Impacting a Community through Christian Community Development
After completing this workshop, participants will be able to:
1. History of Summit Lake-5 min
2. Description of South Street Ministries- 5 min
3. CCDA Principles-2 min
4. Our Personal Story of Involvement- 5 min
5. Malone/South Street Partnership- 3 min
6. Planning the Community Assessment- 5 min
7. Conducting the Assessment-5 min
8. Results- 15 min
9. Results combined with other assessments-5 min
10. Related Community Development Work-5 min
11. Lessons Learned-5 min
12. Q and A- 10 min
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Elizabeth Patterson Roe, PhD, LISW-S, is the program director and teaches social work at Malone University. She received her PhD at Memorial University in Canada. She and her husband recently moved into the city of Akron, Ohio to be involved in Christian Community Development with South Street Ministries. Prior to teaching she was involved in community development work in Romania.
Erin Woodson Irwin, MSW received her MSW degree from the University of Akron. She is currently living in the Summit Lake neighborhood of South Akron and is the Director of Development for South Street Ministries, a Christian Community Development Association ministry.
Erin Woodson, MSW is the development director of South Street Ministries in Akron, Ohio. South Street is an active and broad Christian Community Development Association organization in scope and services. She lives in the Summit Lake neighborhood of Akron, Ohio in a Christian communal home. Erin uses CCD principles in her individual ministerial activities: the Closely Knit Summit Lake circle, youth discipleship, and civic engagement.