Peer group leader: Matt Tansey
Librarian: Mei Mah, ext. 3054
Course description.
Texts:
Exploring Leadership For College Students Who Want To Make a Difference, Susan R. Komives, Nance Lucas, Timothy R. McMahon, John Wiley & Sons, 1999. Learning through Serving: A Student Guidebook for Service-Learning across the Disciplines, Christine M. Cress , Peter J. Collier , Vicki L. Reitenauer; Stylus Publishing, May 2005.
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Step 1. Find citations by searching Articles & Databases. If the citation includes the full-text or image, you can get the article right away. If not, go to Step 2.
Step 2. Find the journal cited by searching Journal Finder. If we have the journal you need, get your article from the source. If not, go to Step 3.
Step 3. Request the article from another library through Interlibrary Loan.
View a few articles on affordable housing. Remember, we have many, many more....
Websites
Link to our class website: username and password required.
We will work with the Hinton Rural Life Center
We will visit The John C. Campbell Folk School
Local Organizations:
Mountain Housing Opportunities
Affordable Housing Coalition of Asheville & Buncombe County
Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity
Neighborhood Housing Services of Asheville
Other Good Websites:
National Low Income Housing Coalition: a source of data on affordable housing
Habitat for Humanity International
Koinonia
Housing Assistance Council
If you know of a good website to share or have a picture of this class, please contact me.
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