<%@LANGUAGE="JAVASCRIPT" CODEPAGE="65001"%> Community Building

A Reading List

Block, Peter (2008) Community, The Structure of Belonging

Kretzmann, John P and John L McKnight (1993) Building Communities from the Inside Out

McNight, John (1995) The Careless Society

Putnam, Robert D. (2000) Bowling Alone

Putnam, Robert D. and Lewis Feldstein (2003)Better Together

Resource Links

Art of Hosting

Social Capital Primer

150 Things You can do to build Social Capital

The World Cafe- Sin Up for Free enewsletter

E.F. Schumacher Society Linking people, land and community by building small economies

Integrity Where Leadership Begins

Community Building

The World does not need leaders to better define issues, or orchestrate better planning or project management. What it needs is for the issues and the plans to have more of an impact, and that comes from citizens accountability and commitment. Engagement is the means through which there can be a shift in caring for the world-being of the whole , and the task of leader as convener is to produce that engagement.

Programs of KACL designed to Build Social Capital:

Community Wellness Program

Art Partners