Mission: The Community Resource Development (CRD) area supports communities, families, and local governments in carrying out the important social and economic activities that allow them to gain access to the resources they need to improve their standard of living.
Program Focus
Provide education and technical assistance to local people, communities, and governments in addressing social and economic conditions for sustainable development outcomes. Primary areas of interest are community building, social capital, and leadership capacity building for low income and limited resource audiences.
Current Endeavors
- Association of Extension Administrators—Implementation Team for Adult Leadership
This is a curriculum-development working group of community and leadership development specialists from other 1890 institutions. This team will identify effective leadership programs and educational strategies to support local community leadership capacity. This will allow for more effective use of resources as well as build a knowledge and resource base to enhance program initiatives in sixteen states.
- Kentucky Women in Agriculture Leadership Network and Annual Conference Committee
The Network provides educational programs and technical assistance for working in collaboration with other universities and agencies to support Kentucky women who make their living from the land.
Staff
Professional and Staff Development Workshops
The educational and training workshops currently available are listed below. You can click on the individual title to read more about workshop objectives.
- Tapping Diversity Using the Focused Conversation Method
- Different Strokes for Different Folks: Putting People Styles to Work for Building Effective Teams
- Building Community Support for Equity at School
- Equity for Learning: Multicultural Curriculum Development
- Workplace Diversity—Dilemmas and Strategies
Publications Available On-line*
Celebrating a Diversity of Holidays
Days of Religious Observance & Scheduling a Diverse Calendar
Resource to Build Support for Community Equity
Workplace Diversity Resources
KWIA Institute Application
*In PDF format. If you do not have the Adobe Acrobat Reader, please click here to download this free software. |
Links to Other Sites
Community Development Resources
Diversity Resources
Links
Professional and Staff Development Workshops
Rural Entrepreneurial Outreach & Development Initiative
Coop Extension Facility
Agriculture & Natural Resources