Lead the Way

<p><em style=color: rgba(1 1 1 1)>Lead the Way: Principles and Practices in Community and Civic Engagement </em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>provides readers with an enhanced understanding of the depth and breadth of approaches activities and processes related to leadership and community and civic engagement.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The book approaches leadership and engagement from three different perspectives: conceptual and historical; challenges and opportunities; and community and civic engagement in action. Part I presents a multidimensional and multifaceted framework for understanding and thinking about community engagement; a comprehensive analysis of fusion reconstruction and social and political activism in the 21st-century South; and a brief history of African American leadership typologies. Part II covers community challenges including health equity and disaster/risks in communities as well as opportunities available through capacity building leadership and community-based research and spiritual capital. Part III covers readiness and preparedness the effect of students and universities in the engagement process Latino and American Indian perspectives on leadership and engagement the role of Black elected officials and their civic responsibility community re-investment and more.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </span></p><p><em style=color: rgba(1 1 1 1)>Lead the Way </em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>is ideal for leadership courses and programs as well as community organizations seeking to improve their engagement practices.</span></p>