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. |
A Librarian At Every Table
A resource to demonstrate the value of librarianship in the community building movement. |
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. |
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. |
Child Play International
Establishes and maintains play spaces in impoverished communities and for hospitalized children. |
COMM-ORG: The On-Line Conference On Community Organizing and Development
Resources for community organizers. Includes discussion, papers, syllabi and links. |
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. |
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. |
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] |
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. |
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 Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation
Organizations and individuals committed to strengthening and uniting the growing dialogue and deliberation field. |
National Community Development Institute
Provides customized capacity-building services to promote community-building and social transformation in diverse low-income communities. |
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. |
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. |
Southern Hills Business Association
Organized to bring together business owners and managers in the Shreveport, Louisiana area for the purpose of promoting economic development. |
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. |
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. |
The Citizen's Handbook
Community organizing handbook designed for use in urban settings. Created by Vancouver, B.C. group. |
The Community Organizing Toolbox
A guide to community organizing, with an explanation of the basics, issues, case studies, and resources. |
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. |
What is Community?
Progressive speakers each give a view of community in America. |
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