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Vukasin, Helen L., Ed. – 1985
This Caribbean Regional Workshop was organized to bring together representatives of private, voluntary, and community development organizations, governmental agencies, and other non-governmental organizations in the Eastern Caribbean who were concerned with environmental quality. The conference was intended to improve the level of citizen…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Citizen Participation, Community Action, Community Development
Kirby, Kathleen – 1989
Community service is a voluntary contribution to the commonweal that teaches valuable lessons about the responsibilities of citizenship in a free society. Vital services are provided through thousands of organizations created to meet needs not otherwise provided for by government. Participation in these community service projects help create a…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Community Action, Community Involvement, Community Programs
National Advisory Council on Vocational Education, Washington, DC. – 1977
This resource book provides an overview of how the mission and responsibilities of the State Advisory Council on Vocational Education (SACVE) may best be approached. Based on the thinking of many authorities in the field of occupational education vis-a-vis citizen advisory groups, it analyzes the provisions of the relevant laws in light of…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Agency Cooperation, Agency Role, Citizen Participation
Gibson, Duane, Ed. – 1980
The systematic, practical ideas presented for improving the quality of life in a community are based on the belief that people, working together, sometimes with and through local government and sometimes through the vigorous efforts of voluntary organizations and associations, can help their communities increasingly become the kinds of places that…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Citizen Participation, Community Action, Community Change
Iowa Univ., Iowa City. Audiovisual Center. – 1978
This summary report of the annual conference includes statements of participant concerns prepared for the planning committee, the keynote address on the impact of mass media on education by Nicholas Johnson with responses by Minaruth Galey and Jon Dunn, and reports from the groups which studied the seven subtopics identified in general sessions:…
Descriptors: Community Action, Conference Reports, Curriculum Development, Educational Media
Skjervold, Christian K.; And Others – 1975
The student booklet presents short chapters illustrating the power unit of the Minneapolis Multi-Ethnic Curriculum Project for secondary schools. Nine brief chapters describe individuals, organizations, and labor unions and their relationship to power in the United States. Chapter I describes the early history of the International Ladies Garment…
Descriptors: American Indians, Blacks, Community Action, Community Influence
CHANDLER, MARVIN; AND OTHERS – 1966
A COMMUNITY PROFILE OF ROCHESTER, N.Y. CITES HISTORY, PRESENT COMMUNITY CHARACTERISTICS, AND CURRENT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS AS THEY RELATE TO CULTURAL DEPRIVATION AND AN ANTI-POVERTY PROGRAM. TO DETERMINE WHAT EFFECTS HISTORICAL, ECONOMIC, POLITICAL, ECOLOGICAL, AND SOCIAL FORCES HAVE UPON HEAD START CHILDREN, MATCHED GROUPS OF EIGHT HEAD START…
Descriptors: Church Responsibility, Community Action, Community Attitudes, Community Study
CABRERA, PATRICIA, COMP.; AND OTHERS – 1967
THE FIRST PART OF THIS DOCUMENT, RELATIVE TO GUIDELINES FOR ORGANIZING LOCAL ADVISORY GROUPS FOR ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAMS INVOLVING MEXICAN AMERICANS IN THE SOUTHWEST, SETS FORTH THE OBJECTIVES, COMPOSITIONS, AND OPERATIONS OF LOCAL ADVISORY COMMITTEES, INDICATES STEPS IN CONDUCTING INITIAL MEETINGS EITHER WITHOUT A CURRENT PROJECT OR AFTER A…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrator Guides, Adult Education, Adult Programs
Tolliver, J. Howard – 1979
The issues addressed in this paper include: (1) various views of what constitutes a community; (2) the controversy over the quantity, kind, and division of decisionmaking powers allotted to community action groups; (3) arguments against and in favor of community participation; (4) characteristics which prohibit citizen participation among…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Community Action, Community Influence, Community Involvement
Davis, Carolyn – 1978
This set of training materials was developed for a nationwide prevention education program designed to develop new citizen awareness of the importance of making sound, personal decisions leading to the reduction of drinking problems and alcoholism. There are three packages of prevention education materials presented: Reflections in a Glass, for…
Descriptors: Alcohol Education, Community Action, Community Leaders, Decision Making
Michigan State Univ., East Lansing. – 1966
A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SEMINAR, WHICH FOCUSED ON RELATING VARIOUS SOCIAL SCIENCES TO THE ISSUES OF POVERTY, INCLUDED PAPERS ON SOCIOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF POVERTY, POLITICAL PARTICIPATION BY THE POOR, MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT NEEDS, GEOGRAPHIC FACTORS IN POVERTY, URBAN PLANNING, POLICE SERVICES, APPLICATIONS OF ANTHROPOLOGY, PROBLEMS IN SOCIAL WORK…
Descriptors: Anthropology, Communication Problems, Community Action, Community Development
HENTOFF, NAT – 1967
REPORTED IS THE CONTROVERSY OVER INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL 201 IN HARLEM--THE OBJECTIONS OF THE PARENTS TO THE SITE SELECTION, WHICH THEY FELT WOULD INSURE SEGREGATION, THE ROLE OF THE NEW YORK CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION, AND THE ORGANIZATION OF PARENTS AND THE COMMUNITY TO OPPOSE THE OPENING OF THE SCHOOL. THE GRIEVANCES AND DEMANDS OF THE COMMUNITY…
Descriptors: Blacks, Board of Education Role, Community Action, Community Involvement
National Committee on Employment of Youth, New York, NY. – 1967
One of a pair of publications prepared under contract with the Office of Economic Opportunity, this guide is designed to help trainers, administrators, and other Community Action Agency staff prepare themselves and their agencies for the recruitment, selection, training, and supervision of neighborhood workers. Topics covered include developing an…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Community Action, Community Centers, Curriculum Development
Heath, Wallace G. – 1974
Recently American Indians have experienced an unprecedented renaissance in community spirit. Capitalizing upon this spirit, Indian economic development should be directed toward particular community needs, utilizing Indian leadership to determine needed training and development programs. There is no question but that the majority of Indian…
Descriptors: Agricultural Production, American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Community Action
Pinkney, Alphonso – 1970
The major differences between the cultural nationalists and the revolutionary nationalists stem from different ideological emphases, disagreement on the desirability of alliances and coalitions with white groups, and diverse views on the appropriateness of the use of revolutionary violence at the present time. They pose fundamental questions which…
Descriptors: Black Community, Black Institutions, Black Leadership, Black Organizations
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