{"id":19,"date":"2024-03-09T19:41:16","date_gmt":"2024-03-09T19:41:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democraticsystems.org\/?page_id=19"},"modified":"2024-08-22T23:28:07","modified_gmt":"2024-08-22T23:28:07","slug":"strategic-vision","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/democraticsystems.org\/index.php\/what-is-dsi\/strategic-vision\/","title":{"rendered":"The Solution"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Community Empowerment <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Political science research indicates that the solution to structural inequity is community empowerment through <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">self-determination<\/span> and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">solidarity<\/span> (Olson, 2004; Hooker; Reese).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Communal Self-Reliance<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/democraticsystems.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Self-Reliance-1-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-147\" srcset=\"https:\/\/democraticsystems.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Self-Reliance-1-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/democraticsystems.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Self-Reliance-1-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/democraticsystems.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Self-Reliance-1-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/democraticsystems.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Self-Reliance-1.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Self-determination is the ability to control resources and protect the rights and liberties of community members without reliance on or manipulation from external forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In more practical terms, self determination is the ability for a community to deploy resources to improve the well-being of its members without without opposition or manipulation from by external forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Communal Solidarity <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/democraticsystems.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Solidarity-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-148\" srcset=\"https:\/\/democraticsystems.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Solidarity-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/democraticsystems.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Solidarity-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/democraticsystems.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Solidarity-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/democraticsystems.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Solidarity.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br>References<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Hooker, J. (2009). <em>Race and the Politics of Solidarity.<\/em> New York: Oxford University Press.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reese, A. M. (2019).&nbsp;<em>Black Food Geographies: Race, Self-Reliance, and Food Access in Washington, D.C.<\/em>&nbsp;University of North Carolina Press.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Olson, J. (2004). <em>The Abolition of White Democracy.<\/em> Minnesota: University of Minnesota Press.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Community Empowerment Political science research indicates that the solution to structural inequity is community empowerment through self-determination and solidarity (Olson, 2004; Hooker; Reese). Communal Self-Reliance Self-determination is the ability to control resources and protect the rights and liberties of community members without reliance on or manipulation from external forces. 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