Download or listen to John and Peter’s April 16 conversation with Tom Dewar on different ways of thinking about what local initiatives mean and how to support them. Tom is the co-director of the Aspen Institute’s Roundtable on Community Change.As a long-time member of the Asset-Based Community Development Institute, he has helped train community leaders and organizers from across the United States and Canada, as well as in Australia and Southeastern Europe. Tom’s teaching, research, writing and public speaking have addressed a variety of topics, including especially the key challenges in community development, the role of mutual aid and informal networks in community building, the social and economic organization of neighborhoods, and the dangers of an over-reliance on professional service delivery systems.
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Running time (with Q&A): 0:48:25
Related:
- Resident-Centered Community Building: What Makes It Different?
- Recommended Reading and Websites from Tom Dewar
