Community-engaged learning is driven by a set of values, dispositions, and principles. Now that you have had a chance to explore the differing values behind community engagement, you have an opportunity to develop your own philosophy or theory of what justifies community engagement. Using concepts and arguments from the readings in this module, write a paper of 500 to 750 words (2 to 3 pages) that develops your own philosophy of community engagement.
In your essay:
Identify three of the following community engagement values that are the most important to you and explain why:
Open-mindedness
Empathy
Humility
Appreciation of community and cultural wealth
Intellectual curiosity
Commitment
Reciprocity
Relationships
Social change
Professionalism
Critical reflection
Learning
Transformation
Liberation
Empowerment
Define reciprocity and explain why it is important to the values you selected if you did not select reciprocity as one of your values.
Provide an example where your selected values were embodied by group fighting for social change. This example can come from your personal experience or historical or current events.
