The American Experience a report from Ivan Searston, President. Shaping Tomorrow's Communities Today CDS is a dynamic professional association offering a global perspective on community development.
New challenges face community development professionals every day.
The global community requires those active in community development to understand a variety of complex and ever-changing systems. The CDS believes community is a basic building block of society. Community is complex and multi-dimensional and the human dimension, which is capable of growth and development, is the most critical aspect of community. Community development is a profession that integrates knowledge from many disciplines with theory, research, teaching and practice as important and interdependent functions that are vital in the public and private sectors. The CDS provides leadership to professionals and citizens across the spectrum of community development.