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Chapter 2 presents the table of eight models of community practice, the ratio- nale for their development, a discussion of the “lenses” we believe will signifi - cantly infl uence the context of community practice in this century, and the roles associated with the different models of practice. Chapter 3 presents a broader discussion of guiding values and the evolution of the purposes and approaches to community practice. Building from that discussion, chapter 4 provides an overview of the concepts, theories, knowledge, and perspectives that guide community practice. Part II of the book, encompassing chapters 5– 12, focuses on the scope of concern, basic pro cesses, conceptual understand- ings, and roles and skills important for practice in each model. The companion volume, Community Practice Skills Workbook (Weil, Gamble, and MacGuire 2010; hereafter cited as the CPS Workbook), provides additional opportunities to engage in skill development with each model. Issues of human rights and social justice are explored in each of the eight models of community practice analyzed in this volume. We are committed to building competencies and skills for social justice among future community social workers in all parts of the world. This commitment stems in part from the historical and heroic role of so many people who came before us and who showed the way to a more just society. We have learned lessons from So- journer Truth, a courageous abolitionist born into slavery in New York in 1797, sold from her family at age 11, and yet spent the rest of her life working tirelessly for the freedom of slaves and the rights of women; from Jane Add- ams and her early work with families and organizations in Chicago’s indus- trial slums; from Rosika Schwimmer, the Hungarian social worker and suf- fragist who worked with Jane Addams toward mediation to end the World War I hostilities and later fl ed to the United States when Jews were purged from Hungary, only to be denied U.S. citizenship because she was a pacifi st; from Eleanor Roo se velt, who was instrumental in developing the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; from Mohandas Gandhi, who led the people of India in mass civil disobedience to a peaceful revolution, bringing them freedom and in de pen dence from Great Britain; from Cesar Chavez and Do- lores Huerta, who built an or ga ni za tion to protect the rights of farm laborers throughout the United States; from the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., whose message of freedom and peace still guides all people working against oppres- sive policies; from Nelson Mandela, who, even after spending twenty- eight

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