PRAXIS – Building Knowledge for Action – works with organizations and groups to help them find and create the knowledge they need to improve their services and projects, to envision and develop new ones, and to take informed action to address change. We achieve these goals through program evaluation, community-based research, educational workshops, and other specialized services.
As human beings capable of creative thought, we have the capacity through thought and action to shape and change our world, our organization,
and ourselves.

Maxine Jacobson

Recent Publications

Jacobson, M. (in press). The faculty meeting: Practicing social justice-oriented group work. Social Work with Groups.

Jacobson, M., Pruitt-Chapin, K., & Rugeley, C. (2009). Reconstructing poverty knowledge: Addressing food insecurity through grassroots research design and implementation. Journal of Poverty Research, 13(1), 1-19.

Finn, J. & Jacobson, M. (2008). Just practice: A social justice approach to social work (2nd ed.). Peosta, IA: Eddie Bowers Publishing.

Finn, J. & Jacobson, M. (2008). Social justice. 20th Edition of the Encyclopedia of Social Work. NASW and Oxford University Press.

Jacobson, M. (2007). Food matters: Community food assessments as a tool for change. Journal of Community Practice, 15(3), 37-55.

Jacobson, M. & Rugeley, C. (2007). Community-based participatory research: Group work for social justice and community change. Social Work with Groups, 30(4), 21-39.

Jacobson, M. & Goheen, A. (2006). Engaging students in research: A participatory BSW program evaluation. Journal of Baccalaureate Social Work, 12(1), 87-104.

Links to Recent Reports

Burns Street Square Outreach Survey: Listening to Our Neighbors and Building Community

Food Security in Missoula County: Barriers, Opportunities and Solutions

Food Matters: Farm Viability and Food Consumption in Missoula County

Other Links to Useful Resources

Community Tool Box -  Site located at the University of Kansas whose mission is to promote community health and development by connecting people, ideas, and resources. http://ctb.ku.edu/tools/

U of Wisconsin Extension -  A program development and evaluation site housed at UW rich in information on logic models, program planning and development. http://www.uwex.edu/ces/pdande/index.html

Tools for Organizers, Activists, Educators, and other Hell-Raisers – Progressive website chocked full of tools and resources to “change the world” or your little piece of it. http://www.casagordita.com/tools.htm