Community Networks and Groups

Community Networks

Community Networks are focused on a broadly defined domain of interest/social cause or locality.

Issue-Based Communities

• Community Development Network (email: jleehg@gmail.com to join)
• Disability Community Network (email: jleehg@gmail.com to join)
• Practice Research Network (ask Martin Chok if they want to be listed)

Locality-Based Communities

• Connect with young adults who live near you Friendzone
• SGCares Community Networks (Since 2018, MCCY and MSF have co-organised SG Cares Community Network sessions to bring together agencies and partners to discuss issues in their respective towns and explore areas where they can work together to address them)
• Northeast District (ask if Amos wants to list and get involved with others)

Community Interest Groups

Community Interest Groups are focused on a specific issue or concept, and come together to learn about and share knowledge with one another.

• Sociocracy Interest Group
• Degrowth Interest Group
• Worker-owned Cooperatives Interest Group
• Quota Hiring Interest Group
• Freedom of Information Singapore (FOISG) is a non-partisan, student-led movement dedicated to promoting transparency and the right of access to information.
  

Communities of Practice

Communities of Practice are focused on improving existing professional or technical expertise.

• Service Learning Community of Practice
• Research Community of Practice (contact Denise Liu)
• Theory of Change Informal Working Group (contact Carol Liew: [[1]] )
  • We are looking for like-minded individuals who would want to start a small informal working group together with us at Just Cause to collectively brainstorm and test new/different ways of facilitating theory of change workshops over the next 6-12 months. If you have facilitation experience and/or have great ideas for how we might improve this classic tool please get in touch!
• Think For Good (A Design Thinking group that does ideation sessions once a month; ask Simon Siah if he wants to be listed)
• Civic Tech / Tech for Good (?)
  

Community Action Groups

Community Action Groups go beyond sharing knowledge and studying an issue, and are focused on an action plan to achieve a specific goal.

• Inclusive Neighbourhood Action Group (contact justin.lee@nus.edu.sg if interested)
• Community Currency Action Group (contact justin.lee@nus.edu.sg if interested)
• Mapping of Social Needs and Community Assets (socialcollab.sg)
• Resource Matching Collective [See if serve.sg, bantu, SGAssist wants to come together]

Community Forum

• Community Forum 2020