Empowerment Theory Within the Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative

Social and cultural progress of thinking community, social work is growing problem. As a social worker we have chosen to deal with macro level group and demand in the community. In order to grasp the true understanding of the help system, it constitutes the field of social work with the formal structure of help, which is important for having a range of knowledge for a fair participation model. To create social workers as active based on our identity justice, people need to be a conceptual framework.

The Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative (DSNI) is a non-profit community organization rooted in the community of Roxbury / North Dorchester in Boston, a successful example of this approach. When the small foundation destroyed the revision of the community, they tried to activate planned arson, ignoring, some members of illegal acts and speculation community, they opposed the fact that they were excluded from the planning process, I was surprised. In the award-winning 1996 documentary "Control Location: Resurrection of Dudley Street", we acknowledged that there are planners, including the restructuring of the entire project, "Residents are not included in the board ..." .. We also made a mistake. "And furthermore, local companies and regions in each neighborhood Human Services Organization Religious Organizations, Representatives of Ethnic Groups

What is a community? Communities are small areas of cities and towns. This is a group of houses and other buildings close to each other in the street. Some communities have small houses. In some neighborhood there is a bigger house. In some areas two-story apartment buildings and apartment buildings line up. In some areas, there are various kinds of houses on the same street. Many neighborhoods also include stores and other businesses. Communities include grocery stores, gas stations, schools, or hospitals. It may have playground or pool. Neighborhood has places, work, play where people live. The community is a community