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Repreduced from ISSUES OF DEMOCRACY, An Electronic Journal of the USIA, Volume 4, Number 1, April 1999
Alliance for National Renewal (ANR)
The Alliance for National Renewal (ANR) is a coalition of over 200 national and local organizations dedicated to the principles of community renewal.
Alliance for Redesigning Government
The Alliance for Redesigning Government is the center of a national network and clearinghouse for state, local and federal innovators; nonprofit and corporate leaders; and scholars who advocate performance-based, results-driven governance.
Asset-Based Community Development Institute
Established at Northwestern University's Institute for Policy Research, Asset-Based Community Development Institute has been the basis for the production of resources and tools for community builders, helping them identify, nurture and mobilize neighborhood assets.
Center for Creative Leadership
An international, nonprofit educational institution, the Center for Creative Leadership develops models of managerial practice.
The Change Project: Healthy Cities/Healthy Communities
Articles on building healthy cities and communities.
The Citistates Group
The Citistates Group is a network of journalists, speakers and consultants who believe that successful metropolitan regions are today s key to economic competitiveness and sustainable communities.
Civic Practices Network (CPN)
CPN is a collaborative and nonpartisan project dedicated to bringing practical tools for public problem solving into community and institutional settings across America, by developing new approaches that enhance citizens' roles in active public problem solving and responsible democratic deliberation.
CivicSource HomePage
CivicSource seeks to serve the public/civic leadership community by linking individuals, communities, businesses, organizations, scholars and programs with the resources to meet the needs of a new century of civic activism and "transforming leadership."
Common Cause
Common Cause is a nonprofit, nonpartisan citizen's lobbying organization promoting open, honest and accountable government.
Institute of Government
The Institute of Government, based at the University of North Carolina, is the largest and most diversified university-based local government training, consulting and research organization in the United States.
National Association for Community Leadership
The National Association for Community Leadership is a nonprofit organization dedicated to nurturing leadership in communities throughout the United States and internationally.
National Civic League (NCL)
National Civic League's mission is to strengthen citizen democracy by transforming democratic institutions, by working directly with communities to foster cross-sector collaboration and grassroots problem solving.
The National Community Building Network
The National Community Building Network is an alliance of locally driven urban initiatives working to reduce poverty and create social and economic opportunity through comprehensive community-building strategies.
Pew Partnership
The Pew Partnership is a civic research organization whose mission is to document and disseminate cutting-edge community solutions. The Partnership collaborates with local and national partners to empower diverse leadership for action, catalyze broad-based community partnerships to solve problems and research successful community solutions and civic practices.