Economic Development Policy Brief

 Sub-categories in this issue

• The increasing rate of unemployment
• Home/neighborhood improvement and revitalization
• The increasing rate of crime

Types of Service   short-term  |  ongoing school year  |  summer

• Short Term

          -Job Fair, AUC Community Clean Up, Health Awareness Day

• Ongoing School Year

          -Teaching about the importance of using clean needles; Career Workshops; assisting in painting approximately 15 houses

• Summer

          -Day camps; community car wash; help paint neighborhood mural

Academic Work   courses  |  service-learning  |  CBR and policy research   |  departments and institutes

• Courses

          -Courses in economics; psychology; and sociology, including Introduction to Criminology

• Service-Learning

          -Art as Social Action

• CBR and Policy Research

          -Courses in sociology

• Departments and Institutes

          -N/A

Education & Training   forums  |  workshops  |  reflection activities

• Forums

          -Habitat for Humanity; Home Depot; Big Brother & Sister; Department of Labor; Police Outreach

• Workshops

          -Drug and Job Workshops

• Reflection Activities

          -Summer Service Packet; NPut Newsletter

Campus and Organizational Capacity-Building   training  |  fundraising  |  resource development

• Training

          -P.U.L.S.E.; Career Services; Operation HOPE

• Fundraising

          -So You Think You Got Skillz: West End Talent Show; A Dollar A Day: Campaign Against Homelessness and Poverty

• Resource Development

          -Bonner Office of Community Service

Research, Policy Analysis, Deliberative Democracy   evaluations  |  policy research  | issue forums  |  advocacy

• Evaluations

          -NPut Zoning Board

• Policy Research

          -Courses in sociology and psychology

• Issue Forums

          -Zone Meetings

• Advocacy

          -Student Government Organizations at Spelman College, Morehouse College, and Clark-Atlanta University

Contacts   staff  |  faculty  |  students  |  community partners (local, regional, national)

• Staff

          -Sheryl Belizaire

• Faculty
• Community Partners

          -NPut