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From the Ground Up! A Workbook on Coalition Building & Community Development
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Coalition building and community development are two powerful interventions to create healthy communities. This helpful workbook is a complete toolbox for effectively building these complex, community-wide processes. It shares field ideas, frameworks, and exercises that have evolved from the authors’ work in communities across the country. Renowned authors in the field of community development wrote the chapters for this book, including: David Chavis, Stephen Fawc… More >>
From the Ground Up! A Workbook on Coalition Building & Community Development
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Building Bridges: Community Development Corporations and the World of Employment Training
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Based on research conducted in 10 urban areas between 1991 and 1993 by Carnegie Mellon University and the Economic Development Assistance Consortium of employment training activities of community development corporations. The study concludes that networks of community organizations are often the best vehicles for employment training activities…. More >>
Building Bridges: Community Development Corporations and the World of Employment Training
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Mobilizing Communities: Asset Building as a Community Development Strategy
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As communities face new social and economic challenges as well as political changes, the responsibilities for social services, housing needs, and welfare programs are being placed at the local government level. But can community-based organizations address these concerns effectively? The editors and contributors to “Mobilizing Communities” explore how these organizations are responding to these challenges, and how asset-based development efforts can be successful. A… More >>
Mobilizing Communities: Asset Building as a Community Development Strategy
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