Connectedness, Resilience and Empowerment

lt;p>Daniel Muia is Senior Lecturer at the Department of Sociology, Kenyatta University, Kenya. He was the chair of the World Community Development Conference in 2021 and is Trustee of the International Association for Community Development (IACD) for the Sub-Sahara Africa Region. He is also chair of the IACD Training, Publications and Professional Development Committee, and of the Association of Community Development Practitioners, Kenya - a network of community development academicians and practitioners in Kenya. He has published journal articles and book chapters on community development. He has also co-edited books including International Community Development Practice (Routledge, 2022).

Rhonda Phillips is Dean of the John Martinson Honors College at Purdue University and Professor of Agricultural Economics. She is a community well-being, development and planning specialist with experience in the private and public sectors. She is a three-time Fulbright award recipient and member of the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Certified Planners. She serves as Founding Co-Editor of International Journal of Community WellBeing and is recipient of the 2021 International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies Distinguished Quality-of-Life Researcher.

Enhancing Ubuntu: Promoting Community Connectedness - the Foundation for Social Change for Girls.- Promoting Voice and Agency in Community Development Processes.- Community Development: Our Connectedness, Resilience and Empowerment.- In Search of a Global Ethic of Love and Humanity: Ubuntu and Professional Love in Community Development in Kenya and the United Kingdom.- Saskatoon Green Spaces Connect Community, Twihame Watu Wa Miti.- The Role of Community Leadership Development Programs for Citizen Empowerment and Community Resiliency.- The Role of Cooperative Extension in Community and Economic Development in the United States.- Embedding Intercultural Competencies in Community Development Education: Reflections on a Virtual Exchange.- Disability Inclusive Practices in Community Development: A Scoping Review.- Mothering for Resilience and Empowerment: Narratives of Single Black Mothers and Their Daughters.- Social-medical Integration Towards Health Equity: A Case Study.- Community Resilience, Moving from Adaption to Confrontation.- Monitoring & Evaluation, Localisation and Post-Development: Is Localised M&E an Alternative to Current M&E?