Hands to Hearts International
Nurturing Children ~ Empowering Women
Hands to Hearts International (HHI), is a nonprofit dedicated to helping the world’s most needy children at their most vulnerable time. HHI combines economic development and empowerment for disadvantaged women with desperately needed health services for orphaned children. See: Hands to Hearts International at http://www.handstohearts.org/home.htm ...learn more
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Created: Nov 16, 2007
Updated: Sep 09, 2009
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Established in 1977, the Association for Community Design (ACD) is a network of individuals, organizations, and institutions committed to increasing the capacity of planning and design professions to better serve communities. ACD serves and supports practitioners, educators, and organizations engaged in community-based design and planning.
ACD is incorporated as a 501(c)3 membership organization and is governed by a board of directors. Membership is open to both organizations and individuals. The modest dues collected by the ACD support an annual conference, program development, and the maintenance of this website.
Mission
To serve practitioners, educators, individuals and organizations engaged in community-based design and planning
Vision
Serve as the primary clearinghouse for community design practitioners, educators, and organizations
Advance research, education, and best practices in community design
Provide a national voice on policies that affect community design
Core Values
Equity & Justice
Advocating with those that have a limited voice in public life
Diversity
Promoting social equality through discourse that reflects a range of values and social identities
Participatory Decision-Making
Building structures for inclusion that engage stakeholders and allow communities to make decisions
Quality of Life
Advancing the right of every person to live in a socially, economically, and environmentally healthy community
Integrative Approach
Creating strategies that reach beyond the design of the built environment
Place-based Solutions
Generating ideas that grow from place and build local capacity
Design Excellence
Promoting the highest standards of quality in the design and construction of the built environment
ACD is incorporated as a 501(c)3 membership organization and is governed by a board of directors. Membership is open to both organizations and individuals. The modest dues collected by the ACD support an annual conference, program development, and the maintenance of this website.
Mission
To serve practitioners, educators, individuals and organizations engaged in community-based design and planning
Vision
Serve as the primary clearinghouse for community design practitioners, educators, and organizations
Advance research, education, and best practices in community design
Provide a national voice on policies that affect community design
Core Values
Equity & Justice
Advocating with those that have a limited voice in public life
Diversity
Promoting social equality through discourse that reflects a range of values and social identities
Participatory Decision-Making
Building structures for inclusion that engage stakeholders and allow communities to make decisions
Quality of Life
Advancing the right of every person to live in a socially, economically, and environmentally healthy community
Integrative Approach
Creating strategies that reach beyond the design of the built environment
Place-based Solutions
Generating ideas that grow from place and build local capacity
Design Excellence
Promoting the highest standards of quality in the design and construction of the built environment