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Community Empowerment Through An Academic Product: Implications For The Social-Justice, Tamara Leech, Edrose Potts Jr.
Community Empowerment Through An Academic Product: Implications For The Social-Justice, Tamara Leech, Edrose Potts Jr.
Department of Public Health Scholarship and Creative Works
Often, African American community organizations are distanced from government institutional practices. In response, they may approach local academics to help bridge the divide. This think piece explores lessons that one academic scholar learned during the process of writing and distributing an applied report that ultimately helped a community organization to gain access to the governmental decision-making process. In exploring the project, we first focus on the process and value of shifting from a charity orientation to a social justice orientation. Second, we use the report itself to provide examples of essential, concrete aspects of social justice-oriented products. In the end, …
Policy Needs Assessment For Communities Survey Instrument, Michael A. Preston, Glen P. Mays, Ronda S. Henry-Tillman
Policy Needs Assessment For Communities Survey Instrument, Michael A. Preston, Glen P. Mays, Ronda S. Henry-Tillman
Michael Preston
This survey instrument was designed to understand the resources used and the extent of involvement in policy and civic engagement by community residents and leaders.