type here...

Kindness

Friends & Neighbors

The Key to Disaster Survival? Friends and Neighbors

Shankar Vedantam Vedantam -
After political scientist Daniel Aldrich faced Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans he started thinking about how neighbors help one another during disasters. He decided to visit disaster sites around the world, looking for data. From New Orleans to Japan...
Stories

Inspirations for 2012 Community

Jan Bennett -
Every new year ushers in with it new goals and resolutions made with the intent of betterment for self and community. For those who need a bit of encouragement for 2012 goal setting, State of the Re:Union passes along...
Friends & Neighbors

Christmas 2011 — Birth of a New Tradition

Abundant Community -
  An anonymous email making its way around the Web and into inboxes these last few weeks echoes many of John and Peter’s thoughts on finding a life of abundance “within walking distance.” Searches for the author of the piece...
John McKnight

Capacity Building Beyond Community Services

John McKnight -
In this segment of his video interview Capacity Building Beyond Community Services with The Minnesota Governor’s Council on Developmental Disabilities, John talks about some of the reasons why social services systems can only provide "service," not care. In other segments he goes into the meaning of...
Stories

The Neighborhood Café and Other Hospitable Places

Joe Erpenbeck -
 “Friendship is dependent on combining enough gifts among a group of people that the properties of association and hospitality can be manifested.” — The Abundant Community Have you ever been to a place where it just feels wonderfully good to spend...
Stories

Wiser Together: Partnering Across Generations

Juanita Brown -
Tucked away in the small Appalachian community of Burnsville, North Carolina, is a family farm and a place of meeting that has recently become the new home base for Juanita Brown and David Isaacs, co-founders of the World Café....
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...
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...
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...
1...9101112Page 10 of 12

Topics

Association449Gifts449Cooperation430Local Economy296Care of People on the Margin275Raising Children257Hospitality246Generosity215Safety205Health203Food195Land/Environment191

Latest News

Latest ThinkingSteve Dubb -

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,...
Abundant Community
Awakening the Power of Families and Neighborhoods

Contact Us

Navigate

Stay Connected

Sign-up for our mailing list and we’ll keep you updated on what we’re doing and learning. We keep your address private and you can unsubscribe anytime.

© 2020 The Abundant Community