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Southeast Quality of Life <br />Strategic Neighborhood Action Plan <br />CAPACITY BUILDING STRATEGIC PLAN <br />Introduction <br />The societal behaviors that identify a lack of a sense of community and a loss <br />of neighborhood power are evident in the high rate of crime, homes showing <br />signs of neglect, lack of services, and high unemployment rate. All are issues <br />of extreme concern in the SEQL neighborhood. The Capacity Building Task <br />Force was formed to identify and bolster the individual and organizational <br />elements of capacity which make up a healthy, functioning neighborhood. <br />Mission Statement <br />"The Task Force should identify actions and programs which allow <br />residents to better themselves and to have a better life. They <br />should also identify actions which allow neighbors to do things for <br />each other to improve neighborhood life without needing to depend <br />on outsiders, " <br />The Mission Statement for the Capacity Building Task Force is a statement of <br />empowerment: building the capacity of the individuals who live and work in the <br />SEQL neighborhood to care for themselves and each other. Capacity building <br />has been discussed elsewhere in this plan as divisible into three primary <br />categories: <br />1 . Building the capacity of individuals; <br />2. Building the capacity of the SEQL organization; and, <br />3. Building capacity by creating or accessing the structures which support <br />capacity or the development of capacity. <br />Issues <br />There were five primary issues of concern to the residents of the SEQL <br />neighborhood. <br />1. The Assets of the Neighborhood are Under-utilized: Residents felt that they <br />were unaware of their own or their neighbors personal skills and that in <br />particular they undervalued the contribution that youth and seniors could <br />