Social and Economic Impacts of Digital Connection in Remote Communities; Does internet access impact rural lifestyle, education and businesses? Evidence from rural Tennessee; Social Impact Networks As A Tool: Cross-Sector Engagement And Learning
Collaborative Capacity Building: Detroit's Shifting Paradigm Towards an Innovative Practice of Community Development; Creating Community Visions That Inspire Change; Enhancing Community Capacity Building Through the Examination of a Lifestyle Sport
A Self-Management training intervention: Perceptions of community health workers in South Africa; Community Psychology and Health Professionals: Implication for Community Development and Public Health; Engaging Governmental Public Health in Developing Their Capabilities to Address Foundational Public Health Issues Interventions;
Searching for the Silver Bullet: An Examination of Top and Bottom Performing Rural Communities in the North Woods at Attracting and Retaining Young Adults; Reversing the Downward Spiral in Rural Communities through Youth Engagement
Connections between local food systems and overall health and well-being of communities will be explored, particularly considering community health is a vital component of overall community well-being. We seek to explore from a community development perspective, in terms of how local food systems (accessibility, for example), influence health and well-being outcomes.
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.
This session draws Young Professionals together to: exchange ideas for community development programs and projects; explore strategies for drawing younger people into local community development functions; facilitate interaction among students, young practitioners, and faculty; draw students into the community development profession; and encourage involvement in the CDS.
250 acres of innovation. 300 years of history. 26 million artifacts. Discover America — its culture, inventions, people and can-do spirit — and hundreds of hands-on ways to explore it, enjoy it and be inspired by it. Tour through the historic Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village. Cost: Museum tickets: $39.50
All Detroit children deserve to receive a world-class education. A top priority must be to teach them to read so that they can then read to learn. Join the Skillman Foundation for a conversation and tour of Detroit’s Summer Fun Centers, a partnership between the City of Detroit Parks and Recreation Department and Detroit Public Schools Community District, where literacy, enrichment and free time together support development of the whole child.
Get an inside look at the rich history of the African American community in Detroit. Visit early Detroit sites – The Underground Railroad, Back Bottom, Paradise Valley, Black Business Empire in Detroit and the homesite of the first Black teacher in Detroit, and the birthplace of the Black community! Cost: $30 for lunch, guide, and program, Limit 50
Detroit has long been the soul of music for decades. This workshop will be journey through the musical history of Detroit, including the Motown Museum and to the headquarters of the organizers of the annual Electronic Music Festival. See how music has been a key ingredient to fortifying the sense of community in Detroit. Take a look at how Detroit is leading the way in American manufacturing again through cottage and specialty manufacturing, leveraging the existing physical and human assets to forge a path into the 21st century. This workshop will feature tours and discussions with the pioneers of Detroit’s new manufacturing Third Man Pressing (record manufacturing) and more to see how Detroit is taking steps into the future, building off the base they have.
Join us as we visit Detroit's neighborhood based Community Development organizations across the city to see community development up-close and personal. Observe the variety of community development work, such as: urban farming, youth services, education, workforce enterprise, immigrant services, housing, commercial development, economic development, foreclosure prevention, food access, safety and neighborhood organizing.
Please note - we will meet in the Motor Lobby at 11:30, so there is time to change to workout clothes or grab them.
Strap on your boxing gloves and come for a workout and a lesson in the power of comradery and spirit that the boxing gym offers. This tour includes a visit to the Downtown Boxing Gym and their Youth Program that has engaged young people, setting them on a path of educational and career success. Participants will hear about the beginning of the program from Founder and CEO Khali Sweeney and get an opportunity to workout and experience gym life first hand. Cost: $25, includes donation to gym
This tour showcases Detroit’s most unique attractions, including the Dequindre Cut and the Detroit RiverWalk. Participants will tour the city to see attractions, neighborhoods, murals, and new developments by bike, enabling them to really take it all in. This tour leaves later in the afternoon and can be combined with the Eastern Market Tour, Cost - $35 includes bike and equipment, Limit 15
Communities in Appalachia are often divided by seemingly arbitrary administrative regional borders drawn by federal entities. The Central Appalachian Regional Brownfields Innovation Network (CABIN) seeks to cross those borders, bringing communities of similar size, assets, and challenges together to facilitate more effective redevelopment in small, rural communities. Connect with others from our region to discuss how we might collaborate and learn from one another more effectively.
In advance, explore and bring ideas of a potential manuscript to the table that focuses on using Alternative Methodologies to study community development.
Reception at Detroit Historical Museum, speaker Sarida Scott of Community Development Advocates of Detroit, Malik Yakini of the Detroit Black Community Food Network, spoken word and musical performances by local artists
Monday July 23, 2018 7:00pm - 10:00pm EDT
Detroit Historical Museum5401 Woodward Ave, Detroit, MI 48202
