Community Engagement, Solidarity and Citizenship

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S.Y. 2020-2021 Second Trimester Grade Level/Section:

MODULE 4 – CESC Subject Teacher: KIMBERSON P. ALACYANG

Module #4: Community Action

I. LEARNING OBJECTIVES
• Recognize the value of undertaking community action modalities;
• Identify opportunities to contribute to community development through solidarity;
• Acknowledge interrelationship of self and community in undertaking community action;
• Show an appreciation of the value of citizenship in community engagement and
nation-building; and analyze factors and make use of theories in describing and
explaining the occurrence of social change.

II. DISCUSSION

Community Action – refers to collective efforts done by the people directing toward addressing
problems in order to achieve social well-being.
A. Community Engagement – refers to the process of developing partnerships and sustaining
relationships with and through groups of people affiliated by geographic proximity or common
interest for the purpose of working for the common good and of addressing issues that affect
their well-being.
Community engagement can take in many forms, but the most common are service learning,
community outreach, and community engage research.
1. Service Learning – is a teaching methodology that employs community service and reflection
to teach community engagement, develop greater community and social responsibility, and
strengthen communities.
2. Community Outreach – refers to the voluntary services in response to the social, economic, and
political needs of communities. This is done in order to improve the community members’ quality
of life. Community outreach can take in two forms:
a. Community service – it is a one-way initiative from the one who devotes time and
resources to the community.
b. Community development – it requires fostering partnerships and sustaining relationships
with communities.
3. Community engage research – is a collaborative process between researchers/research
agencies and the partner community in conducting research. Through research, it can identify
and address community issues and concerns.

Levels and Modalities of Community Engagement

Active
Information Consultation Involvement
Participation

Levels
1. Information – is a one-way relationship on disseminating information to the community.
2. Consultation – involves stakeholder approval for a particular initiative. It seeks to interact with
communities for the purposes of getting feedback.
3. Involvement - is about enlisting community stakeholders as volunteers and/or consumers of an
envisaged community engagement.
4. Active Participation – allows the involvement of community members in the planning,
implementation and overall assessment of development initiatives.
Modalities
1. Transactional – is a one-way community projects or activities that come from the services to the
community. Examples may include volunteer work, free consultancy services, philanthropic
cash donations, skills transfer and giving technical support. Transactional is conducted
occasionally or seasonally and the service provider has full control of the community
engagement process.
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Governor Pack Road, Baguio City, Philippines 2600
Tel. Nos.: (+6374) 442-3316, 442-8220; 444-2786;
442-2564; 442-8219; 442-8256; Fax No.: 442-6268 Name:
Email: email@uc-bcf.edu.ph; Website: www.uc-bcf.edu.ph

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MODULE 4 – CESC Subject Teacher: KIMBERSON P. ALACYANG

2. Transitional – is a two-way community projects brought about by the process of consultation

and collaboration between the service provider and the community. The community members
are expected to implement the community project either as voluntary workforce or participants,
but in the end, the management is still in the hands of the service provider.
3. Transformational – is a two-way community projects characterized by active dialogue and
critical reflectivity brought about by the process of involvement and active participation
between the external agent and the community.

B. Solidarity – refers to the firm and persevering determination to commit oneself to the common
good by mutually supporting and sustaining movements for social change and social justice. It
also requires collective action to fight for the emancipation of the vulnerable oppressed, and/or
marginalized sectors of society.
Solidarity always co-exist with community engagement and action. The purpose of community action
is for the people to work in solidarity in order to address a certain social problem. Solidarity strives on
the enumerated advocacies below:
1. Health
2. Education
3. Good Governance
4. Economic Justice and Equity
5. Climate and Environment
6. Peace and Security

C. Citizenship – refers to the full membership in a community in which one lives, work or was born.
Three Dimensions of Citizenship
1. Legal Dimension – a citizen refers to a person who enjoys civil, political and socio-economic
rights.
2. Political Dimension – a citizen refers to a person who is a political agent and is actively
participating in society’s political institution and system. A citizen is expected to participate in
influencing the behavior of political decision-makers, in crafting laws and policies and in
encouraging other citizens to promote the common good.
3. Identity Dimension (Socio-cultural Dimension) – a citizen is considered as a member of a political
community that shapers his or her cultural identity.

