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> CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS 
> August 23, 2006
> Community Self-Empowerment: A vision of the heart
> An anthology of critical writing by racialized and Aboriginal artists, activists and community workers in the Canadian context.
> There are many definitions of community development in the literature. Many people note a gap between the theory of community work and its practice. Furthermore, most people who work in the community sectors realize the contradictions inherent in the work they are doing. 
> This anthology will contain both critiques of the way community development work is conceived of and implemented as well as creative proposals and visions of what community work might look like with some changes to current structures, processes and values.
> Submissions will be written in accessible English to be useful to grassroots community organizers.
> Topics can include, but are not limited to:
> *	Community development: Can it be defined? What are the limitations of current definitions? How useful are the theoretical frameworks discussed in the literature? 
> *	The limitations and impact of funding structures and policies. 
> *	Facilitating the emergence of community leadership. 
> *	What can be learned about community development from indigenous struggles? 
> *	Organizational power-sharing: what is it, why is it important, what would it look like, how does it happen? 
> *	An analysis of the limitations of current community development models. 
> *	Contradictions of government funded community development programs. 
> *	Activist and labour groups vs. government funded organizations. 
> *	Provision of services and programs vs. facilitation of community development. 
> *	Implications of the "healing" approach for community development as practiced in Aboriginal and other community organizations. 
> *	Regional/cultural differences and the implications for community development work. (E.g, rural vs. urban, First Nations vs. settler communities, etc.) 
> *	Community building across ethno-cultural, religious and other difference. 
> *	Commonalities and differences of issues confronted by Aboriginal and racialized peoples and the implications for community development work. 
> *	Alternative models of community development work. 
> *	Evaluating community development work. 
> *	Accountability: for whom, to whom and how. 
> *	Role of the community development worker/facilitator/animator. 
> Word limit: 2500-3000 words, formatted in Word
> Deadline for Submissions: January 31, 2007
> Submit to: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>. Include the word "anthology" in the subject line.
> Please include your name and full contact info with your submission as well as a short bio. No anonymous submissions please.
> 
> About the co-editors:
> Zainab Amadahy is a writer, activist and community worker. Her achievements include contributing to the anthology Strong Women's Stories: Native Vision & Community Activism, co-edited by Bonita Lawrence & Kim Anderson (2004, Sumach Press) as well as authoring Moons of Palmares (1998, Sister Vision Press). She composed for and performed in One Simple Shot, a documentary film on human rights in Iran produced by Indie filmmaker Yousef Akrami in 2004. She also co-produced and performed for Breathing the Wind, Spirit Wind's debut CD (nominated for Indie Music Award, World Music category 2003). Zainab currently works with the Coalition in Support of Indigenous Sovereignty - Indigenous Caucus and is the Executive Director of Community Arts Ontario.
> Originally from Chile, Olivia Rojas has a long history of activism and community work, both abroad and in Canada. She is a writer, producer of popular theatre and video productions. She has created and implemented popular theatre/education programs for youth agencies in Rankin Inlet. As well as co-writing a didactic booklet focusing on violence against women, specifically related to the workplace and the health system in Peru. Some of her achievements include writing and directing the documentary > "Voces" - an attempt to give a voice to Latin American youth. She also wrote the play "Y Todas Ibamos A Ser Reinas" - a play about mother and daughter struggling to overcome the experience of rape and to find their own truth. She directed reading of the play presented at the 1999's Ritmo y Color Latin American Festival at Harbourfront. At present she is developing a multimedia photo exhibit about the politics of breast cancer. As a public speaker she has presented on issues about community arts practice and social responsibility, the environment and food security, activism and spirituality, the politics of cancer. She is currently working at the Regent Park CHC as a community development worker.
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