Discussions

11 May 2021

The Neighborhood Is the Center

Their August 4, 2020 guest was DeAmon Harges, named by the Kettering Foundation as one of eight most influential neighborhood…

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Blogs

26 Mar 2020

The Invisible Is Becoming Visible

At the start of any asset-based initiatives, the identification of local assets is the essential starting point. Nonetheless, in many…

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Discussions

25 Mar 2019

Reimagining Community: Conversation with Jonathan Massimi

Rev. Jonathan Massimi talks about how his work has turned conventional thinking upside down about connecting youth and adults. View…

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Discussions

06 Dec 2018

Changing the Narrative for Community Leadership

Paula Ellis talks about her work as a news, corporate and civic leader deeply immersed in national and community issues.…

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Discussions

22 Oct 2018

The Four Essential Elements of an Asset-Based Community Development Process

The primary goal of an Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) process is to enhance collective citizen visioning and production. This paper…

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Discussions

19 Mar 2018

How to Connect Neighborhood Churches to Your Local Community

Paul Sparks talks about his own and his colleagues' work with local churches, academic institutions, and community organizations in the…

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Discussions

27 Sep 2017

Who Has the Skills to Build Community? We All Do

YES! Magazine co-founder Sarah van Gelder shares the stories she gathered on her 12,000-mile cross-country journey from people who were…

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Discussions

30 Jul 2017

How Community Animators Work Around the World

Cormac Russell shares his experiences in building new connections and relationships to strengthen our neighborhoods and communities around the world.…

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Discussions

14 Dec 2016

You Are the Guest

John and Peter decide to share some of their latest thinking and invite listeners to share their experiences in building…

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Discussions

23 Mar 2016

Peter Block, Walter Brueggemann and John McKnight in Conversation

Walter Brueggemann, co-author of the recently released new book An Other Kingdom: Departing the Consumer Culture joins Peter Pula and…

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Discussions

27 Aug 2015

A Place at the Table

Conversation with John McKnight, Peter Block and Guest Edd Conboy. Listen to the audio and view a transcription of this…

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Discussions

09 Feb 2015

One-Room School and Reclaiming Economic Sovereignty

What does a one-room schoolhouse in Michigan have to do with Greece, Europe, Democracy and the now floundering economic globalization…

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Blogs

25 Mar 2014

Two Kinds of Community Organizing

John talks about two different approaches to community organizing in a Q & A session on community development with participants…

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Discussions

06 Nov 2012

Government Is Not the Problem

Government is not the biggest threat to community life, as it was thought to be when the First Amendment to…

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Blogs

29 Jun 2012

The Institutional Assumption

The “institutional assumption” — for example, thinking in terms of medical care, clinics, insurance, outreach instead of health — is the…

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Discussions

26 Apr 2012

Community Abundance Is Its Gifts

Abundant communities start with making visible the gifts of everyone in the neighborhood—the families, the young people, the old people,…

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Blogs

10 Apr 2012

This Land Is My Land

View on Abundant Community website Related: Dufferin Grove Park: The Bake Ovens Building Community with Portable Brick Ovens Wood-fired Communal…

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Blogs

10 Oct 2011

How to Reduce the National Debt by 30 Trillion Dollars

Anthropologists remind us that the manifestations of a community’s culture are its food, language, arts, and faith. These are the…

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Blogs

16 Aug 2011

Why Families Fall Apart

One day, when my mother was in her 70’s, she told me a story about how things had changed in…

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Blogs

23 Jun 2011

Enterprising Economy

The community is the natural nest for hatching new enterprise — it is the birthplace and home of small business,…

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