Why community engagement?

Hi there,

So I will begin with asking what community engagement is and answering this question as well, but it is somehting everyone should consider asking themselves: why help the community we live in?

Well for starters, you should help the community you live in because you are a valued member of that community and could possibly provide a voice for the voicless in your community. Two, you will learn more about yourself and your neighbors which in turn will only make you more valuable as you learn and grow from the community engagement. Community engagement is a great way to meet the fmailies of your communities, local organizations, and work directly with those who services the local needs and attempt to fix any issues at hand.

With that said, I will begin to explain what I do for community engagement. My community partner is my work with the disabled commmunity and how I directly work with a class of people within my community. There are all kinds of classes of people that belong to different socio-economic groups; therefore there is a number of potential groups to directly work with. With that said, the need for respite workers is important because they are an essential component for families who have a loved one with a dissabliity. My duties are to find the respite worker and teach them how to work with the disabled one on one. The goal is to raise awaremess for the developmetnally Disabled population in my community. The federal constraints we face are directly with government agencies set in place to help the disabled community. The issue I constantly face is that they never really address the needs; they go for what they believe is the best choice. The community partners I work with can be held accountable on multiple ends of the spectrum.

sincerely,

Bee