Question

Chapter 5 Community Organizing

Community organizing is an art. It requires a diplomatic approach that values everyone’s input. Every members’ perspective and experiences must be considered to create successful interventions and solutions to problems. Bringing diverse people from different “walks of life” together can be difficult.

Consider the following scenario

Concerned citizens of the Good Life community have joined together to create a “no tobacco use in public places” ordinance in their community. This issue impacts many different people. The task force is hosting a town hall to introduce the idea to the community.

1. Provide a brief description (1-2 sentences) of each town hall participants’ point of view on the proposed ordinance.

Town Hall Participant	Perspective or Point-of-View on Proposed Ordinance (1 point/response)
Tobacco Store Owner
Parent who smokes
Policeman
Family member of lung cancer patient
Health administrator of local hospital
Parent who does not smoke
Restaurant owner

2. What steps of the community organization process should be considered in moving the ban forward? (3 points)

Answer 1

Participant	point of view
Tobacco store owner	the tobacco use in public place should have a penalty of not less than ten dollars
Parent who smokes	The habit of smoking comes from parents, so parents should quit the smoking first and advice the Yong generation
Police man	The decision is good and people should cooperate with the police officials to implement this ordinance
Family member of lung cancer patient	since smoking is a cause for lung cancer it should be strictly prohibited in public places because it not only causes the harm to the person who smokes, but also harmful to others by means of passive smoking
Health administrator of local hospital	it is a good ordinance, because it can have tremendous changes in health issues caused by smoking
Parent who does not smoke	the children should be educated regarding the harmful effects of smoking from home itself
Restaurant owner	this ordinance protect the customers who don't smoke

Steps taken :Give more publicity to the ordinance through social media.Educate the young population and children about the dangers of smoking. Paste the copies of ordinance in every public places and schools