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Invitation to be a Regional / Topical Coordinator for the ABCD Unconference 2023

Invitation to be a Regional / Topical Coordinator for the ABCD Unconference 2023

​​​​​​​​​​This year the Unconference planners will be offering the ABCD world a series of regional &/or topical sessions, hosted and led... read more

Social entrepreneur Zita Cobb on building thriving communities through place-based economic development and ABCD

Social entrepreneur Zita Cobb on building thriving communities through place-based economic development and ABCD

​​​​​​​​​Social entrepreneur Zita Cobb emphasizes that the answer to building thriving communities is through place-based economic... read more

Senator Mary Coyle gives tribute to Jody Kretzmann on the Canadian Senate Floor

Senator Mary Coyle gives tribute to Jody Kretzmann on the Canadian Senate Floor

​Senator Mary Coyle devotes her three minutes on the Canadian Senate floor to a tribute to the late Jody Kretzmann. Mary is a former... read more

Bidding Farewell to our beloved Co-Founder Jody Kretzmann

Bidding Farewell to our beloved Co-Founder Jody Kretzmann

​​​​​It is with a heavy heart that we would like to let you know that our beloved co-founder and mentor to so many, Jody Kretzmann has... read more

Associational Life: Democracy’s Power Source by John McKnight

Associational Life: Democracy’s Power Source by John McKnight

​​​​​​John McKnight's new book, Associational Life: Democracy’s Power Source explores the power of neighborhood associations to... read more

Tom Mosgaller and Co-Authors Have Launched a New Book, Bending Granite

Tom Mosgaller and Co-Authors Have Launched a New Book, Bending Granite

​​​​​ABCD Institute Steward Tom Mosgaller and Co-Authors Have Launched a New Book, Bending Granite​Bending Granite is composed... read more

Michelle Dunscombe - Vice Chair of the IACD

Michelle Dunscombe - Vice Chair of the IACD

​​​​​​​​​ABCDI Steward Michelle Dunscombe becomes Vice Chair of the International Association for Community Development... read more

John Zeigler Published in new Book Black Men's Health

John Zeigler Published in new Book Black Men's Health

​​​​​​​​​​John​ and co-author Troy Harden's chapter, Black Masculinity Remixed, "unpack current sensibilities concerning... read more

Dee Brooks awarded the Global Ambassador Award from IACD

Dee Brooks awarded the Global Ambassador Award from IACD

​​​​​​​​​​"Dee Brooks has been instrumental in promoting the International Association for Community Development (IACD) across the... read more

Cormac Russell and John McKnight's New Book - The Connected Community

Cormac Russell and John McKnight's New Book - The Connected Community

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​The Connected Community: A New Book by John McKnight and Cormac RussellThe Connected Community is due to reach... read more

​​​​ABCD Songbook - A People Power Playlist. The sixth ABCD asset is stories which come in two forms - those that are spoken and... read more

Newsletter

Newsletter

​​View previous quarterly newsletters from the ABCD Institute​. Catch up on what is going on at the Institute. Newsletters are filled with... read more

IACD Lifetime Achievement award given to John McKnight and Jody Kretzmann

IACD Lifetime Achievement award given to John McKnight and Jody Kretzmann

Congratulations to  ABCD Institute Founders John McKnight and Jody Kretzmann and all the ABCD Stewards. Jody... read more

DeAmon Harges receives 2021 Tom Locke Innovative Leader Award

DeAmon Harges receives 2021 Tom Locke Innovative Leader Award

Congratulations to ABCD Institute Steward, DeAmon Harges for receiving an Innovative Leader Award at the inaugural Tom... read more

Libraries and Museums as Catalysts for Change

Libraries and Museums as Catalysts for Change

​​​​​​​​​​​Nothing about us without us So says Deb Wisniewski, consultant and evaluator on the Community Catalyst Initiative (CCI)... read more

Book Review by Tom Dewar: Cormac Russell, Rekindling Democracy: A Professional's Guide to Working in Citizen Space

Book Review by Tom Dewar: Cormac Russell, Rekindling Democracy: A Professional's Guide to Working in Citizen Space

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​This book is a welcome and clarifying contribution to contemporary community building. Cormac places Asset-Based Community... read more

