Date of Degree Completion
Spring 2020
Degree Type
Capstone - Open Access
Degree Name
Master of Education (MEd)
Department
Education
Instructor/Advisor
Audrey Falk
Second Advisor
Melissa Nemon
Abstract
This program evaluation looks at the Community Planning and You workshop of the Allston Brighton Community Development Corporation in Boston, MA. The literature review explores the effects and responses to racialized housing policies, including the development of the community development field and its use of neighborhood organizing. The evaluation is grounded in the frameworks and theories of Arnstein’s (1969) Ladder of Citizen Participation, Putnam’s (1994) social capital, and Freire’s (2018) use of popular education to develop Critical Consciousness. There are three key evaluation questions: 1) if participants increase their knowledge of the Article 80 process; 2) if participation in community processes has increased; and 3) if racial and socio-economic diversity in the Article 80 process has increased. Findings included participant increase in knowledge and participation in community process, but no increase in racial and socio-economic diversity.
Recommended Citation
White, Cassondra Y., "The People’s Planning Initiative of Allston Brighton Community Development Corporation" (2020). Community Engagement Student Work. 42.
https://scholarworks.merrimack.edu/soe_student_ce/42
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Civic and Community Engagement Commons, Community-Based Research Commons, Race and Ethnicity Commons, Social Policy Commons, Social Statistics Commons, Urban, Community and Regional Planning Commons