Recommended resources, 2010-0829

Recently added to our list of Resources for neighborhood-based community building:

• Coalition for Community Schools – Resources Housed at the Institute for Educational Leadership, CCS is an alliance of national, state and local organizations in education K-16, youth development, community development, and family support.
• eDemocracy.org Printable Outreach Resources for Inclusion Online Links to all of the print materials we are generating in our Inclusive Social Media effort promoting neighbor Issues Forum for all.
• Harlem Children’s Zone – Publications Newsletters, white papers & poems from Geoffrey Canada and the Harlem Children’s Zone Project – a unique, holistic approach to rebuilding a community so that its children can stay on track through college and go on to the job market.
• National Gang Center The latest research about gangs; descriptions of evidence-based, anti-gang programs; links to tools, databases & other resources for developing & implementing effective community-based gang prevention, intervention, and suppression strategies.
• Promise Neighborhood Institutes Blog An independent, foundation-supported nonprofit resource, offers tools, information, and strategies to assist any community interested in participating in the DOE Promise Neighborhoods program.
• The Sharehood – Resources You don’t need to start a community garden or use our local currency or get an article in your local media to be part of a Sharehood community. We’re just giving you some information on how to do these things in case you want to.