The Connected Community: Discovering the Health, Wealth, and Power of Neighborhoods
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- Author：Cormac Russell
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Summary
"Find out how to uncover the hidden talents， assets， and abilities in your neighborhood and bring them together to create a vibrant and joyful community。 It takes a village！ We may be living longer， but people are more socially isolated than ever before。 As a result， we are hindered both mentally and physically， and many of us are looking for something concrete we can do to address problems like poverty， racism， and climate change。 What if solutions could be found on your very doorstep or just two door knocks away？ John McKnight is the cooriginator of asset-based community development， which focuses on uncovering and leveraging the hidden resources， skills， and experience in our neighborhoods。 He and his longtime collaborator Cormac Russell show how anyone can discover this untapped potential and connect with his or her neighbors to create healthier， safer， greener， more prosperous， and welcoming communities。 They offer a wealth of illustrative examples from around the world that will inspire you to explore your own community and discover its hidden treasures。 You will learn to take action on what you already deeply know-that neighborliness is not just a nice-to-have personal characteristic but essential to living a fruitful life and a powerful amplifier of community change and renewal"--
Reviews
Alexander
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“At the root of many of the world’s problems is our disconnection from one another and from our natural surroundings，” write Cormac Russell and John McKnight in their new book， The Connected Community: Discovering the Health， Wealth， and Power of Neighborhoods。“The laundry list of the side effects is long and overwhelming， from severe levels of depression to planetary destruction。 Increased polarization is another serious global concern。 It does not stop with just political partisanship but is ‘ “At the root of many of the world’s problems is our disconnection from one another and from our natural surroundings，” write Cormac Russell and John McKnight in their new book， The Connected Community: Discovering the Health， Wealth， and Power of Neighborhoods。“The laundry list of the side effects is long and overwhelming， from severe levels of depression to planetary destruction。 Increased polarization is another serious global concern。 It does not stop with just political partisanship but is ‘poisoning everyday interactions and relationships。’ This division is a stark account of modern life， and solutions are needed because the consequences of not acting are too serious。 Increasingly， people are awakening to the sense that we can no longer stand on the sidelines as spectators consuming the negative side effects of consumer culture。 But what to do？” So begins a nonfiction book that has the delicacy of a great literary writer， and the intellectual and statistical heft of a Michael Lewis tome to boot。 The ideal kind of culmination， if you ask a fellow writer like me。 “Answers vary， from protesting intensely so that we may convince our leaders to get their act together， to investing in science and technology so that we can innovate our way out of these global crises，” Russell and McKnight ruminate on the aforementioned question。 “There are many versions of the ‘protest versus progress’ debate and no end of clever suggestions as to how to do each one better and quicker。 And though we think both have their place， in the absence of widespread participation at the local level， neither of them convinces us…In this book， we propose a completely different stage on which to take action toward an alternative future。 That stage is our neighborhood。 Our starting point is not Wall Street， it’s our street。 Our true north is what we term the Connected Community， from which we have drawn the title for this book。 We define Connected Communities as places where residents nurture neighborhood relationships that enable people to work together to create a Good Life。 This definition contrasts with approaches and outlooks that prioritize relationships out side the neighborhood， that separate neighbors from one another and promote individual survival over community wellbeing。 Such approaches result in disconnected communities。”What I appreciate the most about these kinds of ruminations is how the authors are able to provide well-rounded， statistically-backed answers to them。 So many books that hold a mirror up to society cop out by wallowing in excess philosophizing， never wanting to confirm or deny what hypothetical truths and/or affiliated solutions can serve as an appropriate change agent to a perceived societal ill。 “Our journey…is from disconnected to Connected Communities，” Russell and McKnight state。 “Although we recognize that the word community means many different things， here we are zeroing in on just one definition: a group of people residing in a shared place called a neighborhood。 We are using neighborhood as a catchall term to speak about all manner of small， bounded geographic communities， including but not exclusive to estates， square mile， block， village， town， favela， or parish。 We also acknowledge dispersed communities and people living ‘off country’ and dislocated from their indigenous lands。” 。。。more
Bryan Gower
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This is a wonderful book with stories and useful guides for asking better questions and practicing Connected Community"Benjamin Franklin， in The Way to Wealth （1758）， wrote: For want of a nail the shoe was lost， for want of a shoe the horse was lost，for want of a horse the rider was lost，being overtaken and slain by the enemy， all for want of care about a horse-shoe nail。 It's a simple ditty， with a simple but profound message: attend to the small stuff， because it has all kinds of unforeseen ye This is a wonderful book with stories and useful guides for asking better questions and practicing Connected Community"Benjamin Franklin， in The Way to Wealth （1758）， wrote: For want of a nail the shoe was lost， for want of a shoe the horse was lost，for want of a horse the rider was lost，being overtaken and slain by the enemy， all for want of care about a horse-shoe nail。 It's a simple ditty， with a simple but profound message: attend to the small stuff， because it has all kinds of unforeseen yet important impacts on the bigger stuff。Each time we go out of our way to encourage， support， share， and enjoy a neighbor， we are putting the world to rights on our own street。 What better way is there to finish our conversation than to reaffirm the neighborly principles that have been featured throughout this book。 These principles can act as our true north in transforming the invisible neighborhood into a visible， vivid， and vibrant neighborhood on our journey toward the Connected Community。 We have commended six neighborly principles （which are also practices or acts） above all others: 1。 Discover one another and what surrounds you。 2。 Welcome one another and the stranger。 3。 Portray one another and your neighborhood in terms of your gifts。 4。 Share what you have to secure what your neighborhood wants。 5。 Celebrate one another's comings and goings， the plantings and harvests。 6。 Envision with one another towards a preferred future。 Each act opens the way toward a culture of care in the Connected Community。" 。。。more
Rachel Girdler
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Makes ABCD Principles super "user friendly。" If I wasn't a practitioner I would still understand and be able to implement or gain ideas about the principles and practices。 Makes ABCD Principles super "user friendly。" If I wasn't a practitioner I would still understand and be able to implement or gain ideas about the principles and practices。 。。。more
Alan Blackshaw
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