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TO REQUEST MATERIALS CONTACT GEORGE LOVELAND:

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COMMUNITY BASED RESEARCH (CBR)
1. Community-Based Research in the United States. Published by the Loka Institute. Includes 12 organizational case studies along with contact information for each project. Also contains useful bibliographies.

2. Doing Community-Research: a Reader. Published by the Loka Institute. Twelve articles dealing with background and theory on a variety of participatory research projects. Contains useful bibliography.

3. Building Community: Social Science in Action. Philip Nyden, Anne Figert, Mark Shibley, Darryl Burrows. "Research about social systems, individual behavior, and social policies can greatly improve the effectiveness of policy making and help solve societal problems. But to incorporate research findings into the day-to-day routines of organizations or apply knowledge gained through academic research to the lives of real people is extremely difficult. [This book] presents a wealth of case studies that show how research can be effectively applied in practice." (From the "Forward")

4. Rio Grande Empowerment Zone Community Learning Project: EZ/EC Community Learning Initiative. Tim Gutierrez, David Aguirre, Fred Gutierrez, and Michael Morales.

5. A Report on the Early Progress of the Accomack-Northhampton Enterprise Community on Virginia's Eastern Shore. Arthur Carter and Janice Morrissey.

6. Findings and Recommendations of The Community Partnership Center. The Community Partnership Center, The University of Tennessee.

7. The Greene-Sumter Enterprise Community: A Report on the Lerning Team's Assessment of the EC Progress. Ntam Baharanyi, Henry Findlay, and Esmerelda Dickson.

8. The Central Savannah River Area Enterprise Community: A Case Study of Early Progress. Alicia Clark, Alice Cowart, Janice Morrissey and Odell Murray.

9. Kentucky Highlands Empowerment Zone: A Report to the People of Jackson County. The Jackson County Learning Team.

10. The La Jicarita Enterprise Community Learning Initiative Project: EZ/EC Community Learning Initiative Team.

11. McDowell County, West Virginia Enterprise Community: A Report on the Learning Team's Assessment of the EC Progress.

12. A Report on the Work and Progress of the Mid-Delta Empowerment Zone Alliance. Pamela D. Moore.

13. City of Watsonville/Santa Cruz County Enterprise Community: A Report on the Lerning Team's Assessment of EC Progress. Vickie Luther and Milan Wall.

14. West View: A Community Scrapbook 1793-1996. Othello Brakebill Roberts.

15. The Evaluation and Learning Initiative of the National Empowerment Zone and Enterprise Community Program: Review and Recommendations for Phase II Support. Volume Two: Literature Review.

16. Neighborhood Building: In Knoxville, Tennessee. Susan Moriarty, Lissa McLeod, Attica Scott, and Connie White.

17. The Evaluation and Learning Initiative of the National Empowerment Zone and Enterprise Community Program: Review and Recommendations for Phase II Support. Volume One: Project Overview and Recommendation.

18. Doing Community-Based Research: A Reader. Danny Murphy, Madeleine Scrammell and Richard Sclove.

19. Preliminary Findings from Phase I of the Rural EZ/EC Evaluation Project. Janice Morrissey.

20. Grassroots Participatory Research: A Working Report form a Gathering of Practitioners. Lee Williams.

22. InterAction: Member Profiles. Shanta M. Bryant and Tienne McKenzie.

23. Action Research in Organizations. Jean McNiff.

24. Global Work: InterAction's Guide to Volunteer, Internship and Fellowship Opportunities. Shanta M. Bryant and Tienne McKenzie.

25. Handbook of Action Research. Peter Reason and Hilary Bradbury.

26. Performing Action. Joseph R. Gusfield.

27. Social Research. Don McTavish.

28. Theories of Local Economic Development: Perspectives From Across the Disciplines. Richard D. Bingham and Robert Mier.

29. Working Together: A Manual for Helping Groups Work More Effectively. Bob Biagi.

30. How to Make Citizen Involvement Work: Strategies for Developing Clout. Duane Dale.

31. Learning Together: A Cultural Approach to Community Development. Sally Habana-Hafner, Antonieta Bolomey, Sara DeTurk and Janet MacFaydyen.

32. The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Write Proposals. Nancy Mitiguy.

33. Playing Their Game Our Way: Using the Political Process to Meet Community Needs. Greg Speeter.

34. Beyond Experts: A Guide for Citizen Group Training. Duane Dale.

35. Power: A Repossesion Manual. Greg Speeter.

36. Participatory Research: An Annotated Bibliography. Center for Community Education and Action, and Center for International Education.

37. Partners for Community Development: Resources for Practitioners and Trainers. Sally Habana-Hafner, Horace B. Reed and Associates.

38. The Participatory Process: Producing Photo-Literature. B.J. Cain and John P. Comings.

39. Critical Games: Four Games to Help Develop Critical Perspectives on Economic and Social Development. James A. Cumming.

40. Participatory Evaluation Among Rural Women: Charting the Birth of Articulation and Power. Jane T. Benbow.

41.Doing Participatory Research: A Feminist Approach. Patricia Maguire

42. Introduction to Action Research: Social Research for Social Change. Davydd J. Greenwood and Morten Levin.

43. Practitioner-Based Enquiry: Principals for Postgraduate Research. Louis Murray and Brenda Lawrence.

44. Participatory Action Research: International Context and Consequence. Robin Mctaggart.

45. Action Learning at Work. Alan Mumford.

JUST CONNECTIONS COMMUNITY PARTNER PUBLICATIONS (CPP)

1. The Clearfork Community Institute: Planning and Organizational Development Grant. Final report for the grant agreement between the Appalachian Regional Commission and the Federation of Communities in Service (FOCIS). NOTE: RESTRICTED VIEWING.

