Core Assumption: to solve social
problems and improve society,
citizens must have a good character;
must be honest, responsible, and
law obeying members of
community
Example: Contributes
food to food drive
Participatory
Description
active member of
community organizations
and/or improvement efforts
organizes community efforts to
care for those in need, promote
economic development, or clean
environment
knows how government
agencies work
knows strategies for
accomplishing collective
tasks
Knows good organizational Skills
Core Assumption: must have good
character, honest, responsible, law
obeying actively participate in
leadership potions within established
systems and community structures,
solve social problems and improve
society
Example: Helps organize food
drive
Justice Oriented
Description
Critically asses social,
political, and economic
structures to see beyond
surface causes
seeks out and addresses
areas of injustice
knows about social
movements and how to
effect systematic change
Example: explores
why people are
hungry and acts to
solve root cause
Core Assumption: to solve social
problems, must question and
change establishment systems and
structures when they reproduce
patterns of injustice over time