2 3 4 5 1 Denial/ Vague No Awareness Preplanning Preparation Resistance Awareness No recognition A few members that efforts may be thinking Community Nothing is addressing this A. there might need members have being done -- issue are needed Efforts are being Community to be efforts-- begun talking no recognition in this planned. no immediate about the need for Efforts of the problem. community or motivation to do efforts. active resistance anything. to efforts. A few members B. may have heard Members in No knowledge Community has Some members Community about efforts, community have of need for no knowledge know about local Knowledge but extent of basic knowledge efforts. about efforts. efforts. knowledge is about efforts. About Efforts limited. One or more Leadership leaders may be Leaders are part Leadership believe One or more doesn’t beginning to of a committee C. it is an issue that leader(s) is/are doesn’t recognize that or group that Leadership recognize need needs trying to get it might be a addresses for efforts. addressing something started. problem for the the issue. locally. community. Attitude of Prevailing Neutral, Attitude of community is attitude is disinterested community Prevailing concerned “We’re D. we or believes the beginning to reflect “Nothing attitude is about and this” Community can or issue does not interest, but do” problem community isn’t affect the Climate “We don’t think generally don’t recognized. members are it should community as a know what beginning to show whole. should be done. change”. modest support. Some community Community E. Issue is not members may members A few in the Community viewed as recognize recognize local No knowledge community have Knowledge something indicators of problem and about the issue. some knowledge About the people need the problem, general about the issue. to know about. but information is information Issue lacking. is available. community has Community is individuals, Some members not sure what it F. No resources organizations, of the community No awareness would take or Resources available for and/or space are looking for of need for where resources Related dealing with available that available resources resources. could come from this issue. could be used as to do something to To the Issue to initiate local resources to better address the issue. efforts. address this issue. 6 7 8 9
1 2 3 4 5 No Awareness Denial/ Resistance Vague Awareness Preplanning Preparation A. Community Efforts Nothing is being done -- no recognition of the problem. No recognition that efforts addressing this issue are needed in this community or active resistance to efforts. A few members may be thinking there might need to be efforts-- no immediate motivation to do anything. Community members have begun talking about the need for efforts. Efforts are being planned. B. Community Knowledge About Efforts No knowledge of need for efforts. Community has no knowledge about efforts. A few members may have heard about efforts, but extent of knowledge is limited. Some members know about local efforts. Members in community have basic knowledge about efforts. C. Leadership Leadership doesn’t recognize need for efforts. Leadership doesn’t believe it is an issue that needs addressing locally. One or more leaders may be beginning to recognize that it might be a problem for the community. One or more leader(s) is/are trying to get something started. Leaders are part of a committee or group that addresses the issue. D. Community Climate Prevailing attitude is problem isn’t recognized. Prevailing attitude is “Nothing we can do” or “We don’t think it should change”. Neutral, disinterested or believes the issue does not affect the community as a whole. Attitude of community beginning to reflect interest, but generally don’t know what should be done. Attitude of community is “We’re concerned about this” and community members are beginning to show modest support. E. Community Knowledge About the Issue Issue is not viewed as something people need to know about. No knowledge about the issue. A few in the community have some knowledge about the issue. Some community members may recognize indicators of the problem, but information is lacking. Community members recognize local problem and general information is available. F. Resources Related To the Issue No awareness of need for resources. No resources available for dealing with this issue. Community is not sure what it would take or where resources could come from to initiate local efforts. community has individuals, organizations, and/or space available that could be used as resources to better address this issue. Some members of the community are looking for available resources to do something to address the issue. 6 7 8 9
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