ABCD: When People Care Enough to Act - Softcover

Mike Green; With Henry Moore & John O'Brien

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1895418747 ISBN 13: 9781895418743

Publisher: Inclusion Press, 2007

Synopsis

Enriching each other, this book provides a clear exposition of ABCD (Asset Based Community Development) organizing principles & best practices for community partnership. Examples of ABCD in Action, learning exercises, worksheets, and reflections from experienced practitioners of ABCD community building. A practical approach to creating community collaborations that work. Reflections by John McKnight; Lessons from Ashville, NC; Marquette, MI; Laconia, NH; Savannah, GA; Ames, IA. Note: There is an ABCD DVD that parallels the book available through the Inclusion Press web site: inclusion.com

About this title

About the Author:

Mike Green is a community organizer, affiliated with John McKnight's Asset Based Community Development (ABCD) Institute in Chicago. Mike learned what works and what does not work. Mike helped found the ABCD Training Group. Henry Moore (deceased) was the co-founder of ABCD Training Group, a sharecropper's son, city manager in Savannah, GA, and a great organizer. John O'Brien is a leading thinker/creator of precedent setting innovations that help to create full lives for people with disability labels the world over.

Review:

In this book, Mike Green and Henry Moore point the way toward creating a powerful citizen-centered local democracy. They are wonderful guides. This is a book by two of North America's master practitioners of Asset-Based community Development - Mike Green and Henry Moore. Their work has advanced the field of ABCD by focusing on the fact that citizens are the primary asset and activators of assets in local communities. ... --John McKnight, co-founder, ABCD Institute

About this edition

• Publisher: Inclusion Press
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1895418747
• ISBN 13: 9781895418743
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 190
• Editor: John O'Brien