What is Community?
Progressive speakers each give a view of community in America.
COMM-ORG: The On-Line Conference On Community Organizing and Development
Resources for community organizers. Includes discussion, papers, syllabi and links.
Southern Hills Business Association
Organized to bring together business owners and managers in the Shreveport, Louisiana area for the purpose of promoting economic development.
Berkana Institute
This US-based nonprofit promotes "leadership development" projects based on community conversations on issues of interest. They provide much high-level discussion of their methodology.
The Association for the Study and Development of Community (ASDC)
A US-based research and development organization for community capacity building and social problem solving. They describe their methodologies, list recent clients, and provide research publications.
A Librarian At Every Table
A resource to demonstrate the value of librarianship in the community building movement.
Community Development Exchange (CDX)
The UK-wide community development membership organisation. Works to bring about social justice and equality by sharing information, experience and practice, and by representing the community development field in policy work.
Child Play International
Establishes and maintains play spaces in impoverished communities and for hospitalized children.
Common Focus
A nonprofit organization dedicated to providing resources for community building and creative citizen dialogue and engagement.
Community Building Institute (CBI)
Founded to help communities improve the way they conduct public business to be more inclusive, more collaborative, and more effective. Based in Annandale, Virginia.
The Center for Consensual Democracy
Provides a proven way to renew, revive and sustain a local community. Promotes a grassroots approach that empowers local citizens to build the communities they want.
Conversation Cafe
Includes the background of this structured form of conversation, with a list of existing cafe groups, and information and resources about how to start a new one.
Community Organizing as Practiced in the United States
This academic-style article characterizes community organizing in the US, describes the author's work in Jacksonville, Florida, and offers some general instruction for organizers. [English/German]
Global Citizens Circle
Sponsors town meeting-style discussions led by a diverse community of world dignitaries, which focus on current global issues, with a goal of constructive change. Describes organizations history, with details of past program topics and leaders.
Kentucky Association for Community Action
Aims to build and strengthen the network of Kentucky's community action agencies resulting in the improvement in the lives of the people there.
National Community Development Institute
Provides customized capacity-building services to promote community-building and social transformation in diverse low-income communities.
The Community Organizing Toolbox
A guide to community organizing, with an explanation of the basics, issues, case studies, and resources.
Shelterforce Online
Online version the nation's oldest continually-published housing and community development magazine. A primary forum for organizers, activists, and advocates in the affordable housing and neighborhood revitalization movements.
Asset-Based Community Development Institute
ABCD spreads its findings on capacity-building community development through interactions with community builders, and by producing practical resources and tools for community builders to identify, nurture, and mobilize neighborhood assets.
National Park Service - Civic Engagement
US agency offers resources and case studies for using historic sites as venues for civic dialogue on sensitive topics, along with calendar of events.
Ontario Project for Inter-Clinic Community Organizing (OPICCO)
Provides community organizations and community legal clinics in Ontario with tools (information and guidance) for organizing.
A Case Study of Electronic Community Building in a Freshman Dorm
Study of how Stanford college students living together use and perceive electronic communication as a tool for critical dialogue and community building.
National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation
Organizations and individuals committed to strengthening and uniting the growing dialogue and deliberation field.
The World Cafe
This process for leading collaborative dialogue and knowledge-sharing, particularly for larger groups, is described, with a bibliography and resources for implementation.
Tom Wolff and Associates
US-based consultant offers services in collaboration-building and community planning. Provides overview of experience and philosophy, with client list, resource links, and description of areas of work.
The Citizen's Handbook
Community organizing handbook designed for use in urban settings. Created by Vancouver, B.C. group.
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