Community Conditions & Assets
- 1. Community Conditions & Assets Nicole Branch, Sociology Librarian Santa Clara University Library Background image courtesy of Flickr user Marcin Ignac
- 2. Today we will… • Explore community conditions • Identify community assets • Gain greater understanding of your community context
- 3. 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
- 4. Community Conditions • Physical Environment • Demographics & Health • Housing • Income & Poverty • Community Resources & Transportation • Safety • Early Childhood/Parenting • Education • Employment
- 5. Assets • A person • A physical structure or place • Community service • Business • Cultural or community characteristic
- 10. Scholarly Articles • Research studies • In-depth analysis of community conditions and interventions • Can provide context
- 11. 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