A brief sketch of the conditions, trends, and challenges confronting educators in rapidly changing urban communities. (EH)

Reviews articles in a 2001 special issue of Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology (A. Brenes & M. Wessells, 2001b) devoted to building cultures of peace. Counselor educators are offered suggestions on how to prepare counselors to successfully create cultures of peace in a variety of communities. (Contains 21 references.) (GCP)

Asserts that children can use picture books to glimpse how the buildings and neighborhoods with which they are familiar have a history that can be affected by the decisions people make. (PRA)

In 2002, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation launched Children's Futures (CF), a 10-year community change initiative designed to improve the health and well-being of children from birth to age three throughout Trenton, New Jersey. CF's strategies included efforts to increase residents' access to prenatal and other health services, provide parenting…

Across the country, youth advocates, civic activists, community builders, and young people themselves have been calling for more meaningful roles for young people in society. This special issue brings the voices of researchers into that conversation. In doing so, it builds in important ways on a small but growing evidence base that underscores the…

Two major concerns of American life are searching for community and determining the extent to which the citizenry of a community ought to be involved in the decision-making process. While they may disagree on how much citizen participation is desirable, almost every scholar of urban life believes that citizen participation is a good and viable…

The conceptual and theoretical implications of employing different functional models of social change at the community level are outlined in this paper. While no new theoretical or methodological ground is broken, a class of models is recommended that appear infrequently in sociological literature, yet are well suited for representing social…

This is a compendium of papers from this week-long session. The keynote paper, of the same name as the booklet title, was written by the Honorable Joseph M. Montoya, senator from New Mexico. Other topics discussed are multicultural education, the need for individual involvement in school-community relations, campus change, a forum on the National…

This booklet discusses the importance of a community-wide approach to asset building, exploring how individuals, organizations, and communities can collaborate to build developmental assets. Principles to guide community asset-building efforts include: strengths versus risks or deficits, relationships versus programs, engagement with youth versus…

The essays in this collection promote a conception of community development that entails building practical capacities to improve the quality of life among residents of targeted neighborhoods. The causes, consequences, and potential solutions of urban problems that lie both inside and outside neighborhood borders are emphasized. The chapters are:…

Examines the effect of community changes on the distribution pattern of delinquency in Chicago, Illinois, between 1940 and 1970. Findings from a 1942 study that distributional patterns of delinquency remained stable despite racial and ethnic invasion and succession are reexamined using data collected over three subsequent ten-year periods.…

A lengthy two-cycle migration pattern is typical of young males on the Maltese island of Gozo. Their typical final return to and reintegration into the natal community impacts the local population, housing development, and the visual appearance of the area. These findings closely parallel prior research results. (SB)

Discusses factors affecting attitudes of community leaders and residents toward community change. Leaders' and residents' attitudes are compared. Presents strategies for more effective local action relevant to community development practitioners. (JOW)

Explores solutions to the problem of shrinking cities, population declines in urban areas. Consolidation and de-annexation are not desirable alternatives, but for many shrinking cities no other workable alternative can be seen. The reality is that many cities will continue to shrink. Radical redesign can make cities better and smaller. (SLD)