The Connected Community
The Connected Community
Discovering the Health, Wealth, and Power of Neighborhoods
Edition: 1
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 27 September, 2022
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9781523002542
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Find out how to uncover the hidden talents, assets, and abilities in your neighborhood and bring them together to create a vibrant and joyful community. It takes a village!
We may be living longer, but people are more socially isolated than ever before. As a result, we are hindered both mentally and physically, and many of us are looking for something concrete we can do to address problems like poverty, racism, and climate change. What if solutions could be found on your very doorstep or just two door knocks away?
Cormac Russell is a veteran practitioner of asset-based community development (ABCD), which focuses on uncovering and leveraging the hidden resources, skills, and experience in our neighborhoods. He and John McKnight, the cooriginator of ABCD, show how anyone can discover this untapped potential and connect with his or her neighbors to create healthier, safer, greener, more prosperous, and welcoming communities. They offer a wealth of illustrative examples from around the world that will inspire you to explore your own community and discover its hidden treasures.
You will learn to take action on what you already deeply know-that neighborliness is not just a nice-to-have personal characteristic but essential to living a fruitful life and a powerful amplifier of community change and renewal.
We may be living longer, but people are more socially isolated than ever before. As a result, we are hindered both mentally and physically, and many of us are looking for something concrete we can do to address problems like poverty, racism, and climate change. What if solutions could be found on your very doorstep or just two door knocks away?
Cormac Russell is a veteran practitioner of asset-based community development (ABCD), which focuses on uncovering and leveraging the hidden resources, skills, and experience in our neighborhoods. He and John McKnight, the cooriginator of ABCD, show how anyone can discover this untapped potential and connect with his or her neighbors to create healthier, safer, greener, more prosperous, and welcoming communities. They offer a wealth of illustrative examples from around the world that will inspire you to explore your own community and discover its hidden treasures.
You will learn to take action on what you already deeply know-that neighborliness is not just a nice-to-have personal characteristic but essential to living a fruitful life and a powerful amplifier of community change and renewal.
Description
Find out how to uncover the hidden talents, assets, and abilities in your neighborhood and bring them together to create a vibrant and joyful community. It takes a village!
We may be living longer, but people are more socially isolated than ever before. As a result, we are hindered both mentally and physically, and many of us are looking for something concrete we can do to address problems like poverty, racism, and climate change. What if solutions could be found on your very doorstep or just two door knocks away?
Cormac Russell is a veteran practitioner of asset-based community development (ABCD), which focuses on uncovering and leveraging the hidden resources, skills, and experience in our neighborhoods. He and John McKnight, the cooriginator of ABCD, show how anyone can discover this untapped potential and connect with his or her neighbors to create healthier, safer, greener, more prosperous, and welcoming communities. They offer a wealth of illustrative examples from around the world that will inspire you to explore your own community and discover its hidden treasures.
You will learn to take action on what you already deeply know-that neighborliness is not just a nice-to-have personal characteristic but essential to living a fruitful life and a powerful amplifier of community change and renewal.
We may be living longer, but people are more socially isolated than ever before. As a result, we are hindered both mentally and physically, and many of us are looking for something concrete we can do to address problems like poverty, racism, and climate change. What if solutions could be found on your very doorstep or just two door knocks away?
Cormac Russell is a veteran practitioner of asset-based community development (ABCD), which focuses on uncovering and leveraging the hidden resources, skills, and experience in our neighborhoods. He and John McKnight, the cooriginator of ABCD, show how anyone can discover this untapped potential and connect with his or her neighbors to create healthier, safer, greener, more prosperous, and welcoming communities. They offer a wealth of illustrative examples from around the world that will inspire you to explore your own community and discover its hidden treasures.
You will learn to take action on what you already deeply know-that neighborliness is not just a nice-to-have personal characteristic but essential to living a fruitful life and a powerful amplifier of community change and renewal.
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Introduction: What Lies beyond Disconnection?
- Part One: Discover
- Part Two: Connect
- Part Three: Mobilize
- Conclusion: The Connected Community—Not So Wild a Dream!
- The Connected Community at a Glance
- Discussion Guide
- Notes and Sources
- Resource Guide 1: The We Can Game
- Resource Guide 2: Chapter 5 Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Index
- About the Authors
- About Nurture Development, the Community Renewal Centre, and the ABCD Institute
Review quote
“This user-friendly book emanates from the writers' enormous, incredible experience in diverse communities.”
-Jacqueline Reed, founder of Westside Health Authority
“For people working in community engagement, this is an essential handbook that will support you to better understand the nature of the people and communities you are seeking to engage.”
-Olivia Butterworth, Head of Public Participation for NHS England and NHS Improvement
“This book is accessible to professionals and neighbors alike and is filled with practical and mind-shifting ideas to improve your community.”
-Paul Born, author of Deepening Community, cofounder of Tamarack Institute, and cofounder of Vibrant Communities
-Jacqueline Reed, founder of Westside Health Authority
“For people working in community engagement, this is an essential handbook that will support you to better understand the nature of the people and communities you are seeking to engage.”
-Olivia Butterworth, Head of Public Participation for NHS England and NHS Improvement
“This book is accessible to professionals and neighbors alike and is filled with practical and mind-shifting ideas to improve your community.”
-Paul Born, author of Deepening Community, cofounder of Tamarack Institute, and cofounder of Vibrant Communities
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