Association

We struggle and suffer Just like a million other souls Who, for lack of connection See themselves separate from each other’s story And therefore feel deeply alone and dissatisfied   We escape the world Just like a million other souls Through television and drugs, through shopping and...

Everyone has heard of the African proverb “It takes a village to raise a child.” We find that not only is the saying universally known, it is universally agreed to with enthusiasm. But when we ask most neighborhood people about...

Written for Paradise Post, Hakalau, HI Early this year while scrolling through my usual volume of email messages, there was one that caught my attention.  It was from Peter Block, writer-speaker-consultant, who lives in Cincinnati, Ohio.  Peter, as some on the...

Al Etmanski is one of North America's best social inventors. He has looked beyond traditional institituions and their failures to create new means of achieving a better life. His analysis of the forms of organization that enable local communities...

Most of us belong to lots of different kinds of clubs, groups and associations.  Each is held together by a common gift, skill, interest or passion.  Choirs are associations that magnify the gifts of people who sing well.  Basketball...

Story from NPR Morning Edition March 13, 2009

Thoughts on the Recent Community Building Workshops Run by Peter Block in South Africa by Cathy Park I recently relocated to Cape Town and some days I feel like I’m the only one who is alone in a café (trying not...

What is the secret to combating crime? . . . As I've asked people in the police force, politics and business this question, no one has had a certain answer. In South Africa:The Good News March 23, 2010