CBEL 616 Community Engagement and Leadership
Explores leaders as change agents who build, broker, and leverage community assets to empower others and grow capacity in community-based organizations. Students examine major theories of organizational development, community engagement, and communication with an emphasis on leading in non-profit organizations. The course will focus on the impact of strategic planning, goal setting, resource management, and partnership building on organizational sustainability, as well as the connection between social and economic policy and community engagement and advocacy.