By John McKnight, 2022-05-12
If you attend the meetings of many neighborhood organizations, their focus is mainly on local issues. These often include unruly youth, dangerous alleys, graffiti, lack of jobs, dangerous police,...
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By John McKnight, 2022-04-07
One explanation for the failings of our democracy is that government is not trusted. One aspect of the national dialogue on restoring trust in government suggests that a critical reform is...
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By John McKnight, 2022-03-08
The Dutch Association of Mayors invited me, as a representative of the Asset-Based Community Development Institute, to visit their 20 largest cities and share an asset-based approach with...
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By John McKnight, 2022-02-10
It is not difficult to distinguish the functions of physical tools from each other. No one uses a saw to drive a nail into a piece of wood. Likewise, no one attempts to cut a piece of wood with a...
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By Mark McKergow, 2022-02-08
Hi everyone,
As people involved in ABCD work around the work, you might be keen to engage with Introduction to Village In The City , our new one-hour self-paced online course. This is a...
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By Allison Lourash, 2022-02-07
2nd Rural Community of Practice Offering
We are now offering a second option for Rural ABCD Practitioners to meet in a Community of Practice format. T his group will meet every other month on...
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By Rebekah Scher, 2022-01-06
There are some exciting developments happening in the Rural ABCD Community of Practice! Below are some of the developments happening for the group in the new year.
In the January meeting, the...
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By John McKnight, 2021-12-09
There is a curious cultural myth in modern societies that holds that a good life is achieved by consumption of the products of institutions and professionals. This superstition believes, for...
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On Oct. 13 & Oct. 20, I had the pleasure of co-hosting two ABCD Global Gatherings that were focused on this question: How Can Community Residents and their Associations Be Leaders of...
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By John McKnight, 2021-11-04
By John McKnight - Co-Founder, Asset-Based Community Development Institute, Senior Associate, Kettering Foundation
And Mike Butler - Retired Public Safety Chief, Longmont, Colorado...
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Data Across Sectors for Health (DASH) community funding programs are meant to support community partnerships that tackle racial justice and health equity challenges in their community by building...
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By John Hamerlinck, 2021-09-10
“There is one word which may serve as a rule of practice for all one's life -reciprocity.”
-- Confucius
In the world of community-building there may be no concept more important than...
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By John McKnight, 2021-09-07
One form of community organizing involves local citizens in collective action focused on issue. Issues emerge from tensions and contentions. They reflect the dissatisfaction or anger felt by...
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By Bruce Anderson, 2021-08-02
Say ‘Yes’ Five Times to Gifts
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Bruce Anderson • Core Gift Institute
On the surface, it’s such a simple act to give a gift to another. We might lend a...
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By John McKnight, 2021-07-20
In order to respond to demands for police reform, local governments across the United States have created special committees to develop new policies to eliminate police abuse and misconduct....
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By John McKnight, 2021-07-15
In my lifetime, I have met two public officials who had an incredibly different vision for their organization. The first was Jerome Miller who was responsible for the Massachusetts Juvenile...
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By John McKnight, 2021-06-15
During the first year of the Covid pandemic, many neighborhood organizations and block clubs stopped their traditional face-to-face meetings. Nonetheless, in many locations these groups...
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“It is more blessed to give than to receive,” said Jesus. Most of us have experienced that truth. In giving, not only do we feel blessed, but we gain a deeper sense of self-worth. Ideally, we...
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By Robert Francis, 2021-05-31
A Case for Reparations – Tulsa Oklahoma**
May 30, 2021
One hundred years ago this month marked the worst assault on a Black community in the history of the United States. The...
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By John McKnight, 2021-05-13
Sal Alinsky, one of the Godfathers of neighborhood organizing, enjoyed asking people, “What is a leader.” Usually, no one gave the answer that he had in mind and he said, “A leader is somebody...
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