Community Action Leaders

Author : Beverly Bunch
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317191870
Total Pages : 371 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Community Action Leaders written by Beverly Bunch and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-08-05 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nationwide, approximately 1,000 Community Action agencies advocate for the poor and provide diverse but critical services such as (but not limited to) emergency food and shelter, energy bill assistance, weatherization, education, job training, transportation, housing, and health services. In the face of dynamic environments and shifting poverty needs, Community Action agencies are constantly seeking innovative ways to effectively address poverty in their communities while building their internal capacity to ensure sustained impact and outcomes. This book focuses on the major leadership roles and responsibilities of the Community Action leaders, the types of challenges they face, and how they address those challenges, covering questions such as: How do Community Action leaders identify the needs of low-income people and use that knowledge to tailor programs to meet those needs? In what ways are low-income people involved in Community Action agencies (e.g. board or advisory council members, volunteers, employees, advocates)? What are the advantages and disadvantages associated with their participation? How do the leaders and their staff assess and demonstrate the effectiveness of their organizations and programs? What challenges do they encounter in assessing and communicating performance? What approaches are Community Action leaders using to diversify their revenues? What are the advantages and challenges associated with those approaches? How are the leaders developing their staffs and preparing for leadership succession? How do the leaders benefit from an affiliation with state and national associations? Through original and comprehensive research undertaken by the Center for State Policy and Leadership at the University of Illinois Springfield and the Illinois Association of Community Action Agencies (IACAA), this book is designed to inform and enhance leadership in Community Action agencies and other nonprofit or government organizations with similar missions. It is written in a nontechnical manner and includes a chapter on the history and evolution of Community Action agencies for readers who are unfamiliar with Community Action and the War on Poverty. It will be required reading for professionals working at the frontlines of income inequality, as well as university professors and their students in the fields of public administration, nonprofit management, and social work.

Author : Beverly S. Bunch
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317191889
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Community Action Leaders written by Beverly S. Bunch and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-08-05 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nationwide, approximately 1,000 Community Action agencies advocate for the poor and provide diverse but critical services such as (but not limited to) emergency food and shelter, energy bill assistance, weatherization, education, job training, transportation, housing, and health services. In the face of dynamic environments and shifting poverty needs, Community Action agencies are constantly seeking innovative ways to effectively address poverty in their communities while building their internal capacity to ensure sustained impact and outcomes. This book focuses on the major leadership roles and responsibilities of the Community Action leaders, the types of challenges they face, and how they address those challenges, covering questions such as: How do Community Action leaders identify the needs of low-income people and use that knowledge to tailor programs to meet those needs? In what ways are low-income people involved in Community Action agencies (e.g. board or advisory council members, volunteers, employees, advocates)? What are the advantages and disadvantages associated with their participation? How do the leaders and their staff assess and demonstrate the effectiveness of their organizations and programs? What challenges do they encounter in assessing and communicating performance? What approaches are Community Action leaders using to diversify their revenues? What are the advantages and challenges associated with those approaches? How are the leaders developing their staffs and preparing for leadership succession? How do the leaders benefit from an affiliation with state and national associations? Through original and comprehensive research undertaken by the Center for State Policy and Leadership at the University of Illinois Springfield and the Illinois Association of Community Action Agencies (IACAA), this book is designed to inform and enhance leadership in Community Action agencies and other nonprofit or government organizations with similar missions. It is written in a nontechnical manner and includes a chapter on the history and evolution of Community Action agencies for readers who are unfamiliar with Community Action and the War on Poverty. It will be required reading for professionals working at the frontlines of income inequality, as well as university professors and their students in the fields of public administration, nonprofit management, and social work.

Author : Bharat Mehra
Publisher : Library Juice Press
ISBN 13 : 9781936117659
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Progressive Community Action written by Bharat Mehra and published by Library Juice Press. This book was released on 2015-12 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Social justice in library and information science (LIS) seeks to achieve action-oriented, socially relevant impacts through information work. This edited volume includes papers that explore intersections between critical theory and social justice in LIS while focusing on social relevance and community involvement to promote progressive community-wide changes. Contributors include LIS researchers, practitioners, educators, social justice advocates, and community leaders who identify theories, methods, approaches, strategies, and case studies that apply these intersections in mobilizing community action to deliver tangible community building and development outcomes. The frame of study is inclusive of (though not limited to) academic, public, school, and special libraries, museums, archives, and other information-related settings. An international context of analysis is included along with a focus on social impact and community involvement in LIS practice and research, education, policy development, service design, and program implementation.

