This article takes a participatory action approach. Your textbook lists seven (7) criteria for participatory action research. How does this project meet these seven (7) criteria? 1. Social phenomena are influenced by macro-level social influences. 2. Social structures and dynamics are contextualized by history. 3. Theory and practice are simultaneously engaged. 4. Dialogue between the subject and the object is transformed into a single subject–subject relationship. 5. Research and action become a single process. 6. Community and researcher produce knowledge together for social transformation. 7. Research results should be immediately applied to a concrete state of affairs.



