Posted in September 15, 2009 ¬ 7:04 pmh.Leo
Source: Discovering Community Power: A Guide to Mobilizing Local Assets and Your Organization’s Capacity | The Habitat Exchange.
A. From Greyrock Commons Co-Housing Community
GIFTS I CAN GIVE MY COMMUNITY
GIFTS OF THE HEAD
Things I know something about and would enjoy talking about with others, e.g., art, history, movies, birds.
GIFTS OF THE HANDS
Things or skills I know [...]
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Posted in July 28, 2009 ¬ 2:02 amh.Leo
Notes from Building Communities From the Inside Out, by John P. Kretzmann
In distressed communities across the United States, savvy organizers and leaders are rediscovering ancient wisdom about what builds strong communities.
Serious community builders have no choice but to return to basics, to the communities themselves to rediscover and mobilize the strengths, capacities, and assets [...]
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Posted in July 24, 2009 ¬ 11:54 pmh.Leo
Discovering Community Power: A Guide to Mobilizing Local Assets and Your Organization’s Capacity (2005) is a workbook developed by the Asset Based Community Development Institute which aims to strengthen community-based projects by enhancing both project design and proposal preparation. Based on the premise that “your community’s assets plus your organization’s assets produces strong community-based projects,” [...]
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