Asset Based Community Development and Civic Engagement
 
 
”The deepest dream of ABCD is that more and more people can come to see truly that 'there is no one we don't need' and that a community without a place for everyone is a community really with a place for no one.” -Mike Green
 
  Mike Green
ABCD Organizing
2745 Julian St.
Denver, CO 80211
PH: 303-477-2686
mike@mike-green.org
 
 

 

 

 

ABCD Publications

  New ABCD Publication by Mike Green ABCD in Action: When People Care Enough To Act
    Book & DVD
By Mike Green with Henry Moore & John O'Brien
Foreword by John McKnight

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“ In this book and DVD, Mike Green and Henry Moore point the way toward creating a powerful citizen-centered local democracy that solves problems, welcomes all neighbors and creates a community of genuine care. Following their path will also lead to the discovery of our personal capacity to renew our own lives by connecting ourselves to the riches that surround us. We are, after all, not people half full. We are a people whose cup runs over. Because Mike and Henry see this so clearly, they are wonderful guides to rediscovering the assets that we can use as we grow powerful as citizens, and our democracy comes alive again. “

–John L. McKnight
Co-Director,
Asset Based Community Development Institute
Foreword of When People Care Enough To Act book

   
 
     


Remembering Henry Moore

After a long illness Henry Moore passed away on Febuary 2nd, 2007. He was a much beloved colleague. We will all miss him. Henry made remarkable contributions to people in many communities always working with kindness reminding people of their wisdom and the basic goodness within their communities.

Henry Moore Community Builiding Stories


Henry Moore
   
       
    Hidden Treasures:  
    Building Community Connections By Engaging the Gifts of *

*People on welfare
*People with disabilities
*People with mental disabilities
*Older adults
*Young people

This publication contains a group of participation stories—stories that include important lessons. They tell of communities that have found powerful ways to include the individual gifts of members who have been labeled and isolated. They tell of communities that have inventoried their associations and found ways in which formerly isolated people can participate in them. They tell of people labeled old, poor, mentally ill, disabled, young thugs who have become connected citizens. And finally they tell of those extraordinary people who know everyone—Connectors.

Written by Susan A. Rans
Mike Green, Research Associate

Hidden Trasures

       
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