https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hubfs/Resources/Publications/2020%20PAPER%20%7C%20Understanding%20Community-Led%20Approaches.pdf

UNDERSTANDING COMMUNITY-LED APPROACHES TO COMMUNITY CHANGE
LISA ATTYGALLE

There has been a marked increase in demand for ‘Community-Led’ approaches to change across the country. Black Lives Matter, Idle No More, poverty reduction, and youth empowerment provide just a few examples. This shows incredible promise for advances towards community ownership of decision-making practices and active citizen participation in community
life. We need to be intentional though about what ‘Community-Led’ means so that communities are not inadvertently acted-upon, and instead are empowered through leadership.