Community Development

Community development is the process by which civic leaders, activists, local citizens, and professionals improve various aspects of local communities. It empowers individuals with the skills needed to effect change, including building political power and working for a common agenda based on values of fairness, opportunity, and social justice.

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Gap Year Leads to Global Stage for NGOs

After my senior year of high school, I decided to take a gap year before beginning my freshman year of college at George Washington University. I traveled to Russia, China, Cambodia, Israel, Jordan, South Africa and Tanzania. In each country,...

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The Aspen Institute Announces 2013 New Voices Fellows

Press Release Published: Jun 10, 2013 – 09:25 AM EST

WASHINGTON, Jun. 10 /CSRwire/ - The Aspen Institute announced today the first 12-member class of the New Voices Fellowship, a groundbreaking new program designed to amplify expert voices from the developing world in the global development discussion. The 2013-2014 fellows come from 10...

ecodads' iPad Apps Program for Schools Receives Wells Fargo Grant

Press Release Published: Jun 06, 2013 – 12:50 PM EST

SAN FRANCISCO, Jun. 06 /CSRwire/ - The California educational non-profit ecodads has received $20,000 from Wells Fargo to support development of apps for Apple iPads that adapt the State Board of Education-approved Education and the Environment Initiative (EEI) curriculum for use in classrooms,...

Brazilian Company PUPA Commits to Expand Access to Education for 500,000 Children

Press Release Published: Jun 05, 2013 – 01:34 PM EST

NEW YORK and SAO PAULO, Jun. 05 /CSRwire/ - Some 500,000 children are expected to gain access to early childhood education in low-income areas of Brazil following a commitment by PUPA to the Business Call to Action (BCtA). The educational company has also...

Somerville, MA Partners with the H(app)athon Project to Build First Ever Sensor-Based Happiness Measurement Technology

Press Release Published: Jun 03, 2013 – 07:00 AM EST

SOMERVILLE, Mass., Jun. 03 /CSRwire/ - The H(app)athon Project (www.happathon.com), an organization leveraging emerging technology and global happiness metrics to improve human well-being, announced today a partnership with the city of Somerville, Mass., to build out its sensor-based Happiness survey platform to measure...

MGM Resorts and Clark County School District Celebrate At-Risk Youths’ Success in Overcoming Challenges to Graduate

Press Release Published: May 30, 2013 – 05:50 PM EST

LAS VEGAS, May 30 /CSRwire/ - Through perseverance, community support and targeted study programs, more than 700 County School District (CCSD) students, who were at risk of dropping out, will graduate this year. MGM Resorts International (NYSE: MGM) today sponsored a special event...

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