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By Alan Blackshaw, 2020-12-01My father kept an old family Bible in his wardrobe. This wasn’t kept for religious observance but because it contained information about our forbears and a family tree. He would, on occasions,...Read MoreCall for Stories: Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) edition of IACD’s Practice Insights Magazine
By Michelle Dunscombe, 2020-11-19The next issue of Practice Insights Magazine will focus on the Stories of ABCD, in collaboration with the ABCD Institute. What is ABCD? Asset-based Community Development (ABCD) is a...Read MoreThe Unstoppable Advance Of Common Decency The very first practical responses to the coronavirus pandemic were led from the ground up by front liners, families, friends, neighbours and...Read MoreIntroduction Local Councils can be confusing. They can cover a broad range of work in the community from roads, waste, water, parks, halls, facilities, amenities, parking, development...Read MoreIt was the first meeting of a neighborhood organization’s Health Committee on Chicago’s westside. The six members met in the living room of Gloria Blunt’s home. After considerable discussion as...Read MoreIntroduction Local Government is the level of government closest to the community. From this it would be expected that one of the important functions of Local Government would be in...Read More
