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From: Karen Snyder via Dialogue <dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net><br>
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Subject: Re: [Dialogue] best books on community development<br>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Discerning
books on community development that have influenced my thinking, I find myself
asking what is the question behind the question when one asks for general literature
on community development.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Symbol;"><span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; font-size: 12pt;">In Chicago the ICA is
wrestling with what does it look like to do <u>sustainable
</u>community development (adding environmental considerations to influencing
community change). What are people discovering that is helpful
literature on ‘<i>sustainable</i> community development?</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">The
following books have influenced my thinking on community development:</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Diers,
Jim, <b><i>Neighbor
Power: Building community the Seattle
Way</i></b> (2004)</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Hopkins, Rob, <b><i>Transition Handbook: from oil dependency to local resilience</i> </b>(2008). Pioneered in Ireland/England since 2006,
transition communities are now in 43 countries and 1,130 initiatives (including
150 in the United States). </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">James,
Sarah and Lahti, Torbjorn, <b><i>The
Natural Step for Communities: how cities
and towns can change to sustainable practices</i></b>, 2004. Piloted in Scandinavia, this approach has been especially effective for changing large public institutions as well as geographical communities. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Kaplan, Allan, <b><i>The
Development Practitioners Handbook</i></b> (1996) and </span><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica">Artists of the
Invisible – Development Practitioners and Social Practice</span></i></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> (2002). Allan is from Cape Town, South Africa. You can watch a wonder-filled presentation he
gave at Schumacher College in 2011 on “Reading the nature of process from a
process of nature” at this link: <a target="_blank" href="http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/community/reading-the-nature-of-process-from-a-process-of-nature">http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/community/reading-the-nature-of-process-from-a-process-of-nature</a></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Kretzmann,
John and McKnight, John, <i><b>Building
Communities from the Inside Out: A path
toward finding and mobilizing a community’s assets</b> </i>(1993). The community assets survey approach described
in this book launched the ABCD (Asset-Based Community Development) approach</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">*****</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">We have been telling the
people that this is the Eleventh Hour</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Now we must go back and
tell the people this is the Hour. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">And there are things to be
considered.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Where are you living? What are you doing? Are you in right relation?</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Where is your water? Know your garden.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">It is time to speak your
truth. Create your community. Be good to each other.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">And do not look outside
yourself for the leader. This could be a
good time!</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">There is a river flowing
very fast.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">It is so great and swift
that there are those who will be afraid.
</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">They will try to hold on to
the shore.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">They will feel they are
being torn apart and they will suffer greatly.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Know the river has a destination.</span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">The elders say we must let
go of the shore, and push off and into the river,</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Keep our eyes open, and our
head above the water.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">See who is in there with
you and Celebrate.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">At this time in history, we
are to take nothing personally. Least of
all, ourselves.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">For the moment that we do,
our spiritual growth and journey comes to a halt.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">The time of the lone wolf
is over.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Gather yourselves!</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Banish the word “struggle”
from your attitude and your vocabulary. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">All that you do now must be
done in a sacred manner and in celebration.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">We are the ones we have
been waiting for.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">~~ Alice Walker from <u>We are the Ones We Have
Been Waiting For</u> </span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin"> </span></div>
On Jun 28, 2014, at 4:34 PM, William Schlesinger via Dialogue <<a href="mailto:dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net">dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>> wrote:<br>
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<div>I've liked Rothman's work on locality development. Parallels our historical approach and relates it to both community organizing and planning approached.</div>
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Frank Cookingham via Dialogue <<a href="mailto:dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net">dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>> wrote:<br>
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<div><span>The best book is Bryant Myers, Walking with the Poor (revised and expanded edition), 2011, Orbis Books.</span></div>
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