Citizen Education in the Philippines

In the Philippines, every Filipino is expected to be a good citizen based on core Filipino values
that are considered integral components in nation-building. The core Filipino values can be derived
from the Preamble of the 1987 Constitution, which states that:
We, the sovereign Filipino people, imploring the aid of Almighty God, in order to build a just and
humane society, and establish a Government that shall embody our ideals and aspirations, promote
the common good, conserve and develop our patrimony, and secure to ourselves and our posterity,
the blessings of independence and democracy under the rule of law and a regime of truth, justice,
freedom, love, equality, and peace, do ordain and promulgate this Constitution.

Based on the Preamble, the core Filipino values are:

1. Pagkamaka - Diyos (being godly) – this encompasses the faith in the Almighty God.
2. Pagkamaka - Tao (being humane) – this includes the promotion of the common good and
valuing of truth, justice, freedom, love, equality, and peace.
3. Pagkamaka - Bayan - (being nationalistic and patriotic) – this includes securing the blessings of
democracy and respect for the rule of law, the Philippine government, and its instrumentalities.
4. Pagkama – Kalikasan (being caring for the environment) – this involves the conservation and
development of the country’s patrimony.

• Aside from citizenship education, we must know also the highest law of the land

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 Community Engagement, Solidarity and Citizenship
Governor Pack Road, Baguio City, Philippines 2600
Tel. Nos.: (+6374) 442-3316, 442-8220; 444-2786;
442-2564; 442-8219; 442-8256; Fax No.: 442-6268 Name:
Email: email@uc-bcf.edu.ph; Website: www.uc-bcf.edu.ph

S.Y. 2020-2021 Second Trimester Grade Level/Section:

MODULE 4 – CESC Subject Teacher: KIMBERSON P. ALACYANG

Enunciation of State principles and policies:

1. Sovereignty of the people
2. Renunciation of war as an instrument of national policy
3. Supremacy of civilian over the military
4. Service to and protection of the people as the prime duty of the government
5. Enjoyment of the blessings of democracy
6. Inviolable separation of church and state
7. Protection of the right of workers and promotion of their welfare
8. Separation of power between the 3 branches of government
9. Autonomy of local government units
10. Maintenance of honesty and integrity in public service

• Aside from aforementioned state policies and principles, another central focus of the
constitution is the Bill of Rights, which no one, even the government can violate.
Some of the rights granted by the constitution are the following.
1. Due process of law and equal protection
2. Rights against unreasonable searches and seizure
3. Right to privacy
4. Freedom of Speech, of expression and of the press
5. Freedom of Religion
6. Liberty of Abode and Travel
7. Right of information on matters of public concern
8. Right to for associations
9. Right to just compensation
10. Freedom of access to the courts

• Aside from that citizen education in the country also takes the form of political dimension
through the nationally mandated service learning such as:
a. Citizenship Advancement Training (CAT) in junior high - - aims to enhance the students’ social
responsibility and commitment to the development of their communities and develop their
ability to uphold the law and order as they assume active participation in community
activities and assisting the members of the community in time of emergency.
b. National Service Training Program in college (NSTP) - Its purpose is to prepare young adults
to defend the security of the State through personal, military or civil service to the country
when a need arises

IV. REFERENCES

• Abenir, M. (2017) Community Engagement, Solidarity, and Citizenship. Makati City: Diwa
Learning System Inc.
• Taguibao, J. (2017) Community Engagement, Solidarity, and Citizenship. Quezon City: Vibal
Group Inc.

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