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Monday, July 23
 

9:30am EDT

Community Development in Detroit - Hear from the practitioners!
Community Development Advocates of Detroit (CDAD) is the citywide association of Community Development and Neighborhood based organizations. This session will provide attendees the opportunity to hear from the actual practitioners doing community development work in neighborhoods across the city, learning about the communities they serve, their successes and challenges.

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Monday July 23, 2018 9:30am - Tuesday July 24, 2018 11:00am EDT
Cadillac B  Renaissance Center, 400 Renaissance Drive, Detroit, Michigan 48243 USA
 
Tuesday, July 24
 

10:30am EDT

Exploring Intersections in Scholarship & Practice within International Settings
This roundtable session will provide a venue for members from CDS, NACDEP, and IACD to engage in conversations that illuminate intersections of common interests in scholarship situated in both national/international contexts. This session will provide participants with opportunities for cross-pollination of ideas and practices in order to solidify partnerships.

2:00pm EDT

Journal of Community Development Editorial Board Meeting
Meeting of the Editorial Board for CDS's publication of Community Development

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3:45pm EDT

Rural Community Water and Sanitation: Issues, Challenges, and Opportunities
Goal number 6 of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals is to "Ensure access to water and sanitation for all." While often viewed as a technical issue, the process of achieving water and sanitation involves extensive community development work. This paper aims to engage participants in a discussion of the key challenges, approaches, opportunities, and sharing of success stories in for achieving sustainable water and sanitation comparing domestic and international cases.

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Wednesday, July 25
 

8:15am EDT

Equitable Community Engagement - Tools and Strategies for Community Development
Community Engagement is considered to be the cornerstone of Community Development. However our efforts often fail to allow residents and stakeholders to truly have an impact on the decisions that are shaping their communities. The Detroit CDS Community Engagement Fellows will share tools and strategies to promote resident-driven decision making.

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10:00am EDT

The Community Capitals Framework on Film: Stories from Barnesville, MN and Wamego, KS
A set of 14 videos displaying each of the seven Community Capitals Framework capitals in two communities were developed for classroom use. A presentation about the development and use of these videos will serve as a springboard to discuss new methods and technologies for community development education and practice.

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