The University of Arizona Global Campus What Do You Want to Change Paper
What Do You Want to Change?Choose a community organization for which you will
write a community change plan as the summative project
(final paper) for the course. Examine documents related
to the organization available from its website, media
sites, and evaluation agencies.
In a 1400- to 2100-word paper exclusive of front and
back matter, summarize the organization, its mission and
programs, its makeup (organization and demographics),
and its methods (strategies and theory of change).
Evaluate the role of ethics and diversity.
This assignment is worth 10 points of the total course
grade.
This assignment aligns with the following weekly
outcomes: 1, 2.
This assignment aligns with the following course
outcomes: 1, 3, 5.
Required Text
Homan, M. S. (2016). Promoting community change:
Making it happen in the real world. (6th ed.). Retrieved
from https://redshelf.com
Chapter 1. Understanding the Challenge of Change
Chapter 2. Theoretical Frameworks for Community
Change
Chapter 3. Relating Community Change to Professional
Practice
Required References
Anti-Defamation League. (n.d.). Imagine a world without
hate [Video file]. Retrieved from
http://www.youtube.com/user/ADLNational?v=3KyvlMJe
fR4. A look at how the world would be without hate and
more caring of others..
Price-Wise, G. (2009). Cultural competence: Managing
your prejudices [Video file]. Retrieved from
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1MI_h0HIcw. A
video to help assess your cultural biases before working
in the field..
ymcavan. (2010). Where did community go? [Video file].
Retrieved from
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1cE-qpKCiI. A look
at how we lost community in our culture and how we
could get it back.
Recommended References
Habitat for Humanity. (2012). Advocacy in action [Video
file], Retrieved from
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClUREr0O1V8. How
advocacy can look once in action in a diverse community.