Toward a Beloved Community: Facilitated Group Listening as a Tool for Community Development and Civic Engagement
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-1-2024
Publication Title
Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship
DOI
10.54656/jces.v16i2.513
Abstract
Community dialogue is critical to the success of community development and civic engagement efforts. Facilitated Group Listening (FGL) can be used to foster empathy and critical consciousness across lines of difference in communities, promoting understanding and action. After the killing of Michael Brown by then-officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri, a community group in the rural southeastern United States used FGL to foster structured community dialogue between African American community members and law enforcement officers. Engaging in FGL contributed to increased communication and improved empathy among participants. Recommendations for future use of FGL are provided.
Recommended Citation
Smallwood, Stacy, Kristina Patterson, Kathryn Kaufmann, Tanesha Slocumb, Janice Cawthorn, Anne O. Odusanya, Danyel Addes.
2024.
"Toward a Beloved Community: Facilitated Group Listening as a Tool for Community Development and Civic Engagement."
Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship, 16 (2): University of Alabama Division of Community Affairs.
doi: 10.54656/jces.v16i2.513
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/hpmb-facpubs/344
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Comments
"Georgia Southern University faculty members, Stacy Smallwood and Kristina Patterson co-authored Toward a Beloved Community: Facilitated Group Listening as a Tool for Community Development and Civic Engagement.