Community Organizing in Cleveland Ohio

Community Organizing in Cleveland Ohio

Introduction

The community organizing is a procedure in which the individuals who live in a community form an organization to resolve and/or spread awareness regarding any or a number of social problems that are prevailing in the community. The social organizers promote the social change in their community in order for the generation of collective powers for the powerless. The major aim of the community organizing is the generation of a strong power that represents the community and allows the opportunity to persuade the major decision makers on a certain issue or issues (Renesch, 2002). Community organizers join and work together to resolve a certain issue, through developing local leaders and members. These organizers try to bring about a social change and help those individuals who face problems and are not able to resolve them (Rubin & Rubin, 2008). This paper discusses the community organizing in Cleveland Ohio. The community organizers in Cleveland are planning to get the community to clear their warrants. For this purpose the church is collaborating with the judges to provide proper guidance to the individuals.

Problem Experienced by the Community Members

Warrants can be a stressful and problematic process for an individual as well as his/her family. There are numerous individuals who are unaware of the process to properly deal with a warrant. Usually, the individuals try to ignore the warrants or run away to escape the consequences. The reason is that they are probably scared and confused about the process as they are unaware about what is going to happen. This results in the individual leading a stressful life which in turn causes stress and confusion among the family members (Javadin, 2001). Another problem is that the warrant lowers their chances of attaining better job opportunities. Usually, people see an individual with a warrant with suspicion, even if the warrant is for a minor offence. The individual gets branded for life. another major problem is that once an individual has a warrant issued on him, the police officials have to arrest the person and if the individual tries to hide and resist the arrest this leads to confrontations that can turn deadly in some cases. It's always better to surrender yourself on a warrant versus being involuntarily picked up. In the latter instance you may find yourself locked up while the authorities attempt to answer the questions outlined above (tribtoday.com).

This is the reason; the community needs to be educated and aware about the consequences of a warrant and the importance of paying the fines and costs on time. The individuals whose warrants have become old which is why they are afraid to surrender in fear of suffering major consequences must be provided with an opportunity to right the wrong they have done (Rubin & Rubin, 2008). This is where community organizing comes in. The community organizers in Cleveland are planning to start a program in which the individuals with a warrant can turn themselves and are able to clean ...