Community and Leadership Development

BUILDING COMMUNITY BY DESIGN:  A resource guide for community change leaders based on MDC's 15 years working at the grassroots level in comprehensive community change efforts. The full guidebook, at more than 350 pages, includes both explanations of the theory behind our approach and the tools, activities, and resources we use in working directly with community groups, including our Moving from Vision to Action strategic planning guide. Funded by the Hitachi Foundation. $100 for nonprofits. $250 for for-profits. September 2002.

BUILDING COMMUNITY BY DESIGN, An Extract:  provides an overview of the guidebook Building Community by Design for those interested in purchasing the guide or seeking an introduction to MDC's comprehensive community change work. Funded by the Hitachi Foundation. September 2002. Pdf available online free.

THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT:  provides a comprehensive new paradigm for understanding economic development made sustainable through community development. MDC's history as one of the South's leading development nonprofits with experience in economic and demographic research, direct community assistance, and public policy development makes the organization uniquely qualified in the area of community development. Funded by the Hitachi Foundation. May 2002. $5. Pdf available online free.

BUILDING COMMUNITIES OF CONSCIENCE AND CONVICTION:  an analysis of MDC's lessons from recent experience in community capacity building and long-term work in demonstration program design. April 1998. $10. Pdf available online free.

LEADERSHIP FOR CHANGE:  This publication from the demonstration phase of the Rural Community College Initiative (RCCI) discusses MDC's framework for understanding the multiple levels of competencies community leaders need in order to undertake effective community-change efforts. Pdf available online free.