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Escandon, Socorro – Qualitative Report, 2010
The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine Bracht, Kingbury, and Rissel's five-stage community development model as applied to a grass-roots community action group. The sample consisted of low-income, predominantly Hispanic women in a community action group in a Southwestern barrio, some of whom were experiencing domestic violence. The…
Descriptors: Community Development, Family Violence, Community Action, Models
Oraison, Mercedes; Perez, Ana Maria – Journal of Moral Education, 2009
This article reflects on the school's role in the building of citizenship, especially in socially vulnerable contexts. We argue, and try to show, that effective participation in decision-making processes is a key tool to promote conditions that help in social transformation and the formation of active citizenship. We offer a brief description of…
Descriptors: Ethical Instruction, Community Development, Social Integration, Social Change

Preston, James C. – Journal of the Community Development Society, 1983
Describes a project that studied seven successful community development projects in order to find basic patterns in leadership, community organization, and action processes. Process patterns were found in several areas, and an awareness of these will be useful to community leaders and developers. (NRJ)
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Action, Community Development, Community Leaders

Cummings, C. Kim – Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 2000
Explores why service-learning students have only rarely been engaged directly as neighborhood organizers, then employs John Dewey's understanding of democracy to analyze one program which has succeeded in making widespread use of college students as front-line organizers. Describes how the complementarity between what students do at their…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Action, Community Development, Community Organizations
Dutton, Edward P.; Shelley, Scott – 1978
Aurora, a village of 147 residents in north central Kansas, was the focus of a 1978 investigation of the community development potential for Kansas rural villages. Students and staff from the University of Kansas School of Social Welfare worked with community residents to identify three programs the village wanted (a recreation program, a…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Action, Community Development, Community Involvement
Burr, Julie – 1979
This study cites examples of fund raising ideas and activities of neighborhood and community improvement groups in Seattle. The intent of the study is to offer documentation and analysis of successful fund raising activities to other nonprofit, voluntary community groups which are interested in seeking financial support for their activities.…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Citizen Participation, Community Action, Community Development
Nelson, Edwin C. – Small Town, 1997
Describes attitudes and strategies used by two small rural towns to foster economic development and improve local housing, schools, professional facilities, and recreational programs for youth and adults. Emphasizes individual leadership qualities useful in creating a vision for community survival, communicating the vision through town meetings,…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Change Strategies, Citizen Participation, Community Action
Valadez, Cristina, Comp. – 1995
This document is composed of two parts: a bibliography of community organizing and support materials and a directory of community organizing resource centers. The 25 bibliographic entries are grouped according to subject, and include author, title, publication date, publisher, number of pages, annotation, and ordering information. Subjects…
Descriptors: Activism, Advocacy, Annotated Bibliographies, Change Agents
Czaplewski, Daniel P. – 1994
This practicum was designed to bridge the gap between strong values held by a Lutheran school and output from learners in the school that reflected these values. Using the "I Can Make a Difference" model, students in grades five through eight worked during weekly enrichment periods for 12 weeks to select and solve real life problems. The…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Citizenship, Citizenship Responsibility, Community Action
Community Building Resources, Spruce Grove (Alberta). – 1997
This book describes the mindshift that is the key to successful community capacity building and to the development of social and economic structures that nurture local sustainability. Its focus is how the development of community, through community capacity building, connects, animates, and informs citizens. Chapter I introduces community building…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Citizen Participation, Community Action, Community Cooperation
Flora, Cornelia Butler – Rural Development News, 1997
Decentralization and budget reduction in the public sector, and globalization and downsizing in the private sector have placed more responsibility on localities to address challenges to the health of their economies, ecosystems, and people. Community development theory and practice are also changing, evidenced by changes in vocabulary. Community…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Action, Community Cooperation, Community Development
Nigro, Carol A.; Ventura, Ann M. – Appalachia, 1988
Uses question-and-answer format to profile Edna Compton, director of Dungannon (Virginia) Development Commission, an economic development group formed and managed by local people. Commission improved education, housing, and employment in area. Compton discusses process, achievements, and goals held by commission and herself. (TES)
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Action, Community Change, Community Coordination
Burr, Julie – 1979
This case study of successful fund raising by a Seattle community coalition is intended to provide information to other community groups as they develop fund raising efforts. The case study begins with a presentation of information gleaned from a review of past newsletters and financial statements of the Southeast Effective Development (S.E.E.D.)…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Citizen Participation, Community Action, Community Development
Homelessness Exchange, Washington, DC. – 1989
This guide for the public provides information on ways to address homelessness within the context of community development. The following articles issued by the Homelessness Information Exchange are included as Sections 1, 2, and 3: (1) "The Problem of Homelessness Nationwide"; (2) "Ways You Can Help the Homeless"; and (3) "Building a Coalition in…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Action, Community Development, Community Involvement
Brown, Ralph B. – 1990
Effective rural education depends on active community involvement. This ethnographic case study examines three models of community organization as an explanation of how community action occurs. The three models are: (1) individuals interacting in formal and informal groups; (2) networks of "weak ties" effective for diffusing information and…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Citizen Participation, Community Action, Community Characteristics