Category Archives: Spotlight: Community
Discuss Community with Peter Block
How is community built and what does it take for transformational shifts to happen? Join Peter...
Building Community in an Era of Isolation
The revised edition of Community: The Structure of Belonging was born out of a recognition that...
Strong Neighborhoods
Two siblings realized they hardly knew their neighbors and invited them to a breakfast in their...
Returning Death to Community
What’s possible when we explore the idea of death, dying and living well from the perspective...
Associating Associations: The Power of Convening
By John McKnight Because most associations are affinity groups of like‐minded people, the potential for dialogue...
Ann Livingston: An Ally to Drug Users
Ann Livingston has been at the grassroots and frontline of what’s now widely known as the opioid crisis. Since the early 90’s she has pioneered the movement to eliminate harms associated with drug use in her Vancouver neighborhood. Before co-founding the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users (VANDU), she invited drug users who lived on the street into her home and made leaders aware of how many were dying from overdose. In this call with Peter Block and John McKnight, Ann shares stories and her principles of organizing the unorganizables.
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