A United Church of Canada research project attempted to determine whether the "functional community" concept was a viable basis for restructuring congregations for rural ministry in Colchester County, Nova Scotia. Research documented the functional community concept via socioeconomic variables such as social and political history,…

The author states that money has the central role in late industrial society that religion played in the Middle Ages. He describes how local people can break the control of the modern version of the army of "specialists in religious procedures and practices" through community businesses and community cooperatives. (CH)

Describes the team teaching efforts of four Xaverian Brothers who have undertaken to coordinate the religious educational needs of a group of catholic parishes in Queens, New York. (AN)

Hierarchies-by-type threaten to institutionalize the isolation of different libraries from each other. (Author)

Report written by a Peace Corps volunteer in Africa about his experiences in Upper Volta. (LN)

This paper describes the use of a range of Web 2.0 technologies to support the development of community for a newly formed Land Trust on the Isle of Lewis, in NW Scotland. The application of social networking tools in text, audio and video has several purposes: informal learning about the area to increase tourism, community interaction,…

California's vast Central Valley has been called "the Appalachia of California" and "the Other California." Long neglected as either irrelevant or hopeless, the Central Valley has become the focus of government and private philanthropists who understand the growing importance of this region to the state and the nation. The…

This guide to organization and decision making patterns in a Teacher Corps project is in the form of a workbook. It contains several forms and worksheets to be completed. There is a discussion of decision making patterns and a review of decision making skills. It is stated that to make good decisions, one needs skills to (1) identify the persons…

Development, demonstration, and research projects, supported by the Administration on Aging's Research and Development Grants Program, have two major objectives: to stimulate community efforts in behalf of the elderly, and to develop solutions to many social and economic problems of the elderly. As of September 1, 1969, 117 projects had been…

The study empirically examined the value of interorganizational relations to voluntary associations; the data are from questionnaires sent to rape crisis centers in the United States. Interorganizational cooperation was studied in its relationship to structural variations and organizational effectiveness. No relationship was found between…

Representative community councils are needed to serve a coordinating function as independent institutions between schools and the workplace. Council membership should include schools, employers, unions, parents, representatives from major service organizations, other effective community citizens, and youth representatives. (Author/JDS)

The resources contained in this guide represent a comprehensive list of organizations that have an interest in or knowledge about underage drinking issues. The list begins with the individuals and organizations involved in the National Association of Governors' Highway Safety Representatives (NAGHSR) Underage Drinking Project, including the names…