Abundant Community

10 Dec 2019

In Search of the Tie That Binds (Learning Five)

By John McKnight Co-Director, Asset Based Community Development Institute Northwestern University One way of classifying associations is in terms of…

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Learnings

09 Dec 2019

Embracing Deviance (Learning Four)

By John McKnight Co-Director, Asset Based Community Development Institute One of the unfortunate results of assigning responsibility for marginal people…

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Learnings

09 Dec 2019

The Affinity Dilemma (Learning Three)

By John McKnight Co-Director, Asset Based Community Development Institute The essence of most associational groups is that they are composed…

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Learnings

09 Dec 2019

The Dilemma of Meetings (Learning Two)

By John McKnight Co-Director, Asset Based Community Development Institute In many neighborhoods, local associations establish a schedule of meetings and…

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Learnings

09 Dec 2019

The Problem With Problems (Leaning One)

By John McKnight Co-Director, Asset Based Community Development Institute At a recent Kettering meeting with City Managers, I was struck…

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Abundant Community

11 Nov 2019

Closing Counterproductive Institutions

In the early 1970’s, Dr. Jerome Miller was appointed Director of the juvenile correctional system in the state of Massachusetts.…

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Abundant Community

16 Aug 2019

Re-­functioning: A New Community Development Strategy for the Future

Jamie Vollmer has written a landmark book titled Schools Cannot Do It Alone (Enlightenment Press, 2010). In his book, he…

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