The Marrakech Framework for Action (MFA) recognizes the importance of nonformal and informal learning in lifelong learning. They provide more opportunities for learners because they are more inclusive and accessible. One of the strategies is the establishment of community learning centers that provide opportunities for various kinds of learners.…

This article examines how community art centers of the Federal Art Project (FAP) of the Works Progress Administration served as a third space, one that was explicitly designed to be different from art museums at that time. Created to employ artists during the Great Depression under President Franklin D. Roosevelt, goals of FAP programs included…

Falls are a major public health problem for older adults, and community-based organizations play a key role in educating seniors about falls prevention (FP). We conducted a qualitative process evaluation at six sites to report community-based centers' perspectives on adoption, adaptation, and sustainability of an evidence-based multifactorial FP…

This compilation offers global examples of innovative and promising literacy and numeracy programmes that link the teaching and learning of literacy to sustainable development challenges such as health, social equality, economic empowerment and environmental sustainability. This publication is a timely contribution to the 2030 Agenda for…

The active intervention in a child's world leads very quickly to active intervention in a neighborhood, a family, a peer group, a school, and a larger community. Child advocacy, then, becomes linked with social community organization and social change, involving not just children but communities." (Author)

The Chapel Library Center, in its third and fourth years of existence, had as its goal relevant service to the people of its neighborhood who represent a wide range of economic, ethnic and educational backgrounds. These reports describe activities, programs, book collections, art exhibits, circulation, and staffing of the Center. Conclusions about…

The author discusses ritual as a process of creating social frameworks through the mobilization of communal sentiment and purpose. He presents a case study in which the ritual process was applied by an external change agent to develop social partnerships and local support for the establishment of a community center. (SK)

Describes a comprehensive high school that is a total educational community and recreational center designed and built around the planners' belief that the educational facilities of today and tomorrow must be flexible enough to meet the requirements of a variety of uses. (Author)

Describes a community planning laboratory process held to resolve the issue of reuse of excess school facilities. (Author/MLF)

This paper describes some of the ways in which Hispanic elderly in East Harlem in New York City are advancing as a result of advocacy program involvement. Major problems and needs endemic to the Hispanic elderly in East Harlem are identified and some of the basic causes of these problems are discussed. The areas discussed include housing, health,…

A library neighborhood center is a community built around a branch library, providing the usual branch library functions of self-education and improvement. Four of New Haven's eight branch libraries are designed as library neighborhood centers. The centers are supported by the Ford Foundation, the City of New Haven, the Office of Economic…

Grassroots organizing, planning, and political strength have resulted in a community school. (Author/MLF)

Over 1,500 volunteers constructed a 10,000-square-foot playscape. The 5-day construction period was preceded by a year of planning and coordination by 10 volunteer committees, city officials, and the architectural firm. Organization and public relations kept the interest level high, resulting in increased community pride, spirit, and involvement.…

Influencing and mentoring underachieving students is one mission of the Ambridge Area Community Learning Center in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. Operating with a 3-year, $90,000 grant from Pittsburgh's Grable Foundation, the "lifelong" learning center offers classes, workshops, and services to all ages. (MLH)

This report describes the provisions, legislative history, and justification of the School Facilities Child Care Act. This act authorizes $30 million for each of the fiscal years 1985 through 1987 for grants to public and private nonprofit agencies and organizations to establish and operate school-age child care programs in public school…