Community Development

Building Communities from the Inside Out: A Path Toward Finding and Mobilizing a Community’s Assets

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This guide summarizes lessons learned by studying successful community-building initiatives in hundreds of neighborhoods across the U.S. It outlines what local communities can do to start their own journies down the path of asset-based development…. More >>

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ACORN – Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now – Congressional Documents, plus Community Organizing and Related Issues

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This ringbound book and CD-ROM provides an up-to-date collection of documents and material about ACORN, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now. ACORN was founded by Wade Rathke in 1970 in Little Rock, Arkansas. It has hundreds of affiliates in most states and registered over a million people to vote in the 2008 election. ACORN states that it is the nation s largest grassroots community organization, working on issue campaigns, service delivery, ba… More >>