2. Big Creek People in Action: Bonner Learning Initiative.

3. Second copy.

4. McDowell County, West Virginia Enterprise Community: A Report on the Learning Team's Assessment of EC Progress.

5. Nobody Asked Us: Welfare Reform in West Virginia. A Summary of the Welfare Reform Listening Project of the American Friends Service Committee; West Virginia Economic Justice Project; West Virginia Community Voices Partnership; West Virginia Welfare Reform Coalition. December 1999.

6. Second copy.

7. Citizens for Job Equality and Fairness (CJEF) Newsletter. May 2000.

8. What on Earth (is going on in the Clearfork Valley). Vol. 1, No. 13: November 30, 2000-

9. Opening Doors to a Brighter Future. Big Creek People in Action, Inc. Bonner Learning Initiative. 2000 Directors/Coordinators Meeting.

10. Strategic Map for Appalachian Community Leadership Project (ACLP)…Project "ACT ACES"

EDUCATION FOR SOCIAL CHANGE (ESC)

1. "Seize the Tool of Culture:" An Interview with Guy and Candie Carawan on Education for Social Change in Appalachia. Guy L. Osborne and Jason E. Combs. Article.

2. Critical Issues in Social Research: Power and Prejudice. Suzanne Hood, Berry Mayall, and Sandy Oliver.

3. Transforming Social Inquiry, Transforming Social Action: New Paradigms for Crossing the Theory/Practice Divide in Universities and Communities. Francine T. Sherman and William R. Torbert.

4. Community Approaches to Child Welfare. Lena Dominelli.

5. Community-Based Ethnography: Breaking Traditional Boundaries of Research, Teaching, and Learning. Ernie Stringer, et.al.

6. Problem-Based Methodology: Research for the Improvement of Practice. Viviane Robinson.

7. Community-Based Prevention: Programs that Work. Ross C. Brownson, Elizabeth A. Baker, and Lloyd F. Novick.

8. Qualitative and Action Research: A Practitioner Handbook. Michael P. Grady.

9. People's Self-Development: Perspectives on Participatory Action Research. M.D. Anisur Rahman.

10. Proceedings: Participatory Design Conference.

11. Teachers Doing Research: The Power of Action Through Inquiry. By Gail Burnaford, Joseph Fischer and David Hobson.

16. Participatory Action Research. By William Foote Whyte.

RESEARCH TOOLS (RES)

1. Raising Hell. Dan Noyes, Center for Investigative Reporting. 40 page article that explains how to carry out investigative reporting. Sub topics include: Muck Stops Here, Individuals, Corporations, Government, Property, Public Records, Investigative Checklist, Sources of Information, and Investigative Library.

2. Manual of Corporate Investigation. Published by Food and Allied Service Trades Department of the AFL-CIO. Detailed tips about what to look for, what documents to ask for and who to ask when investigating a corporation.

3. Engaging Rural Communities in the Research Process. Brief article prepared by the National Network of Forest Practitioners.

4. A Guide to Capacity Inventories: Mobilizing the Community Skills of Local Residents. John P. Kretzmann, John L. McKnight and Geralyn Sheehan. This book provides eleven clear examples of capacity inventories developed and used by different communities across the United States as well as practical reasons and valuable tips for conducting and using capacity inventories in your community.

5. Program Evaluation Tool Kit: a Blueprint for Public Health Management. Nancy L. Porteous, Barbara J. Sheldrick and Paula J. Stewart. "The Program Evaluation Tool Kit is tailored specifically to the decision-making needs of managers of public health programs. It will also be useful for front-line field staff, medical officers of health and other senior managers, plus anyone assisting with evaluation, such as health unit program evaluation specialists, epidemiologists, community nurse specialists, health planners, information analysts or outside consultants." (from the introduction)

6. Knowing your Community, Showing Your Community: Community Resources' Urban Community Inventory Project. Paul Jahnige. A brief pamphlet that sketches out the steps to doing a community inventory project.

8. Action Research (Second Edition). Ernest T. Stringer.

9. Action Research: A Guide for the Teacher Researcher. Geoffrey E. Mills.

10. You and Your Action Research Project. Jean McNiff, Pamela Lomax, and Jack Whitehead.

11. Living the Questions: A Guide for Teacher-Researchers. Ruth Shagoury and Brenda Miller.

12. Action and Knowledge: Breaking the Monopoly with Participatory Action-Research. Orlando Fals-Borda and Mohammad Anisur Rahman.

13. Nurtured by Knowledge: Learning to do Participatory Action-Research. Susan E. Smith, Dennis G. Williams, and Nancy A. Johnson.

14. Practical Action Research for Change. Richard A. Schmuck.

15. Curriculum Action Research: A handbook of Methods and Resources for the Reflective Practitioner. James McKernan.

NEWSLETTERS-NOT J.C. PARTNERS

1.Mountain Promise: The Newsletter of the Brushy Fork Institute. Vol. 11, No. 1 (Summer, 2000)-

AUDIO-VISUAL MATERIAL (AVM)

1. Stranger With a Camera. Explores a true incident in which a Canadian journalist is murdered by a Kentucky landlord. The focus of the film is on media images of Appalachia and whether or not is possible to portray poor people with dignity and without shaming them.

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