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Links Page is definitely a work in progress.
Hopefully, throughout the semester, we will find a variety of
useful web sites relating to community and leadership; please
suggest additional links in class, through email, or in the
Discussion Forum/Message Board. There are also a number of
government-related links on my Government
101 page.
Tony Ball |
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| ACORN
(Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now) |
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ACORN is the nation's largest community organization of low and moderate families, with over 100,000 members organized into 500 neighborhood chapters in 40 cities across the country.
Jon Green, Community Organizer for the Bridgeport area
chapter, will be joining us on 1/25. |
| Indivisible,
Stories of American Community |
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The
companion web site for the book, Local Heroes Changing
America, Tom Rankin, ed. (I played the
accompanying audio CD, narrated by Ray Suarez, in class on
1/18). |
| Center
for Community Change |
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A
grassroots organization "committed to reducing poverty and rebuilding low income communities"
(from their self-description), but I don't know a lot more
about them. |
| Pew
Partnership for Civic Change |
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Well-funded
(Pew Charitable Trusts) project "to identify and
document promising solutions crucial to strong
communities" (from their self-description). |
| Community
Toolbox |
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An
interesting site maintained by the University of Kansas;
chock full of very useful tips on community building,
organizational effectiveness and leadership. Check out
the Troubleshooting Guide. |
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