Stakeholder Community Development By Roland V. Anglin
For CDCs to exercise true community-based leadership they need to recognize - and develop - the value of all their stakeholders, including the board, staff, community members, and resource providers.

A Homegrown Leader By Charles Duke III
John Barros, the new executive director of Boston's Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative, began shaping his philosophy of leadership when he was a teenager.

Creating an Enduring Organization By Robert O. Zdenek and Carol Steinbach
As CDCs mature they require different kinds of leadership - and more conscious investment in leadership development.

From Parents to Strong Community Leaders By Ellen Schumer and Sandy O'Donnell
Community Organizing and Family Issues (COFI) sees parents as an untapped source of community leadership, and helps them organize for more family-friendly neighborhoods.

The People Shall Rule By Keith Kelleher and Madeline Talbott
Chicago ACORN members and SEIU Local 880 banded together to elect one of their own leaders as an alderman. How do strategies for holding political leaders accountable differ when those leaders are "one of our own?"

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