Do you know someone who deserves recognition for their work in community development? This praiseworthy work could involve could be teaching, research, direct outreach, or professional service. It could be done in a small community, a big city, across a large region. It could be based in the United States, Canada, or anywhere in the world. […]
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Our annual Conference will be held in Portland, Oregon on July 16-19, 2023. The program will feature cherished CDS offerings of pre-conference workshops (on the 16th), hosted receptions and an Awards Banquet, exciting mobile workshops, and an array of presentations related to our theme in a variety of formats. We anticipate a draft program in March […]
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The 2023 CDS Conference team hopes you enjoyed the holidays and are feeling refreshed and motivated in the new year. Since the Call for Proposals overlapped the entire holiday season and some people missed messages while on break, we’ve extended the deadline for submissions to January 31st. Please consider submitting a proposal, or encourage your colleagues and […]
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The Conference Working Groups are in motion and making terrific progress on the Call for Proposals, arrangements for plenary speakers, receptions, mobile workshops, and a schedule of registration fees that will afford discounts to students, AmeriCorps/VISTA members, and representatives from small grassroots groups to increase the diversity of participation in our Portland, Oregon conference, July 16-19, […]
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The 2022 Virtual World Community Development Conference will take place next week: October 3-5. It is being co-organized by the International Association for Community Development and the Inclusive Practices Network whose headquarters are in the country of Georgia. As communities across the world emerge from the global covid pandemic, the need for human connection, contact and empathy has never been […]
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The 2023 Conference (Portland, Oregon) working groups are getting ready to convene! The preliminary theme is ‘Hood and Holler: Similarities and Differences in Urban and Rural Community Development. This meets the interests of our two conference co-hosts, Portland State University and Oregon State University. The Host working group will focus on local issues like identifying mobile workshops, choosing […]
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The CDS Awards Committee was privileged to present Nicole Breazeale the Outstanding Community Development Educator Award. She is an Associate Extension Professor of Community and Leadership Development, University of Kentucky, and has been a CDS Member since 2015. Breazeale gratiously said of fellow CDS Members “This is really a special group of professionals. That’s one of the many reasons […]
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Greetings fellow CDS Members! I’m pleased to step into my new Officer role and extend an invitation to all of you to join the Working Groups that will be convening in September. If you are into learning about the cool things happening in Portland, Oregon, please consider joining the 2023 Conference Host WG to help identify […]
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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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