There are two concepts of peace in society and it's a pity that these two concepts are in perpetual conflict - peace at all cost and peace based on justice. While the former seeks to disempower the poor, the latter works to empower the poor.
Power is supposed to be a neutral term but when you work for social justice, Power of the poor is with a capital P. Power of the oppressed is that force that can make those in power act on the alternatives presented by the poor.
Community Organizing seeks to help the poor help themselves. The process of helping people help themselves is never separate from self-esteem building.In the prevailing socio-economic-political and cultural arrangement of most poor societies, there is a blindness to the poor's sense of self-esteem. It is the wish of this site to focus on how each of us, as part of the human community, can contribute to help the poor help themselves in reclaiming what they have lost.
Self-esteem Building: A Task of Community Organizing
From the perspective of a community organizer and self-effacing educator, the intention of this blog is to share practices of self-esteem building through the community organizing process.
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About Me
Who is Francia Clavecillas
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Who am I
Self-esteem-building helps us revisit the kind of programming in life we've been through. This helps us clarify our home of meanings.
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Self-Esteem Building and the Action-Reflection Process
Experiential learning takes the action route first . After the action, reflection follows. It is during the reflection session that real learning takes place.
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Serenity
Self-esteem is a pre-requisite of the capacity to be serene under pressure.
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Self-esteem Building: How to be serene under pressure
This is a continuation of the page
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Love for People
Having faith and trust in people's capacity to help themselves is also what helping people build self-esteem and community organizing are about.
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The joys of being a community organizer
This is about the joys of a community organizer that people who care about the destiny of society understand.
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Fear of Freedom
A person who has lived in an oppressive condition for a long time longs for freedom. At the same time that he longs for that elusive state of being, he is at the same time afraid of the uncertain.
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The Genius Within
For people interested in helping build poor people's self-esteem, here's a way to help oneself.
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Horizontal Violence
Self-esteem and horizontal violence are key factors in the community organizing process.
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Community Organizing is building hope when everything looks hopeless.
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Hopelessness II
This is a continuation of the page entitled: Self-esteem building in a landscape of hopelesssness
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Perception of Powerlessness
The mainstream mindset, consciously or unconsciously, is dragged by the prevailing power arrangement into contributing to the powerlessness of the poor.
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Self-esteem and the Humps on the Road
This is about the humps on the road a community organizer has to deal with in the process of the work for self-esteem building.
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More Humps on the Road of Self-Esteem Building
This article is about the humps on the road of self-esteem. A spotted hump is how media manipulates people's psyche. The task of community organizing is to be aware of these humps to be effective.
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Self-esteem building and the irreverence of the poor
This article is about irreverence, the capacity of people in an oppressive situation to question the existing oppressive economic and political arrangement.
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Apathy tends to eat up self-esteem
This is a brief write-up on apathy as a situation community organizers should view with compassion.
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Self-esteem building and addressing the issue of “class determinism”
Tools for social analysis are crucial in the work for change in society but confining the analysis strictly to
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The best and the worst in the Philippines this month
This is a write-up about the best and the worst that can happen to human beings under two opposite extreme circumstances.
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Self-esteem and Community Organizing: In the Shadow of Mt. Mayon
This is an article about the Bicolanos and Mt. Mayon as a symbol
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Self-esteem and Community Organizing at a Time of Natural Disasters
This article is about the poor and the aftermath of natural and human-made disasters highlighting the aftermath of Typhoon Ondoy and the impending eruption of Mayon Volcano.
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Self-esteem building and Community Organizing: The Right to be heard
This is an article on the Protest of the Indigenous People of Quezon Province against the construction of a dam within the Sierra Madre Mountain area.
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Self-esteem building after a flash flood
Helping the poor build their self-esteem after a flash flood needs more than that sense of closeness with the poor. Respect and faith in their capacity to change their situation make up the iron rule.
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The Spectrum of 2010 for a Live Dot in the Universe
This is article is about my musings in symbolic language.
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Self-esteem building and Susan Boyle of Scotland
This is a very brief write-up on Susan Boyle's story highlighting her self-esteem as a factor in her success.
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Links
These are my links to very enlightening websites.
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Sharing Stories Through Content 2.0
This is an invitation for guests who would be interested in sharing their stories on self-esteem building and community organizing.
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Self-esteem and Valentine's Day: Reflections of a Community Organizer
Loving oneself to be able to love others deeply has not been featured in the Valentine's Day celebrations. This article highlights the importance of loving oneself.
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The most beautiful sound: I love you.
"I love you" is the most beautiful sound there is. This article is about a number of "I lkove you's" in different languages.
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Self-esteem is built on pain, suffering and moments of joy.
A forwarded e-mail from a friend, as it is a practice today to keep in touch with friends wherever they are in the world, has been a very valuable instructive material for community organizers.
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Self-esteem is built on pain, suffering and moments of joy.
A forwarded e-mail from a friend, as it is a practice today to keep in touch with friends wherever they are in the world, has been a very valuable instructive material for community organizers.
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Anxious that you’ll be stood up on your Valentine’s Day Date?
We have been conditioned by society to think of good things as permanent. Our self-esteem has been built on the concept of permance. This article is about dealing with change like a bird in the air.
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The Kindle Wireless Reading Device and World Literacy
Humanity has reached a very impressive level of technology in the field of literacy - the Kindle device. Ironically, one fourth of the world's children fall victims to illiteracy because of poverty.
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A self-esteem deepening moment: A kissing couple inside a rose!
Kissing inside a rose is surreal but this article takes the surreal scene to emphasize the deeper meaning of a kiss.
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Cancer and Self-esteem from a Community Organizer's Eyes
It's not a joke, financially speaking, if you want to survive cancer and you are coming from the existing medical paradigm. This article is about food as nourishment and medicine.
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Evicted Poor Citizens of the City Dispersed Violently at Midnight
When poor citizens of the city have nowhere to go after a forced eviction, the government should be held accountable.This article is about the human barricade that was not broken by the eviction team.
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Community Organizing is Self-esteem and Social Justice Building
Many people may not realize how the poor put their lives on the line when it comes to getting a decent place to live for their families.This write-up is an example of the poor's non-violent protest.
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A Village by the River
This is about a village by the river. The villages is in Holland. The means of transportation around the village is by boat. You would think such a lovely place doesn't exist!
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Community Organizing is a Vocation too!
There is a big need for community organizers but there are a lot of problems attached to recruitment . This article is about community organizing as a calling.
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A Community Organizer's Journey With Cancer
This is about a community organizer's journey with cancer and with two kinds of doctors - the conventional and the alternative. The latter brings a lot of hope for a longer and healthier life.
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