We want to make sure our members know about the 46th annual Community Development Conference being hosted by the Community Development Society this July 19-22 and encourage you to submit an abstract for a workshop by the deadline on February 15th. Learn more in the announcement below or visit www.comm-dev.org.

Community Development Society 2015 Conference
July 19-22, 2015
Hilton Lexington Downtown, Lexington, Kentucky

Conference Theme: Creativity and Culture: Community Development Approaches for Strengthening Health, Environment, Economic Vibrancy, Social Justice and Democracy

The Community Development Society has a history of encouraging community transformation through creativity and imagination. The CDS conference provides an excellent environment for community developers to share experiences, research, and strategies through a vast array of events including preconference workshops, panel sessions, keynote speakers, mobile learning workshops, poster sessions, networking receptions and presentations. Elements of creative expression will be infused throughout the 2015 CDS conference to highlight the conference theme.

The deadline for paper or workshop abstracts is February 15, 2015, 11:59 p.m. CST. You can find the full call for submissions at www.comm-dev.org/images/2015.Conference/CDS2015CallforAbstractsRevised1.23.15.pdf. The submission form is available at http://comm-dev.org/about-us/2015-conference/call-for-abstracts.

Roshan Bliss

An inclusiveness trainer and group process facilitator, Roshan Bliss serves as NCDD's Youth Engagement Coordinator and Blog Curator. Combining his belief that decisions are better when everyone is involved with his passion for empowering young people, his work focuses on increasing the involvement of youth and students in public conversations.

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