community-led
Residents take charge
Community-led describes initiatives, projects, or organizations directed by the people they serve rather than by outside authorities or institutions.
A community-led housing development emerges from residents' decisions, not a developer's blueprint.
The term emphasizes local ownership and grassroots control: The cleanup effort was entirely community-led.
Common people as political base
- participatoryInvolving active contribution
- bottom-upStarting from fundamentals
- self-governingControlling one's own affairs
- democraticGovernment by the people
decentralized · neighborhood · local · council · cooperative · assembly · stakeholder · resident
Change in position
- organizingSystematically putting in order
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
- advocacyPleading for a cause
change · justice · solidarity · demonstration · petition · mobilization · resistance · reform
Self-directed action capacity
- projectPlanned, effortful task
- organizationStructured group with purpose
- nonprofitOrganization serving public good
- NGOIndependent charitable organization
sustainability · grant · funding · social enterprise · coalition · partnership · outreach · mobilization
grassroots
Common people as political base
- participatoryInvolving active contribution
- bottom-upStarting from fundamentals
- self-governingControlling one's own affairs
democratic · decentralized · neighborhood · local · council · cooperative · assembly · stakeholder · resident · collective
movement
Change in position
- organizingSystematically putting in order
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
advocacy · change · justice · solidarity · demonstration · petition · mobilization · resistance · reform · collective action
initiative
Self-directed action capacity
- projectPlanned, effortful task
- organizationStructured group with purpose
- nonprofitOrganization serving public good
NGO · sustainability · grant · funding · social enterprise · coalition · partnership · outreach · mobilization · advocacy
community-ledtop-down
Directed from highest level
state-run · state-controlled · hierarchical · bureaucratic · imposed
community-ledcentralized
Concentrated in one location
institutional · bureaucratic · hierarchical · municipal · regional
community, commune, communal, communion, communist, communism, communicate, communication, communicative