ABSTRACT Communities face “glocalized” ecosocial problems. Functional Community Organization bridges local problems with globalized issues, organizes community, and meets need. Models describe glocal linkages and their outcomes, but little is known of processes and challenges in organizing. This article qualitatively explores ecosocial organizing challenges in a Community Technology Center in a US city, which organized around e-waste and digital inequality. Findings indicate that Functional Communities may face challenges in organizing aims due to complexities in balancing need while concurrently addressing global problems and issues in structure, funding, and process. This may be mitigated through communication, focus, self-awareness, and reflexivity.

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地方-全球联系：为生态社会正义组织功能性社区的挑战

摘要社区面临“全球本地化”的生态社会问题。功能性社区组织将本地问题与全球化问题联系起来，组织社区并满足需求。模型描述了全球范围内的联系及其结果，但对组织过程和挑战知之甚少。本文定性地探讨了美国城市社区技术中心的生态社会组织挑战，该中心围绕电子垃圾和数字不平等进行组织。调查结果表明，由于在平衡需求的同时解决全球问题以及结构、资金和流程问题的复杂性，职能社区在组织目标方面可能面临挑战。这可以通过沟通、专注、自我意识和反思来缓解。