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Unhoused
A research site developed by Ava Bromberg and Brett Bloom to confront the housing crisis and its relationship to state politics and late capitalism. Fantastic site with free publications. Must see for those interested in Community Design/Engagement |
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Open Students
A blog for promoting Open Access to research information and knowledge - committed to Critical Theorising and deconstructing the gate-keeping functions of learning institutions, libraries etc. |
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Students for a Democratic Society
The (new) SDS has been established at UBC, Vancouver. It is dedicated (like its predecessor) to ending the war, resisting globalization and political activism, civil disobedience and direct action to achieve these aims. |
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Association for Community Design
A network of individuals, organizations, and institutions committed to increasing the capacity of planning and design professions to better serve communities in the interests of social equity and justice through participatory decision making. |
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Pacific Community Design in the Pacific Rim
A Community Design network serving community designers around the Pacific Rim, hosting conferences and a journal.The site has copious links to Community Design Centres. |
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Community Design Group
They are an urban planning and policy consulting group based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They work co-operatively with communities of all sizes to craft strategies for improvement through a shared vision for their future |
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Miami University for Community Engagement in Over the Rhine
The website of the Over the Rhine project run by Professor Tom Dutton in which students work internships in marginalised communities in Cincinnati for University credit. An outstanding example of Critical Praxis carried out over years of dedication. |
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Labour Strategy Centre, Los Angeles.
Eric Mann and Lian Hurst Mann are labour organisers with vast experience. Their Labour Strategy Centre has been very successful in forcing the Transit Authority to to better serve poor communities, and to embrace sustainable transportation. |
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The Pratt Centre for Community Development
The Pratt Centre in Brooklyn, NY is legendary as a source of inspiration and expertise in bringing community groups together with decision-makers to effect real change in the lives of the poor, disenfranchised and dispossessed. |
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