Building Communities

Paper Summary:

This paper explores the possibility of a faith-based institution (i.e. the church) forming a partnership with a university in a coordinated effort of community-wide development. The paper contends that community partnerships in development are working and this research examines what is being done and what benefits and successes are coming from these coalitions between universities, the community and the organizations that are assisting them.
Outline
Introduction
Theoretical Base
Methodology
Scope
Framework and Activities to Enable the "Empowerment" Model
Long-Term and Short-Term Goals
Environmental Factors
Hypothesis
Research
Assessment of Readiness of the Institutions of the Community
Limitations to this Study
Assumptions
Empirical Evidence to be used in Testing of Hypothesis
Interviews versus Questionnaires

From the Paper:

"Urban communities, specifically those that are predominantly black neighborhoods face a myriad of complex issues. Factors involved are lack of healthcare, crime, violence, unemployment, substandard housing and those who are homeless as well as the failure to provision adequate and proper education to students, economic hopelessness, and the list goes on and on. With the recent downturns in the economy the unemployment rate is at an all time high after seeing so many lay-off due to the closing of industries either bankrupting or moving their facilities to other areas or countries in the pursuit of cheaper labor and materials for production. "

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