by John McKnight on September 7, 2012
Tagged as: Gifts / Association / Acceptance of Fallibility / Raising Children / Health / Care of People on the Margin
Institutional systems can command many behaviors but they cannot command care. Care is the commitment of one person to another, from the heart. It is the domain of people who come together in community.
John McKnight is emeritus professor of education and social policy and codirector of the Asset-Based Community Development Institute at Northwestern University. He is the coauthor of Building Communities from the Inside Out and the author of The Careless Society. He has been a community organizer… read more »
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