Community Social Psychology actions need practical tools that consider psychosocial, ethic, and politic dimensions. In this work we discuss a group device applied to a low income community in São Paulo City. During 2007 and 2008, Community Duty, an open and spontaneous participation group, happened weekly under the practical and theoretical principles of Psychological Duty and Community Social Psychology. On the sidewalk, an available wheel of chairs was arranged for three psychologists mediate people meetings. Community Duty offered shelter and the sharing of people experiences. As a politic device, it promoted people meetings and horizontal relationships, setting them as protagonists. Results suggest the importance of this kind of group device and defy the limits between public and private experience. Concluding, Community Duty suggests the importance of simple group devices, justifying the development of creative practices as social and health actions.
social psychology; community psychology; community; vulnerability; groups