Community Empowerment as a Non-Problem

Authors

John L. Russel-Erlich, California State University, Sacramento

Abstract

It is not much fun to be a radical any more -- as a student, a teacher or a community activist. Often it seems as if there are too many battles and not enough time to begin to fight them. The privileged position in which many on the left found themselves in years past has given way to the treatment usually accorded persons with serious contagious diseases. Feeling unappreciated, unneeded and unwanted, we have tended to become a bit cranky and hypercritical. In our frustration, we have fallen prey to an isolation that encourages us to think only of people who see the world exactly as we do as allies.

Recommended Citation

Russel-Erlich, John L. (1986) "Community Empowerment as a Non-Problem," The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare: Vol. 13: Iss. 3, Article 3.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15453/0191-5096.1761
Available at: https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/jssw/vol13/iss3/3