Terry Haywoode (Baruch College), Laura Scanlon (National Congress of Neighborhood Women), and Ida Susser (SUNY, Old Westbury) discuss the importance of community and politics especially as it relates to women as part of the Afternoon Session of the Scholar and Feminist XII. Papers presented or name of session: "Creating Community: Overcoming the Dichotomy between Public and Private"; "Neighborhood Women's Culture and Liberal Arts Education"; "Redefining Community Politics" .