CDS 2012 Conference: Call for Abstracts
Deadline for submissions, October 31, 2011 Click here to submit: http://cdsabstractsubmission.wufoo.com/forms/2012-cds-conference-call-for-abstracts/
2012 CDS Conference, July 21-25, 2012 in Cincinnati, OH, USA
More Information - see: http://www.comm-dev.org/attachments/066_2012%20Call%20for%20CDS%20Abstracts%20v072511.doc
This conference focuses on ways to strengthen communities and provide a
high quality of life for all residents. Community development, in both
scholarship and practice, depends on an understanding of policies and
practices that are effective in promoting local and regional areas. At
this conference we will work towards defining sustainable community
development, innovation and entrepreneurship. Sustainable community
development refers to the processes that facilitate positive interaction
between multiple sectors of the community to ensure that all residents
of varied income levels are provided the opportunities and tools to
build assets, to participate in their communities, and to become part of
the mainstream economy. Innovation in community development refers not
only to the new ideas being developed within community systems, but also
the adoption process, speed, and performance of the innovative
activity. Entrepreneurship speaks to the venturesome ideas which
stimulate economic progress by finding new and better ways of doing
things.
The learning tracks will provide opportunities to explore
entrepreneurial and innovative ideas in depth from an urban,
metropolitan and rural perspective. The program agenda includes many
issues and areas of community development practice such as:
• Comprehensive Community Initiatives and Processes
• Community Learning Centers
• Community Cultural Arts
• Healthy Communities
• Community Engagement in Higher Education
• Community Development Policy
For a description of each track, please review the full Call for Abstracts attached.
We invite your presentations, workshops and discussions of successful
and innovative approaches to solving development issues in communities,
large and small, in the US or internationally to share with your
colleagues, new and emerging scholars, students and others in
Cincinnati."
Thank you
CDS
