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Gibbons, John H.; And Others – 1976
Presented is an energy/education conservation plan for Tennessee. The first section is concerned with program justification. Discussed are the energy situation in Tennessee, need for a program, and sources of information. The second section presents a brief summary of the program planning process. Section three presents a comprehensive plan. This…
Descriptors: Community Action, Conservation Education, Energy, Natural Resources

Eiselein, E. B. – Human Organization, 1976
Three different applied media anthropology projects are described. These projects stem from the broadcasters' legal need to know about the community (community ascertainment), the broadcasters' need to know about the station audience (audience profile), and the broadcasters' desire to change a community (action projects). (Author)
Descriptors: Anthropology, Audiences, Broadcast Industry, Communication (Thought Transfer)

Senn, Charles L.; Rojanapremsuk, Jirasak – Journal of Environmental Health, 1976
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Health Services, Community Programs, Entomology
D'Andrea, Patricia – La Confluencia, 1979
The article discusses community action in the Mora Valley, as the Mora Land and Water Protective Association decides whether--and how--to fight an intrusion into traditional life in the valley by the Mora Research Center (a tree farm operated by New Mexico State University). (Editor/NQ)
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Attitudes, Conservation (Environment), Economic Change
Architectural Record, 1978
After a long battle against the construction of a Harvard Medical School hospital complex, the Roxbury Tenants of Harvard formed a limited partnership to construct 774 units of re-location and mixed-income housing in conjunction with the new medical facilities. (Author)
Descriptors: Building Design, Community Action, Community Centers, Conflict Resolution

Seiden, Richard H. – Omega: Journal of Death and Dying, 1977
This paper explores the use of a public health/public policy model to prevent suicide. Various methods are analyzed using the concepts of availability and lethality to illustrate means by which they might be modified through the public health/public policy approach of community action and legislative change. (Author)
Descriptors: Community Action, Death, Models, Motivation

Miller, Michael V. – Journal of Ethnic Studies, 1975
Draws on the relevant social science literature as well as on research in Crystal City and in other south Texas cities, and delineates and examines the problems which confront and may militate against the formation and effectiveness of Chicano political organizations at the local level. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Control, Ethnic Groups, Mexican Americans
Riley, Norman – Crisis, 1986
Presents information, statistical and anecdotal, on the disproportionate involvement of Black youth in crime. Describes the existence of a large, alienated underclass of Black youth, composed of drug pushers and users. Examines political, social, and familial causes of this problem and suggests some solutions. (KH)
Descriptors: Black Youth, Community Action, Crime, Delinquency Causes
Academy for Educational Development, Washington, DC. – 2001
This book is designed for people interested in social marketing and who do not have much money. The book is not a tool kit, or a workbook, or a guide. It is a compilation of articles about issues, themes, definitions, and case studies from social marketing. Many of the articles originally appeared in "Social Marketing Quarterly." They…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Audience Awareness, Case Studies, Community Action
Smith, Cindra; Piland, Bill; Boggs, George – 2001
This survey, conducted by the Association of Community College Trustees, investigated the political aspects of community college trusteeship, focusing on elected and appointed trustees' political involvement, interactions, influences, and relationship to the political structure and parties in the states where they served as trustees. A total of…
Descriptors: Activism, Administrator Attitudes, Community Action, Community Colleges
Nathan, Joe – Law in American Society, 1974
The St. Paul, Minnesota program, Law for a Better Society, is described. Seven steps and ten hints, gleaned from experience in the program, are suggested to help teachers construct their own law-focused community action programs. (JH)
Descriptors: Activism, Citizenship Responsibility, Community Action, Community Involvement
Punke, Harold H. – Agricultural Education Magazine, 1973
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Development, Community Problems, Community Programs
Hunt, Lois – Journal of Business Education, 1973
Descriptors: Accounting, Business, Business Education, Community Action
Elliott, Linda – Contact (New York), 1972
From Harlem to Monrovia, Liberia, their service projects contribute increasingly and significantly to the total Black community. (DM)
Descriptors: Black Community, Black Organizations, Community Action, Community Influence

Altstein, Howard – Peabody Journal of Education, 1972
Author comments briefly on articles on compensatory education which appeared in the January 1972 issue. (SP)
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Centers, Compensatory Education, Educational Discrimination