The reading of chp. 5 in our c d a book dealt with the subject of advocacy. I was unsure about what advocacy was, but after the readings and taking note of what the people in the passages were trying to do i finally understood.
In the web clips of "AVODAH", i noticed that religious affiliations, practices and beliefs can significantly shape advocacy. How? Because the AVODAH group is a tight nit group of a selected few who have a lot of things in common. So by setting examples of one anothers actions of incorporating their beliefs with their work is an ideal world for all who join AVODAH.
AVODAH's affiliation, practices, and beliefs, encourage help. Helping a community, helping the poor, helping those with whom they have things in common with, help not only economically, but emotionally and socially.
AVODAH's purpose is too help those who are similar help others, to help create an ideal community. These people help work to make other peoples live better. Examples of people who used AVODAH and are successfully making changes in their communities would be Amy Rivas (support survivors of domestic violence), and Mark Goodman (mentor at a youth foster care). These people help persuade people of their same culture and beliefs to become apart of the tight nit group of AVODAH.
"Passion certainly strenghthens advocacy, but effective advocacy is also about finding out what is worth caring about in the situations around us--and about figuring out how to design changes that will help us achieve the future we believes ought to be. " (p.111) This is exactly what the peole of AVODAH are trying to do.
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Well you had the same article I had so this makes things easy :)
ReplyDeleteYou make a lot of the same points that I did, and I liked your use of the word "ideal." Creating the ideal community is exactly what the people of AVODAH are striving for, and they have realized that only through striving for the ideal within themselves can they try to reach for that ultimate goal. Good stuff!