community conditions & assets
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Community Conditions & Assets
Nicole Branch, Sociology LibrarianSanta Clara University Library
Background image courtesy of Flickr user Marcin Ignac
Today we will…
• Explore community conditions
• Identify community assets
• Gain greater understanding of your community context
Needs & Assets
• Needs: Conditions that are an impediment for community members
• Assets: Resources in the community that can sustain or improve the quality of life for the community
Community Conditions
• Physical Environment• Demographics & Health• Housing• Income & Poverty• Community Resources & Transportation• Safety• Early Childhood/Parenting• Education• Employment
Assets
• A person
• A physical structure or place
• Community service
• Business
• Cultural or community characteristic
Example- Community Service
Example- Place
Example- Cultural Characteristic
Example- Community Characteristic
Scholarly Articles
• Research studies
• In-depth analysis of community conditions and interventions
• Can provide context
Identifying Community Conditions & Assets
• Break into assigned groups • Select an issue area to explore• Feel free to work in pairs, but divide the issue
areas to cover many different ones• Using suggested resources or your own search
explore the issue area• Identify at least one data point related to your
issue and one community asset• Complete the form
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