Dynamic Triangle Of Change Analysis

In reflecting and processing the various topics covered in this class throughout the semester, my understanding of what it means to be an effective agent of change has always come back to the foundation. The “Dynamic Triangle of Change” introduced by Junius Williams forms the framework of the process an effective and ineffective change agent moves through in order to reform one’s surroundings. Information, perception, and action make up the three elements of this triangle. During this semester, the importance of these elements has been presented inside and outside the classroom. Before seeing the importance of the triangle, understanding of the elements and how they are positively manifested had to be formed. Through taking the time to make …show more content…
In planning to dismantle the plans of using 150 acres from the Central Ward to build a medical school, robbing many homes from the black community, information for an alternate plan of action was gathered through Junius William’s collaboration with the Law Student Vistas. Yes, the building of the medical school would push for urban renewal. However, in the process so many families would be displaced due to an excessive amount of land being used for something that was not a necessity but an accessory to the city of Newark. Forced dislocation would come of this vast amount of land being used for something that could still be had without disrupting the lives of so many. Williams and some of the law students studied how Lou Danzig went about implementing urban renewal. It is stated that Williams went to the regional director of the war on poverty, Ellis Morgan, who created positions for people in the community to go out and gather information on the impact forced dislocation had on the lives of the community members. Williams read numerous literary works and learned the Newark housing system to see what was considered “acceptable by the U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development” (p. 166, Unfinished Agenda: Urban Politics in the Era of Black Power). What might have been the most crucial move as far as gaining information on the mechanics of urban renewal and how the issue of dislocation can be solved was when Williams reached out a professor of the Yale School of Architecture and Planning. He learned that the vision that the “White Man” had for the medical school could be accomplished without using 150 acres. The “Dynamic Triangle of Change” can be seen as a cycle in instances like such. An action taken by Williams provided him with the information needed to perceive and approach his next move in bringing the Newark community