Community participation

Consideration from a university experience

Abstract

This article has the intention of referencing an experience in communities located in Cabudare, in the municipality of Palavecino Lara state, Venezuela. The interest in the subject of community participation arises from our university work, in the area of extension, which involves building a permanent interaction with the communities and in that transit the needs of these numerous social groups are noted. One of the important aspects, among others of great relevance for the achievement of purposes at the community level is community participation and we believe that the university, through the substantive function of extension, has the mission to link with the communities around it, with the intention of contributing through training and learning in the construction of transformational community leaderships that tend towards resilience and sustainability. Key aspects related to participation such as: education, transformational leadership, resilient and sustainable communities were analyzed and discussed.