NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 6 results Save | Export
Interweaving Youth Development, Community Development, and Social Change through Youth Organizing
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Christens, Brian D.; Dolan, Tom – Youth & Society, 2011
Community organizing groups that have built coalitions for local change over the past few decades are now involving young people as leaders in efforts to improve quality of life. The current study explores a particularly effective youth organizing initiative through review of organizational documents and collection and analysis of qualitative…
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Action, Community Organizations, Social Change
An Evaluation of the Emergency School Aid Act Nonprofit Organization Program: Vol. 1, An Analysis of Federal Program Implementation and Funding Procedures.
Kimbrough, Jackie; Hyman, James – 1978
The Emergency School Aid Act (ESAA) of 1972 authorizes grants or contracts to nonprofit organizations (NPOs) and local education agencies (LEAs) to support the LEAs' efforts to desegregate or to reduce minority group isolation or its effects. The NPO program is a small component of ESAA which provides financial assistance to community…
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Involvement, Community Organizations, Desegregation Methods
Who Supports Urban American Indian Students in Public Community Colleges?
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
American Indian Quarterly, 2003
In 1977 a group of urban American Indian organizations got together to protest the leveling of rental housing for urban renewal; then they learned that a community college was going up to replace that housing, right in the middle of the Indian community. Realizing the opportunities for jobs, education, and training, the community leaders decided…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Urban Renewal, Urban American Indians, American Indian Education
Math and Science Model Programs Manual.
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Sawyer, Donna, Comp.; And Others – 1993
This implementation manual has been developed to describe four model mathematics and science programs designed to increase African-American students' interest in mathematics and science. The manual will help affiliates of the Urban League to mobilize existing community resources to achieve the goals of the national education initiative. The four…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Black Students, Community Action, Community Organizations
Smart Talk for Growing Communities: Meeting the Challenges of Growth and Development. A Guide for Public Dialogue and Problem Solving [and] The Busy Citizen's Guide for Public Dialogue and Problem Solving.
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Topsfield Foundation, Washington, DC. – 1998
This facilitator's guide explains how to lead a series of five sessions (study circles) designed to foster public dialogue and problem solving among citizens interested in meeting the challenges of community growth and development. The document begins with an introduction to the concept of study circles that examines the following: definition of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Annotated Bibliographies, Citizen Participation
Short & Sweet: Community Action for Widening Participation.
Aldridge, Fiona – 1999
The Adult and Community Development Project (Project 99) was established to distribute one-time development grants to all local education authorities (LEAs) in England and some voluntary and community organizations for implementation of short-term activities in the adult and community education field. Organizations receiving grants were requested…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Programs, Adult Students