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Published On 5/31/2023
We have several initiatives or projects that will be getting underway soon and want to invite ACOSA members to be involved. Learn more ...
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Published On 5/17/2023
Now available as Open Access! The recently published Journal of Community Practice article by ACOSA members Mary Dungy and Amy Krings (also on our board): M. L. Dungy, & A. Krings. (2023). The challenges of "Moving at the Speed of Trust": How women navigate new public management dynamics in power-based community organizations.
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Published On 2/8/2023
On January 23rd, ACOSA and the Social Work Equity Campaign co-hosted a lively discussion on social work licensure, specifically issues of racism, classism, and ableism; the need (or not) for licensure; and the costs to both practitioner and service users when licensure is denied.
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Published On 3/24/2021
In this interactive workshop, we discuss our new ACOSA Community Practice Certificate that provides social work students and alumni an opportunity to earn a national credential in community and macro practice. We will review and discuss the framework and requirements for the certificate within the context of participants’ respective schools.
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JCP Updates

Published On 9/13/2023
ACOSA is searching for an Editorial Team for the Journal of Community Practice (JCP) to begin in January 2025 following a three month overlap in 2024 with the current editorial team. The Journal, first published in 1994, is “designed to provide a forum for development of research, theory, practice and curriculum strategies for the full range of work with community groups, grassroots organizing, organizational and inter- organizational planning, collaboration, and coalition building.” This journal is published quarterly by Routledge/Taylor and Francis Group and is listed in numerous abstracts and indices.
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Published On 7/5/2023
Current issue online now.
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Published On 3/31/2023
Current issue online now.
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Published On 1/20/2021
The Journal of Community Practice is looking for paper submissions in the following areas: community organizing, planning, social administration, organizational development, community development, social action, racial and social justice; and social change. As an interdisciplinary journal, we accept manuscripts from social work and the social sciences; urban planning; community, social and economic development; community organizing; policy analysis; urban and rural sociology; community health; public administration; and nonprofit management.
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