Transformative community practice: Building a model for developing extremely low income african-american communities

Journal of Community Practice

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 67-84

  O'Donnell, Sandra M ^a   Karanja, Sokoni T ^b  

^a ROOSEVELT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Lugenia Burns Hope Center   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Community disinvestment; Cultural work; Economic development; Leadership training; Low income; Urban community

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937332235     PISSN: 10705422     EISSN: 15433706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J125v07n03_04     Document Type: Article

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