Community building to community center: a rural community’s effort to create a sustainable multi-use LGBTQ Community Center

Graduation Date

2015

Document Type

Project

Program

Other

Program

Project (M.S.W.)--Humboldt State University, Social Work, 2015

Committee Chair Name

Cesar Abarca

Committee Chair Affiliation

HSU Faculty or Staff

Keywords

Bisexual, Lesbian, Queer, Participatory action, Transgender, Leadership development, Community organizing, Community capacity building, Humboldt County, LGBTQ, Gay, Humboldt State University -- Projects -- Social Work

Abstract

The purpose of this project was to build community capacity by enhancing the leadership of a core team of people from the LGBTQ community, to engage in a participatory process that culminated in the creation of an intention statement that communicates the group's process and long-term goal. This project used a participatory change framework to enhance the ability of the Humboldt Grassroots LGBTQ Planning Group to engage in community capacity building to meet their long-term goal of creating a sustainable multi-use LGBTQ Community Center. This community project design was developed out extensive discussions and co-learning with the members of the core leadership group and informed by a transformative paradigm strongly rooted in participatory action, leadership development, and use of community organizing and popular education techniques.

https://scholarworks.calstate.edu/concern/theses/2n49t4086

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