http://youtu.be/ZKwQ-w87E2g
In an increasingly polarized and politicized world, what is the role of kindness -- and how might it be used to help us revive...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZvj_jfBpDE&t=155
In the heart of Indianapolis' Clifton-Radar neighborhood, known most often for statistics of violent crime, poverty or need, neighbors are gathering to tell, hear...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BprBr1XVxE
In his keynote talk for the Parish Collective’s Inhabit 2020 At Home Conference, John draws on insights from Walter Brueggemann and Dave Chapelle to...
Writing in Backyard, a newsletter exploring scalable solutions to make housing fairer, more affordable and more environmentally sustainable, Emily Nonko puts Cincinnati's Margie Spinney...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BprBr1XVxE
In his keynote talk for the Parish Collective’s Inhabit 2020 At Home Conference, John draws on insights from Walter Brueggemann and Dave Chapelle to explain how participants can turn their neighborhoods into sacred places.
When John asked him what makes...
An Invitation to Belonging
Conversation with Mike Butler ~ August 6, 2019
About every six weeks for the last five years, John and Peter have hosted online / dial-up conversations with community-building social innovators as their guests. For their August 6,...
In Kitchener, Ontario, community reinventor Jonathan Massimi once led a discussion group with city staff, eight community connectors and a neighborhood association to explore the ideas from John and Peter's book The Abundant Community.
That initiative grew into an eight-week...
From meeting with gang leaders and asking their permission to work with their members to helping families get their shot-out windows repaired, Gary Ivory shared stories from his pioneering work with Youth Advocate Programs (YAP) in Tarrant County, Texas,...
Reconnecting Juvenile Offenders and Their Communities
Conversation with Gary Ivory ~ January 16, 2019
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 January...
John and Peter talk with nationally recognized youth advocate Gary Ivory on reimagining how to connect juvenile offenders to their communities.
https://www.facebook.com/AbundantCommunity/videos/235130710704327/
Father Joseph G. Kovitch had just been appointed the priest for St. Matthew's Episcopal Church in Westerville, Ohio, when the parish came face to face with the financial realities of a dwindling congregation. A "For Sale" sign went up...
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...
As political and community discourse grows increasingly more divisive, many of our institutional responses to conflict and violation seem to escalate fear, estrangement and regrettably, a desire for retribution. In instances of protracted conflict and violation, where do we...
In the December 2017 issue of Athletics Administration, Thom Allena explains how restorative practices were an effective way to deal with off-field misconduct by student-athletes in a Power Five football program.
Read the full article here.
http://youtu.be/ZKwQ-w87E2g
In an increasingly polarized and politicized world, what is the role of kindness -- and how might it be used to help us revive...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZvj_jfBpDE&t=155
In the heart of Indianapolis' Clifton-Radar neighborhood, known most often for statistics of violent crime, poverty or need, neighbors are gathering to tell, hear...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BprBr1XVxE
In his keynote talk for the Parish Collective’s Inhabit 2020 At Home Conference, John draws on insights from Walter Brueggemann and Dave Chapelle to...
Writing in Backyard, a newsletter exploring scalable solutions to make housing fairer, more affordable and more environmentally sustainable, Emily Nonko puts Cincinnati's Margie Spinney...