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John McKnight

Why Families Fall Apart

John McKnight -
One day, when my mother was in her 70’s, she told me a story about how things had changed in her small town since she was a girl. She said, When I was a girl, things were very different. When...
Friends & Neighbors

Rekindling Responsibility for Our Elders

April Doner -
Today my dad called while I was busy at work to tell me that he had bought a house. This is big news for two reasons — one, he hasn't had a house in I think about 8 years, living as...
Friends & Neighbors

Thriving in a Post-Consumerist Society

Duane Elgin -
What does a thriving way of life look like in a post-consumerist society? Many aspects of a thriving future can be found by stepping into a contemporary co-housing community or eco-village. To illustrate, my wife and I lived in a...
Stories

Library? Or Welcome Wagon, Day Care, Counseling and Job Center?

Abundant Community -
In Notus, Idaho, librarian Jo Ellen Ringer has created a community hub for the town’s citizens. Her answers to the Public Insight Network’s survey about the role of libraries in civic life show how deep-seated caring and a little...
Stories

Why You Should Bring Community to the Table

Paul Born -
Tamarack president and co-founder Paul Born discusses ways to get people with different backgrounds and roles to blur the lines that divide them in addressing complex challenges such as poverty, homelessness or crime reduction. Listen to the conversation with Hildy...
Friends & Neighbors

When Charity Counts, But Change Is Called For

Richard C. Harwood -
“Charity is ensuring someone has a meal tonight or roof over their head … things I suspect we agree are good things to do,” says Richard C. Harwood, founder and president of The Harwood Institute for Public Innovation. The...
Stories

Cup Mail

Ron Dwyer-Voss -
This summer I a spent a week observing life in and around The Falling Rock Cafe in Munising, Michigan.  No, I did not receive a MacArthur Grant or other fellowship for observing coffee shops, although if you know of...
Stories

Welcome Vashon

Bruce Anderson -
Vashon Islander Claire Bronson of c2bdesign.com contributed the graphic of the "We All Belong" event "Welcome Vashon" is a creative hub for projects and activities that welcome, connect and strengthen belonging for everyone on Vashon Island, WA. In summer 2010 a...
Peter Block

Like-mindedness, Technology and the Risk to Community

Peter Block -
We live in a time of growing like-mindedness, which we believe to be a good thing. We want to be with people who have common interests, views, values, you name it. Plus with our new technology, finding and meeting...
Stories

The Art of Neighboring … Continued

John McKnight -
Everyone opened up. I opened up. I opened up my home for the progressive dinner and for Easter too. I never thought to do that before. I kept to myself mostly, maybe saw the neighbors across the street. People...
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Corporate Capture: Can We Find a Way Out?

This article, published originally by Nonprofit Quarterly, from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine’s summer 2024 issue, “Escaping Corporate Capture.” The aircraft manufacturer Boeing,...
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