The rapidly growing body of scholarship exploring White Christian nationalism in the United States has generated criticism for a lack of conceptual specificity. To address this shortcoming, we propose conceptualizing White Christian nationalism as a social movement. We explore how this conceptualization improves on past frameworks and offers new…

Many iterations of community based learning employ models, such as consciousness raising groups, cultural circles, and participatory action research. In all of them, learning is a deliberate part of an explicit educational activity. This article explores another realm of community learning: the informal learning that results from volunteering in…

Many adults have a desire to give back to the communities that have supported and nurtured them, and they find their own ways to do so. Community based learning is but one mechanism for making connections that enable one to satisfy the aspiration to address the many problems of concern. It is a methodology that can be employed in the classroom,…

Co-learning with and in grassroots organizations challenges power relations and the notions of expert/novice and teacher/learner. Co-learning through nonformal education does not privilege official knowledge or reproduce existing power relationships. (SK)

Popular education has three essential, integrated components: praxis, a collective and participatory orientation, and action. Also important are systematization, communication, and attention to participants' everyday needs. (SK)

The diversity of older learners demands diverse educational opportunities provided by such community-based organizations as community centers, senior centers, area agencies on aging, public libraries, and churches. (SK)

Responsive community programming assists urban learners in revitalizing their communities. This chapter examines two community-based organizations that are creating positive changes in local neighborhoods with collaborated strategies for the delivery of educational programming.

Program administration can be enhanced through the use of unilateral groups (focus groups, task forces, advisory committees) and multilateral groups (coalitions, cooperatives, consortia, alliances, subcontractors, partnerships). Groups can help plan programs; share or train staff; share facilities, materials, and equipment; and reduce service…

Human service organizations provide educational opportunities to clients as well as their staffs. Examples of their role in building learning communities include (1) integrating the developmentally disabled; (2) preventing sickness and ensuring wellness; (3) building school-based learning; (4) reaching out to immigrants; and (5) rehabilitating…