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Conference summary: Evaluating Social and Economic Community Development Initiatives by Association for the Study and Development of Community
This conference, was viewed as an important opportunity to bring together grantees interested in SECD and to provide them an opportunity to learn about evaluation. The objectives of the conference were: To foster increased knowledge on how to evaluate efforts to build community capacity for social and economic community development projects; and To initiate a network of evaluators, practitioners, funders, and community leaders interested in the concepts, methods, and challenges to evaluating capacity building for SECD.
Community Foundation/Intergroup Relation Program: Community Foundations Building Bridges and Capacity to Strengthen Immigrant Race Relations by Association for the Study and Development of Community
The purpose of Part I of this document is to share the knowledge that the national funders, participating community foundations, and consultants have developed during the first year of the CF/IR Program. The purpose of Part II of this document is to provide a tool for funders to use when they consider and evaluate grant projects that are intended to strengthen intergroup relations between recent immigrants and long-time residents.
Community Foundations - Intergroup Relations Program
This Program was built on the belief that bringing diverse groups of people together to pursue common objectives can result in healthier communities and improved racial and ethnic relations.
Building Community Development Capacity in El Paso by Elizabeth J. Mueller
El Paso, Texas, has little history of community development; its community of CDCs is small and fragmented. While in other cities a collaborative can focus on providing some coherence or coordination among various funders, in El Paso its first task is to create a stable community of funders committed to a broad vision of neighborhood revitalization.
Lessons Learned about Civic Participation among Immigrants by Association for the Study and Development of Community
This document share lessons learned about civic participation from the perspectives of immigrant leaders and about the learning circle process; and summarize the implications of the lessons learned for future civic participation efforts.
Organizing for Change: Stories of Success by Judy Hertz
This booklet recounts the stories of four successful community organizing campaigns in the Chicago area in the past ten years.
Worker Centers: Organizing Communities at the Edge of the Dream by Janice Fine
The goal of this study was to identify various worker center models, evaluate their effectiveness in improving the lives of workers and highlight their current strengths, weaknesses, challenges and potential.
Youth Development - The best investment you’ll ever make by Nicole Gilding, Roz Averis, Vashti Jilbert, Kasia Bestecki Teresa Cattle and Sandy Sharpe
This publication draws on two forums and a workshop conducted by Ausyouth during July 2002 and the collective wisdom of the Ausyouth team accumulated in the research, facilitation and coordination program undertaken since April 2000. The forums and workshop explored issues and strategies related to the themes of a national research agenda, national policy, advocacy, and quality program development.
Better than fantastic - young people talk about youth development by Commonwealth of Australia
In this publication young people talk candidly about themselves and their experiences of being involved in youth development programs.
Snapshot One - Profile of State Government Sponsored Youth Development Programs by Dr Jan Patterson
The report provides the first collated profile of the state government sponsored youth development programs and their links with the Australian Services Cadet Scheme (ASCS).
Report on World Youth Conferences in Portugal August 1998 by Aanjiku Kaime-Atterhög and Anna Runeborg
This documents highlight the Lisbon Declaration in order to further the cause of young people in the world.
Perspectives on Youth and Governance in Africa by Muzwakhe Alfred Sigudhla
The purpose of this paper is to highlight the major challenges and opportunities that youth are presented with today and review key global youth issues with bias toward Good Governance model.
