Institutional Activism and Community Building

Human Relations Responses to 9/11 in Orange County, California

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3757975
AutoresDennis J Downey (0000-0001-9842-9427, California State University, Channel Islands, autor de correspondencia)
Año2009
Volumen53
Número1
Páginas99-113
Fecha de publicación2009-09-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAmerican Behavioral Scientist (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0002-7642 • E-ISSN: 1552-3381
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0002764209338788
OpenAlexW2140015039
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias citadas31

Since its creation in 1971, the Orange County Human Relations Commission (OCHRC) has established itself as a central actor in addressing issues of diversity and social justice in Orange County, California, a region with a growing Muslim population approaching 200,000. Following the events of 9/11, the OCHRC organized a programmatic response linked to broader community-building initiatives that sought to promote inclusion of Muslim Americans into civic institutions, to expand networks among institutional and community activists countywide, and to cultivate capacities for deeper political engagement. Their response represents an example of institutional activism undertaken through the means of community organizing and helps us to understand how such noncontentious activities can work within institutional constraints and still contribute to long-term social change. This research is based primarily on a series of focused qualitative interviews and is part of broader historical research on the OCHRC

Civic engagement · Commission · Community engagement · Community organization · Community organizing · Political science · Politics · Population · Public relations · Qualitative research · Social justice · Social science · Sociology · Homelessness and Social Issues · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Public Administration · Race, History, and American Society