A Land With a People: Exploring Community Development through Palestinian and Jewish Voices and Visions Tuesday, September 27, 2022 — 1:00 -2:30pm Eastern Time (US & Canada) CDS is delighted to announce that we are partnering with the International Association for Community Development to jointly host this webinar featuring Esther Farmer (co-editor of A Land With […]
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Local development and Polish self-government practice: Outreach and research conducted by Wrocław University of Economics and Business, Poland Friday, July 15, 2022 — 12:00 noon Eastern Time (US & Canada) Presenter Andrzej Sztando, Ph.D. is a Professor of Wrocław University of Economics and Business (WUEB), Poland. His research interests are in local development, as well as […]
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Through the Looking Glass: Community Development from Today to Tomorrow May 18, 12 noon Central Time (US & Canada) In this webinar, Mary Emery will be hosting a panel discussion on future directions. More details to follow.
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The Future of Community Development: The Field and the Society July 17-20, 2022 EXTENDED deadline for submissions: May 31, 2022 Getting back to “business as usual” while we continue to deal with the impacts and realities of a global pandemic (not to mention all the hobbies and volunteering we may have picked up in quarantine) seems […]
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Dr. Lee J. Cary, the Community Development Society’s first president, died peacefully in his sleep on February 27th. He was 96. He attended the Society’s 50th anniversary at its 2019 conference in Columbia, Missouri and received a standing ovation a sign of his many contributions to the field. Dr. Cary was chair of the Community Development […]
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Community Development and Community Well-Being: Exploring Relational Frameworks and Constructs Rhonda Philips, Purdue University April 21, 12 noon Central Time (US) How happy are our communities? Community well-being (CWB) is gaining attention as an emerging construct for understanding the collective “wellness” of a city, town, or neighborhood. Many of the same aspects of CWB have long […]
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The Future of Community Development: The Field and the Society July 17-20, 2022 Deadline for submissions: April 30, 2022 Amidst an ongoing global pandemic, social uprisings, and a divisive political climate, these past few years have invited us all to reckon with our identities, our work, and our futures. Many are seeing with more clarity the […]
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