Family and consumer sciences professionals and others in Nevada contributed to their communities by collaborating on the Nevada Women's History Project. The mission of the Project is to recognize the roles and contributions of women of every race, class, and ethnicity in the state's history. Each state may place statues of two individuals in the…

Successful university/community partnerships require a campus culture that values, recognizes, and rewards community involvement by faculty and students. All partners must understand the rewards and challenges of collaboration and the complexities of sustaining relationships. (SK)

The Early Warning Business Development System identifies companies at risk of closing or moving and provides assistance by developing a coalition of community, labor, government, and business leaders; gathering information on area businesses; developing a plan of action; and building community vision and capacity. (SK)

Considering a satellite program for a local housing park, Roger Williams College examined (1) its feasibility, (2) alternate ways of setting it up, (3) sources of funds, (4) curriculum design, (5) selection of staff. Park residents were asked to share in planning, decisions, implementation, and operation. As initial reaction was wary, the college…

Discusses community education and its value in terms of determining what people want and need to improve their lives and then helping them to achieve their goals effectively. (JOW)

The purpose of this paper is to provide the beginning counselor with an overview of prevention concepts. Prevention is a relatively new emphasis in community efforts to stem the rising costs of substance abuse and other high-risk behaviors. The paper discusses agent, host, and environmental prevention models and how they relate to causal theories…

Describes features of learning communities: they transform themselves, share wisdom and recognition, bring others in, and share results. Provides the case example of the Upper Savannah River Economic Coalition. Discusses actions of learning communities, barriers to their development, and future potential. (SK)

Discusses Project Home Safe, an advocacy program for children. Describes how the program in Florida has evolved into a collaborative effort as it helps families and educates children about staying at home alone safely.(JOW)

Inauthentic participation may be limited to providing inputs, giving the community no power. However, even weak participation in the form of utilization, contributions, enlistment, cooperation, and consultation can have benefits. (Author/SK)

Co-author of the popular titles "Booktalking Bonanza" and "The Early Literacy Kit", Betsy Diamant-Cohen brings together 18 examples of successful outreach partnerships that children's librarians and administrators can adapt to their own situations. Contributors from the U.S and Canada explain how they partnered with schools,…

Efforts to build interethnic identification and solidarity are often accompanied by disappointment. Devastating consequences have resulted at times from lapses in inter-community cooperation, but more often from organized efforts to undermine solidarity among aggrieved groups. Moreover, those efforts have been accompanied by divisive discourse, by…

This Virginia Assembly document focuses on the concept of community as defined by the Founding Fathers of the U.S. Constitution. The final report identifies and discusses problems related to the modern quest for community in a national republic. Recommendations by the Assembly are offered in eight areas: (1) civic responsibility; (2) corporate…

A COMMUNITY CAN BE SUCCESSFUL IN AN EFFORT TO PREVENT AND CONTROL JUVENILE DELINQUENCY ONLY IF THE FOLLOWING ARE OPERATIVE--A POSITIVE COMMUNITY ATTITUDE, A KNOWLEDGE OF THE DELINQUENCY PHENOMENON, EARLY IDENTIFICATION OF THE PREDELINQUENT AND DELINQUENT, EARLY REFERRAL FOR STUDY AND DIAGNOSIS, AND TREATMENT THROUGH COORDINATION OF COMMUNITY…