[COMM-ORG] query: Study tour ideas

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From:     Tom Denison <Tom.Denison at infotech.monash.edu.au>


I am helping to organise a proposal for an overseas study tour for an 
indigenous leader from a remote community in north western Australia and 
am looking for suggestions for relevant groups / communities for him to 
visit.

The indigenous leader is the director of a community foundation that has 
been set up with the aim of tackling issues within his community in the 
areas of health, education, unemployment and housing. His foundation has 
been reasonably successful however he is finding it difficult to tackle 
entrenched problems. He is interested in sharing his experience and 
ideas and building relationships with like-minded groups.

He would very much like to visit disadvantaged communities who are 
self-organising to tackle these problems, particularly those with 
projects in the areas of employment and housing, and which have had some 
success.

Do you have any suggestions or contacts that might be appropriate? He 
would be particularly interested in projects in the US or Canada, but 
would also consider others. They do not have to be indigenous 
communities, nor do they have to be engaged in community informatics
projects.

Regards,

Tom
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Tom Denison
Centre for Community Networking Research
Caufield School of Information Technology
Monash University
Tel: (03) 9903 1801