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Author |
: Barry Checkoway |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 278 |
Release |
: 2012-11-12 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781136449314 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1136449310 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (14 Downloads) |
Synopsis Youth Participation and Community Change by : Barry Checkoway
Empowered youth CAN and DO make a difference! Young people become empowered by their participation in the institutions and decisions that affect their lives—which in turn can lead to real positive change in the community. Youth Participation and Community Change presents leading authorities providing the latest research and effective approaches on how young people can be drawn to participate in organizations and communities. The diverse perspectives discuss youth participation in today’s society, the models and methods of its practice, the roles of youth and adults, and the future of youth participation and community in a diverse democracy. Approaches include those which promote participatory community-based research and evaluation, and involve youth groups in poor and racially segregated areas. The mainstream view of much of today’s youth is that of being victims of society rather than a being a possible positive influence on society as a whole. Youth Participation and Community Change seeks to shift the viewpoint from youth as being problems to empowering them to enact positive social change. The book explores community agency efforts to involve young people, and the process by which youth civic engagement promotes empowerment. Social work and public health approaches are examined, with cogent discussions on conceptual and theoretical issues. Empirically based case studies illustrate best practices and interdisciplinary work that draws upon psychology, sociology, social work, public health, education, and related academic disciplines and professional fields. Topics in Youth Participation and Community Change include: key dimensions of critical youth empowerment a case study of youth leadership development in Hawaii—the Sariling Gawa Youth Council the Lexington Youth Leadership Academy—a leadership development and community change program a new model for youth civic engagement in Hampton, Virginia three projects that engage urban youth in community change through participatory research youth engagement strategies and the benefits of youth participation in health research ten projects which used photovoice to represent, advocate, and enhance community health a participatory action research process with youth in Bosnia and Herzegovina the Growing Up in Cities project of UNESCO training students as facilitators for the Youth Empowerment Strategies (YES!) project four characteristics of engagement in the research literature and a school-community-university project differences in developmental outcomes among youth organizing, identity-support, and traditional youth development agencies Youth Participation and Community Change is thought-provoking, enlightening reading that is perfect for organizers, planners, policymakers, advocates, youth service workers, agency administrators, educators, students, and professionals in psychology, sociology, social work, urban planning, public policy, and public health.
Author |
: Randy Stoecker |
Publisher |
: SAGE |
Total Pages |
: 305 |
Release |
: 2013 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781412994057 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1412994055 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (57 Downloads) |
Synopsis Research Methods for Community Change: A Project-Based Approach by : Randy Stoecker
Research Methods for Community Change: A Project-Based Approach, Second Edition is an in-depth review of all of the research methods that communities can use to solve problems, develop their resources, protect their identities, and build power. With an engaging writing style and numerous real world examples, Randy Stoecker shows how to use a project-based research model in the community to: diagnose a community condition; prescribe an intervention for the condition; implement the prescription; and evaluate its impact. At every stage of this model there are research tasks, from needs and assets assessments to process and outcome studies. Readers also learn the importance of involving community members at every stage of the project and in every aspect of the research, making the research part of the community-building process.
Author |
: Michael Jacoby Brown |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 428 |
Release |
: 2006 |
ISBN-10 |
: UVA:X030280562 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (62 Downloads) |
Synopsis Building Powerful Community Organizations by : Michael Jacoby Brown
Using stories and exercises from grassroots organizing experience ... [this book] walks you through the steps of starting a new group or strengthening an old one - to build a better world.-Back cover.
Author |
: Max O. Stephenson Jr. |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 259 |
Release |
: 2015-05-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781317688570 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1317688570 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (70 Downloads) |
Synopsis Arts and Community Change by : Max O. Stephenson Jr.
Arts and Community Change: Exploring Cultural Development Policies, Practices and Dilemmas addresses the growing number of communities adopting arts and culture-based development methods to influence social change. Providing community workers and planners with strategies to develop arts policy that enriches communities and their residents, this collection critically examines the central tensions and complexities in arts policy, paying attention to issues of gentrification and stratification. Including a variety of case studies from across the United States and Canada, these success stories and best practice approaches across many media present strategies to design appropriate policy for unique populations. Edited by Max Stephenson, Jr. and A. Scott Tate of Virginia Tech, Arts and Community Change presents 10 chapters from artistic and community leaders; essential reading for students and practitioners in economic development and arts management.
