Community Organization Learning Community

Community Organization is a program at the University of Michigan School of Social Work for people committed to social justice and community change in a diverse society.

The program develops skills to:

Organize groups for social action;
Plan programs at the local level;
Develop community-based services; and
Involve people in decisions that affect their lives

Our program - which is the oldest and largest of its kind - prepares students from diverse backgrounds, and incorporates issues related to class, race, ethnicity, gender, age, and cultural differences.

Community Organization Learning Community (COLC) is a special initiative to:

Prepare students for roles as change agents
Engage faculty members in participatory research and teaching
Develop long-term partnerships with community collaborators
Advance community organization as a field of practice and subject of study.