Marie Weil is the Berg-Beach Distinguished Professor of Community Practice at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill School of Social Work and founding editor of the Journal of Community Practice. She has numerous publications and experience in urban and rural practice with diverse populations and is the editor of The Handbook of Community Practice.Dorothy N. Gamble is clinical associate professor emerita at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill School of Social Work and has contributed to over twenty-five publications, among them The Handbook of Community Practice. She has extensive experience in both domestic and international community practice settings.Emily MacGuire is receiving her masters in social work and public health at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Her research centers on reproductive health and access to healthcare for women and children in West African rural communities.