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Using Participatory Analysis for Community Action: Idea Book. Information Collection and Exchange Publication No. M0086
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Peace Corps, 2010
This idea book addresses key concepts in two earlier Peace Corps' publications, "Participatory Analysis for Community Action (PACA) Manual" [ICE No. M0053], and the "Gender and Development Training Manual" [ICE No. M0054]. These previous resources were large training manuals that introduced PACA to staff and Volunteers in the context of the Peace…
Descriptors: Community Action, Foreign Countries, Community Leaders, Nongovernmental Organizations
Stop Contributing to Our People's Genocide. The Role of Community Prevention.
New Breast, Theda – Winds of Change, 1990
Outlines a community action process that American Indian communities could use to develop their own drug and alcohol abuse prevention programs. Describes a community prevention system framework developed by the Office of Substance Abuse Prevention. Compares the community empowerment system with the agency-directed service delivery model. (SV)
Descriptors: American Indians, Community Action, Community Change, Community Cooperation
The Local Education Fund. A Handbook.
Gaul, Joan – 1988
A Local Education Fund (LEF) is a third-party, nonprofit entity whose agenda, at least in part, consists of developing supportive community and private sector relationships with a public school system. It provides limited private sector support to launch initiatives and broker relationships leading toward school improvement. LEFs are funded and…
Descriptors: Community Action, Educational Facilities Improvement, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education
The Local Education Fund. A Resource Guide.
Public Education Fund, Pittsburgh, PA. – 1988
A Local Education Fund (LEF) is a third-party, nonprofit entity whose agenda, at least in part, consists of developing supportive community and private sector relationships with a public school system. It provides limited private sector support to launch initiatives and broker relationships leading toward school improvement. LEFs are funded by the…
Descriptors: Community Action, Educational Facilities Improvement, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education
The School and Its Local Environment.
Raaen, Finn Daniel – 1981
The increasing institutionalization of teaching has been a central aspect of educational developments in education in Norway because important teaching functions, previously preserved informally in the home and in the local community, have been gradually replaced by formal education. The school-community network has been weakened because few…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Change Agents, Citizen Participation, Community Action
Hispanic Agenda: 1990 and Beyond.
Latin American Research and Service Agency, Denver, CO. – 1987
The goal of the Hispanic Agenda is to enhance the quality of life for Colorado Hispanics and all other Coloradans. Responsibility for the program rests with the Hispanic community and leadership. The Hispanic Agenda Steering Committee began work in January 1986 to develop the structure and process for the Agenda. Program components, identified…
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Change, Community Development, Community Involvement