About Community Research
The resources here focus on various areas of community research or on locations outside of the Northwest.
| Aboriginal Mapping Network | Native American sovereignty mapping. Also see the Data, Legal, and Publications section for other resources. |
| At-Risk Youth | Art programs for at risk youth |
| Columbia Free Net | About community asset mapping |
| Children's' Defense Fund | National organization dedicated to the health and well-being of children--founded by Marian Wright Edelman |
| Groundwork.org | UK - Sustainable Communities |
| In-Community Research | Action Research promoting health, Education and Culture--Hartford, Ct. See Programs/Topics and Publications (bibliography). |
| Indivisible: Stories of an American Community | Exploration of community life in America |
| Institute for Policy Research | Interdisciplinary public policy research institute based at Northwestern University. Topics include: Poverty, race, and inequality; Child, adolescent, and family studies; Law and justice; Philanthropy, voluntarism, and nonprofits; Politics, institutions, and public policy; Social and health disparities; and Urban policy and community development. |
| Institute of Urban and Regional Development | Conducting research into processes of urban and regional growth and decline, and effects of governing policies on the patterns and processes of development. |
| Joint Center for Poverty Research | (Northwestern University/ U Chicago) First comes Illinois, but then check for more general and national information. |
| LOKA Institute | Focused on the specific issues of science & technology, associated research, and economic or social development. See Research Center for history of community based participatory research. |
| Neighborhoods, networks and support | Lists of local and regional links. |
| New Community Networks | Online book by Doug Schuler |
| PlaceMatters | National organization working to engage communities in democratic, holistic and place-based planning. |
| Study Circles. Org | Community groups discuss/examine issues such as racism, growth and sprawl, youth, diversity, immigration, police-community relations, and several others. |
| World Vision--Tacoma/Seattle | World Vision Seattle & Tacoma US Programs' mission is to provide local churches and other community organizations with community program models, training, and technical assistance for at-risk youths |