ABSTRACT

This case study explores the participant perspectives of a Community Leadership Program (CLP) in an underserved community. The CLP aimed to improve community conditions by increasing participants’ knowledge, skills, and confidence to participate in local governance forums. Our three research foci were to understand (1) how successful the program was in building individual leadership skills, (2) how skills were applied through participation in leadership activities, and (3) identify the barriers for practicing leadership in marginalized communities. Findings show that CLP participants highlighted the program’s impact on their: confidence to express their findings in public, ability to outreach to members of their community, and self-identify as leaders. While participants were participating more in social and political activities, they also expressed that the program did not equip them to deal with serious barriers such as responses to community members’ practice of leadership, access to institutional power and knowledge, and lack of resources.

摘要

本案例研究探讨了服务不足社区中社区领导力计划 (CLP) 的参与者观点。CLP 旨在通过提高参与者的知识、技能和参与地方治理论坛的信心来改善社区条件。我们的三个研究重点是了解（1）该计划在培养个人领导技能方面的成功程度，（2）如何通过参与领导活动来应用技能，以及（3）确定在边缘化社区实践领导力的障碍。调查结果表明，CLP 参与者强调了该计划对他们的影响：在公开场合表达他们的调查结果的信心、与社区成员接触的能力以及自我认同为领导者的能力。在参与者更多地参与社会和政治活动的同时，