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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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06 May 2021

A Conversation with John McKnight

“Many people think democracy depends on an informed electorate,” he noted in a recent conversation with National Civic Review contributing editor Albert…

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11 Mar 2020

Journalism with Community at the Center

Eve Pearlman talks with John, Peter and other social innovators about the how journalism can create empathy and advance a…

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Blogs

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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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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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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23 Jan 2019

Reimagining Community: Conversation with Gary Ivory

Gary Ivory talks about how he and his organization, Youth Advocate Programs, Inc., have reinvented an alternative to what professionals thought…

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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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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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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

27 Jun 2017

How Community Action Shapes Health

Deborah Puntenney shares her experiences in building new connections and relationships to strengthen our neighborhoods and communities. Listen to the…

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Blogs

09 Jan 2017

An Educating Neighborhood

Throughout North America, one of the most popular mottoes is the African saying “It takes a village to raise a…

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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

27 Jul 2016

The Gift of Fallibility

Highlights from A Conversation with John McKnight and Peter Block. View a transcription of this discussion on Abundant Community Related:…

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09 May 2016

Neighbors As Citizens Making Democracy Work

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

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30 Mar 2016

Abundant Community Edmonton

Howard Lawrence and Anne Harvey from the City of Edmonton are joined by John and Peter, who have worked closely…

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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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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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