community relations
Local public affairs
Community relations refers to the efforts an organization makes to build goodwill with the public it serves or operates among.
Businesses, police departments, and institutions maintain community relations programs to foster trust and positive connections with local residents: The company's community relations team organized neighborhood cleanups.
The term often appears when relationships have strained and need repair: The police chief announced new community relations initiatives after the protests.
- civic participationActive role in community affairs
- collaborationJoint intellectual work
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
- listening sessionEvent for hearing recordings together
- public forumSpace for collective discourse
block party · restorative justice · public trust · grassroots movements · inclusivity · town hall meetings · welcome · open door policy · meet and greet · mediation · peacebuilding · reputation management · social cohesion · bridge building · partnerships · advisory boards · mentorship programs · newsletter
- publicitypublicity, PR, press conference, publicist, press release
- reputationreputation, reputable, bad reputation, repute, disreputable
- Irish HistoryGreat Famine, Easter Rising, Irish nationalism, Irish War of Independence, Irish Civil War
- policingpatrol, police powers, arrests, police officer, arrest
- Corporate PRpress releases, corporate communications, crisis management, reputation management, press conferences
- government outreachpublic information, PSAs, public service announcements, public notices, public awareness
community relationsinternal affairs
Officers investigating officers
employee relations · human resources · self-governance · insider dealings
community relationsinternational relations
Cross-border political interactions
global affairs · foreign relations · national policy · corporate headquarters