What Is an Engaged Community?
Raising successful kids takes more than just a single family or school; it takes an entire community. An engaged community requires many people—educators, faith community leaders, parents, governmental figures, and others—to come together to support youth.
Part of Search Institute’s mission is to provide communities with the resources and information they need to organize and mobilize individuals and groups on behalf of youth.
How Can I Engage My Community?
The following articles will help you understand community change and the process of developing an engaged community:
- Principles for Asset-Building Communities
- Five Action Strategies for Community Change
- Getting Started in Your Own Community
- The Dynamics of Complex Community Change
Get Started in Your Community
- Healthy Communities • Healthy Youth —HC • HY is a national initiative that helps equip and support communities in asset building. Find out about the asset building going on near you.
- Register your initiative —If you’re already building assets in your community, let others know about it!
- Communities Downloads —Download free materials to use in your community.
- Community Engagement Research —See the research behind Search Institute’s community engagement efforts.
- Search Institute Store —Browse asset-building books, posters, and other products for your community.