Author |
: William Tobin |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 177 |
Release |
: 2020-07-03 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780807763803 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0807763802 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (03 Downloads) |
Synopsis Student Research for Community Change by : William Tobin
New research points to the future of education as online, student-centered, collaborative, and community-based--all largely absent from today's educational landscape. This timely guide shows middle, high school, and college students how to undertake research to address challenges in their curriculum and communities. The approach is deliberately designed to make it easy to bring ethical thinking and analytical problem solving to the social studies and STEM curricula, as well as to experiential and inquiry-based learning such as project-based and service learning. Organized around the steps in the social science research method, each step can be linked to curriculum and national standards and taught individually as stand-alone lessons or sequentially as part of a semester or yearlong research seminar. The text includes sample lesson plans, assignments, research questions, research tools, and research reports, as well as examples of concrete policy implementation and the kinds of evidence that can be used to assess and evaluate student work. Book Features: Combines research and citizenship so students can bring knowledge to bear on the most important challenges facing them. Designed for use with diverse students in inclusive classrooms. Developed in a university setting and field tested for over a decade in high schools. Connects K-12 to college and career in an organic and substantive manner. Works with and compliments curriculum that teachers are already using.
Author |
: Henry Parada |
Publisher |
: Cengage Learning Canada Inc |
Total Pages |
: |
Release |
: 2018-09-04 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780176725976 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0176725970 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (76 Downloads) |
Synopsis Promoting Community Change: Making it Happen in the Real World by : Henry Parada
Give your students a text that will help them improve the lives of not only individual clients, but of entire communities, with Promoting Community Change. This text addresses the real world issues facing Canadian social work, human services, and community health professionals who want to take the theoretical discussion of community forward and realize tangible community changes. Students will learn to identify the issues related to change and discover exactly how they can become effective agents of change. The author team emphasizes the role a strengthened community can play in preventing and solving the problems that individuals and families commonly experience. Promoting Community Change teaches students how to organize empowering local actions bringing clients, families, and other community members into an active role in building a healthier community for themselves, their families, and their neighbours.
Author |
: Randy Stoecker |
Publisher |
: SAGE |
Total Pages |
: 289 |
Release |
: 2005-02-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780761928898 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0761928898 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (98 Downloads) |
Synopsis Research Methods for Community Change by : Randy Stoecker
With an engaging, friendly style and numerous real world examples, Randy Stoecker presents an in-depth review of all of the research methods that communities use to solve problems, develop their resources, and protect their identities.
Author |
: Garrett Broad |
Publisher |
: Univ of California Press |
Total Pages |
: 297 |
Release |
: 2016-02-09 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780520962569 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0520962567 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (69 Downloads) |
Synopsis More Than Just Food by : Garrett Broad
The industrial food system has created a crisis in the United States that is characterized by abundant food for privileged citizens and “food deserts” for the historically marginalized. In response, food justice activists based in low-income communities of color have developed community-based solutions, arguing that activities like urban agriculture, nutrition education, and food-related social enterprises can drive systemic social change. Focusing on the work of several food justice groups—including Community Services Unlimited, a South Los Angeles organization founded as the nonprofit arm of the Southern California Black Panther Party—More Than Just Food explores the possibilities and limitations of the community-based approach, offering a networked examination of the food justice movement in the age of the nonprofit industrial complex.
Author |
: A. Schutz |
Publisher |
: Springer |
Total Pages |
: 492 |
Release |
: 2011-04-11 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780230118539 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0230118534 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (39 Downloads) |
Synopsis Collective Action for Social Change by : A. Schutz
Community organizers build solidarity and collective power in fractured communities. They help ordinary people turn their private pain into public action, releasing hidden capacities for leadership and strategy. In Collective Action for Social Change , Aaron Schutz and Marie G. Sandy draw on their extensive experience participating in community organizing activities and teaching courses on the subject to empower novices to think like an organizers.
Author |
: Kristin Layng Szakos |
Publisher |
: Vanderbilt University Press |
Total Pages |
: 294 |
Release |
: 2007 |
ISBN-10 |
: 082651555X |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780826515551 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (5X Downloads) |
Synopsis We Make Change by : Kristin Layng Szakos
Community organizers work at their jobs because they are passionate, because they believe that change is possible, and because they enjoy working with people. Although it's not an occupation that leads to great wealth, community organizers can make a living at it. They get salaries, pensions and health insurance. They raise families. They do well by doing good. This book explores the world of community organizing through the voices of real people working in the field, in small towns and city neighborhoods--women and men of different races and economic backgrounds, ranging in age from those in their twenties to those in their sixties. Fourteen in-depth profiles tell the life stories of a cross-section of the diverse people who choose the life of an organizer. Other chapters, focused on issues of organizing, are tapestries of experience woven from the 81 interviews the authors conducted.