Searching for the Uncommon Common Ground: New Dimensions on Race in America.
The American Assembly, Columbia University. Angela Glover Blackwell, Stewart Kwoh, Manuel Pastor. 2002. W.W. Norton & Company.
"Structural Racism and Community Building"
The Aspen Institute Roundtable on Community Change
June 2004
"Leadership Development for Policy Change: Strengthening Communities of Color Through Leadership Development"
PolicyLink, 2003
Dwayne S. Marsh, Milly Hawk Daniel, Kris Putnam
Central Valley Partnership for Citizenship: Where it works, what it's done and lessons learned
Importance of paying attention to what's in the back as well as the front; harnessing the power of emerging groups and lessons learned about organizing as a collaborative.
Author: Isao Fujimoto, Project Facilitator, Central Valley Partnership
Fertile Ground: Reflections on Grassroots Leadership Development
Author: MDC, Inc. and Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation
Native American Business Participation in E-Commerce: An Assessment of Technical Assistance and Training Needs (internet connection required)
This project was initiated to address the participation of Native American business owners in e-commerce.
Authors: Corry Bregendahl, North Central Regional Center for Rural Development and Cornelia Butler Flora, Charles F. Curtiss Distinguished Professor of Agriculture and Sociology, Iowa State University and Director, North Central Regional Center for Rural Development
Vision to Action: Take Charge Too (internet connection required)
This publication provides practitioners with a basic guideline for helping communities and organizations develop a vision, and an action plan for accomplishing that vision.
Published by: North Central Regional Center for Rural Development
Youth Empowerment and Community Action in the Central Valley: Mapping the Opportunities and Challenges
Survey of 50 youth-serving programs in California's Central Valley. Includes recommendations for funders, policy makers, and practitioners to improve and expand youth empowerment in the region.
Authors: Jonathan London and Allison Young, Youth In Focus