STORIES, BLOGS, PODCASTS & TOOLS
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BLOGS, STORIES, ARTICLES & PUBLICATIONS
New! Practice Insights Magazine on ABCD edited by Dee Brooks and Michelle Dunscombe
Special Issue "Enhancing the Role of Government, Non-Profits, Universities, and Resident Associations as Valuable Community Resources to Advance Equity, Access, Diversity and Inclusion" by Dr. Ivis García
Black History Month is Over, the Need for Racial Justice is Not, by Mark Chupp
You Can’t Tell a Story Without Using Your ABC(D)’s by Sarah Wolf, MFA, MSSA Candidate Community Innovation Network Graduate Student Research Assistant
A Neighbor-Based Pandemic Response: Jefferson Park Neighborhood, Menasha Wisconsin by Julie Filapek, Goodwill NCW/Neighborhood Partners and Vicki Bokelman, Jefferson Park Neighborhood
Local Business Benediction by Jonathan Massimi
ABCD and Racial Equity -- 2 examples by Robert Francis
Peacemaking Powers and the Culture They Create by John L. McKnight
Beware of "Community": An Amoeba Word by John L. McKnight
PODCASTS AND VIDEOS
The Neighboring Movement Podcast with John McKnight on Attributes, Roles, and Culture
Join The Neighboring Movement’s Adam Barlow-Thompson and Matthew Johnson in their discussion with John McKnight.
Listen to the podcast
ABCD Institute Event: A Unique Approach to Asset-Based Poverty Reduction
The Tamarack Institute in Canada has created a unique approach to reducing poverty in local communities. Their initiative in hundreds of cities has proven to be an effective method for engaging entire communities in poverty reduction.
John McKnight, Co-founder of the ABCD Institute interviews Paul Born, Co-CEO of the Tamarack Institute, as he shares their approach to mobilizing communities to launch campaigns for large scale change.
Watch the interview here
Democracy - A New Idea For Government to Do 'With' Not 'For'
In this Tamarack Institute webinar, John McKnight and David Mathews (Kettering Foundation) explore why there is a loss of faith in governing institutions, why doing "with" not "for" can work.
Click here for more information and to access the webinar recording
The Core Gift Institute Podcast: Why Gifts Matter
A series of conversations spanning helping professions, spiritual traditions and community encouragers who believe that knowing your gifts, and giving them, is an essential part of living a full life and creating healthy communities.
Listen to all the podcasts here
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Workshop Offering: Friendship as Foundation
Inspired by an article by John McKnight, ABCD Steward, Jess Wyatt, developed the foundations for a workshop rooted in ABCD principles and practices for the broader ABCD community. Friendship as Foundation - Softening the boundaries between Being and Doing in relationship with others and yourself is a month-long online transformational experience where participants will leave feeling more aligned and energetic in their mind, body, and spirit through a practice of nurturing friendship and physical movement. READ MORE
Contact Jess Wyatt for more information on cost and logistics.
ABCD and First Nations
The group meets on the last Tuesday (Monday for our US friends) of each month at 9am Australian Eastern Standard Time. The zoom calls are a place for First Nations (Indigenous) practitioners or practitioners working with First Nations communities to come together and share stories, tools and practices. Anyone who would like to join us can email Steward Michelle Dunscombe at michelle@jeder.com.au
Come Together: Strengthening our Communities
June 10 2021: 9.30am – 11.00am NZDT | 6.30am – 8.00am AEST
Co-hosted by Inspiring Communities and the Jeder Institute
An interactive online session exploring how we can evolve general community engagement into a much richer form of community connectedness. Learn how to build on the strengths and resources of locals in order to create thriving, sustainable communities – using Asset-Based Community Development approaches (ABCD).
For more information and to register
Core Gifts Series
ABCD Institute Stewards Dee and Michelle from the Jeder Institute and Bruce from the Core Gifts Institute are excited to be partnering to provide the following Core Gifts training at Australian/New Zealand Friendly times:
Thursday, 10th June: Introduction to Gifts Session
Wednesday 9th July: Five Ways to Know Your Gifts
Thursday 5th & Friday 6th August: Core Gifts Master Facilitator Training
For more information and to register
ABCD: Measuring what matters! Is anyone better off?
