Addressing Barriers to University-Community Collaboration

Organizing by Experts or Organizing the Experts

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ID6076644
AutoresDonna J Cherry (Knoxville College), Jon Shefner (University of Tennessee at Knoxville)
Año2004
Volumen12
Número3-4
Páginas219-233
Fecha de publicación2004-12-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Community Practice (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1070-5422 • E-ISSN: 1543-3706
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1300/j125v12n03_13
OpenAlexW2116276498
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas14
Referencias citadas22

University-community partnerships, and COPC programs in particular, offer important opportunities for traditionally segregated groups to work together in collaborative relationships. The challenge of bringing people who possess distinct differences in background and social power together is a long-standing issue. Class, status, and organizational differences may impede collaboration. This article discusses the history of COPC as social policy and reviews an evaluation report of successful community-university partnerships. Drawing from the community organizing literature in sociology and social work, this article suggests community organizing methods that address structural obstacles to collaborative work. Especially in COPC programs characterized by multiple interactions, it is the community based organization (CBO) which has greatest facility to equalize the playing field between disparate groups. The role of community organizers in CBOs is to acknowledge and disrupt the structural inequalities inherent in these relationships. The community organizer must resist the role of expert or buffer between the community and university and instead strive toward authentic collaboration. Key Words: University-community partnershipscommunity organizingcollaborationCommunity Outreach Partnership Centercommunity based organizations

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