Kentucky State University

Community Resource Development

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

• Gae Broadwater, State Specialist gbroadwater@kysu.edu

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.

1. Tapping Diversity Using the Focused Conversation Method
2. Different Strokes for Different Folks: Putting People Styles to Work for Building Effective Teams
3. Building Community Support for Equity at School
4. Equity for Learning: Multicultural Curriculum Development
5. 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

Links to Other Sites

Community Development Resources

• Communities By Choice http://www.CommunitiesbyChoice.org/
• Community Development Society (CDS) http://www.comm-dev.org/
• The Institute of Cultural Affairs in the U.S.A. http://www.ica-usa.org
• Kentucky Boards and Commissions http://www.state.ky.us/agencies/gov/boards.htm
• Kentucky Department of Local Government http://www.state.ky.us/agencies/local_gov/
• Southern Rural Development Center http://www.ext.msstate.edu/srdc/

Diversity Resources

• National Extension Diversity Center http://www.ediversitycenter.net/
• The Diversity Web http://www.diversityweb.org/
• Kentucky Department of Education—Division of Equity http://www.education.ky.gov/KDE/Instructional+Resources/Equity/default.htm
• Multicultural Pavilion http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/curry/centers/multicultural/
• Multicultural Supersite http://www.mhhe.com/socscience/education/multi/
• National Association for Multicultural Education http://www.nameorg.org/
• National Center for Cultural Competence http://gucchd.georgetown.edu/nccc/
• Network of Educators on the Americas http://www.teachingforchange.org/
• Society for Human Resource Management—Diversity Initiative http://www.shrm.org/diversity/

Links

Professional and Staff Development Workshops

Rural Entrepreneurial Outreach & Development Initiative

Coop Extension Facility

Agriculture & Natural Resources