{"id":283,"date":"2021-01-14T11:54:56","date_gmt":"2021-01-14T16:54:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/peacecorpsprep-draft\/?page_id=283"},"modified":"2021-02-02T10:44:35","modified_gmt":"2021-02-02T15:44:35","slug":"community-economic-development","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/peacecorpsprep\/what-volunteers-do\/community-economic-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Community Economic Development"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-hero-wrapper\"><div class=\"cl-hero  \"><div class=\"cl-hero-proper\"><div class=\"overlay\"><\/div><div class=\"still\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1996\/Community-Hero.jpg);\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n<p>Volunteers work with development banks, non-governmental organizations, and municipalities to strengthen infrastructure and encourage economic opportunities in communities. They frequently teach in classroom settings and work with entrepreneurs and business owners to develop and market their products. Some Volunteers also teach basic computer skills and help communities take advantage of technologies such as e-commerce and distance learning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>If you choose Community Economic Dev., take three courses from one of the following areas<\/u>:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Business or Public Administration<\/li><li>Entrepreneurial or Global Business Management<\/li><li>Accounting, Banking or Finance<\/li><li>Computer Science and related majors<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Graphic Design<\/li><li>Mass Communications<\/li><li>International Business<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>And build 50 hours of&nbsp;related&nbsp;field experience through an activity such as<\/u>:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Working with businesses, organizations, or cooperatives in accounting, finance, microfinance, management, project management, budgeting, or marketing<\/li><li>Starting and running your own business or other entrepreneurial activity<\/li><li>Training others in computer literacy, maintenance, and repair<\/li><li>Website design or online marketing<\/li><li>Founding or leading a community- or school-based organization<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized is-style-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peacecorps.gov\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1996\/Peace_Corps_Logo_Banner_CMYK.png\" alt=\"Peace Corps Logo with dove graphic and organization name\" class=\"wp-image-641\" width=\"250\" height=\"46\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/peacecorpsprep\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1996\/Peace_Corps_Logo_Banner_CMYK.png 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/peacecorpsprep\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1996\/Peace_Corps_Logo_Banner_CMYK-300x55.png 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/peacecorpsprep\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1996\/Peace_Corps_Logo_Banner_CMYK-364x67.png 364w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Volunteers work with development banks, non-governmental organizations, and municipalities to strengthen infrastructure and encourage economic opportunities in communities. They frequently teach in classroom settings and work with entrepreneurs and business owners to develop and market their products. Some Volunteers also teach basic computer skills and help communities take advantage of technologies such as e-commerce and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1962,"featured_media":0,"parent":46,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-283","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/peacecorpsprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/peacecorpsprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/peacecorpsprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/peacecorpsprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1962"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/peacecorpsprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=283"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/peacecorpsprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/283\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":695,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/peacecorpsprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/283\/revisions\/695"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/peacecorpsprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/46"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/peacecorpsprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}