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Domack, Dennis – 1981
A strong local economy which allows residents of a community to work and shop near their homes is perhaps the best safeguard against the threats of urban sprawl, economic stagnation, physical deterioration and loss of unique identity facing many small towns. Utilizing a six-phase process advocated by the University of Wisconsin-Extension,…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Citizen Participation, Community Action, Community Development
Download full textGold, Gerard G. – 1979
Community work-education councils are supplying "grass roots" citizen involvement in policymaking on transitional services for youth moving from school to work. Since 1977, almost 1,000 people in thirty-three communities have participated in local work-education councils affiliated with the national Work-Education Consortium. On the…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Action, Community Cooperation, Community Involvement
Boyles, Marcia – 1978
The nation's overall efforts in solid waste management are noted, and suggestions and examples are presented concerning activities that can be undertaken by institutions of higher education to assist their communities to achieve safer and cleaner environments. The federal regulatory agency, The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), is concerned…
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Education, Energy Conservation, Environmental Education
Mobilization for Youth, Inc., New York, NY. – 1965
MOBILIZATION FOR YOUTH REACHED 4,567 YOUTHS AT ITS JOB CENTER. MANY OF THESE WERE COUNSELED, 1,448 PARTICIPATED IN THE URBAN YOUTH JOB CORPS AND 528 TOOK ADVANTAGE OF ON-THE-JOB TRAINING. THERE WERE 205 PARTICIPANTS IN TRADE TRAINING AND DRIVER EDUCATION PROGRAMS. MFY CARRIED OUT A JOINT EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM WITH THE NEW YORK BOARD OF EDUCATION IN…
Descriptors: Community Action, Counseling Services, Delinquency, Disadvantaged
National Council of Jewish Women, New York, NY. – 1978
The manual was written by the National Council of Jewish Women to provide guidelines for volunteer legislative action and community service for individuals in the area of child abuse and neglect. After an overview which details some of the causes of child abuse, information on child abuse and neglect legislation in each state is presented.…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Advocacy, Child Neglect, Community Action
Woolman, Myron; Carey, Gordon R. – 1966
This 1965-66 study was made for the Office of Economic Opportunity under subcontract to the United Planning Organization, Washington, D.C. Its aim was to develop and test a combined literacy and job skill program for functionally illiterate dropouts in the District of Columbia. Only 54 such trainees were secured, and the remainder (315) were male…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Community Action, Correctional Institutions, Dropouts
Stranix, Edward L.
Two classes, each comprised of seventh and eighth grade students, are used to test the hypothesis that student participation in observing and solving real-life environmental problems increases positive changes in their attitudes toward school. Two methods of teaching urban environmental studies are used: an experimental community action approach…
Descriptors: Action Research, Attitude Change, Cognitive Tests, Community Action
Communications Strategies on Alcohol and Highway Safety. Volume II. High School Youth. Final Report.
Grey Advertising, Inc., New York, NY. – 1975
The second part of a two-part, two volume study deals with high school youth and identifies target populations and communications strategies for encouraging personal action steps to prevent drunk driving. Data, collected from interviews and questionnaires, are summarized and presented in tabular form. One fourth of high schoolers in a…
Descriptors: Accident Prevention, Alcohol Education, Communication (Thought Transfer), Community Action
Erlanger, Howard S. – 1976
The effects of participation as a salaried professional in a reform oriented organization on the participants' subsequent career is considered in this paper and studied in the context of the OEO sponsored Legal Services Program. Because of the paucity of literature on the consequences of participation in reform organizations, a related literature,…
Descriptors: Career Change, Community Action, Comparative Analysis, Economic Factors
Johnson, Lyndon B. – Indian Record, 1968
Emphasizing the need for a Federal-Indian partnership which promotes Indian self-help and Indian respect, this speech proposes: strengthened Federal leadership via a National Council on Indian Opportunity; Indian involvement in the determination of Indian problems and needs; enrollment of all Indian Children in a preschool program by 1971; funds…
Descriptors: American Indians, Community Action, Cultural Awareness, Elementary Secondary Education
Governmental Research Institute Bulletin, 1969
This is the first in a series of 3 bulletins dealing with university-community relationships. This bulletin examines the role of the university in contemporary American life and describes some innovative programs in university-community cooperation. The second bulletin will discuss some of the areas in which cooperation exists between the…
Descriptors: City Government, College Role, Community Action, Community Programs
Department of Forestry and Rural Development, Ottawa (Ontario). Experimental Projects Branch. – 1968
This Canadian annotated bibliography provides 41 items on community planning, community action, community services, and participation, followed by eight related publications on aspects of communities and of social change. Manpower development, human services, dimensions of poverty, and strategies for change are emphasized. Also included are a…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Blacks, Community Action
Wells, Robert N., Jr.; And Others – 1974
Since the school boycott at the on-reservation St. Regis elementary school in 1968, the Mohawk Indians have made major strides toward achieving greater educational opportunity, cultural awareness, and community self-determination. Under the leadership provided by the chiefs and the 3 elected committees--education, housing, and library culture…
Descriptors: Activism, American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Community Action
New York State Education Dept. , Albany. Bureau of Mass Communications. – 1974
Cable television for the State of New York is discussed in detail with relation to: (1) the regents of the University of the State of New York, (2) legislation, (3) planning and proposals for franchises, (4) the Federal Communications Commission, (5) access rules, (6) a list of companies and those serving schools, and (7) federal/state/local…
Descriptors: Cable Television, Community Action, Community Planning, Conferences
American Friends Service Committee, Philadelphia, PA. Peace Literature Service. – 1972
A workbook, written for use in local churches and synagogues, suggests projects and programs for concerned individuals who wish to contribute to an effort to end war. An introduction presents the rationale of the workbook, the creation of a network to end war, and ways in which groups and individuals can become involved in this endeavor. A chapter…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Church Role, Community Action, Conflict Resolution
