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    A Case for Reparations -- Tulsa Oklahoma


    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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    Enabling Productive Neighborhoods: The Role of a New Kind of Leader


    By John L. 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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    Peacemaking Powers and the Culture They Create


    By John L. McKnight, 2021-04-07
    In a neighborhood, people are empowered by the work they do together. Often, they use this power to confront institutions and advocate for the neighborhood’s self-interest. In this kind of...
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    Job Opportunity: Executive Director, Gloucester Community Building Collective


    By richholmes, 2021-03-11
    Job Opportunity: I will soon be moving on to a new role, which means Gloucester Community Building Collective are looking for a new Exec Director. If you are passionate about #abcd and...
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    Beware of “Community”: An Amoeba Word


    By John L. McKnight, 2021-03-04
    Many current programs, policies, plans and initiatives are described as fostering “community” engagement, “community” participation, “community” co-production, “community” coalition, “community”...
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    Job Opportunity: Neighboring Movement Hiring Full-Time Faith-Based Organizer


    By Adam Barlow-Thompson, 2021-03-02
    The Neighboring Movement in Wichita, KS is cultivating community through the practices of neighboring and Asset Based Community Development. We are searching for a coordinator of the Good...
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    How to help the local public library, nonprofits, and communities.


    By Alan Pakaln, 2021-02-07
    I believe there is a relatively simple, easy, and practical way to help local public libraries survive, or if you prefer, to thrive – and – at the same time, improve the general health of local...
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    Discovering the Source of Power


    By John L. McKnight, 2021-02-04
    “Agency” is a rather obscure word used in some circles in society. To better understand the word, the Merriam-Webster Dictionary translates in more popular language as meaning “the capacity,...
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    Are you a Community Development Practitioner or Community Connector/Builder working in the United States?


    By Allison Lourash, 2021-01-21
    Hello—I am currently looking for volunteer participants for a research study titled “Exploring Practitioners’ Strategies for Social Inclusion of People with Disabilities.” This study has the...
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    Community Security and the Institutional Assumption


    By John L. McKnight, 2021-01-12
    Throughout America, communities are establishing task forces to respond to police abuse and the murder of Black citizens. These task forces have variously recommended cuts in police budgets...
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    The Unexpected Benefits of ABCD


    By John Hamerlinck, 2020-12-21
    “Happy accidents are real gifts, and they can open the door to a future that didn’t even exist. It’s kind of nice sometimes to set up something to encourage or allow happy accidents to happen.”...
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    Still on Top: A Manager’s Story


    By John L. McKnight, 2020-12-08
    He was a corporate leader in a big city, well known for his progressive views on corporate responsibility. Indeed, he had led the corporate community in efforts to achieve equity and engage...
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    Our Stories Are Important. They Connect us to Each Other and to Place.


    By Alan Blackshaw, 2020-12-01
    My 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,...
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    Call for Stories: Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) edition of IACD’s Practice Insights Magazine


    By Michelle Dunscombe, 2020-11-19
    The 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...
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    The Unstoppable Advance Of Common Decency


    By martin simon, 2020-11-18
    The 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...
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    Working with your Council...Some tips from a Former Insider


    By Alan Blackshaw, 2020-11-01
    Introduction 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...
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    Co-production: Always in Second Place


    By John L. McKnight, 2020-10-12
    It 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...
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    Local Government and Community Building


    By Alan Blackshaw, 2020-10-02
    Introduction  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...
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    ABCD Toolkit launched


    By Philip I Booth, 2020-09-30
    Community Building before and since Covid-19 We were all set to launch our Community Building Guide in March of 2020 but Covid-19 put that on hold. We share this guide with you...
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    Being Seen: Turning America Downside Up


    By John L. McKnight, 2020-09-09
    Many Americans of diverse persuasions feel that they are not “heard”. They express their grievances in various forms from demonstrating in the streets to posting on social media. The focus of...
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