Author : Jeanne L Hites Anderson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000073947
Total Pages : 556 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Making Change written by Jeanne L Hites Anderson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-06-03 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every community has issues or opportunities that need to be addressed. The expert knowledge of community members could be the key to creating lasting change. By making community members into facilitators, Making Change: Facilitating Community Action suggests they can guide community members through the process of making change and to help them determine their goals and methods. The aim of this book is to enable facilitators to identify concerns and address, enable and foster change at the local level through effective facilitation. This book follows a six-stage model for creating change. Beginning with issue awareness, it continues through getting to know the team they are working with, seeking information on the issue and community, through facilitating the planning and community development through evaluation. This book focuses on the human side of the change process while also teaching the practical skills necessary for individuals to reach their goal. Making Change is for people interested in making change to improve their community, including students, community activists, local government and educational leaders.

Author : Clarence King
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Organizing for Community Action written by Clarence King and published by . This book was released on 1948 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : University of California, Berkeley. University Extension. Regional Community Action Training Program
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Training Leaders for Community Action written by University of California, Berkeley. University Extension. Regional Community Action Training Program and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Herbert G. Lingern
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 30 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Community Action Guide written by Herbert G. Lingern and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309452961
Total Pages : 583 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Communities in Action written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2017-04-27 with total page 583 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the United States, some populations suffer from far greater disparities in health than others. Those disparities are caused not only by fundamental differences in health status across segments of the population, but also because of inequities in factors that impact health status, so-called determinants of health. Only part of an individual's health status depends on his or her behavior and choice; community-wide problems like poverty, unemployment, poor education, inadequate housing, poor public transportation, interpersonal violence, and decaying neighborhoods also contribute to health inequities, as well as the historic and ongoing interplay of structures, policies, and norms that shape lives. When these factors are not optimal in a community, it does not mean they are intractable: such inequities can be mitigated by social policies that can shape health in powerful ways. Communities in Action: Pathways to Health Equity seeks to delineate the causes of and the solutions to health inequities in the United States. This report focuses on what communities can do to promote health equity, what actions are needed by the many and varied stakeholders that are part of communities or support them, as well as the root causes and structural barriers that need to be overcome.

Author : Simon Sinek
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1591846447
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Start with Why written by Simon Sinek and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011-12-27 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The inspirational bestseller that ignited a movement and asked us to find our WHY Discover the book that is captivating millions on TikTok and that served as the basis for one of the most popular TED Talks of all time—with more than 56 million views and counting. Over a decade ago, Simon Sinek started a movement that inspired millions to demand purpose at work, to ask what was the WHY of their organization. Since then, millions have been touched by the power of his ideas, and these ideas remain as relevant and timely as ever. START WITH WHY asks (and answers) the questions: why are some people and organizations more innovative, more influential, and more profitable than others? Why do some command greater loyalty from customers and employees alike? Even among the successful, why are so few able to repeat their success over and over? People like Martin Luther King Jr., Steve Jobs, and the Wright Brothers had little in common, but they all started with WHY. They realized that people won't truly buy into a product, service, movement, or idea until they understand the WHY behind it. START WITH WHY shows that the leaders who have had the greatest influence in the world all think, act and communicate the same way—and it's the opposite of what everyone else does. Sinek calls this powerful idea The Golden Circle, and it provides a framework upon which organizations can be built, movements can be led, and people can be inspired. And it all starts with WHY.

Author : Dr. Gerry Patnode
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1467047295
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Leadership for Community Action written by Dr. Gerry Patnode and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2009-03-12 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everyone says they want "good government", but getting the type of government you want requires more from its citizens than simply engaging in the passive consumption of society’s benefits. Good, fair and effective government requires that all of us are actively engaged in the process. This is far beyond the minimal expectation of just voting in local elections. It requires citizen engagement and vigilance in holding goverment officials and program accountable to the citizens being served.The continuous vitality of our neighborhoods requires leaders to emerge and lead the charge for good government. Dr. Gerry Patnode, the veteran of many political battles and the author of a new primer for new leaders and members of the community for taking control of their communities and their elected officials. As a political operative, he learned what it takes to obtain, retain, and defeat political power. This book reveal; · How to initiate change in your community · The secrets of political power · How to distinguish the difference between a political ally and enemy. · How to build a powerful advocacy program and organization.