June 15, 22 & 29: 7.00pm - 9.00pm AEST
How do we know our community work is making a difference and if anyone is truly better off as a result? During this 3 week series we explore Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) and participatory evaluation tools (using the Results Based Accountability™ (RBA) framework), to measure the social impact of local initiatives. Join us for 3 immersive and interactive sessions that will introduce you to the fundamentals of ABCD and how participatory evaluation can measure community actions and outcomes.
For more information and to register
 Introduction to Asset-Based Community Development with the Jeder Institute
June 17, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm AEST
Youth Action is excited to be partnering with the Jeder Institute for an Introduction to Asset-Based Community Development workshop. This workshop will be focusing on how to utilize ABCD skills while working with young people.
For more information and to register
Abundant Community Conversation with Casper ter Kuile
Tuesday June 22 at 1:00 pm EST
Join Peter Block and Rabbi Miriam Terlinchamp in conversation with Casper ter Kuile. Drawing on Casper ter Kuile’s most recent book, The Power of Ritual, and Peter’s Possibility conversation, the conversation will explore the possibilities present in ritual to transform our communities. Focusing on gift-mindedness and setting an intention to encounter and connect, this event will also draw on the poetry and practical experience of Rabbi Miriam Terlinchamp. Attendees will be invited to be active participants in this emerging conversation.
For more information and to register
ABCD - Discoverables, Not Deliverables
Join Stewards Dee Brooks and Michelle Dunscombe on a journey of discovery through a series of three 2- hour highly immersive and interactive sessions which will introduce participants to a range of ABCD practices and processes for creating powerful actions and outcomes.
June series is at US/Canada friendly time starting at:
9am Australian Eastern Standard time/ 6pm Central Daylight Time/
July series is at a UK/Europe/Africa friendly time starting at:
7pm Australian Eastern Standard time / 11am Central Europe Time and Central Africa Time
For more information, dates and to register
The Coady Institute: Asset- Based and Citizen-Led Development (ABCD) - Online
August 16 - October 15, 2021
Application Deadline: July 5,2021
This course is a global space for sharing and learning about the principles, practices, and tools that put local assets and action at the center any development initiative. It offers a “time-out” for you to question conventional community development practices and beliefs and to re-evaluate the role of institutions in stimulating and supporting genuine asset-based and citizen-led development (ABCD).
For more information and to apply
Power to the People - Bankstown, NSW
12-13 August, 2021
The Bank of I.D.E.A.S. will partner with Community Minds to bring our annual National Community Development Conference to Bankstown. The theme for the Power to the People 2021 Conference is “Diversity and Inclusion – Cultivating and Celebrating Our Diverse Communities”.
The program aims to create the space for participants to explore how communities can strengthen and become more resilient by harnessing community diversity and focussing on inclusion. The heart of Bankstown displays a constant unearthing of local assets which will be highlighted throughout the conference.
For more information and to register.
Core Gifts Institute: Master Facilitator Certification
August 26 & 27, 2021
Join us for our new online Master Facilitator training. Spend two days with a small group learning multicultural gift theory, get in-depth coaching on facilitating the Core Gift Discovery process, learn to use Jamboard for online Gift interviews, and leave knowing your personal Core Gift.
For more information and to register
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INVITATIONS TO CONTRIBUTE / COLLABORATE
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Zoom Support for India
Support for India
With the COVID-19 tragedy that is currently having devastating consequences in India here are some resources received from the Director of Global Studies at DePaul University. Please consider donating, sharing this list and keeping the people of India in your thoughts and prayers. List of donations
Call for submission for Keynote Speakers and Workshop Facilitators for Power to the People - Bankstown, NSW Virtual Conference
12-13 August, 2021
In 2021, The Bank of I.D.E.A.S. will partner with Community Minds to bring it to Bankstown! to deliver our annual National Community Development Conference. The theme for the Power to the People 2021 Conference is “Diversity and Inclusion – Cultivating and Celebrating Our Diverse Communities”.
With the impacts of Covid-19 we are working towards developing a place-based and virtually delivered program. We are calling for submissions for keynote speakers and workshop facilitators. Click here to send us a submission.
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The ABCD Institute is a partner of the Irwin W. Steans Center at DePaul University in Chicago.
To learn more about the work of the Steans Center and the Egan Office for Urban Education & Community Partnerships visit the Steans Center website
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