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Friends & Neighbors

Reimagining the Table, Justice, and our Relationship to Place

April Doner - 0
What does it mean to be a neighbor? In what ways might it heal us to live in authentic, interconnected relationship with others who live and work just beyond our doorstep? How is the path to racial justice interwoven...
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Friends & Neighbors

A Call to a Deeper Democracy

April Doner - 0
We have two options, most of the time: to interpret the "worsening" of conditions around us as a call to despair while disparaging and demanding more of "those in charge," or to look closer at the power that we...
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Latest Thinking

Clark Arrington, Pioneer for Cooperatives and Black Economic Power

Clark Arrington - 0
This two-part edition of The Next System Podcast features Clark Arrington, a pioneer in the cooperative movement, an innovative legal practitioner, and a leader in the movement for Black economic empowerment. He now works as general counsel for The Working...
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Friends & Neighbors

Attributes, Roles and Culture within Neighborhoods

April Doner - 0
In a recent podcast by The Neighboring Movement, hosts Adam Barlow-Thompson and Matt were joined by John McKnight to discuss the six (possibly even seven) attributes of a culture of contribution, how these characteristics in a community could foster...
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Podcasts

Are You Powered by Connections?

Peter Block - 0
Podcast with Peter Block Peter talks with Lewis Alloro of The Change Lab on many aspects exploring how creating wellbeing and change is all about connection. To listen, read key takeaways and sign up to get the supporting "Making It Work Cheatsheet,"...
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Connect to Others and Connect to Yourself

Peter Block - 0
Podcast with Peter Block Peter shares insights on why having community is critical to all humanity, starting with yourself. Sponsored by One Idea Away. To listen and read key takeaways, go here. Listen
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Conversations

The Church in Action: Faith and Church with No Bricks and Mortar

Rev. Dr. Joseph G. Kovitch - 0
Conversation with Father Joe Kovitch Download or listen to John and Peter's June 26, 2018 conversation with Father Joe Kovitch, pastor of St. Matthew's Episcopal Church in Westerville, Ohio. Father Joe had just been appointed to serve at St. Matthew's when the...
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Conversations

Restorative Practices: A Toolbox for Turbulent Times

Thom Allena - 0
Conversation with Thom Allena About every six weeks for the last five years, John and Peter have hosted online / dial-up conversations with community-building pioneers as their guests. For their May 8, 2018 dialog they invited Thom Allena to talk...
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Conversations

Organizing the Unorganizables

Ann Livingston - 0
Conversation with Ann Livingston About every six weeks for the last five years, John and Peter have hosted online / dial-up conversations with community-building pioneers as their guests. On March 27, 2018, they talked with Ann Livingston about her pioneering work...
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Conversations

How to Connect Neighborhood Churches to Your Local Community

Paul Sparks - 0
About every six weeks for the last five years, John and Peter have hosted online / dial-up conversations with community-building pioneers as their guests. For their February 20, 2018 dialog they invited Paul Sparks, a leading voice in the growing...
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Conversations

How Neighborhoods and Local Government Can Work Together to Make Both Stronger

Ron Dwyer-Voss - 0
About every six weeks, for the last five years, John and Peter have hosted online / dial-up conversations with community-building pioneers as their guests. For their November 6, 2017 dialog they invited Pacific Community Solutions founder Ron Dwyer-Voss to...
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Conversations

Who Has the Skills to Build Community? We All Do

Sarah van Gelder - 0
About every six weeks, for the last five years, John and Peter have hosted online / dial-up conversations with community-building pioneers as their guests. For their September 12, 2017 dialog they invited YES! Magazine co-founder Sarah van Gelder to share the stories...
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Conversations

How Community Animators Work Around the World

Cormac Russell - 0
About every six weeks, for the last five years, John and Peter have hosted online / dial-up conversations with community-building pioneers as their guests. For their July 25, 2017 dialog they invited Cormac Russell to share his experiences in...
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Conversations

How Community Action Shapes Health

Deborah Puntenney - 0
About every six weeks, for the last five years, John and Peter have hosted online / dial-up conversations with community-building pioneers as their guests. For their June 6, 2017 dialog they invited Deborah Puntenney to share her experiences in...
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Conversations

Old Age as an Asset

Parker J. Palmer - 0
Conversation with Parker Palmer Parker is a world-renowned writer, speaker and activist who focuses on issues in education, community, leadership, spirituality and social change. He has reached millions worldwide as founder and senior partner of the Center for Courage &...
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Conversations

You Are the Guest

John McKnight - 0
You Are the Guest Conversation with John and Peter December 12, 2016 About every six weeks, for the last five years, John and Peter have hosted online / dial-up conversations with community-building pioneers as their guests. For their December 2016 dialog they...
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Conversations

Be a Neighbor First

Lisa Gale Hadden - 0
In her work with the Michigan Area Health Education Center executive director Lisa Hadden has developed creative ways to get medical professionals oriented to support rather than control local partners. In this discussion with John and Peter the focus...
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Conversations

Discovering Assets of a Small Town

John McKnight - 0
Conversation with Priscilla Corcoran Mooney Priscilla is the former mayor of Branch, Newfoundland, a small town of 250 citizens on the Atlantic coast. There she led residents to think about their assets and how to make their community stronger. Listen or...
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Conversations

Visions of a Just Economy

Adam Clark - 0
Conversation with Adam Clark Peter talks with Xavier University theology professor Adam Clark, a leading voice in re-imagining all the issues facing urban America, about how consumerism has become our modern religion and what justice looks like in terms of...
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Conversations

Neighbors As Citizens Making Democracy Work

David Mathews - 0
Conversation with John McKnight, Peter Block and Guest David Mathews TalkShoe Radio  ~  February 16, 2016 https://www.talkshoe.com/recording/attachment/key/11f4b7a337008a15b356fd37ea4fecfbf2f6cc86.mp3 Chris Whitten: Welcome to another conversation with John McKnight and Peter Block. For those of you who don't know, John and Peter are the...
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“Every human being is born with some sort of gift, an inclination or an instinct that can become a...
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