The injustices against the black community in America have continually been made manifest through segregated neighborhoods and schools, disproportionate rates of incarnation and more recently, aggressive and sometimes fatal violence against minorities by government officials. Collective action in the form of protest, marching, and boycotts held a central role in the civil rights movement; calling on the black community to band together to grab the attention of the nation. Today, community organization has evolved into a proven approach to instigating change through collective action within urban environments. Community organization must be instigated within these marginalized communities faced with long-standing segregation, discrimination, and violence. …show more content…
The organization cycle not only informs the research but also directly informs the activities within the program. The importance of social embeddedness as well as, social capital within community organization and in return within collective action are two additional research points. The program of the building is intended function as a tool that fosters the community organization process. The cyclic process of community organization and the basic approaches to social research are meshed together. The result is a program that implements formal components of social research with the more informal components of community organization which informs public opinion on a variety of