Community Building
A Case Study of Electronic Community Building in a Freshman Dorm
Study of how Stanford college students living together use and perceive electronic communication as a tool for critical dialogue and community building.
A Librarian At Every Table
A resource to demonstrate the value of librarianship in the community building movement.
Asset-Based Community Development Institute
ABCD spreads its findings on capacity-building community development through interactions with community builders, and by producing practical resources and tools for community buil…
Berkana Institute
This US-based nonprofit promotes "leadership development" projects based on community conversations on issues of interest. They provide much high-level discussion of thei…
Child Play International
Establishes and maintains play spaces in impoverished communities and for hospitalized children.
COMM-ORG: The On-Line Conference On Community Organizing and Development
Resources for community organizers. Includes discussion, papers, syllabi and links.
Common Focus
A nonprofit organization dedicated to providing resources for community building and creative citizen dialogue and engagement.
Community Building Institute (CBI)
Founded to help communities improve the way they conduct public business to be more inclusive, more collaborative, and more effective. Based in Annandale, Virginia.
Community Development Exchange (CDX)
The UK-wide community development membership organisation. Works to bring about social justice and equality by sharing information, experience and practice, and by representing the…
Community Organizing as Practiced in the United States
This academic-style article characterizes community organizing in the US, describes the author's work in Jacksonville, Florida, and offers some general instruction for organizers. …
Conversation Cafe
Includes the background of this structured form of conversation, with a list of existing cafe groups, and information and resources about how to start a new one.
Global Citizens Circle
Sponsors town meeting-style discussions led by a diverse community of world dignitaries, which focus on current global issues, with a goal of constructive change. Describes organiz…
Kentucky Association for Community Action
Aims to build and strengthen the network of Kentucky's community action agencies resulting in the improvement in the lives of the people there.
National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation
Organizations and individuals committed to strengthening and uniting the growing dialogue and deliberation field.
National Community Development Institute
Provides customized capacity-building services to promote community-building and social transformation in diverse low-income communities.
National Park Service - Civic Engagement
US agency offers resources and case studies for using historic sites as venues for civic dialogue on sensitive topics, along with calendar of events.
Ontario Project for Inter-Clinic Community Organizing (OPICCO)
Provides community organizations and community legal clinics in Ontario with tools (information and guidance) for organizing.
Shelterforce Online
Online version the nation's oldest continually-published housing and community development magazine. A primary forum for organizers, activists, and advocates in the affordable hous…
Southern Hills Business Association
Organized to bring together business owners and managers in the Shreveport, Louisiana area for the purpose of promoting economic development.
The Association for the Study and Development of Community (ASDC)
A US-based research and development organization for community capacity building and social problem solving. They describe their methodologies, list recent clients, and provide res…
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