Learn about:

• Inclusionary Housing (IH) Basics
• Creating an Effective IH Campaign
• Updating Existing Laws
• Best Practices Across the US

For nearly 75 years, the nonprofit National Housing Conference (NHC) has been the nation's premier public policy and affordable housing advocacy organization. A membership drawn from every industry segment forms the foundation for NHC's broad, nonpartisan advocacy for national policies and legislation that promote suitable housing in a safe, decent environment. NHC's nonprofit research affiliate, the Center for Housing Policy, combines state-of-the-art research with the insights and expertise of housing practitioners. The Center works to broaden understanding of America's affordable housing challenges and examines the impact of policies and programs developed to address these needs.

Focus:
Service-learning, a community-based approach to teaching and learning, provides opportunities for students to discover linkages between theory and practice in authentic settings. Educational research and practice have provided numerous examples of service-learning as a tool for 'expanding the walls' of the traditional classroom, providing opportunities for active and cooperative learning, interdisciplinary projects, and multicultural experiences grounded in local community issues that enliven the teaching/learning processes. Many of the studies on student outcomes indicate that the combination of service with learning enhances student development, multicultural awareness and academic achievement. This special issue invites researchers and practitioners to submit articles and essays on service- learning in higher education with a special focus on the individual and institutional impacts of established service-learning programs. Qualitative and quantitative studies that can contribute to the growing knowledge base on the potential of this teaching/learning strategy are especially welcome. Other issues to be addressed include assessment and evaluation, social justice concerns, and the mission of the university in 21st century society.

To learn more and meet a current New Leader, join in for an information session this fall.
Wednesday, September 28, 5:00 ? 7:00 pm at McKinley Tech HS, 151 T St NE, Washington, DC 2002

New Leaders fosters high academic achievement for every child by attracting, preparing, and supporting the next generation of outstanding leaders for our nation's urban public schools.

Core Beliefs:

Every child can achieve the highest levels of academic excellence. At New Leaders for New Schools, we mean every child in every circumstance.
Adults are responsible for ensuring that all children excel academically. We as adults can and must do more to unlock the potential of each and every student.
Delivering high quality public education to all children is critical to a just society that affords every child the full range of opportunities in life.
Great schools are led by great principals. These principals coach and inspire teachers to reach and teach every child and collaborate with their parents, families, and communities to make schools work.
With access to outstanding public schools, all children will develop the competence, critical thinking, social and civil skills to reach their highest potential in the classroom and in life.

This dialogue on ?The Iraq War & the Costs at Home? is sponsored by The Democracy Collaborative as part of its ongoing commitment to engage members of the University community in the central issues facing our democracy. Previous dialogues, seminars, and lectures have focused on the role of the university in strengthening democratic practice, the growth of global civil society, the legacy of the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court case, and how students and universities have played a leadership role in American social movements over the past 100 years.

The Democracy Collaborative is defined first of all by the belief that, as practice must inform theory, theory must also inform practice; and that the democratic deficit is in part the consequence of a deficit in progressive democratic imagination. Third way thinking, private-public partnerships, community- level institutional innovation, ideals of global governance, business-friendly models of public justice compete as fresh avenues of thought. But they do not yet constitute a new democratic paradigm capable of sustaining citizens in an age of globalization, north/south inequalities, and a network society dominated by technology and the new information economy. The conceptual and practical work involved in establishing and testing a fresh democratic paradigm is one of the defining objectives of the Collaborative.

If you would like to share any announcements from your organization or campus with the CoRAL Network community, send a brief blurb to kcarter@coralnetwork.org by close of business each Thursday for inclusion in the following Monday's Newsbits.

Please note that submissions MUST be about local events, news, opportunities and activities that are related to community affairs in the District of Columbia, Maryland, or Northern Virginia.