Strong Neighborhoods
Two siblings realized they hardly knew their neighbors and invited them to a breakfast in their...
Cormac Russell
Returning Death to Community
What’s possible when we explore the idea of death, dying and living well from the perspective...
ABCD Workshop Coming to Cincinnati
You’re invited to participate in an engaging two-day Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) approach workshop led by...
Cormac Russell: Health Beyond Healthcare
In the UK, 40 percent of people engaging with the biomedical world through their GP are...
The Good Life Conversation
Cormac Russell developed a set of 25 questions to create more life enhancing conversations. In his...
Exploring How Community Animators Work: Cormac Russell
Tune into this insightful conversation with Cormac Russell. Cormac, Managing Director of UK-based Nurture Development, has been doing asset based community work in over 100 neighborhoods around the world.
In this conversation, Cormac shares the 8 Touchstones he developed for animating neighborhood relationships. He also shares about learning sites, the role of the community animator and connector, and lessons being learned.
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Quotes:
“A lot of our work is about just calling people into a radical presence and a radical act of revealing what’s here, and how we can get that connected up and mobilized.” – Cormac Russell
“We are very focused on how we can accompany local residents and interested practitioners on the journey of getting into right relationship with each other. That’s a critical first touchstone.” – Cormac
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The Paradox of the Marketplace
Cormac Russell’s article is right on the mark in identifying the root of our current political...
Black Swans, White Swans, and Ugly Ducklings
Source: nurturedevelopment.org The Black Swan (Cygnus atratus) is a large waterbird, a species of swan, which...