An Occasional Book Review  by Robert Francis

An Occasional Book Review by Robert Francis

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ABCD Resources and Inspiration in Time of Crisis

ABCD Resources and Inspiration in Time of Crisis

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ABCD Institute Faculty Member Paul Born Inducted into Order of Canada

ABCD Institute Faculty Member Paul Born Inducted into Order of Canada

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ABCD Institute Faculty member and Co-founder and Co-CEO of the Tamarack Institute, Paul Born is appointed to the Order... read more

2017 Second International ABCD Conference in Goa, India

2017 Second International ABCD Conference in Goa, India

​​   In January 2017, 138 people from 15 countries gathered in Goa, India for the Second Annual... read more

Join the ABCD In Action online community

Join the ABCD In Action online community

​​ Join the ABCD In Action online community of practice! This free online space provides an opportunity to share examples of ABCD in... read more

Cormac Russell speaks at TEDxExeter

Cormac Russell speaks at TEDxExeter

Faculty member Cormac Russell's TEDxExeter Talk: Sustainable Community Development: Shifting From What's Wrong to What's... read more

New Book "An Other Kingdom" by John McKnight, Peter Block and Walter Brueggemann published

New Book "An Other Kingdom" by John McKnight, Peter Block and Walter Brueggemann published

​Authors Peter Block, Walter Brueggemann, and John McKnight invite you on a journey of departure from our consumer market culture, with... read more

New ABCD E-book, "Looking Back to Look Forward" available

New ABCD E-book, "Looking Back to Look Forward" available

​ Through interviews with co-founder of the ABCD Institute John McKnight, Faculty member Cormac Russell's new e-book on the history... read more

Highlights from the 2015 ABCD Festival in Blackpool, UK

Highlights from the 2015 ABCD Festival in Blackpool, UK

The ABCD Festival drew people from all over the world. 180 people from 21 countries gathered to learn, celebrate and connect with fellow... read more

KaBOOM!

KaBOOM!

KaBOOM! is the national non-profit organization that empowers communities to build playgrounds. KaBOOM! passionately believes that play... read more

Fig Tree Community Garden

Fig Tree Community Garden

Fig Tree Community Garden in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia is a project by the community and for the community. There is just... read more

Seattle's Columbia City

Seattle's Columbia City

Seattle’s historic business district of Columbia City had seen better days. It was losing business to big box retail outside of the... read more

Greater Rochester Health Foundation

Greater Rochester Health Foundation

In 2008, the Greater Rochester Health Foundation launched a program called the Neighborhood Health Status Improvement grants through... read more

Our Town Rocks: A Rural area builds on its strengths and inspires healthy action

Our Town Rocks: A Rural area builds on its strengths and inspires healthy action

When you imagine a country town, you might think of farm families who eat fresh produce and spend active days outdoors doing chores,... read more

Mercado Central

Mercado Central

The Mercado Central is a retail business cooperative that was developed by the Latino immigrant community in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The... read more

Southeast Raleigh Community Garden

Southeast Raleigh Community Garden

Physical inactivity and poor dietary choices are both major risk factors for obesity among families. By providing an environment where... read more

The Abundant Community - John McKnight is blogging!

The Abundant Community - John McKnight is blogging!

ABCD Institute founder and co-director John McKnight is blogging! Please visit www.abundantcommunity.com to read his latest posts and... read more

Denver Foundation

Denver Foundation

When you set out on a journey to a place you’ve never been, you’re taking a risk. This could certainly be said of The Denver Foundation... read more

Emeritus ABCD Faculty member, Michelle Obama Speaks About ABCD

Emeritus ABCD Faculty member, Michelle Obama Speaks About ABCD

First Lady and ABCD Emeritus Faculty member, Michelle Obama, mentions the Asset-Based Community Development Institute and partner... read more

Two institute colleagues publish new volume

Two institute colleagues publish new volume

​​​ In partnership with ABCD, Coady Institute colleagues Gordon Cunningham and Alison Mathie have just published an edited volume titled... read more

Reversing the Decline

Reversing the Decline

​​​Photo courtesy of Chicago Neighborhood Initiatives, cnigroup.orgPullman's revitalization shows that, from asset-based development and... read more

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