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ASSET-BASED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND MOBILIZATION

ABCD in Action is your community - a community of members from around the world, where we can explore together how to apply the principles and practices of Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD). All are welcome!

"Building on the skills of local residents, the power of local associations, and the supportive functions of local institutions, asset-based community development draws upon existing community strengths to build stronger, more sustainable communities for the future.” ~http://www.abcdinstitute.org

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Want to Live in a Safe Street...then be a Good Neighbour

By Alan Blackshaw, 2020-08-01

This blog originally appeared at www.herdingtogether.com When most people think of safety or a safe street they tend to think of a place with low crime rates and when they consider how to...
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ABCD in Action – Strength Based Approach to Refugee Settlement

By Om Dhungel, 2020-07-30

ABCD in Action – Strength Based Approach to Refugee Settlement By Om Dhungel As a practitioner of ‘Strength Based Approach’, I often get told that people working with refugees cannot...
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Book Review: How To Be An Anti-Racist by Ibram X. Kendi

By Robert Francis, 2020-07-27

Ibram X. Kendi, How To Be An Anti-Racist Most of us in the ABCD world might consider ourselves pretty advanced in the world of anti-racism but I came away from reading How to be an...
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Further Thoughts on Crime Prevention

By Alan Blackshaw, 2020-07-01

A few further thoughts on the importance of community building and crime prevention or community safety. Perceptions of crime and fear of crime are powerful driving forces with people often...
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Ten Days that Changed the World

By Mark Chupp, 2020-06-30

Ten Days that Changed the World Mark Chupp June 22, 2020 Words create worlds. The power of narrative affects the future. The one that controls the narrative controls the future. We...
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ABCD and Grandparents

08/11/20 01:09:33PM, by Amber Kelly

ABCD & the World - World's Biggest E-Book

08/10/20 07:09:33PM, by Dee Brooks

Rural Indigenous Communities

08/10/20 06:03:23PM, by Michael Marcus

Incentives for involvement

07/30/20 07:00:41PM, by Chris Antonelli

Refugee Resettlement--Applying the principles of ABCD

07/30/20 06:48:34PM, by Dana

youth and ABCD

07/27/20 02:19:11PM, by Robert Francis

Looking for a curriculum or model based on ABCD to use with youth leadership....thanks

07/27/20 01:59:50PM, by Jean Smith

Co-creating our future Stories of Hope and Action (un)conference recordings

07/24/20 02:14:29AM, by Michelle Dunscombe
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4 Days 3 Nights Trekking and Camping to cover part of our areas under the Community-Based Conservation initiatives

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1ST ABCD CONFERENCE IN KENYA 2019
Videos

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Quiet Violence: Overcoming Overthinking for Anti-Racist ABCDing

Virtual Practices for Asset-Based Community Building: Marketplace and Monthly Meetup

Rural Communities: ”We Are It!”

Asset Based Centering Black Economic Liberation, Community Building and Autonomy

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There are people who don't want you to mobilize your assets

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ONLINE – ABCD: Measuring what matters! Is anyone better off?

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Posted a new Comment on Want to Live in a Safe Street...then be a Good Neighbour:

"Thanks Alan for sharing your thoughts. A very good article, with easy to implement tips. I will be sharing these in our community."
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ABCD Discoverables, not Deliverables Series: how to ignite locally-led action when social distancing

08/14/20 12:00:00PM

ABCD Discoverables, not Deliverables Series Many of...

ABCD Discoverables, not Deliverables Series: how to ignite locally-led action when social distancing

08/21/20 12:00:00PM

ABCD Discoverables, not Deliverables Series Many of...

ABCD Discoverables, not Deliverables Series: how to ignite locally-led action when social distancing

08/28/20 12:00:00PM

ABCD Discoverables, not Deliverables Series Many of...

ONLINE – ABCD: Measuring what matters! Is anyone better off?

09/04/20 12:00:00PM

ABCD: Measuring what matters! Is anyone better off?...

ONLINE – ABCD: Measuring what matters! Is anyone better off?

09/11/20 12:00:00PM

ABCD: Measuring what matters! Is anyone better off?...
Newest Members

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Ashley Johnson-Hare

Brooke Sampson

Hi! I have fifteen years experience in the nonprofit sector in Santa Cruz County, California, engaging community members to address hunger, homelessness, and access to healthy food. I hold an MS in Community Development from UC Davis and a BA in...

Megan Ginn

Julie Hain

David Bilby
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Connecting in Wisconsin

This group is for all those Wisconsinites (or wannabes)...

ABCD:DC

A group in our nation's capital seeking to connect...

New Forms of Neighborhood Organizing

This is the group for the participants from the meeting...

ABCD Asia Pacific Group

The ABCD Asia Pacific network is a group well versed in...

ABCD Kenya Group

We are a group of individuals who facilitate the...
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