This theme issue of a newsletter for adult literacy practitioners focuses on community development. Nine articles on this topic include the following: "Adult Literacy and Community Development" (Hal Beder); "Why Community Development?" (Kirk Baker); "Freire's Revolution" (Ruth Pelz); "Impacting Communities through Literacy" (Jane Hugo); "Community Action Narratives--Developing Opportunities (CAN-DO)" (David Deshler); "Social Capital and Community Development" (D. Merrill Ewert); "Literacy Education Promotes Community Involvement: A Rural Case Study" (Desi Larson); "Lessons Learned from Local Efforts" (Janet Fitchen); and "Participatory Action Research: A Strategy for Linking Rural Literacy with Community Development" (Desi Larson, D. Merrill Ewert, and J. David Deshler). An annotated bibliography and resource list contains 16 citations. (KC)