From the Ground Up
From the Ground Up

Author: Carol A. Chetkovich

Publisher: Cornell University Press

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 220

ISBN-13: 9780801444357

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"Grassroots social-change organizations are a critical resource for progressive movement-building in the United States. They provide political education and sites for constituent engagement, and they are beginning to create networks across issues and/or communities; they promote home-grown leadership among groups that have been disadvantaged; they contribute to a shared understanding of the problems of inequality and injustice; and they offer a public space for the dialogue needed to identify common principles."--From the Ground Up From community organizing for affordable housing in neglected neighborhoods to providing antiviolence training for youth or litigating for the rights of sex workers, grassroots organizations are engaged in energetic efforts to increase the power of marginalized groups. Social-change organizations operate in communities all over the United States, but little has been written about the details of their operations. From the Ground Up takes a close look at how social-change organizations address challenges related to leadership, staff development, decision-making, resource needs, and collaborations. Carol Chetkovich and Frances Kunreuther, both experienced nonprofit managers, draw on their in-depth interviews with leaders and staff members from sixteen diverse social-change organizations to provide a detailed analysis of these groups and their activities. They note that even working in isolation, these organizations make important contributions to justice in their communities; together they might form the base of a larger progressive movement for change.

Greening the Academy
Greening the Academy

Author: Samuel Fassbinder

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-12-30

Total Pages: 249

ISBN-13: 9462091013

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This is the academic Age of the Neoliberal Arts. Campuses—as places characterized by democratic debate and controversy, wide ranges of opinion typical of vibrant public spheres, and service to the larger society—are everywhere being creatively destroyed in order to accord with market and military models befitting the academic-industrial complex. While it has become increasingly clear that facilitating the sustainability movement is the great 21st century educational challenge at hand, this book asserts that it is both a dangerous and criminal development today that sustainability in higher education has come to be defined by the complex-friendly “green campus” initiatives of science, technology, engineering and management programs. By contrast, Greening the Academy: Ecopedagogy Through the Liberal Arts takes the standpoints of those working for environmental and ecological justice in order to critique the unsustainable disciplinary limitations within the humanities and social sciences, as well as provide tactical reconstructive openings toward an empowered liberal arts for sustainability. Greening the Academy thus hopes to speak back with a collective demand that sustainability education be defined as a critical and moral vocation comprised of the diverse types of humanistic study that will benefit the well-being of our emerging planetary community and its numerous common locales.

The Way To The Truth
The Way To The Truth

Author: Larry Langlois

Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.

Published: 2022-02-22

Total Pages: 72

ISBN-13: 1098077504

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Compiled for the common person for everyday use at all levels, The Way of the Truth is based on the idea that everyone can study and teach the Bible in an orderly fashion for growth and development. New and old Christians can be self-feeders (and Disciples of Christ) as they are being fed God's Word, God's Way, and God's Will for their personal life. Knowing how to "Rightly Divide the Word" will enable one to grow and develop in "Hope, Faith, and Love." One can search for the context of the scripture, understand God's intention, and give proper biblical interpretation of the scriptures. Use these outlines to train the trainers, teach the teachers, and develop the developer using the Bible as the primary source. Teaching others to search and research the scriptures with a purpose and goal to fulfil the Great Commitment, the Great Commission, and the Great Commandment.When a recommendation for self-improvement, group instructions, and a biblical understanding is preferred, these outlines offers a spiritual, logical, progressive, and yet simple format for creating and presenting a scriptural method and manner for studying God's Word, both written and orally. Often, we may be relying too much on books and articles written by others. Now you can use these outlines and develop others as you read, study, and review the Bible prayerfully. Outlining chapters, books, and subject topics will give you a road map to follow and keep you on track.Larry is presently improving, updating, and developing this and other outlines to continue teaching himself and others to be self-feeders, teachers, and spiritual leaders. Larry thanks God for all those He has used to help, teach, train and develop me in all manner of life and living.

From Inspiration to Legislation
From Inspiration to Legislation

Author: Amy E. Black

Publisher: Prentice Hall

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 190

ISBN-13:

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Providing an inside view of policy initiation and policy making, this book, written by a former Congressional staff member, offers readers a first-hand account of policy formation from preliminary research to coalition-building, writing the bill, and working with committees to move the bill to the floor. A straightforward, engaging presentation follows the Safe Havens Support Act from the initial idea that inspired the bill, through its crafting and eventual passage as part of larger social services bills--and examines the ground-level challenges of a new member of congress developing a legislative agenda. For individuals who want to see how Republicans and Democrats can work together, and how a policy idea becomes a legislative reality.

Customer Service in Health Care
Customer Service in Health Care

Author: Kristin Baird

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2014-07-25

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 111902031X

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Research confirms that it is six times more costly to attract anew customer than it is to retain an existing one. Creating a culture of service excellence requires planning,preparation, and persistence. Customer Service in HealthCare is designed to provide readers with the fundamentalinformation and skills to start or strengthen a customer serviceinitiative within a health care organization. This bookconcentrates on action as opposed to theory. It offers a practical,step-by-step process for creating a culture shift toward customerservice excellence at all levels of an organization, and presentsthe essentials to improving performance that will bring theindividuals closer to the mission, values, and standards. Chapters focus on: Tools for establishing and measuring customer service teamgoals Creating customer service standards unique to yourorganization Tips on training sessions Strategies for maintaining top-of-mind awareness of customerservice among employees Customer service techniques for physicians and nurses An overview of customer service as an essential component ofbusiness development and marketing

English as a Global Language
English as a Global Language

Author: David Crystal

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2012-03-29

Total Pages: 227

ISBN-13: 1107611806

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Written in a detailed and fascinating manner, this book is ideal for general readers interested in the English language.

Authorized
Authorized

Author: Mark Ward

Publisher: Lexham Press

Published: 2018-01-24

Total Pages: 115

ISBN-13: 1683590562

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The King James Version has shaped the church, our worship, and our mother tongue for over 400 years. But what should we do with it today? The KJV beautifully rendered the Scriptures into the language of turn-of-the-seventeenth-century England. Even today the King James is the most widely read Bible in the United States. The rich cadence of its Elizabethan English is recognized even by non-Christians. But English has changed a great deal over the last 400 years—and in subtle ways that very few modern readers will recognize. In Authorized Mark L. Ward, Jr. shows what exclusive readers of the KJV are missing as they read God's word.#In their introduction to the King James Bible, the translators tell us that Christians must "heare CHRIST speaking unto them in their mother tongue." In Authorized Mark Ward builds a case for the KJV translators' view that English Bible translations should be readable by what they called "the very vulgar"—and what we would call "the man on the street."