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Training Civic Bridge Builders: Outcomes of Community Leadership Development Programs
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Keating, Kari Hall – ProQuest LLC, 2011
As rural communities experience rapid economic, demographic, and political change, program interventions that focus on the development of community leadership capacity could be valuable. Community leadership development programs have been deployed in rural U.S. communities for the past 30 years by university extension units, chambers of commerce,…
Descriptors: Community Leaders, Evaluation Research, Extension Education, Rural Areas
Faith-Based Organizing for Youth: One Organization's District Campaign for Small Schools Policy
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Snyder, Ron – New Directions for Youth Development, 2008
Oakland Community Organizations (OCO) has worked for over ten years to improve educational opportunities in low-income neighborhoods in Oakland, California. The work of thousands of parent, teacher, youth, and community leaders has resulted in the formation of nearly fifty new small schools and more than ten charters, creating settings for…
Descriptors: Community Leaders, Low Income Groups, Educational Change, Community Organizations
From Many Voices: Consensus, What America Needs for Strong Families and Communities. Family Support America's Shared Leadership Series, Policy Consensus Paper.
Family Support America, Chicago, IL. – 2000
At a December, 2000 shared leadership symposium 101 parent and community leaders engaged in structured discourse and debate about key issues related to family support and family and community strengthening. This document presents a consensus statement about key issues related to strengthening families and communities. The document includes…
Descriptors: Childhood Needs, Children, Community Leaders, Community Needs