysis in your notebook guided by the processing questions below.

Are you done? Good! If you still need to watch the video again, feel free to do

so. If you are confident now that you have understood it, please answer the

processing questions.

PROCESSING QUESTIONS:

1. Based on the video, how will you define community action and community

engagement?

2. What do you think is the impact of the project to the community?

3. Given the interventions provided by people in the video, why do you think

community action is important?

Were you able to answer the questions?

Score:

2 - 3- Amazing! You were able to find the clues!

1 - It’s fine! Maybe you need some time to watch the video again, or you may

focus your attention on the following discussions.

A number of us encounter different issues regarding the sustenance of a community.

Some of these issues may include addressing disaster risk

management, socio-economic crisis affecting the community like

access to education and other basic services. In

this case, actions done by the community are needed to resolve the problems.

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Community action refers to collective efforts done by people directed towards addressing

social problems in order to achieve social well-being. In dealing with community action, it

involves a lot of activities and processes that increases the understanding, engagement and

empowerment of communities in the design and delivery of services to the community. Tree

planting is an example of community action initiatives which aims to promote environmental

awareness and prevention program for natural disasters such as flood. The community builds

collective effort to address the problem. This is why community action helps build

community by sharing community members’ knowledge, skills, and ideas.

You can see in the video above how community action works in communities of

Tacloban, Leyte affected by Typhoon Yolanda in 2014. Different people are involved in their

psychosocial program through sports-based activities. You can also notice that their program

has a goal to accomplish. They capacitate individuals to utilize physical activities such as

sports game and later on contribute to community resilient society. For this program initiative

to happen, it is important to know the following elements of community action: Community

Engagement, Solidarity and Citizenship.

Community engagement refers to the process of developing partnerships and sustaining

relationships with and through groups of people affiliated by geographic proximity, special

interest for the purpose of working for the common good and addressing issues that affect

their well-being. What makes community engagement a very rewarding experience is the

amount of enthusiasm coming from all participants. This means that everyone in the

community participates. You can notice in the video that there is an active participation

between young individuals who are provided with sports project and different institutions

which initiated the project in the community. It is a factor for community members to engage

in this type of activities especially when

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they know that it will bring impact to the community. All partner stakeholders including

community members should work hand in hand for the success of community projects.

The goals of community engagement are: 1) To build trust; 2) To enlist new resources

and allies; 3) To create better communication, and 4) To improve overall health outcomes as

successful projects, evolve into lasting collaborations.

With community engagement, the diversity and the number of identified stakeholders

can be expected to increase. Similarly, the sports activities presented in the video created a

multiplier effect not just only in young students but also among teachers and school

institutions.

What holds these people to work together is the value of solidarity. Solidarity is

essential to the success of community action. Solidarity is defined as a unity or agreement

of feeling or action, especially among individuals with a common interest and mutual support

within a group. One important aspect portrayed in the video are the victims of disaster which

affected not only the people’s socio-economic condition, but also the psychological effect it

brings to young individuals. We have seen the responses of government, private sectors and

other civil society organizations for community action to take effect. This will not be possible

without solidarity. It is the bond that unites the community member to engage and participate

in the community with the same interest. In the context of the video clip, they unified

themselves to engage the people in sports as viable intervention to victims of disaster.

Another community action initiative is the element of citizenship. We involve

ourselves to different activities in the community because we are bounded by the duties and

obligations as citizens. Citizenship is defined as legal status defined by civil, political and

social rights. This means that a person is free to act according to the

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law and having the right to claim the law’s protection. In the context of the Philippines, we

have given our own individual rights and privileges with a much stronger sense of individual,

collective and communitarian duties and obligations. We have our civic obligations as

Filipino citizen to be responsible with our kapwa Pilipino. Being a citizen requires us to

have moral obligations with our community to build a peaceful and humane society. The

implementation of simple projects in our community such as outreach programs for

underprivileged children, waste segregation, etc., are actions that fulfill our civic obligation

us citizen. Unfortunately, our society seems to suffer from an excess of selfish individualism

where one becomes uninterested with what is happening around. Amid the different crisis

happening in our country, it is an opportunity for us to practice our civic obligation to our

Filipino brothers and sisters even in just our own little effort. At the end, we are all citizens of

this country who need to help one another in working to have better communities.

Did you understand the concepts discussed above about

community action? Are the different elements of community
action clear to you (community engagement, solidarity, and
citizenship)? Did you find the importance of community
action? If yes, then you mayproceed to activity tasks below
so you can familiarize and apply those concepts.

PRACTICE TASK 1

You will create a comical skit/comic about a community action. Show how it made

impact to the lives within the community. Please use the rubric below.

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 Rubric:
Criteria Description Points

Organization The concept was clearly and creatively conveyed 6

Content Important concepts were highlighted and explained 7

Presentation The idea was clearly presented based on the comic 7

presentation

Total 20

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Cover photo credit: Melody D. Legaspi (Rizal Integrated National School, Sorsogon City)